Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 26, 2026
The Brookfield Current is a free local news publication for Brookfield, Connecticut, published at brookfieldcurrent.com. This page explains what information the site collects and what happens to it, in straightforward terms. Questions about any of it: news@brookfieldcurrent.com.
What we collect, and why
Email subscriptions. When you subscribe to the morning brief, our publishing platform (Ghost) stores your email address so we can send you the newsletter. If you give a name, it is stored with the subscription. Every email we send includes an unsubscribe link, and unsubscribing removes you from the mailing list.
Forms. The contact and advertising forms on this site are handled by Formspree. What you type into those forms is delivered to our inbox so we can reply. Formspree processes the submission to provide that service.
The community forum. The forum is hosted by Talkyard and embedded on this site. If you register for or post in the forum, Talkyard handles that account information and content under its own privacy policy.
Story feedback. The thumbs-up / thumbs-down buttons at the foot of stories record anonymous tallies — they are counts, not connected to your name or email. Your browser keeps a local note of your vote so the same story can't be counted twice from the same browser.
Readership statistics. We look at aggregate numbers — subscriber counts, how many people read a story — to understand what Brookfield wants covered. These are totals, not profiles of individual readers.
What we don't do
- We do not sell your personal information.
- We do not run advertising trackers on this site.
- We do not build profiles of individual readers for marketing.
Cookies
The site and the services named above use the cookies needed for things like member sign-in and basic site function. If you sign in to the forum, Talkyard may set its own cookies for that session.
Changes
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new date at the top.