Privacy policy

Scope

This policy applies to Our Elected News websites and services that link to it. OurElected services may provide additional notices when a feature needs information not described here.

Information we collect

• Information you provide, such as account details, messages, survey responses, newsletter choices, and correction reports.
• Technical and usage information, such as the requested page, time, referring page, browser and device type, approximate location based on IP address, and security events.
• Transaction metadata if paid services are offered. Payment processors handle full payment-card details under their own notices.

How we use information

We use information to provide and secure the service, authenticate accounts, remember preferences, respond to requests, understand service performance, prevent abuse, comply with law, and improve our journalism and products. We do not use sensitive personal information to decide news coverage.

Cookies and similar technologies

Necessary cookies support sign-in, security, and saved preferences. Analytics or advertising technologies may measure readership and ad performance. Where consent is required, non-essential storage and personalized-ad processing are controlled by a consent message before they are used.

Google advertising

If advertising is activated, third-party vendors including Google may use cookies to serve and measure ads based on a reader’s visits to this site and other sites. Google’s advertising cookies allow Google and its partners to personalize ads using those visits. Other approved advertising vendors may also use cookies for personalized advertising.

Learn more about how Google uses information from partner sites. You can control personalized Google advertising in Google’s Ads Settings and opt out of participating vendors through AboutAds.

Your privacy choices

Readers in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Switzerland can use our Google-certified consent platform to grant, refuse, manage, and later withdraw advertising consent. Readers covered by applicable U.S. state laws can use the privacy message to opt out of targeted advertising or the sale or sharing of personal information, as those terms are defined by applicable law.

When a consent message is available, the control below reopens it. If advertising has not been activated in this preview, no Google consent record exists to change.

Privacy & cookie settings

When information is shared

We share information with service providers that host, secure, deliver, analyze, or process payments for the service; when you direct us to share it; when required by law; or when necessary to protect people, rights, and the service. Advertising partners receive data as described above and in the consent interface. We do not provide personal information to political campaigns for their targeting.

Retention and security

We retain information only as long as reasonably needed for the purposes described here, legal obligations, dispute resolution, and security. We use administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards, but no internet service can promise absolute security.

Children

The service is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Requests and contact

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or obtain a copy of personal information, or to appeal a privacy decision. Submit a request through our contact page. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

Changes to this policy

We will post updates here and change the date above. If a change materially affects how we use information, we will provide additional notice when appropriate.