Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 2026.

investors STR wire ("we", "us") publishes education, analysis, and opinion for short-term rental investors. This policy explains what we collect, why, and what you can do about it.

What we collect

• Email address, only if you subscribe to our newsletter or send us a message through a form on this site.
• Message content, including your name and anything you type into our contact or story idea form.
• Basic usage data, such as pages viewed, referring site, approximate region, browser type, and time on page. This is collected to understand what readers find useful.
• Cookies and similar storage, used to remember your consent choices, keep you signed in if you have an account, and measure traffic.

We do not ask for, and you should not send us, sensitive personal information such as financial account numbers or government identifiers.

Why we collect it

• To send the newsletter you asked for.
• To answer your message.
• To measure which articles are read and improve our coverage.
• To keep the site secure and prevent abuse and spam.

Advertising and analytics

This site may display advertising and may use third party analytics and advertising technology. Those providers may set their own cookies and receive technical data such as your IP address and the page you are viewing. Where consent is required, we ask for it first, and you can change your choice at any time using the "Privacy choices" link in the footer.

Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We share data only with service providers who help us run the site, for example our hosting, email delivery, and analytics providers, and only so they can perform that service. We may disclose information if required by law.

Retention

Newsletter subscriptions are kept until you unsubscribe. Messages sent through our forms are kept while we handle them and for a reasonable record afterwards. Analytics data is kept in aggregate.

Your choices

• Unsubscribe from any newsletter using the link in the footer of the email.
• Change or withdraw cookie consent using "Privacy choices" in the site footer.
• Ask us to access, correct, or delete the personal information we hold about you. Use the contact form and we will respond within a reasonable time.

Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under laws such as the GDPR or the CCPA. We honor those rights regardless of where you are located.

Children

This site is intended for adults and is not directed to children under 16. We do not knowingly collect information from children.

Changes

We may update this policy. The date at the top shows when it last changed. Material changes will be noted on this page.

Contact

Questions about privacy can be sent through our contact form.