Privacy Policy

Updated: 6 July 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal data when you use our website and services (collectively, the "Service"). We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and ensuring your personal data is handled responsibly and in accordance with applicable laws, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Finnish data protection law.

Data Controller

The data controller responsible for your personal data is:

    Tietoscape Oy
    Business ID (Y-tunnus): 3487348-3
    Registered address: 42011 Yrityslokero PL 999
    Email: [email protected]

Because we are established in Finland, the GDPR governs our processing of your personal data regardless of where you are located.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect, use, store, and transfer the following types of information:

  • Personal Data: Information that identifies you, such as your name, gender, and date of birth.
  • Contact Data: Information used to reach you, such as your email address or other contact details.
  • Technical Data: Information about your device and how you access the Service, including IP addresses, browser types, operating systems, time zone settings, and device identifiers.
  • Profile Data: Information related to your account, such as usernames, passwords, preferences, feedback, ratings, reviews, followed data, and other details you provide while using the Service.
  • User-Generated Content: Reviews, ratings, and comments you submit about news sources. Please note that your reviews and ratings, together with your username, are displayed publicly on the Service.
  • Transaction Data: Details about payments to and from you and information about services you’ve purchased from us, such as payment method details.
  • Usage Data: Information about how you interact with the Service, such as pages visited, stories read, features used, items bookmarked or followed, and time spent on the site.
  • Aggregated Data: Statistical or demographic data derived from your personal data but anonymized so it cannot identify you. We use this data for purposes like improving our services and analyzing trends.

How Data is Collected:

  • Some data (e.g., Technical Data, Usage Data) is collected automatically when you use the Service.
  • Other data (e.g., Personal Data, Contact Data) is provided by you directly, such as when filling out forms or contacting us.
  • Certain data is optional, and you may choose not to provide it.

Important Note: We do not collect sensitive personal data (also known as "special categories of data"), such as your race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or biometric data.

If we are required by law or under the terms of our Service to collect certain personal data and you fail to provide it, we may not be able to deliver the requested service. In such cases, we may need to cancel a product or service you have with us.


2. How We Collect Your Information

We collect personal data through the following methods:

  • Direct Interactions: You provide data when filling out forms, corresponding with us via email, or otherwise engaging with the Service.
  • Automated Interactions: We collect Technical and Usage Data automatically through cookies, server logs, and similar technologies when you use the Service.
  • Third-Party Services: We may receive data from, or share data with, third-party providers, including:
    • Google reCAPTCHA: Used to protect against spam and abuse by verifying human users.
    • Plausible: A privacy-friendly analytics tool that collects anonymized usage data to improve the Service.
    • Lemon Squeezy: Acts as a merchant of record, handling subscription payments, tax compliance, and related tasks on our behalf. When you subscribe to our service, Lemon Squeezy will collect and process certain personal data to facilitate your subscription.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your personal data for the following purposes:

  • Service Provision and Management: To provide, manage, and personalize the Service, including processing account registration, managing purchases, and delivering content.
  • Personalization and Recommendations: To build personalized story feeds and recommendations based on your activity, follows, and interactions. This involves automated profiling, but we do not make decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects about you based solely on automated processing.
  • Content Moderation: To review user-generated content (such as reviews) for compliance with our rules, including through automated AI moderation.
  • Improvement and Development: To analyze usage patterns, enhance the Service’s functionality, and develop new features.
  • Communication: To contact you regarding inquiries, provide service-related updates, or, with your consent, send marketing communications.
  • Security: To ensure the security and integrity of the Service, including preventing fraud, spam, and malicious activities.
  • Legal Compliance: To meet legal obligations, such as responding to lawful requests from authorities or enforcing our Terms of Service.
        

We do not sell your personal data to third parties. We may share your data with third-party service providers (e.g., payment processors, analytics tools, AI moderation providers) to assist us in operating the Service, but only as necessary for their functions. These providers are contractually required to protect your data and use it solely for the purposes we specify.

