Privacy Policy
1. Our Approach to Privacy
At RapidNewsHub, we take your privacy seriously. We want you to feel confident about the information you share with us and understand how it is handled.
This Privacy Policy describes how RapidNewsHub ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects personal information when you use our website, free email service, newsletters, and related services (collectively, the "Service").
This Privacy Policy is intended to comply with applicable privacy laws and regulations in France and the European Union.
2. Information We May Collect
The type of information we collect depends on how you interact with RapidNewsHub. It may include:
- Account details
- Recovery and contact details
- Newsletter details
- Service activity
- Technical information
- Support communications
- Cookie information
Your name, email address, date of birth, and login information when you create an account.
A recovery email address or phone number if you choose to provide one.
Your email address and newsletter preferences when you sign up to receive our newsletters.
Information about how you use our website and Service, including the features you access and your interactions with our newsletters.
Details such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, device information, and technical or diagnostic data.
Information you provide when you contact us, ask a question, or request assistance.
Information collected through cookies and similar technologies, as explained in the Cookies section of this Policy.
We generally do not ask you to provide sensitive personal information. If you contact us, please avoid sharing sensitive information unless it is genuinely needed to deal with your request.
3. How Information Reaches Us
We may obtain personal information when you:
- register for or manage a RapidNewsHub account;
- sign up for one of our newsletters;
- use our email service;
- contact our support team;
- change your account or communication preferences; or
- interact with our website or other parts of the Service.
Certain technical and usage information may also be gathered automatically while you use the Service, including through cookies and related technologies.
Where permitted by applicable law, we may receive personal information from other sources when reasonably needed to provide, maintain, protect, or improve the Service.
4. Why We Use Personal Information
Personal information helps us operate RapidNewsHub and provide the services you choose to use.
We may use it to:
- set up and administer your account;
- operate and maintain our free email service;
- send newsletters and updates you have requested;
- save your preferences and settings;
- understand how visitors and users interact with our website and Service;
- improve the way our Service performs and functions;
- answer questions and provide customer support;
- protect accounts, systems, and users;
- identify and investigate fraud, spam, abuse, security incidents, and unlawful activity;
- send important account, security, and service communications;
- send promotional messages where you have subscribed or where the law permits;
- meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements; and
- apply and enforce our Terms & Conditions.
We seek to collect and use personal information only where it is reasonably needed for these purposes.
5. Newsletters and Promotional Emails
When you sign up for a RapidNewsHub newsletter, we use the information you provide to deliver the newsletter and other updates you have selected.
You can stop receiving promotional or newsletter emails whenever you wish by selecting the unsubscribe link in the relevant message or by contacting us.
Some messages are necessary for the operation or security of your account. These essential communications may continue even if you have opted out of marketing emails.
6. News Content and Original Sources
RapidNewsHub may make selected headlines, news updates, summaries, and links available through its Service.
This information may originate from third-party publishers and sources. RapidNewsHub is not the original publisher of third-party news material.
If you follow a link to an external publisher, that website may collect information about your visit under its own privacy practices. We recommend checking the privacy policy of any third-party website you choose to access.
7. When Personal Information May Be Shared
We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
There are limited circumstances in which we may share personal information where it is reasonably necessary to operate RapidNewsHub. These may include:
- Service providers
- Legal obligations
- Protection and security
- Business changes
- With your permission
We may work with trusted providers that support functions such as hosting, email delivery, website operations, analytics, security, and customer support.
Information may be disclosed when required or permitted by law, a court order, or another lawful request.
We may share information when reasonably necessary to investigate or help prevent fraud, abuse, security incidents, or unlawful activity.
Personal information may be transferred as part of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, sale of assets, or similar business transaction.
We may share information in other circumstances when you have permitted us to do so.
We take reasonable steps to ensure that third parties handling personal information on our behalf have appropriate privacy and security obligations.
