Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 18, 2026 · mindmemorylab.com

Mind Memory Lab, an educational publication curated by Nate Mercer and operated by BREW RESEARCH, maintains an absolute commitment to subscriber privacy, data security, and ethical computing standards.

This Privacy Policy governs the collection, use, retention, and security of personal data across mindmemorylab.com and all related newsletter dispatches in accordance with the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act, California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA), and international privacy frameworks.

Data Controller & Entity:

BREW RESEARCH

1837 Harbor Street, Suite 220, Miami, FL 33131, USA

Electronic Mail: [email protected]

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Voluntary Data Provided by Readers

Newsletter Subscriptions: When joining our cognitive research dispatches, we record your email address and optional first name. We also record the consent text and an ISO 8601 UTC timestamp at signup.
Correspondence: If you submit inquiries or lab notes to Nate Mercer, we store your contact details and message contents strictly to answer your question.

1.2 Automatic Technical Data Collection

To ensure system stability, latency optimization, and defense against abusive scripts, our edge infrastructure automatically logs standard technical metadata:

IP address (anonymized at edge nodes)
Browser family, user agent, and platform version
Device viewport dimensions and pixel density ratio
Access timestamps, session duration, and referral origins

1.3 Third-Party Data Sources

We do not buy, ingest, or trade consumer marketing profiles or third-party mailing lists. We interact exclusively with readers who have directly chosen to subscribe.

2. Lawful Bases for Processing

2.1 Explicit Affirmative Consent

Your subscription is processed based on your unambiguous affirmative consent given at the time of form submission.

2.2 Contractual Execution

We process your email to fulfill the delivery of requested dispatches, memory experiments, and educational lab summaries.

2.3 Statutory Obligations

We may keep a limited record of consent and opt-out requests to honor subscriber choices and applicable obligations.

2.4 Legitimate Interests

We log diagnostic technical performance data to combat automated attacks and maintain reliable page rendering.

3. How Information Is Used

To deliver practical memory techniques, cognitive assays, and research summaries
To maintain server infrastructure, monitor page performance, and debug client issues
To protect our readership from spam, scraping bots, and abusive submission floods
To honor and process subscriber opt-outs and data privacy requests

We never sell, rent, monetize, or transfer your personal data to commercial advertisers or data brokers.

4. Commercial Email Dispatches (CAN-SPAM Compliance)

By subscribing to Mind Memory Lab, you agree to receive electronic dispatches from Nate Mercer. In complete compliance with the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act:

Every email clearly identifies Mind Memory Lab as the sender
Every footer provides our verified physical operating address: BREW RESEARCH, 1837 Harbor Street, Suite 220, Miami, FL 33131, USA
Each newsletter email will include a clear way to unsubscribe.
Deceptive headers and misleading subject lines are strictly prohibited

You may unsubscribe using the option in an email. We process opt-out requests and stop sending the publication to that address after the request is processed.

5. Storage and Data Transmission

Subscription records are sent to Supabase, our database provider. We and our service providers use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal information. The location and settings of the deployed project determine where data is processed.

6. Retention Schedule

We keep subscription information while the subscription is active and for a reasonable period afterward when needed to document consent, honor an opt-out, resolve a request, or meet applicable obligations. We stop sending the publication to an address after its unsubscribe request is processed.

7. Local Storage and Client-Side Storage

Mind Memory Lab utilizes minimal local storage keys solely for rate limiting (preventing form abuse via a 5-minute sliding window) and accessibility settings. We do not use third-party cross-site advertising cookies.

8. Security Safeguards

We apply robust administrative, physical, and technical measures designed to protect your data against unauthorized disclosure, loss, alteration, or theft.

9. External Citations and Links

Our essays frequently reference peer-reviewed cognitive science papers and laboratory archives. BREW RESEARCH does not govern or assume responsibility for external third-party sites or their privacy practices.

10. Updates to This Policy

We may amend this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect evolving regulatory frameworks or platform adjustments. Changes take effect upon posting to this URL.

11. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, including under California CCPA/CPRA and GDPR regulations, you hold enforceable rights concerning your personal information:

Right to Access: The right to request copies of your stored personal information.
Right to Correct & Rectification: The right to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
Right to Erasure & Delete: The right to demand permanent deletion of your data.
Right to Data Portability: The right to receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
Right to Withdraw Consent: The right to opt out of email communications at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, email our data team at [email protected].

12. Contact Information

For questions or formal inquiries regarding this policy, please contact:

Data Controller: BREW RESEARCH
Physical Address: 1837 Harbor Street, Suite 220, Miami, FL 33131, USA
Email: [email protected]
Publication: Mind Memory Lab (https://mindmemorylab.com)