We may also share aggregated, non-identifying audience and performance statistics about a news source (for example, reader numbers and trends) with representatives of that source who have an account affiliated with it. These statistics are aggregated so that they cannot identify you individually, and we apply a minimum group size before showing any demographic breakdown.


4. Legal Basis for Processing

As we are established in Finland, we process your personal data under the GDPR on the following legal grounds:

  • Consent: Where you have explicitly agreed to processing (e.g., for marketing purposes).
  • Contractual Necessity: Where processing is required to fulfill a contract with you, such as providing the Service.
  • Legitimate Interests: Where processing serves our legitimate interests (e.g., improving the Service, personalizing content, moderating user content, or ensuring security), provided these interests do not override your rights.
  • Legal Obligation: Where processing is necessary to comply with legal requirements. 
5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to improve your experience on the Service. Cookies help us remember your preferences, track usage, and enhance functionality. Some third-party services we use (such as Google reCAPTCHA) may set their own cookies; our analytics provider (Plausible) does not use cookies. For more details, please see our Cookies Page.


6. Third-Party Services and Links

The Service may include links to third-party websites or services, which have their own privacy policies. We are not responsible for the content, practices, or data handling of these third parties. Please review their policies before engaging with them.

We use the following third-party services:

  • Plausible: A privacy-friendly analytics tool that collects anonymized data (e.g., time spent on the site, devices used, countries of origin) to improve user experience. This data is not linked to your identity.
  • Google reCAPTCHA: Used to verify human users and protect the Service from spam and abuse.
  • Lemon Squeezy: Acts as a merchant of record, handling subscription payments, tax compliance, and related tasks on our behalf. When you subscribe to our service, Lemon Squeezy will collect and process certain personal data to facilitate your subscription. This data is necessary for managing your subscription, processing payments, ensuring tax compliance, and providing customer support. Lemon Squeezy processes this data as a data processor on our behalf and is committed to protecting your privacy. For more details on how Lemon Squeezy handles your data, please review their Privacy Policy.

7. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures—such as encryption, secure servers, and access controls—to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no online transmission or storage method is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.


8. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy or as required by law. Retention periods vary by data type:

  • Account data is kept while your account is active.
  • Transaction data is retained as required by tax and accounting laws.
  • Usage data may be kept in anonymized form for analytics.

Your account data is anonymized within two days of account deletion. Once retention periods expire, your data will be securely deleted.


9. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to Access: Request a copy of your data.
  • Right to Rectification: Correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your data under certain conditions.
  • Right to Restrict Processing: Limit how we process your data.
  • Right to Data Portability: Request transfer of your data to another provider.
  • Right to Object: Oppose processing based on legitimate interests or marketing.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: Revoke consent where it applies.

To exercise these rights, contact us via our Contact Us page or by email. We’ll respond within legally required timeframes. Since some third parties process certain personal data on our behalf, you may need to contact them directly to exercise some of these rights.

Right to Lodge a Complaint: If you believe our processing of your personal data infringes applicable law, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In Finland, this is the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman (Tietosuojavaltuutetun toimisto). You may also contact the supervisory authority in your country of residence.

If you are located outside the EU (for example, in the United Kingdom or the State of California), you may have similar or additional rights under your local laws. We honor applicable rights requests regardless of your location.


10. International Data Transfers

Your personal data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside your country of residence, including outside the European Economic Area (for example, by service providers such as Google, and Lemon Squeezy, which operate in the United States), where data protection laws may differ. Where we transfer personal data outside the EEA, we ensure appropriate safeguards—such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses—are in place to protect your data in compliance with applicable laws.


11. Children’s Privacy

The Service is not intended for individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If we discover that we have collected such data, we will delete it promptly. Where required by local law, a higher minimum age may apply.


12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. Updates will be posted here with the revised "Updated" date shown above. Your continued use of the Service after changes indicates acceptance of the new policy.


13. Contact Us

For questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please visit our Contact Us page or email us.

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