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Privacy Policy

We at London News take your privacy seriously. Here’s how we collect, use, store, and share your personal data, under UK law (UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, etc.).

1. What We Collect

  • Identity/contact info: if you register, sign up for newsletter, or participate in polls (e.g. name, email).
  • Technical data: IP address, device/browser type, operating system.
  • Usage & engagement data: pages visited, time on site, poll votes, comments, what memes/headlines you interact with.
  • Profile preferences: your settings (e.g. display, theme), subscriptions, saved preferences.

2. How We Use Your Data

We collect and use your data to:

  • Provide, manage, and improve our services (site functionality, content you like, memetic features).
  • Communicate with you (newsletters, poll results, service notices).
  • Analyse usage to determine which content resonates, fix bugs, maintain performance.
  • Personalise your experience, where you give consent or where lawful (e.g. remembering preferences).

3. Lawful Bases for Processing

  • Consent (for optional data processing, e.g. personalised content, marketing).
  • Legitimate interests (e.g. improving site, serving satire, security) – balanced against your rights.
  • Contractual necessity (if you enter into agreement, e.g. subscribing).

4. Sharing and Disclosure

We may share data with:

  • Service providers/partners (analytics, hosting, email services).
  • Legal authorities if required by law or to protect rights.

We will never sell your personal data to unrelated third parties.

5. Data Retention

We’ll keep your personal data only as long as needed: to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and for legitimate business interests. After that, we securely delete or anonymise it.

6. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have rights to:

  • Access the personal data we hold about you.
  • Rectify incorrect/incomplete data.
  • Delete your data (“right to be forgotten”) in certain circumstances.
  • Restrict or object to certain processing.
  • Portability—receive your data in structured format (where applicable).
  • Withdraw consent at any time.

To exercise your rights, contact us at [Insert Contact Email].

7. Data Security

We implement technical and organisational measures to protect personal data—secure servers, encryption, access restriction. But note: no internet transmission is 100% secure.

8. International Transfers

If data is transferred outside the UK (or UK adequacy jurisdictions), we ensure appropriate safeguards (e.g. standard contractual clauses) are in place.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy. If material changes, we’ll notify via site banner or email. Effective date will always be shown.