Welcome to News5Mins.com (“we,” “us,” or “our”). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website https://news5mins.com (the “Site”), including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the Site. By accessing or using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
When you visit News5Mins.com, we may collect certain information about you, which can be categorized as follows:
A. Information You Provide Voluntarily:
- Comments: If you leave a comment on our articles, we collect your name, email address (which is kept private and not published), and the content of your comment.
- Contact Forms/Newsletters: If you choose to contact us via a form or subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your name and email address.
- Note: We do not require you to create an account to read our news articles.
B. Information Collected Automatically (Log Data): When you access our Site, our servers may automatically log standard data provided by your web browser. This may include:
- Your device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address.
- Your browser type and version.
- The pages you visit on our Site and the time and date of your visit.
- The time spent on each page.
- The referring website URL.
- The device you use to access the Site (e.g., computer, mobile phone).
C. Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other similar technologies to track activity on our Site and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect about you for the following purposes:
- To provide and maintain our Site: Ensuring the news content is delivered to you efficiently.
- To manage your account: (If applicable to newsletters or comment sections).
- To improve our Site: Analyzing how users interact with our content helps us write better news and improve site speed and navigation.
- To combat spam and abuse: Tracking IP addresses helps us prevent spam comments and malicious attacks on the website.
- To comply with legal obligations: Retaining logs as required by internet hosting and cybersecurity regulations.
3. Third-Party Services: Advertising and Analytics
News5Mins.com relies on reputable third-party services to provide you with free news content and to analyze our traffic. These third parties may collect information sent by your browser as part of a web page request, such as cookies or your IP address.
A. Google AdSense (Advertising) We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our Site or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our Site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
- For more information on how Google uses data, please review Google’s Privacy Policy.
B. Google Analytics (Traffic Analysis) We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors engage with our Site. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about how you use our Site, such as which pages you visit most often and whether you receive error messages. This information is aggregated and used to improve our Site.
- You can opt-out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
C. Social Media Plugins Our Site may contain links to social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Twitter/X, WhatsApp share buttons). Clicking on these links may allow the social media platforms to collect data about you according to their own privacy policies. We do not control these third-party technologies.
4. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information with our business partners or advertisers to understand our audience better.
We may share your information in the following situations:
- With Third-Party Service Providers: As described above (Google AdSense, Analytics, Hosting Providers) to help us operate our Site.
- For Legal Compliance: If required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or subpoena).
- To Protect Our Rights: To investigate or defend against third-party claims or allegations, protect the security or integrity of our Site, or address fraud or security issues.
5. Data Retention
We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
- Comments: Comment data is kept indefinitely so that we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
- Server Logs: Server log files are typically retained for a short period (e.g., 30 to 90 days) for security and debugging purposes, after which they are automatically deleted.
- Newsletters: You can unsubscribe at any time, upon which your email address will be deleted from our mailing list.
6. Your Data Rights (GDPR & CCPA)
Depending on your location, you may have specific rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to Access / Right to Know: You have the right to request copies of your personal data that we hold.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data.
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
- California Residents (CCPA): You have the right to know what personal information is collected, used, and shared; the right to request deletion of your personal information; and the right to opt-out of the “sale” of your personal information. Note: We do not “sell” personal information in the traditional sense, but we use cookies that track user behavior for targeted advertising as described in Section 3.
How to Exercise These Rights: To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below. We will respond to your request within 30 days.
7. Children’s Privacy
Our Site is not intended for children under the age of 13 (or 16 in certain jurisdictions), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
8. International Data Transfers
Your information may be transferred to—and maintained on—computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data to the United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
9. Security of Your Information
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information (such as using SSL encryption on our website). While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last Updated” date of this Privacy Policy and, for material changes, we may provide a more prominent notice (such as adding a statement to our homepage or sending you a notification if you are a newsletter subscriber). You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates.
11. Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, the way we handle your data, or if you wish to exercise your data rights, please contact us at:
News5Mins.com
Address: 1234 Media Boulevard, Suite 567, Austin, TX 78701, United States
Phone: +1 (800) 459-5502
Email: support@news5mins.com