Privacy Policy

Introduction

Blinque News ("we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website blinque.news (the "Site").

Information We Collect

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including:

• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• IP address
• Pages visited and time spent on pages
• Referring URL
• Device identifiers

Information You Provide

We collect information you voluntarily provide to us, such as:

• Contact form submissions (name, email, message)
• Article voting (likes/dislikes)
• Theme preferences (stored locally)
• Search queries

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Operate and maintain our website
• Improve user experience and site performance
• Understand how visitors use our site (analytics)
• Respond to contact form inquiries
• Display relevant advertisements
• Detect and prevent fraud or abuse

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Site. Cookies are small data files stored on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent.

Types of Cookies We Use

• Essential Cookies: Required for the Site to function (theme preference)
• Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with the Site
• Advertising Cookies: Used by Google AdSense to display relevant ads

Third-Party Services

Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our Site or other websites. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.

Analytics

We use analytics tools to understand Site usage patterns. These services collect information sent by your browser including pages visited, browser type, and time spent on pages.

Data Retention

We retain personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law. Analytics data is typically retained for up to 26 months.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

• Access the personal information we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of your personal information
• Object to processing of your personal information
• Withdraw consent (where processing is based on consent)

To exercise these rights, please contact us.

Children's Privacy

Our Site is not directed to individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have collected information from a child, please contact us immediately.

Security

We implement reasonable security measures to protect your information. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this 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.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.