Privacy Policy

Automatically Collected Data: When you visit our site, we automatically collect certain information, including your browser type, operating system, referring URLs, IP address, and pages visited. This data is collected via server logs and analytics tools.

Newsletter Subscriptions: If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address. We use this solely to send you news updates and will never sell it to third parties.

Contact Form: If you contact us via our contact form or by email, we collect your name, email address, and any information you choose to include in your message.

Community Submissions: If you submit a business listing, event, or classified ad, we collect the information you provide in that submission.

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience. Cookies are small data files stored on your device.

Essential cookies are required for the website to function properly and cannot be disabled.

Analytics cookies are set by Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors interact with our website. This data is aggregated and anonymous.

Advertising cookies are set by Google AdSense to serve relevant advertisements. These cookies may track your browsing activity across other websites.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.

We use Google Analytics to analyse traffic and usage patterns on our site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit our site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to visiting our site.

Google Analytics uses first-party cookies to track your interactions. We use this data only to improve our site and do not combine it with personally identifiable information.

You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website and other websites on the internet.

Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the internet. You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ad Settings.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website. We do not have access to or control over cookies used by third-party advertisers.

We use the information we collect to:

• Operate and improve our website
• Send newsletter updates to subscribers (with your consent)
• Respond to your enquiries and contact form messages
• Publish community submissions (business listings, events, classifieds)
• Analyse site traffic and usage patterns
• Serve relevant advertisements
• Comply with legal obligations

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share information with:

• Service providers — such as Supabase (database hosting), Vercel/IONOS (web hosting), and Google (analytics and advertising)
• Legal authorities — when required by law or to protect our legal rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of your personal information
• Object to or restrict processing of your information
• Withdraw consent for newsletter communications at any time

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at news@collincountywire.com.