Privacy Policy

ConsumerNews.ai Effective date:July 24, 2026
Last updated:July 24, 2026

ConsumerNews.ai ("we," "us," or "our") is an independent, reader-supported consumer-news publication. We take no advertising, no paid underwriting, and no hidden sponsorships. In keeping with that mission, we collect as little personal information as possible and never sell what we do collect. This policy explains what we gather, why, how we use it, how long we keep it, and the rights you have over it.

By using this website or subscribing to our newsletter, you agree to the practices described here.

1. Who we are

ConsumerNews.ai is a property of Codependent Media LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. For any question about this policy or your personal information, contact us at editor@consumernews.ai.

2. Information we collect

2a. Information you give us directly

  • Email address— if you subscribe to our newsletter, submit a tip, or send us a message.
  • Name (optional)— if you provide it when subscribing or writing to us.
  • Message content— anything you send us via email, tip forms, or reader feedback.

2b. Information collected automatically when you visit the site

  • Standard server logs— your IP address, browser type, referring page, pages visited, and time of visit. These are generated by our hosting provider for security, abuse prevention, and basic traffic measurement, and are not linked to your identity.
  • Newsletter analytics— if you open a newsletter or click a link inside it, our email platform records that event so we know which stories readers find useful. You can disable this by turning off image loading in your email client.
  • Cookies— we set only the minimum cookies needed for the site to work. We donotuse advertising cookies, cross-site tracking cookies, or third-party marketing pixels. See Section 6 for details.

2c. Information we do not collect

  • We do not collect precise location data.
  • We do not build advertising or behavioral profiles of readers.
  • We do not sell, rent, or share reader lists with data brokers or advertisers.

3. How we use your information

We use the information described above only to:

  1. Deliver the newsletter you subscribed to.
  2. Reply to your messages, tips, or questions.
  3. Keep the site running, secure, and free of abuse.
  4. Understand which stories are being read so we can cover them better.
  5. Comply with law when we are legally required to.

We do not use your information for advertising, profiling, or automated decision-making.

4. Legal bases (for readers in the EU/UK)

If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction with similar law, our legal bases for processing are:

  • Consent— for the newsletter and for optional analytics; you may withdraw consent at any time by unsubscribing.
  • Legitimate interests— for security logs, fraud/abuse prevention, and understanding aggregate site usage.
  • Legal obligation— where a valid legal request compels disclosure.

5. How we share information

We share personal information only with the small set of service providers we need to operate the publication, each bound by contract to use it only on our instructions:

  • Ghost— website management and newsletter delivery.
  • Our email/hosting provider— for transactional email and server hosting.
  • Cloudflare or similar— for security and content delivery, where applicable.

We may also disclose information when required by a valid court order, subpoena, or law-enforcement request, and only to the extent legally required. We will notify you of any such request unless prohibited by law.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising, as those terms are defined under U.S. state privacy laws.

6. Cookies and similar technologies

We use only two categories of cookies:

  • Strictly necessary cookies— required for the site to function (for example, remembering that you dismissed a notice or that you are signed in as a subscriber).
  • Aggregate analytics cookies— first-party only, used to count page views. No third-party ad networks are involved.

You can disable cookies through your browser settings; the site will still work, though a few conveniences may not persist between visits.

7. Newsletter and unsubscribing

Every newsletter includes a one-click unsubscribe link. Unsubscribing removes your email address from future sendings within one business day. You may also email us to be removed manually.

8. Data retention

  • Newsletter subscribers: kept until you unsubscribe, then deleted from active lists within 30 days. A suppression record (your email address, marked as unsubscribed) is retained so that we do not accidentally re-add you.
  • Reader correspondence: kept for up to two years, then deleted, unless the exchange is part of ongoing reporting.
  • Server logs: typically retained by our hosting provider for 30–90 days, then rotated.

9. Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:

  • Access the personal information we hold about you.
  • Correct inaccurate personal information.
  • Delete your personal information (subject to legal retention).
  • Port your personal information to another service.
  • Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information — we do neither, but you may confirm this in writing at any time.
  • Withdraw consent to processing that relies on consent.
  • Complain to your data-protection authority (for EU/UK readers) or your state attorney general (for U.S. readers).

To exercise any of these rights, email editor@consumernews.ai from the email address the request concerns. We will respond within 30 days (or 45 days for California requests, as permitted by law). We do not discriminate against readers who exercise their rights.

California residents: Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA), you have the rights above. In the past 12 months we have not sold or shared personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, and we have not used sensitive personal information for purposes requiring the right to limit.

Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and other U.S. state residents: You have substantially the same rights under your state's consumer privacy law and may exercise them by contacting us as above.

10. Children

ConsumerNews.ai is a news publication written for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

11. Security

We use standard technical and organizational safeguards to protect the personal information we hold: encryption in transit (HTTPS), access controls on our administrative systems, and a small circle of people with access to reader data. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to minimize what we hold in the first place so that a breach would affect as little as possible.

If a data breach affecting your personal information does occur, we will notify you and applicable regulators as required by law.

12. International transfers

We are based in the United States. If you access the site from outside the U.S., your information will be processed in the U.S. and in any country where our service providers operate. Where required, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent safeguards for transfers of EU/UK personal data.

13. Third-party links

Our articles frequently link to other websites — government agencies, court filings, corporate press releases, and news outlets. Those sites have their own privacy practices, and we are not responsible for them. Read their policies before providing personal information.

14. "Do Not Track" and Global Privacy Control

We honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals from your browser as a valid opt-out request under applicable state law. Because we do not sell or share personal information for advertising, GPC does not change our practices — but we recognize the signal.

Older "Do Not Track" browser signals are not currently standardized; we do not respond to them differently from GPC.

15. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. If the changes are material, we will post a notice on the site and, where practical, notify newsletter subscribers by email. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will always reflect the current version.

16. Contact

ConsumerNews.ai
Attn: Editor
editor@consumernews.ai

ConsumerNews.ai is committed to the pro-consumer principles it reports on. If you feel any part of this policy falls short of that standard, tell us — we'll listen.