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At our independent news organization, accessible directly from the Fact Flows homepage, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This official Fact Flows Privacy Policy document contains comprehensive details about the specific types of information that is collected and recorded by our platform and exactly how we use it. If you have additional questions, require more information about this Fact Flows Privacy Policy, or wish to learn more about our journalistic mission, do not hesitate to reach out to us via our About Us page.
1. Fact Flows Privacy Policy Consent
By navigating and using our news website, you hereby consent to the overarching Fact Flows Privacy Policy and agree to its legal terms. This specific Fact Flows Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in Fact Flows. It does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this digital website.
2. Information We Collect
The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the exact reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to input your personal data. According to the guidelines set by the Fact Flows Privacy Policy, if you contact our team directly via forms or email, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, the contents of the message, and any other files you choose to provide. When you subscribe to our daily news alerts or create a user account, we may ask for contact information, including your name and email address. Like many other modern websites, we also automatically collect certain technical information about your device, including your IP address, browser type, internet service provider, and timestamps.
3. Comments, Media, and Embedded Content
When visitors leave comments on our articles—such as our breaking Technology news reports—we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with automated spam detection. Articles on this site may also include embedded content, such as YouTube videos, X/Twitter posts, or external images. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. Under the Fact Flows Privacy Policy, we must warn you that these external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
4. How We Use Your Information
As outlined strictly in the Fact Flows Privacy Policy, we use the information we collect in various ways, including to:
- Provide, securely operate, and seamlessly maintain our website and global news platform.
- Improve, personalize, and expand our news coverage, category sorting, and site functionality.
- Understand and analyze how you use our website via verified analytics tools to improve user experience.
- Communicate with you, either directly or through partners, including for customer service, providing news updates, and marketing purposes.
- Find, isolate, and prevent fraud, spam, and technical security issues.
5. Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other professional website, Fact Flows heavily utilizes ‘cookies’. These temporary digital cookies are used to securely store information including visitors’ preferences, and the specific pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. This crucial information is used to drastically optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other device information.
Google Advertising & DART Cookies
Google is one of the third-party vendors operating on our site. It uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve relevant advertisements to our site visitors based upon their prior visit to our site and other sites on the internet. As part of the Fact Flows Privacy Policy, we want you to know that we partner with advertising networks (like Google AdSense) to display ads. These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are sent directly to users’ browsers. You may explicitly choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network Privacy Policy.
6. CCPA & GDPR Data Protection Rights
CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Info)
Under the guidelines of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and as enforced by the Fact Flows Privacy Policy, California consumers have the right to request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of data that a business has collected. You also hold the right to request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer, and request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data.
GDPR Data Protection Rights
We would like to ensure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Fact Flows Privacy Policy guarantees every user is entitled to the following:
- The right to access – You have the right to request official copies of your personal data.
- The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
- The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we securely erase your personal data.
- The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your data.
- The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the collected data to another organization.
Contact Us Regarding Your Privacy
If you have any questions, concerns, or legal requests regarding the Fact Flows Privacy Policy or how we handle your digital data, please contact our Data Protection team directly at:
watchtic3@gmail.com