Privacy Policy

News on Africa (“News on Africa”, “we”, “us”) is an independent pan-African news service. This policy explains what personal information we collect when you use our website and app, how we use it, and the choices you have. By using News on Africa you agree to this policy.

Information we collect

• Account information. When you create an account we collect your email address (via our authentication provider) and any profile details you add — display name, avatar image, preferred edition/country, and interests.
• Your activity. Articles you save (bookmarks) and comments you post, including any reports you submit about other comments.
• Newsletter. If you subscribe, we store your email address and the page or campaign you signed up from.
• Commercial enquiries. If you ask about advertising or partnerships, we store the business contact details and campaign brief you submit so our commercial team can respond and manage the opportunity.
• Audience measurement. We record first-party page views using the page path, country edition, coarse device class, external referrer hostname and a random browser-session identifier. We do not store query strings, account identifiers, email addresses, full referrer URLs or raw IP addresses in the audience analytics table.
• Technical data. Standard server and security logs (such as IP address and request metadata) generated when you access the service, used to operate and protect it.

We do not currently use third-party advertising or analytics trackers. Our audience measurement is first-party and honours browser Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control signals.

How we use your information

• To provide the service — sign-in, your profile, saved articles, and comments.
• To send the newsletter you subscribed to, and let you unsubscribe.
• To understand aggregate readership, content performance and edition usage.
• To moderate comments and keep the community safe (including handling reported comments).
• To secure the service, prevent abuse, and comply with legal obligations.

How your information is stored and shared

Your data is stored with our infrastructure providers, who process it on our behalf under their own security and privacy commitments: Supabase (database, authentication, and image storage) and Vercel (application hosting). Article content is managed in our WordPress content system.

We do not sell your personal information. We share it only with these service providers as needed to run News on Africa, or where required by law.

Cookies

We use only essential cookies — to keep you signed in and to remember your preferred edition. We do not use cookies for advertising.

Your choices and rights

• View and update your profile details at any time from your account.
• Edit or delete your own comments, and remove saved articles.
• Unsubscribe from the newsletter using the link in any newsletter email.
• Delete your account and associated reader data from the account deletion page.

Children

News on Africa is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by the “Last updated” date above, and where appropriate we will notify you.

Contact us

Questions about this policy or your data? Email us at info@newsonafrica.com.