Email & Newsletter Policy

Effective Date: April 21, 2026

This Email & Newsletter Policy ("Policy") describes the commercial and transactional email communications that AIDiveForge ("we," "us," or "our") sends in connection with the services offered at aidiveforge.com (the "Service") and explains how you may manage your preferences. This Policy supplements our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

1. Scope and Types of Communications

We send two distinct categories of email:

• 1.1 Commercial Communications. Our weekly editorial newsletter, distributed each Monday at 09:00 UTC to subscribers who have affirmatively opted in. Each edition may include newly published tool listings, workflow packs, community highlights, and editorial commentary.
• 1.2 Transactional Communications. Service-related messages triggered by your interaction with the Service, including account-verification emails, password-reset notices, content-moderation decisions, and security alerts. Transactional messages are sent on the basis of our legitimate interest in operating the Service and are not subject to unsubscribe.

2. Consent and Subscription

Subscription to our newsletter is always opt-in. You may subscribe by:

• Submitting your email address through the newsletter signup form displayed on the Service; or
• Affirmatively selecting the newsletter-subscription checkbox during account registration.

Creating an account does not, by itself, enroll you in the newsletter. We do not import, rent, purchase, or otherwise obtain email addresses from third parties, and we do not enroll individuals on the basis of business-card exchanges, conference lists, or scraped sources.

3. Unsubscribing

You may withdraw consent to receive commercial communications at any time, without cost or consequence, by:

• Clicking the one-click unsubscribe link located at the footer of every commercial email;
• Adjusting your notification preferences within your account settings (if you have an account); or
• Emailing noreply@aidiveforge.com with the subject line "Unsubscribe."

Opt-outs submitted via the one-click mechanism take effect immediately. Email requests are honored within two (2) business days, and in any event within the ten (10) business-day window required by the CAN-SPAM Act.

4. Email Analytics

To assess aggregate performance, our commercial emails include a standard 1×1 pixel beacon that records, in aggregate, the total number of opens and the total number of clicks on each linked URL. We do not:

• Record the identity of individual recipients who open or click;
• Collect geolocation information beyond country-level aggregates inferred from server logs;
• Retain device or email-client fingerprints; or
• Track forwards, replies, or downstream interactions with the message.

You may suppress the open-tracking beacon by disabling remote image loading in your email client.

5. Affiliate Links in Commercial Email

Commercial emails may include affiliate links. Affiliate links are identified within the message consistent with the Federal Trade Commission's Endorsement Guides and our Affiliate Disclosure. You do not pay more by using our affiliate links, and our editorial selection is not influenced by affiliate relationships.

6. Data Handling

Subscriber email addresses are stored in our self-hosted WordPress database. Outbound mail is delivered through our own Postfix mail transfer agent with DKIM signing. We do not use Mailchimp, ConvertKit, Klaviyo, Substack, or any other third-party email-service provider. We do not:

• Sell, rent, trade, or lease subscriber email addresses;
• Use subscriber addresses for any purpose other than operating the newsletter and related service communications; or
• Permit advertisers or sponsors to broadcast messages to our subscribers on their own behalf.

7. CAN-SPAM Act Compliance

In accordance with the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (15 U.S.C. § 7701 et seq.), each commercial email we send:

• Accurately identifies AIDiveForge as the sender in the "From," "To," and "Reply-To" fields and routing information;
• Uses a subject line that accurately describes the contents of the message;
• Is clearly identified as an advertisement where required;
• Includes a valid physical postal address for AIDiveForge; and
• Includes a functional, no-cost mechanism to opt out of future commercial email.

8. GDPR and UK GDPR

For subscribers located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we process email-subscription data on the basis of your consent under Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR. You may withdraw consent at any time using the mechanisms described in Section 3, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. Our mail infrastructure is hosted in the United States; by subscribing, you acknowledge this international transfer. We rely on appropriate safeguards as described in our Privacy Policy.

9. Canada (CASL) and Other Jurisdictions

For subscribers located in Canada, the Service complies with Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (S.C. 2010, c. 23). We maintain records of express consent, provide sender identification, and honor unsubscribe requests within ten (10) business days. Subscribers located in jurisdictions not expressly addressed herein are protected by the same opt-out rights described above.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy to reflect changes to the Service or to applicable law. Material changes will be communicated by posting the revised Policy with an updated Effective Date and, where appropriate, by direct notice.

11. Contact

Questions regarding this Policy, or regarding any specific message you have received, may be directed to:

AIDiveForge — Email Compliance
Email: noreply@aidiveforge.com