Privacy Policy

The data controller is Chain of News (chainofnews.com).

Contact: [email protected]

Browsing data (only with consent): pages visited, browser, operating system, language, referrer. This data is anonymous and collected via Umami, a self-hosted analytics platform. IP addresses are anonymized via salted hash and are never stored directly.

Language preference: stored in an essential cookie (lang) to remember your language selection.

Feed suggestion form: name, email address, website URL, and message. This data is provided voluntarily.

Essential cookies (lang, session): legitimate interest (art. 6.1.f GDPR) — necessary for site functionality.

Analytics (Umami, page views): explicit consent (art. 6.1.a GDPR) — only activated after accepting the cookie banner.

Feed suggestion form: contract execution (art. 6.1.b GDPR).

Cloudflare — CDN and security. May set its own cookies (__cf_bm, _cfuvid) for bot protection.

Tailwind CSS CDN (cdn.tailwindcss.com, Cloudflare) — Only loads CSS. Visitor IP is visible to the CDN.

Brevo/Sendinblue — Used to send notification emails when the feed suggestion form is submitted.

Umami — Self-hosted analytics platform on our servers. No data is transferred to third parties. Only activated with consent.

Article translations and daily digest summaries are automatically generated using AI models (Groq, OpenRouter). No user data is used for content generation.

Analytics (page views): 6 months, automatic deletion.

Click tracking: 6 months, automatic deletion.

Umami: 12 months.

Feed suggestions: until admin review.

Server logs (Caddy): automatic rotation by size (~250MB max).

Under the GDPR (articles 15-22), you have the right to:

• Access your personal data
• Rectify inaccurate data
• Request deletion of your data
• Data portability
• Object to processing
• Restrict processing

To exercise these rights, contact: [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days.

You can withdraw your consent for analytics cookies at any time using the "Preferences" link in the site footer, or by adding ?notrack to any site URL.

This policy may be updated periodically. The last update date is shown at the top of this page. Substantial changes will be communicated via a notice on the site.