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Who and what this covers

Common Newsroom is a product of Common Publishing. Contact us about privacy at support@commonnewsroom.app.

The iOS app is in development. This website does not offer app accounts or collect app reading activity. Before the app begins collecting information, we will publish a policy that describes its actual features, service providers and data practices.

When you visit this website

The website’s code does not set cookies, use browser storage, run advertising or analytics tools, request device location, or load third-party fonts, videos or social widgets. Fonts and app-preview images are served with the site.

Delivering a website still requires technical information such as an IP address, browser details, requested page and request time. The hosting and network services used to deliver the site may process this information for delivery, security and troubleshooting. This is different from collecting your reading activity in the future app.

When you contact us

If you email us, we receive your email address, message, any name or contact details you include, and attachments you choose to send. We use that information to respond, investigate an issue, handle a privacy request or maintain the associated correspondence.

Ordinary support email is not a confidential news-tip channel. Please avoid sending sensitive sources, identity documents, passwords or sign-in codes.

How information is used and shared

We use service providers for website delivery and email handling. They process information needed to provide those services. We do not add advertising trackers to this website or sell information collected through it.

We may disclose information where necessary to comply with a legal obligation, address misuse or protect people and the service. Information you send us is not published on this website as a public question or comment.

Links to other websites, including Common Publishing, take you to services with their own practices. Clicking an email link opens your email service; it does not send a message automatically.

Retention and security

Support correspondence is kept for the time needed to address the request and any applicable recordkeeping obligations. Hosting and email providers may retain operational records and backups under their own service arrangements. We do not promise immediate removal from every backup.

We aim to limit access to information to the people and service providers who need it. No website or email system can guarantee absolute security. Please use the support address to report a concern without including unnecessary sensitive details.

Your choices and requests

You can browse this website without creating an account or granting location, camera or microphone access. You can ask about, correct or request deletion of information you have sent to support by emailing support@commonnewsroom.app.

Tell us which correspondence or information your request concerns. We may ask for proportionate verification before disclosing or deleting information. We will explain any information we must retain and why. Applicable privacy rights depend on your circumstances and location.

See Account & data for the distinction between support-data requests and future in-app account deletion.

Future app features and policy changes

The app concept includes optional accounts, saved stories, followed issues, progress, notifications and moderated questions. Those are planned features; this website does not currently collect that app data.

Before those features launch, we will explain what information they collect, why it is used, who processes it, how long it is kept and the controls available to you. We will update this page and its date when this policy changes.