Privacy & access
Updated 19 October 2026
Beyond the Curb — The Collection is operated by Cognitive CORP and led by James Waddell. This page explains how information is used for sign-in, reading access and optional research features.
Google sign-in
When you choose Continue with Google, Google shares your name, email address and profile picture with the portal’s authentication provider to identify your account and manage sign-in. This sign-in requests basic identity information; it does not request access to your Gmail messages, Google Drive files, calendar or contacts. Signing in does not subscribe you to research updates or grant approved-only research or Vendor Operator access.
Reading access and verification
Beyond the Curb, led by James Waddell, collects your name and email to verify access to the six online reading editions and nine-PDF collection. Organization and role are optional. Research updates require a separate, optional choice. Requesting a library email link requires a verified sign-in to this site; the link is sent only to that account’s email address.
Verification links expire after 20 minutes. Reading and download access is remembered for up to seven days in this browser. Choose Clear this device’s access from your library to remove it. If browser storage is unavailable, access may last only for the current tab. The email link opens your protected library. The PDFs stay in a private Google Drive account controlled by the publisher and are delivered through our server. Registration details, reading editions, access records, guide-call records and Vendor Operator access requests are stored with the site’s hosting provider and restricted to the site’s administrators. Vendor Operator requires a separate human approval. Verification emails are sent through Gmail.
Optional reading guide
The reading guide is optional. If you start a call beside a book, your voice and the conversation go to Tavus, our video-guide provider, through Daily, the video-calling service the guide runs on. The guide is also told which book and section you have open and, if you chose one, your reader role — never your name or email. Your camera stays off. We do not record calls or keep transcripts; Tavus processes each call under its own privacy terms. For each call we keep the book and section, the call ID, its status and how it ended, and its start and end times, linked to your registration, to apply daily limits.
Research access
Research access requires a separate application and human approval. We collect your stated role, question, intended use, topics and publication plans to review eligibility. Approved access is time-limited and can be revoked. Applications, review history and correction reports are stored with the site’s hosting provider and restricted to authorized research administrators. The reader library contains individually cleared standards metadata, source links and author summaries, and separately approved, versioned research evidence releases. Research applications do not subscribe you to updates or send decision emails; check your status in the app.
Hosting, fonts and usage logs
The hosting provider processes technical usage information, including page visits, to operate the portal and provide usage logs; this is separate from the optional research-updates choice. Most pages load their fonts from Google Fonts, so your browser requests them from Google’s servers.
Retention, choices and contact
Registration details are retained to manage reading access and any research updates you choose. To request access, correction or deletion of your details, reply to your verification email.
You can also contact speaker.alex@cognitivewx.info about privacy, access, correction or deletion. You may remove the portal’s Google sign-in connection through Google Account connections; this does not itself delete the portal’s existing access records. Optional research updates remain a separate choice.