Last updated: April 23, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Pledge media s.r.o., operator of BrieflyCurious.com (“Website”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), collects, uses, stores, and shares personal data.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we process personal data, you can contact us at: postmaster@brieflycurious.com.
1. Who we are
The operator of the Website is Pledge media s.r.o. , with its registered office at Úžiny 7467/1 831 06 Bratislava – Rača district Slovak Republic, Company ID: Business ID (IČO): 53866002, registered at Bratislava III, odd. Sro, vl.č.153594/B (the “Operator”, “we”, “us”, or “our”).
2. What data we may collect
Depending on how you use the Website, we may collect and process the following categories of personal data:
- Contact data, such as your email address if you subscribe to our newsletter or contact us directly.
- Technical data, such as IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring URL, and similar technical identifiers.
- Usage data, such as visited pages, time spent on pages, clicks, scroll behavior, and interactions with content, ads, or features.
- Comment or submission data, if commenting or user submissions are enabled.
- Cookie and tracking data, as explained in our Cookie Policy.
3. How we collect data
We may collect personal data:
- directly from you, for example when you subscribe to a newsletter, contact us, or submit a comment,
- automatically, through cookies, analytics tools, server logs, and similar technologies,
- from third-party service providers that support analytics, advertising, comments, notifications, newsletters, or embedded content.
4. How we use personal data
We may use personal data for the following purposes:
- to operate, maintain, and secure the Website,
- to analyze traffic and improve our content, performance, and user experience,
- to provide newsletters or other communications you request,
- to moderate comments and prevent spam, abuse, or misuse,
- to display advertising and measure advertising performance,
- to comply with legal obligations and enforce our legal rights,
- to investigate technical issues, fraud, security incidents, or other violations.
5. Legal bases for processing
Where applicable under data protection law, we rely on one or more of the following legal bases:
- Consent, for example where you subscribe to a newsletter or accept non-essential cookies.
- Legitimate interests, such as maintaining the Website, improving our services, protecting our platform, and understanding how our content is used.
- Compliance with legal obligations, where processing is required by applicable law.
- Performance of a contract, where processing is necessary to provide a service you requested.
6. Newsletter subscriptions
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we may process your email address, IP address, and information about the page or form through which you subscribed. We may use a third-party email service provider to manage subscriptions and send newsletters.
You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any newsletter email or by contacting us at postmaster@brieflycurious.com..
7. Comments and user submissions
If commenting is enabled on the Website, we may collect the information you provide through the comment form, along with your IP address and browser user agent, in order to detect spam and maintain the security and integrity of the Website.
Commenting functionality may be provided through a third-party service such as Disqus. Where this is the case, the third party may process personal data under its own privacy policy.
8. Embedded content and third-party services
Articles or pages on the Website may include embedded content such as videos, images, social media posts, widgets, or other materials hosted by third parties. Embedded content may behave as if you visited the third-party website directly, which means those third parties may collect data, use cookies, and track your interactions.
9. Sharing of personal data
We may share personal data with:
- service providers that help us operate the Website, including hosting, analytics, newsletter, comment, advertising, security, and technical support providers,
- advertising and measurement partners, where applicable and permitted by law,
- professional advisers, such as legal, tax, accounting, or compliance advisers,
- public authorities, regulators, courts, or law enforcement where disclosure is required by law or necessary to protect our rights.
10. International data transfers
Some of our service providers may be located outside your country or outside the European Economic Area. Where personal data is transferred internationally, we take appropriate steps to ensure that such transfers are protected in accordance with applicable law.
11. Data retention
We keep personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to comply with legal, accounting, security, and operational requirements.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of data and the reason it was collected. For example, newsletter data may be retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion, while certain technical logs may be retained for a limited period for security and system administration purposes.
12. Your rights
Depending on your location and the laws that apply, you may have the right to:
- request access to your personal data,
- request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data,
- request deletion of your personal data,
- request restriction of processing,
- object to certain processing,
- request data portability,
- withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at postmaster@brieflycurious.com. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.
13. Security
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
14. Children’s privacy
The Website is not intended for children under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 16.
15. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and the updated version will be effective from the date of publication shown above.
16. Contact and complaints
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, contact us at postmaster@brieflycurious.com.
If you believe your personal data has been processed in violation of applicable law, you may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.