Privacy

Privacy and cookie policy

Short version: this site reads news, not people. Nothing that identifies you is loaded until you say yes.


What we store

  • Newsletter email. Only if you submit the briefing form. It is stored so we can send the daily email and is never sold or shared with third parties for their own marketing.
  • Contact messages. The name, email and message you send through the contact form, kept so we can reply and keep a record of correction requests.
  • Cookie choice. Your allow or decline decision is saved in your browser's local storage, not on our server.

Cookies and consent

On your first visit a banner asks whether analytics and advertising cookies are allowed. Nothing beyond strictly necessary storage is used until you press Allow. If you press "Essential only", the site behaves identically, minus analytics and ads.

Analytics

If analytics is enabled and you consent, we use Google Analytics 4 to count visits, see which stories are read and check page speed. It sets cookies that identify a browser session, not a person. We do not enable Google signals or advertising personalisation for analytics.

Advertising

Advertising slots exist on the site but stay empty until they are switched on. If Google AdSense is enabled and you consent, Google and its partners may use cookies to serve and measure ads. You can manage ad personalisation in your Google account settings.

Embedded content

Articles may embed YouTube, X or Reddit posts. YouTube embeds use the privacy-enhanced no-cookie domain. Loading an embed means that provider may see your IP address and set its own cookies, subject to its own policy.

Your rights

Under the GDPR you can ask for a copy of what we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it. Use the contact page and say what you want done. Newsletter emails have a one-click unsubscribe link in every issue.

Data retention

Newsletter addresses stay until you unsubscribe. Contact messages are kept for as long as needed to resolve the request and to keep a record of corrections.

Changes

If this policy changes in a way that affects what is stored, the change is announced on the homepage ticker as well as here.