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This Privacy Policy explains how ainews.im (“AI News,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you visit or interact with our website.

Who we are

Our website address is https://ainews.im. We publish news, summaries, commentary, and analysis related to artificial intelligence and technology.

Information we collect

Information you provide

• Your name and email address when you subscribe to a newsletter.
• Information submitted through contact forms, comments, feedback forms, or content submissions.
• Any other information you voluntarily provide to us.

Information collected automatically

• Your IP address.
• Your browser, device type, and operating system.
• Referring pages and search terms.
• Pages viewed, links clicked, and time spent on the website.
• Approximate location derived from your IP address.
• Cookie, analytics, and similar technology data.

How we use information

We may use collected information to:

• Operate, maintain, secure, and improve ainews.im.
• Publish and manage comments or user submissions.
• Deliver newsletters and updates you requested.
• Respond to questions, corrections, feedback, and support requests.
• Measure traffic, readership, and content performance.
• Detect spam, fraud, abuse, security threats, and technical problems.
• Display, personalize, and measure advertising where applicable.
• Comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms.

Comments

When visitors leave comments, we collect the information shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user-agent string to assist with spam detection and website security.

An anonymized string created from your email address, also called a hash, may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you use it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/.

After your comment is approved, your profile picture and submitted display name may be publicly visible alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images containing embedded location information such as EXIF GPS data. Website visitors may be able to download images and extract embedded location information.

Cookies

ainews.im may use cookies and similar technologies to remember preferences, maintain website functionality, analyze traffic, improve performance, prevent abuse, and support advertising.

If you leave a comment, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are provided for convenience so you do not need to enter your details again when leaving another comment.

When you visit our login page, WordPress may set a temporary cookie to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal information and is discarded when you close your browser.

If you log in, WordPress may set cookies to save your login information and display preferences. Login cookies typically remain active for two days, while display preference cookies may remain active for one year. Selecting “Remember Me” may extend your login session.

You can block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may prevent some website features from working correctly.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles may include embedded videos, images, social media posts, audio, documents, or other content from third-party websites.

Embedded content behaves as though you visited the third-party website directly. Those websites may collect information about you, use cookies, include additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.

Analytics

We may use third-party analytics providers to understand how visitors find and use ainews.im. These services may process your IP address, device information, visited pages, referral source, session activity, and similar usage information.

Analytics providers process information under their own terms and privacy policies.

Advertising

We may work with advertising partners that use cookies, pixels, device identifiers, or similar technologies to display and measure advertisements.

Advertising partners may use information about your visits to ainews.im and other websites to provide advertisements based on your interests. You may manage advertising preferences through your browser, device, consent tool, or the relevant advertising provider.

Newsletters and email communications

When you subscribe to a newsletter, we may use your email address and related subscription information to send AI news, website updates, and related content.

You can unsubscribe at any time by selecting the unsubscribe link included in our emails. We may retain limited information needed to honor your unsubscribe request.

Who we share information with

We do not sell personal information for money. We may share information with:

• Hosting, content-delivery, security, analytics, email, advertising, and website service providers.
• Professional advisers, including legal and accounting providers.
• Government authorities or other parties when required by law.
• Parties involved in investigating fraud, abuse, security incidents, or threats.
• A buyer, successor, or related party during a merger, acquisition, restructuring, financing, or sale of assets.

Service providers may process information only as necessary to provide their contracted services, subject to their agreements and applicable law.

How long we retain information

We retain personal information only as long as reasonably necessary to operate the website, provide requested services, maintain security, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata may be retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments and maintain the discussion record.

For registered users, if registration is available, we may store the personal information provided in their user profiles. Users may view, edit, or delete certain profile information, except information WordPress requires for account administration.

Data security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or misuse.

No website, internet transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Your privacy rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights concerning your personal information, including the right to:

• Request access to personal information we hold about you.
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Request deletion of certain personal information.
• Restrict or object to certain processing.
• Receive a portable copy of certain information.
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
• Opt out of certain targeted advertising, sharing, or data-sale activities where applicable.
• File a complaint with an appropriate privacy or data protection authority.

If you have an account or have left comments, you may request an exported file containing personal information we hold about you. You may also request deletion of eligible personal information.

These rights may be subject to legal exceptions. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

Where your information is sent

Visitor comments and form submissions may be checked through automated spam, fraud, moderation, or security services.

Your information may be processed or stored in countries outside your place of residence. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards for international transfers.

Children’s privacy

ainews.im is not directed to children under 13 or the minimum legal age required in their jurisdiction. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Contact us if you believe a child has provided personal information through the website.

Third-party links

ainews.im contains links to third-party websites, services, research, products, and social media platforms. We do not control their privacy, security, or data practices.

Review the privacy policy of each third-party service before providing personal information.

Do Not Track signals

Some browsers transmit “Do Not Track” signals. Because no universally accepted response standard currently applies, ainews.im may not respond to these signals.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when our services, technologies, legal obligations, or data practices change.

The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.

Contact us

For privacy questions or requests, contact:

• Website: https://ainews.im
• Email: [email protected]
• Legal name: ainews.im