8. Cookies and Analytics
RapidNewsHub uses cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, remember preferences, understand how the Service is used, and improve the experience.
We may use analytics services provided by trusted third-party providers, such as Google Analytics, to learn how our website and Service are used and identify areas for improvement. These providers may use cookies or similar technologies to collect information about website usage.
We do not use cookies to sell your personal information or share your personal information with third parties for their own advertising purposes.
You can usually control, block, or remove cookies through your browser settings. Turning off certain cookies may affect the way some features of the Service function.
9. Protecting Your Information
We take reasonable measures to protect personal information against misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access, alteration, or disclosure.
Depending on the information and how it is used, our safeguards may include access restrictions, authentication controls, encryption technologies, system monitoring, and other technical and organisational measures.
We review our security practices and make changes where reasonably appropriate.
Even with appropriate safeguards in place, no online service or electronic storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We therefore cannot promise protection against every possible security threat.
10. International Data Transfers
Some of the companies and service providers supporting RapidNewsHub may operate or store information outside France.
Where personal information is transferred or processed internationally, we take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate protections are in place and that the information is handled in accordance with applicable privacy requirements.
As a result, depending on the services you use, your personal information may be processed in a country other than France.
11. Retaining Personal Information
We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, including providing the Service, meeting legal obligations, resolving disputes, maintaining security, and enforcing our agreements.
Once information is no longer needed, we take reasonable steps to securely delete or de-identify it where appropriate.
The retention period can vary depending on the nature of the information and the reason it was collected.
12. Access and Correction Requests
You may contact us if you want to know what personal information we hold about you or would like to request access to it.
If information we hold is inaccurate, incomplete, outdated, irrelevant, or misleading, you can ask us to correct it.
We handle access and correction requests in accordance with applicable privacy laws.
To make a request, please use the contact details provided below.
13. Raising a Privacy Concern
If you have concerns about how we have handled your personal information, please contact us first. We will review your concern and work to address it appropriately.
We aim to respond to privacy complaints within a reasonable period and in accordance with applicable requirements.
Where applicable, you may also have the right to pursue other complaint or resolution options available under relevant privacy laws.
14. Children's Privacy
RapidNewsHub is intended for individuals aged 18 years and over. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18 without verified consent from a parent or legal guardian.
If we discover that personal information belonging to someone under 18 has been collected without the necessary consent, we will take reasonable steps to review the situation and remove the information where appropriate and required by law.
If you believe that someone under 18 has provided us with personal information without the appropriate consent, please contact us so that we can investigate the matter.
15. Opting Out of Direct Marketing
You decide whether you want to receive marketing communications from RapidNewsHub. If you have signed up for our newsletters or other promotional messages, you can unsubscribe at any time using the link provided in those emails or by contacting us directly.
Opting out of marketing communications does not stop essential messages required to operate, maintain, or protect your account or the Service. These may include account notifications, security alerts, account-related messages, and important service updates.
If you subscribe to different newsletters or types of promotional communication, you may need to unsubscribe from each one separately.
Where available, you can also manage communication preferences through your account settings.
For help with your marketing preferences or unsubscribing, contact us at the email address provided below.
16. Managing Your Privacy Preferences
We want you to have practical choices over your personal information and communications.
Depending on the features you use, you may be able to:
- update your account details;
- adjust newsletter and communication preferences;
- unsubscribe from promotional emails;
- control cookies through your browser; and
- request access to or correction of your personal information.
Some information and communications are necessary to operate your account and provide the Service, so they cannot always be opted out of.
17. Updates to This Privacy Policy
Our Privacy Policy may change as RapidNewsHub, our services, or applicable legal requirements develop.
The most recent version of this Policy will be available on our website. We recommend checking this page occasionally to stay informed about how we handle personal information.
18. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to request access to or correction of your personal information, or wish to raise a privacy concern, please contact us.
RapidNewsHub
Email:info@rapidnewshub.com