Privacy Policy

Effective date: May 14, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how Read Trending News (“we”, “us”, or “our”), operated at readtrendingnews.com, collects, uses, and shares information when you visit our website.

1. Information We Collect

We do not require you to create an account or provide personal information to read our content. However, the third-party services we use may automatically collect the following data when you visit:

• IP address and approximate geographic location
• Browser type, operating system, and device type
• Pages visited, time spent, and referral source
• Cookies and similar tracking identifiers

2. How We Use Information

We use collected data to:

• Analyse site traffic and improve content (via Google Analytics)
• Serve relevant advertisements (via Google AdSense)
• Detect and prevent fraudulent or abusive activity

3. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors interact with our site. Google Analytics places cookies on your browser to track sessions and aggregate usage statistics. This data is processed by Google LLC under their Privacy Policy. You can opt out by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

4. Google AdSense & Advertising

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google and its partners may use cookies (including the DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings or aboutads.info.

5. AI-Generated & Aggregated Content

Articles on this site are produced using an automated pipeline that fetches content from public RSS feeds and uses Google’s Vertex AI (Gemini) to generate summaries. Content is for informational purposes only. We link to original sources and do not claim authorship of third-party journalism.

6. Cookies

By continuing to use our site, you consent to the placement of analytics and advertising cookies as described above. You may disable cookies in your browser settings; some site features may be affected.

7. Third-Party Links

Our articles link to external news sources. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites and encourage you to review their policies.

8. Children’s Privacy

This site is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

9. Lawful Basis for Processing (GDPR)

For visitors in the European Economic Area (EEA), we process personal data under the following lawful bases:

• Consent (Article 6(1)(a)): Analytics and advertising cookies are only set after you give explicit consent via our cookie banner.
• Legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f)): Security logging and fraud prevention, where our interest does not override your fundamental rights.
• Journalism / public interest (Article 85): News summaries referencing public figures in their public roles are processed under the journalistic exemption provided by EU member states. We do not publish personal data about private individuals.

We do not process special category data (Article 9) — including health, biometric, racial, religious, political (of private individuals), or sexual orientation data — in any article generated by our system.

10. International Data Transfers

Our infrastructure (Google Cloud, Google Analytics, Google AdSense) is operated by Google LLC, a US company. Data transfers from the EEA to the US are covered by Google’s Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) under GDPR Chapter V. See Google’s data transfer mechanisms.

11. Your Rights (GDPR & CCPA)

If you are located in the EEA or California, you have rights including access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, and objection. In particular:

• Right to erasure (Article 17): If you are named or identifiable in a summary on this site and wish it removed, email readtrendingnews@gmail.com with the subject line “Erasure Request” and the article URL. We will respond within 30 days and remove content where legally required.
• Right to object (Article 21): You may object to processing based on legitimate interest. We will cease processing unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds.

Because we collect only aggregate, non-identifiable analytics data from visitors, most individual data access requests cannot be fulfilled technically.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The effective date at the top of this page will reflect the latest revision. Continued use of the site constitutes acceptance of any changes.

13. Contact

Questions about this policy? Email us at readtrendingnews@gmail.com or use our Contact page.