Welcome to The Morning Draft. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information with transparency and care. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit our website, how we use it, how we share it, and your choices regarding your information.
By using The Morning Draft, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
1. Information We Collect
We collect various types of information to provide and improve our services to you, as well as to understand our global audience.
- 1.1. Personal Data: While using our website, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. This “Personal Data” may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address: When you subscribe to our newsletter, leave comments, or contact us.
- First name and last name: When you register for an account (if applicable), leave comments, or participate in surveys.
- Usage Data: Information about how you access and use the website.
- IP address: Automatically collected for security, analytics, and geographical insights.
- Cookies and Usage Data: As described below.
- 1.2. Usage Data: We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our website or when you access the website by or through a mobile device. This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
- 1.3. Information from Third Parties: We may receive information about you from third-party services, such as analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics) or social media platforms, when you interact with our content on those platforms.
2. How We Use Your Information
The Morning Draft uses the collected data for various purposes:
- To provide and maintain our website: Ensuring content is delivered smoothly and effectively.
- To notify you about changes to our website: Keeping you informed about updates or new features.
- To allow you to participate in interactive features: When you choose to do so, such as leaving comments or joining discussions.
- To provide customer support: Addressing your inquiries and resolving issues.
- To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our website: Understanding user behavior helps us enhance content and user experience.
- To monitor the usage of our website: Identifying trends and potential problems.
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues: Ensuring the security and stability of our platform.
- To send you newsletters and marketing communications: If you have opted-in to receive them, covering our latest news articles, blog posts across diverse niches, and updates from around the world.
- To personalize your experience: Tailoring content and advertisements to your interests based on your usage patterns.
3. How We Share Your Information
We may share your information with third parties in specific situations:
- 3.1. Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our website (“Service Providers”), to provide the website on our behalf, to perform website-related services, or to assist us in analyzing how our website is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose. Examples include:
- Analytics Providers: Like Google Analytics, to track and report website traffic.
- Email Marketing Services: For sending newsletters and other communications.
- Hosting Providers: For storing website data.
- 3.2. Legal Requirements: The Morning Draft may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation.
- Protect and defend the rights or property of The Morning Draft.
- Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the website.
- Protect the personal safety of users of the website or the public.
- Protect against legal liability.
- 3.3. Business Transfers: If The Morning Draft is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
- 3.4. With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.
4. Data Retention
The Morning Draft will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our website, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.
5. Data Security
The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the information we collect.
6. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location and applicable laws (such as GDPR for users in the European Economic Area or CCPA for California residents), you may have certain data protection rights. We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.
Your rights may include:
- The right to access: Request copies of your Personal Data.
- The right to rectification: Request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- The right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”): Request that we erase your Personal Data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing: Request that we restrict the processing of your Personal Data, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing: Object to our processing of your Personal Data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability: Request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
- The right to withdraw consent: You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where The Morning Draft relied on your consent to process your personal information.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below. We may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.
7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our website.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.
Examples of Cookies we use:
- Session Cookies: To operate our website.
- Preference Cookies: To remember your preferences and various settings.
- Security Cookies: For security purposes.
- Advertising Cookies: To serve you with advertisements that may be relevant to you and your interests.
8. Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
9. Children’s Privacy
Our website does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”).
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our website, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.