Privacy Policy

1. Overview & Commitment to Privacy

At CyberNewsAI (accessible at https://www.cybernewsai.com), the privacy of our visitors, readers, and cybersecurity researchers is of utmost importance. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of information collected and recorded by CyberNewsAI and how we utilize, protect, and manage it in compliance with global data protection frameworks including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and Google Publisher Policies.

3. Information We Collect

We collect personal information only when voluntarily provided by you, such as when you contact us via email, submit an editorial inquiry, or report a vulnerability lead. This information may include:

• Name and email address (when submitting contact forms or threat tips)
• Organization or company name (if provided)
• Message contents and technical attachments associated with disclosures

4. Log Files & Technical Telemetry

Like most web platforms, CyberNewsAI utilizes standard server log files. The information inside log files includes Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and click counts. These are not linked to any personally identifiable information and are used solely for analyzing trends, administering the site, defending against DDoS attacks, and gathering aggregate demographic data.

5. Cookies and Web Beacons

CyberNewsAI uses cookies to store information about visitors' preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the visitor accesses or visits, and customize web page content based on visitors' browser type or other information.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. Detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers' respective websites (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari).

6. GDPR Data Protection Rights (European Union & UK)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, you are entitled to certain data protection rights:

• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• The right to rectification: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
• The right to erasure: You have the right to request deletion of your personal data under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict processing of your personal data.
• The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data.
• The right to data portability: You have the right to request data transfer to another organization.

7. CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California consumers have specific rights, including the right to request disclosure of personal data categories collected, request deletion of personal information, and demand that a business not sell their personal data.

We do not sell personal information. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

8. Children's Information

CyberNewsAI does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.