Privacy Policy

Last Updated: June 4, 2025

Welcome to NewsFlicks.xyz! We understand that your privacy is important, and we’re committed to being transparent about how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our website (https://newsflicks.xyz/) and use our services, which include news, tools, our tech blog, and digital services (collectively, “Services”).

This Privacy Policy explains our practices. By using NewsFlicks.xyz, you’re agreeing to the terms laid out in this policy. Please take a moment to read it carefully.

1. Introduction: Our Commitment to Your Privacy

At NewsFlicks.xyz (“we,” “us,” or “our”), your privacy is a top priority. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our website, and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information we collect:

  • On this Website.
  • In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
  • Through mobile and desktop applications you download from this Website, which provide dedicated non-browser-based interaction between you and this Website.
  • When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this policy.

It does not apply to information collected by:

  • Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by us or any third party; or
  • Any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.

2. Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

We collect different types of information from and about users of our Website, including:

  • Personal Information You Provide to Us:
    • Contact Information: Such as your name and email address if you subscribe to our newsletter, contact us through a form, or register for an account (if applicable).
    • Comments and Contributions: Information you provide when you post comments on our blog or participate in discussions.
    • Service-Related Information: If you use any specific digital tools or services we offer, we might collect information necessary to provide that service.
  • Information We Collect Automatically As You Navigate the Site:
    • Log Files: Like many websites, we gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information may include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and/or clickstream data. We use this information to analyze trends, administer the site, track users’ movements around the site, and gather demographic information.
    • Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons) to track activity on our Service and hold certain information. (More on this in Section 4).

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information, for various purposes:

  • To Provide and Improve Our Website and Services: To present our Website and its contents to you, to provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us, and to improve the user experience.
  • To Personalize Your Experience: To understand our audience and tailor content and advertising.
  • To Communicate With You: To respond to your inquiries, send you newsletters (if you’ve subscribed), provide customer support, and send you administrative information, such as updates to our terms or policies.
  • For Analytics and Development: To monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Services and for research and development purposes.
  • For Advertising: To display advertisements, including those from third-party networks like Google AdSense, that may be relevant to your interests (see Section 5).
  • For Security and Legal Compliance: To maintain the security and integrity of our Website, prevent fraud, enforce our terms, and comply with legal obligations.
  • For Any Other Purpose with your consent.

4. Cookies and Web Beacons: How We Use Them

Like most websites, NewsFlicks.xyz uses ‘cookies’. Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, tablet, smartphone) by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

  • How We Use Cookies:
    • Essential Cookies: Some cookies are necessary for the Website to function properly.
    • Performance and Analytics Cookies: These help us understand how visitors interact with our Website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve how our website works.
    • Functionality Cookies: These are used to recognize you when you return to our Website and enable us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
    • Advertising/Targeting Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We (and our third-party advertising partners) will use this information to make our Website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests.
  • Web Beacons: Pages of our Website and our e-mails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
  • Your Choices Regarding Cookies: Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. You can usually find these settings in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org. Please note that if you choose to block cookies, some parts of our Site may not function correctly.

5. Google AdSense and Third-Party Advertisements

NewsFlicks.xyz uses third-party advertising companies, including Google AdSense, to serve ads when you visit our Website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

  • Google AdSense:
    • Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on NewsFlicks.xyz.
    • Google’s use of advertising cookies (including the DoubleClick DART cookie) enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
    • Users 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/choices/.
    • For more information on how Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps, you can visit Google’s Privacy & Terms page.
  • Other Third-Party Advertisers: Other third-party ad servers or ad networks may also use cookies to track users’ activities on this website to measure advertisement effectiveness and for other reasons that will be provided in their own privacy policies. NewsFlicks.xyz has no access or control over these cookies that may be used by third-party advertisers. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more information on their practices and for instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices.

6. Your GDPR Data Protection Rights (For Users in the European Economic Area)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). NewsFlicks.xyz aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

Your rights include:

  • The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data from us.
  • The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete information you believe is incomplete.
  • The right to erasure (Right to be forgotten): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability: You have the right to 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 NewsFlicks.xyz relied on your consent to process your personal information.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in the “Contact Us” section below. We may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the EEA.

Our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it. We may process your Personal Data because:

  • We need to perform a contract with you.
  • You have given us permission to do so.
  • The processing is in our legitimate interests and it’s not overridden by your rights.
  • To comply with the law.

7. Your CCPA Privacy Rights (For California Residents – Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

If you are a California resident, you have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). These include:

  • The right to know: You have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months.
  • The right to delete: You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions.
  • The right to opt-out of sale: You have the right to opt-out of the “sale” of your personal information. NewsFlicks.xyz may engage in activities that could be considered a “sale” under CCPA, such as sharing data with advertising partners.
  • The right to non-discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.

To exercise your CCPA rights, including the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information, please contact us via: Email: info@newsflicks.xyz with the subject line “CCPA Rights Request.” Or visit our dedicated page: [If you create a specific “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” page, link it here. Otherwise, direct them to contact you.]

We may need to verify your identity before processing your request. Only you, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that you authorize to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information.

8. Children’s Information: Our Policy Towards Children

Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. NewsFlicks.xyz is not directed to children under the age of 13 (or 16 in certain jurisdictions, such as the EEA), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under these ages.

If you are a parent or guardian and you believe that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us using the details below. Suppose we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under the relevant age without verification of parental consent. In that case, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

9. Online Privacy Policy Only

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in NewsFlicks.xyz. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

10. Your Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

11. Changes to Our 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 and updating the “Last Updated” 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.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us:

  • By email: info@newsflicks.xyz
  • By visiting this page on our website: https://newsflicks.xyz/ (or link to your specific contact page if different)

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