Privacy Policy

Last updated: 15 September 2026

This policy explains what personal data Cosmic Vision News collects when you use cosmicvisionnews.com, why we collect it, how long we keep it, who we share it with, and what rights you have. We are the controller of the data described here. It covers this website only, and not any site we link to.

1. What we collect

1.1 Data you give us

• Correspondence. If you write to the news desk we receive your address, your message and anything you include in it.
• Tips and corrections. What you send, and the contact details you send with it.

1.2 Data collected automatically

Technical and usage data: your IP address, browser and version, operating system, device type, referring page, the pages you view, and the date and time of each request. Your browser sends this as part of making the request; our servers record it in access logs.

1.3 What we do not collect

Reading this site requires no account. We do not ask for your name, postal address, date of birth, government identifiers or payment details, and we hold none of them.

2. Why we use it, and our lawful basis

• Serving the site and keeping it available — technical data, on our legitimate interest in operating the service you requested.
• Security, abuse prevention and diagnosing faults — technical data, on our legitimate interest in protecting the site and its readers.
• Understanding which reporting is read — aggregate counts not tied to individual readers, on our legitimate interest in knowing what is useful.
• Replying to correspondence and keeping a record of corrections — your message and address, on our legitimate interest in answering an enquiry you began and in maintaining an accurate record about our reporting.
• Meeting legal obligations — as required by law.

Where we rely on legitimate interests, we have considered whether they are overridden by your rights and have limited what we collect accordingly.

3. What we do not do with it

We do not sell personal data. We do not rent or trade it, we do not make it available to third parties for their own marketing, and we do not attempt to identify individual readers from usage data.

4. Cookies

We use only the cookies necessary for the site to function and to keep it secure. We do not currently set analytics or advertising cookies, and we do not permit third parties to set advertising cookies through this site. If that changes, this policy will be updated to name them and to seek your consent before they are used. You can block or delete cookies in your browser at any time; blocking necessary cookies may stop parts of the site working.

5. Sharing

We share personal data only with service providers acting on our instructions (hosting, content delivery, security), with professional advisers under a duty of confidence, with authorities where we are legally required to disclose, and with a successor entity if the publication is sold — in which case you will be told before your data becomes subject to a different policy.

6. International transfers

Our providers may process data outside your country. Where data leaves the UK or European Economic Area, transfers are made under an adequacy decision or under Standard Contractual Clauses with any supplementary measures required. You may ask us what safeguards apply.

7. How long we keep it

• Server logs: up to 90 days, then deleted or irreversibly anonymised.
• Readership counts: kept in aggregate only, with nothing identifying a reader.
• Correspondence: up to 24 months after the matter is closed, unless it relates to a published correction or a legal claim, where it is kept as long as that record is relevant.

8. Your rights

Depending on where you live you may have the right to access the data we hold about you, have it corrected or deleted, restrict or object to processing, receive it in a portable form, withdraw consent at any time without affecting processing already carried out, and complain to a supervisory authority.

If you are in California you also have the right to know what is collected and disclosed, the right to deletion and correction, and the right not to be discriminated against for exercising a right. We do not sell or share personal information as those terms are defined under the CCPA and CPRA.

To exercise any right, write to us using the address on our contact page, putting “Privacy” in the subject line. We respond within one month, extendable by two further months for complex requests, and we will tell you if an extension applies. We may ask for information to confirm the request comes from you. We do not charge a fee unless a request is manifestly unfounded or excessive.

9. Protecting sources

Where you contact us about a story, we treat your correspondence as confidential and will not disclose it or your identity to a third party except where compelled by law, and then only to the extent required. If you need a more secure route than email, say so before sending details.

10. Children

This site is not directed at children under 16 and we do not knowingly collect their personal data. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, contact us and we will delete it.

11. Security

We use encryption in transit, access controls and least-privilege access to reader data. No system is perfectly secure and we do not claim otherwise. Where a breach is likely to result in a high risk to your rights, we will notify you and the relevant authority as the law requires.

12. Changes

We may update this policy. The date at the top always reflects the current version, and where a change materially affects your rights we will give prominent notice before it takes effect.

13. Contact

Questions, requests and complaints go to the address on our contact page. If you are not satisfied with our response you may complain to your local data protection authority.