Privacy Policy

This policy explains how Los Angeles Herald handles personal information when you use our service. We collect data openly and only for the purposes described here, and we honor applicable privacy laws, including U.S. state privacy laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA).

1. Who is responsible

Los Angeles Herald is the controller responsible for your personal information. For privacy matters, you can contact us at contact@herald.la or through our contact form.

2. What we collect

• Account information. Your email address when you sign in to the service. We use email for authentication.
• Sign-in technical data. Session data and cookies tied to the sign-in process, so that you stay logged in.
• User content. The comments you leave and the articles you save.
• Messages to us. What you send through the feedback and news-tip forms, plus any email you choose to provide. We send an email confirmation of a tip or feedback to the address you give.
• Newsletter subscription. Your email address if you subscribe to the newsletter. Subscriptions are confirmed with a double opt-in, and you can unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of every message.
• Preferences. For example, your chosen weather location or light/dark theme.
• Analytics data. With your consent, we collect data about how the service is used (for example, pages viewed, the referring page, approximate location, device and browser type, and events) using the analytics tool PostHog.
• Advertising data. With your consent, the Google ad network may process identifiers and cookies relating to your device to show and measure ads.
• Technical log data. Server- and CDN-level technical data, such as IP address and browser information, used to operate the service, maintain security, and prevent abuse.

We do not collect sensitive categories of personal information, and we do not knowingly collect data from children under 16 without parental consent. We do not knowingly direct advertising to minors.

3. Why we process it

Consent-based processing (analytics and advertising) is yours to give or withhold, and you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before it. How to manage consent is described in our cookie policy.

4. Cookies

We use strictly necessary cookies for core functions like signing in and remembering settings. We use analytics and advertising cookies only with your consent. Read more in our cookie policy, where you can also change your choices.

5. Providers and recipients

We do not sell personal information, and we do not share it with third parties for their own marketing. We use carefully chosen providers that process data on our behalf, only on our instructions and under a data-processing agreement:

For advertising, Google may in part act as an independent controller under its own policies; see Google's privacy policy and how it uses data on partner sites. We may also disclose information to authorities when required by law.

6. International data transfers

Los Angeles Herald operates in the United States, and your information is processed there. Some of our providers may process data in other countries. Where that happens, we take appropriate safeguards to protect your information consistent with this policy and applicable law.

7. Retention

We keep personal information only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy. Account data is kept for the life of your account. You can delete your account yourself at any time from My Account; deletion immediately removes your account, comments, saves, and sessions. A newsletter subscriber's email is kept until you unsubscribe. Technical logs and analytics data are kept for the short period their purpose requires. Legal obligations may require certain data to be kept longer.

8. Automated decision-making and profiling

We do not make automated decisions about you that produce legal or similarly significant effects. Consent-based advertising may be personalized, in which case Google may use profiling to select ads. You can opt out of personalized advertising in Google's ad settings or by withdrawing your advertising consent on our service.

9. Your rights

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

• access the information we hold about you and confirm what we process;
• request the correction of inaccurate information;
• request the deletion of your information;
• request that we limit processing or object to processing based on legitimate interest;
• opt out of the use of your information for direct marketing at any time;
• receive the information you provided in a portable, machine-readable format;
• withdraw your consent at any time, where processing is based on consent.

You can delete your account and its related data yourself at any time from My Account. To exercise your other rights, contact us at contact@herald.la. We respond to requests without undue delay, and at the latest within the period required by law. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request, and we will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights.

10. How to complain

If you believe we are handling your information unlawfully, you may contact the relevant authority, such as your state attorney general's office. We hope, however, that you will reach out to us first.

11. Security

We protect personal information with appropriate technical and organizational measures. Access to data is limited to those who need it to do their jobs.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the service or the law changes. The most current version, with its update date, is always available on this page. We will make reasonable efforts to announce significant changes on the service.