Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to all services offered by AI News Platform, including our website, admin dashboard, and contact forms. By using the Platform, you consent to the practices described herein.

2.1 Information You Provide

When you submit the contact form, we collect:

• Full name — to personalise our response
• Email address — to reply to your inquiry
• Subject and message content — to process your request

2.2 Automatically Collected Information

When you visit the Platform, our servers may automatically log:

• IP address (used for abuse prevention only)
• Browser type and version
• Referring URL and pages visited
• Date and time of requests

2.3 Cookies

We use only essential cookies required for the Platform to function (e.g., theme preference). We do not use advertising, tracking, or third-party analytics cookies.

We use collected information to:

• Respond to contact form submissions
• Detect and prevent abuse or spam
• Improve the performance and reliability of the Platform
• Send automated acknowledgement emails for contact submissions

We do not use your data for advertising, profiling, or sale to third parties. We do not build user profiles.

Contact form submissions are stored in our MongoDB database hosted on a private server. We retain contact messages for 12 months from the date of submission, after which they are permanently deleted.

Server access logs are retained for 30 days and then purged automatically.

The Platform interacts with the following third-party services:

• Google Gemini AI — article generation; news headlines may be sent to Gemini's API
• NewsAPI — headline data; governed by NewsAPI Privacy Policy
• Unsplash — article images; governed by Unsplash Privacy Policy
• Gmail SMTP — sending notification emails; governed by Google's Privacy Policy

We only share data with these services as required to provide the Platform's functionality. We do not share personal information with any other third parties.

You have the right to:

• Access — request a copy of personal data we hold about you
• Rectification — request correction of inaccurate data
• Erasure — request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten")
• Restriction — request we limit processing of your data
• Portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at hello@ainews.com. We will respond within 30 days.

We implement reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your data, including:

• HTTPS encryption for all data in transit
• Environment variable management for API keys and credentials
• Rate limiting to prevent abuse of API endpoints
• Regular dependency audits

However, no transmission over the internet is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security and encourage you not to submit sensitive personal information through contact forms.

The Platform is not directed at children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has submitted information to us, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

For privacy-related inquiries or to exercise your rights:

• Email: hello@ainews.com
• Address: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
• Contact Form: ainews.com/contact