Privacy Policy
Last updated: 14 May 2026
Welcome to News in 60. Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you use this website, how it is used, and your rights regarding that information.
This website is built using WordPress and uses custom plugins developed specifically for News in 60.
1. Who We Are
Website: News in 60
Website address: https://newsin60.co.uk
This website publishes short-form news summaries and related content.
2. What Data We Collect
Like most websites, this site may automatically collect certain technical information when you visit, including:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type
- Operating system
- Referring website
- Pages visited
- Date and time of visits
This information is used for website functionality, analytics, security, and performance monitoring.
If you contact us directly, we may also collect any information you voluntarily provide.
3. Comments
If comments are enabled on articles, when visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/
After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible publicly alongside your comment.
4. Analytics and Visitor Statistics
This website uses a custom analytics plugin called:
- News in 60 Stats
The plugin collects anonymised visitor statistics to help us understand how the website is used and to improve performance and content quality.
The statistics collected may include:
- Page views
- Approximate visitor country
- Approximate visitor region/state
- Approximate visitor city
- Device type
- Browser type
- Operating system
- Referral source
- Time and date of visits
- Basic security and bot-detection information
Important Privacy Note
Visitor IP addresses are anonymised and stored as hashed values where possible. The system is designed to avoid storing personally identifiable visitor information unnecessarily.
Approximate geographic information (such as country, region/state, and city) is used solely for aggregated analytics and website performance monitoring. The system is not designed to identify individual visitors or track precise physical locations.
The plugin also performs automated bot and suspicious activity detection to help protect the website from abuse, spam, scraping, and malicious requests.
5. Cookies
This website may use cookies for:
- Basic WordPress functionality
- Comment functionality
- Session management
- Performance optimisation
- Security features
- Social sharing functionality
If you leave a comment on the site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not need to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies may remain for up to one year.
Most modern browsers allow you to control or disable cookies through your browser settings.
6. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, social media posts, or articles.
Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website directly.
These external websites may:
- Collect data about you
- Use cookies
- Embed additional third-party tracking
- Monitor your interaction with embedded content
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites or services.
Relevant services may include:
- YouTube
- X Corp.
- Meta Platforms
7. RSS Feeds and External Content Sources
Content may be sourced from publicly available RSS feeds and external news providers. Original content ownership remains with the respective publishers.
This website may include links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external sites.
8. Data Retention
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata may be retained indefinitely. This allows follow-up comments to be recognised and approved automatically.
Analytics and security log data may also be retained for operational, analytical, and security purposes for a limited period of time.
We aim to minimise stored data wherever reasonably possible.
9. Your Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights relating to your personal data, including:
- The right to request access to your data
- The right to request correction or deletion
- The right to object to certain processing
- The right to request an exported copy of your data
- The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
For UK users, this includes rights under the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018.
If you have left comments on this site, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, or request that we erase any personal data we hold, excluding data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
10. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services.
Analytics and security-related processing may also be used to help detect malicious activity, bots, scraping attempts, or abuse of the website.
11. Security
Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect this website and its data from unauthorised access, abuse, or misuse.
However, no website or internet transmission can ever be guaranteed to be completely secure.
12. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact the website administrator via the contact details provided on the website.
13. Changes to This Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes to the website, plugins, legal requirements, or operational practices.
The latest version will always be published on this page.