Last updated: 27/9/2026
This Privacy Policy explains how distrinews (“we”, “us”, or “this site”) collects, uses, and protects information when you visit https://distrinews.net.
Information we collect
We collect information in a few limited ways:
- Information you provide directly — for example, your name and email address if you use our contact form, or your name, email, and website if you leave a comment on a post.
- Automatically collected information — like most websites, our server and any analytics tools we use may automatically log information such as your browser type, device type, approximate location (based on IP address), and the pages you visit.
- Cookies — small text files stored on your device. We use cookies for basic site functionality, and our advertising partners (see below) use cookies to serve and measure ads.
How we use this information
We use the information we collect to operate and improve this site, respond to messages sent through our contact form, moderate comments, and understand which content is useful to readers. We do not sell your personal information.
Advertising and Google AdSense
This site uses Google AdSense to display advertising. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this site or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
For more information on how Google uses information from sites that use its services, visit Google’s page on how Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services, and Google’s advertising policy page.
Cookies
Cookies used on this site fall into a few categories:
- Essential cookies — required for the site to function correctly.
- Analytics cookies — help us understand how visitors use the site, if analytics tools are enabled.
- Advertising cookies — used by Google AdSense and its partners to serve relevant ads, as described above.
We use CookieYes to request your consent before non-essential cookies are set.
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. Blocking some cookies may affect how parts of this site function.
Comments
When you leave a comment, we collect the data shown in the comment form, plus your IP address and browser user agent string, to help detect spam. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy is available at automattic.com/privacy. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Embedded content from other websites
Posts on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you visited that other website directly, and those websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically. Contact form submissions are retained for as long as needed to respond to your inquiry, or as required by law.
Your rights over your data
If you left a comment on this site, you can request to see, correct, or delete any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. If you would like to make such a request, contact us using the details on our Contact page.
Children’s privacy
This site is not directed at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date above.
Contact us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please reach out via our Contact page.