Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit our website. They help us provide you with a better experience by remembering your preferences, analyzing how you use our service, and personalizing content.

This Cookie Policy explains how New Update ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our news platform and related services.

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be disabled:

• Authentication: Keep you logged in to your account
• Security: Protect against fraud and security threats
• Session Management: Maintain your session state across pages
• Load Balancing: Distribute traffic across our servers

Functional Cookies

These cookies enhance your experience by remembering your preferences:

• Language Settings: Remember your preferred language
• Theme Preferences: Store your display preferences
• News Categories: Remember your selected news interests
• Location Settings: Store your location preferences for local news

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how you use our service:

• Usage Statistics: Track page views, time spent, and user interactions
• Performance Monitoring: Identify technical issues and optimize performance
• Content Analytics: Understand which news stories are most popular
• User Journey: Analyze how users navigate through our platform

Personalization Cookies

These cookies help us customize your news experience:

• Reading History: Track articles you've read to avoid duplicates
• Content Recommendations: Personalize news feed based on your interests
• Search History: Improve search suggestions and results
• Notification Preferences: Remember your alert settings

We may use third-party services that set their own cookies:

• Payment Processors: Secure payment processing for subscriptions
• Analytics Services: Google Analytics for website usage analysis
• Content Delivery: CDN services for faster content delivery
• Customer Support: Live chat and support ticket systems

These third parties have their own privacy policies and cookie practices. We recommend reviewing their policies to understand how they use cookies.

Session Cookies

These cookies are temporary and are deleted when you close your browser:

• Authentication tokens
• Shopping cart contents
• Form data

Persistent Cookies

These cookies remain on your device for a specified period:

• Remember Me: 30 days
• Preferences: 1 year
• Analytics: 2 years
• Personalization: 1 year

We process cookies based on the following legal grounds:

• Consent: For non-essential cookies, we obtain your explicit consent
• Legitimate Interest: For analytics and performance optimization
• Contractual Necessity: For essential cookies required to provide our service
• Legal Obligation: For cookies required by applicable laws

You can withdraw your consent at any time through your browser settings or our cookie preference center.

Some of our third-party cookie providers may transfer data internationally. We ensure appropriate safeguards are in place:

• Standard contractual clauses for data transfers
• Adequacy decisions by relevant authorities
• Privacy Shield certification (where applicable)
• Binding corporate rules for multinational companies

Browser Settings

You can control cookies through your browser settings:

• Block All Cookies: Prevent all cookies from being set
• Block Third-Party Cookies: Allow only first-party cookies
• Delete Cookies: Remove existing cookies from your device
• Cookie Notifications: Get notified when cookies are set

Our Cookie Preferences

We provide a cookie preference center where you can:

• View all cookies we use
• Enable or disable non-essential cookies
• Update your preferences at any time
• Learn more about each cookie's purpose

Our mobile applications may use similar technologies to cookies:

• Device Identifiers: Unique identifiers for your mobile device
• App Preferences: Settings and preferences within the app
• Push Notifications: Tokens for delivering news alerts
• Analytics SDKs: Third-party analytics tools for app performance

You can manage these through your device settings and app preferences.

In addition to cookies, we may use other similar technologies:

• Local Storage: Store data locally in your browser for better performance
• Session Storage: Temporary storage that expires when you close the browser
• Web Beacons: Small transparent images that help us track email opens and website usage
• Fingerprinting: Collect device and browser information for security purposes

These technologies serve similar purposes to cookies and are subject to the same privacy protections.

We implement security measures to protect cookie data:

• Encryption: Sensitive cookie data is encrypted
• Secure Transmission: Cookies are transmitted over secure connections
• Access Controls: Limited access to cookie data within our organization
• Regular Audits: Periodic reviews of cookie usage and security
• Data Minimization: We only collect necessary cookie data

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable laws. We will notify you of any material changes by:

• Posting the updated policy on our website
• Sending email notifications to registered users
• Displaying a notice on our platform

Your continued use of our services after any changes indicates your acceptance of the updated Cookie Policy.