Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 2026
At NewsPositive, we respect your privacy and are committed to handling personal information responsibly, transparently and securely.
This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit NewsPositive.org, how we use it, when it may be shared, and the choices and rights available to you.
By using our website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Who We Are
NewsPositive is a digital publication focused on constructive news, positive developments, innovation, people, health, science, the planet and ideas contributing to positive change.
For questions concerning this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact:
NewsPositive
Email: contact@newspositive.org
Website: NewsPositive.org
Operated by: Polminton SA, Switzerland
2. Information We May Collect
Depending on how you use NewsPositive.org, we may collect information that you provide directly as well as certain technical information generated when you use the website.
Information You Provide
This may include:
- Your name
- Email address
- Telephone number, if voluntarily provided
- Contact-form messages
- Newsletter subscription information
- Story submissions or editorial enquiries
- Advertising and partnership enquiries
- Information supplied as part of sponsored-content discussions
- Other information you choose to send us
Please avoid submitting sensitive personal information unless it is genuinely necessary.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit NewsPositive.org, certain technical information may be collected automatically, such as:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Approximate location derived from IP address
- Pages visited
- Referring website
- Time and duration of visits
- Website interactions
This information may be collected through server logs, cookies, analytics technologies or similar tools.
3. How We Use Information
We may use personal information to:
- Operate and maintain NewsPositive.org
- Respond to messages and enquiries
- Process story submissions
- Manage advertising and partnership enquiries
- Communicate with contributors and commercial partners
- Send newsletters or updates where you have subscribed
- Improve our website, content and reader experience
- Understand how visitors use NewsPositive
- Protect the website against fraud, spam, abuse and security threats
- Comply with legal and regulatory obligations
- Establish, exercise or defend legal claims
We do not use personal information for purposes that are incompatible with the reason it was collected without an appropriate legal basis.
4. Newsletter and Email Communications
If you subscribe to a NewsPositive newsletter or other email communications, we may use your email address and related information to send the content you requested.
You can unsubscribe from marketing or newsletter emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link contained in the relevant message or by contacting us.
Transactional or administrative communications may still be sent when necessary.
5. Contact Forms
When you contact us through a website form, the information you provide is used primarily to respond to your inquiry and manage any subsequent communication.
Depending on your request, your message may be directed to the appropriate editorial, administrative, advertising or partnership contact.
We may retain correspondence where reasonably necessary for business, editorial, security or legal purposes.
6. Story Submissions
If you submit a story, tip, article proposal or information about another person or organization, we may process the information provided to evaluate the submission and potentially contact you.
Please ensure that you have the right to provide any personal information, photographs or other material concerning third parties.
Submitting a story does not guarantee publication.
7. Cookies
NewsPositive.org may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, understand website usage, improve performance and, where applicable, support advertising.
Cookies may include:
Essential cookies – required for core website functionality and security.
Preference cookies – remember choices or settings.
Analytics cookies – help us understand how visitors interact with NewsPositive.
Advertising cookies – may be used to measure advertising or provide more relevant advertising where such services are enabled.
Where legally required, non-essential cookies will be used based on your consent.
You may also manage cookies through your browser settings and, where available, our website cookie controls.
8. Analytics
We may use analytics services to understand how NewsPositive.org is used.
These services may process information such as device details, IP address, pages visited and interactions with the website.
Analytics information helps us understand readership, improve content and evaluate website performance.
Where required by applicable law, analytics technologies requiring consent will not be activated until consent has been provided.
9. Advertising and Sponsored Content
NewsPositive may display advertising and publish sponsored or partner content.
Advertising providers and technology partners may use cookies or similar technologies to measure advertising performance or, where permitted, personalize advertising.
Where required, consent will be obtained before advertising technologies that involve non-essential tracking are activated.
Sponsored editorial content is handled separately from independent editorial coverage and is clearly identified in accordance with our Sponsored Content Policy.
10. Third-Party Services
We may use trusted third-party providers to help operate NewsPositive, including services for:
- Website hosting
- Website security
- Email delivery
- Newsletter management
- Analytics
- Contact forms
- Spam prevention
- Advertising
- Content delivery
- Technical support
These providers may process personal information on our behalf or, in some circumstances, as independent data controllers.
We seek to work with providers that maintain appropriate privacy and security safeguards.
11. External Links
NewsPositive articles and pages may contain links to third-party websites.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of websites operated by third parties.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of external websites before providing them with personal information.
12. Social Media
NewsPositive may maintain accounts on third-party social-media platforms and provide social-media links or sharing functionality on our website.
When you interact with these services, the relevant platform may collect and process information according to its own privacy policy.
NewsPositive does not control the privacy practices of third-party social-media platforms.
13. Legal Bases for Processing
Where applicable data-protection law requires a legal basis, we may process personal information on the basis of:
- Your consent
- Performance of a contract or steps requested before entering into a contract
- Compliance with a legal obligation
- Our legitimate interests in operating, protecting and improving NewsPositive
- Other legal grounds permitted under applicable law
Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent subject to applicable law.
14. How Long We Keep Information
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including legitimate operational, editorial, contractual, accounting and legal requirements.
Retention periods may therefore differ depending on the type of information and why it was collected.
When information is no longer reasonably required, it may be deleted or anonymized.
15. International Data Transfers
NewsPositive is operated from Switzerland, but some of our technology and service providers may process information in other countries.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, we take reasonable steps to use appropriate safeguards where required by applicable data-protection law.
16. Data Security
We use reasonable organizational and technical measures intended to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, loss or misuse.
However, no website, electronic transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
17. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live and the laws applicable to you, you may have rights concerning your personal information, including the right to:
- Request access to personal information
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion in certain circumstances
- Object to or restrict certain processing
- Withdraw consent where processing relies on consent
- Request data portability where applicable
- Lodge a complaint with an appropriate data-protection authority
These rights are subject to applicable legal conditions and exceptions.
To make a privacy request, contact:
We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.
18. Children’s Privacy
NewsPositive is intended for a general audience and is not designed specifically to collect personal information from young children.
If we become aware that personal information relating to a child has been collected in circumstances where parental or guardian authorization is legally required, we will take appropriate steps in accordance with applicable law.
19. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our website, services, technology or legal obligations change.
The current version will be published on this page with the date of the latest revision.
We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.
20. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, how NewsPositive handles personal information, or wish to exercise a privacy right, please contact:
NewsPositive
Operated by Polminton Ltd, Switzerland
Email: contact@newspositive.org
Website: NewsPositive.org
Privacy matters.
We believe a positive relationship with our readers starts with respecting their trust.