Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: December 2025

World Today Media Group (“we,” “us,” or “our”) operates the website world-today-news.com (the “Service”). We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our readers, subscribers, and partners. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclosure, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, ensuring compliance with the UK Data Protection Act 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

1. Identity of the Data Controller

For the purposes of data protection legislation, the Data Controller responsible for your personal information is:

World Today Media Group
Poole, Dorset, BH16 7FH
United Kingdom
Data Protection Officer: [email protected]

2. Information We Collect

We collect information to provide better services to all our users. The types of data we collect include:

A. Information You Provide Directly

  • Correspondence: If you contact us via email, we keep a record of that correspondence.
  • Newsletter Subscription: If you opt-in to our briefings, we collect your email address and name.

B. Information Collected Automatically

  • Technical Data: Internet Protocol (IP) address, login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform.
  • Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services (e.g., time on page, click-through rates).
  • Cookies: We use cookies to distinguish you from other users. Please see our Cookie Policy for detailed information.

3. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

We rely on the following legal bases to process your personal data:

  • Consent: You have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose (e.g., Newsletter).
  • Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party), such as network security, fraud prevention, and analyzing audience engagement to improve our editorial strategy.
  • Legal Obligation: Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation (e.g., cooperating with law enforcement).

4. How We Share Your Data

We do not sell your personal data to third-party data brokers. However, we may share data with the following trusted service providers:

  • Service Providers: Hosting companies (to keep the site running), analytics providers (Google Analytics), and email service providers.
  • Advertising Partners: We work with third-party advertising networks (such as Google AdSense) that collect data via cookies to serve personalized ads based on your browsing history. You can opt-out of this via our Consent Manager.
  • Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

5. International Data Transfers

Our headquarters are in the United Kingdom. If you are accessing the Service from outside the UK (e.g., the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United States), your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the UK or other jurisdictions where our servers are located.

Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the UK or EEA, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:

  • We will only transfer your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data.
  • Where we use certain service providers, we may use specific contracts (Standard Contractual Clauses) approved for use in the UK/EU which give personal data the same protection it has in the UK/EU.

6. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

  • Analytics Data: Retained for 26 months before being anonymized.
  • Contact Data: Retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion.

7. Your Legal Rights

Under data protection laws, you have rights including:

  • Your right of access: You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
  • Your right to rectification: You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate.
  • Your right to erasure: You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances (“Right to be Forgotten”).
  • Your right to restriction of processing: You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information.
  • Your right to object to processing: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

8. Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top.

For any questions regarding this privacy policy, please contact the Data Compliance Team at [email protected].