This Privacy Policy describes how Pelican Newspaper (“we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses information when you use our website, https://pelicannewspaper.com/ (the “Service”). It also explains your privacy rights and the choices you have.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to exercise your rights, contact us at contact@pelicannewspaper.com.
Interpretation and Definitions
Interpretation
Words with initial capital letters have meanings defined below. These definitions apply whether the terms appear in singular or plural form.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
- Company: Pelican Newspaper (also referred to as “we”, “us”, or “our”).
- Cookies: Small files placed on your device by a website, used for site functionality, analytics, and advertising where enabled.
- Device: Any device that can access the Service, such as a computer, phone, or tablet.
- Personal Data: Information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
- Service: The website accessible at https://pelicannewspaper.com/.
- Service Providers: Third parties that process data on our behalf to provide, secure, analyze, or monetize the Service.
- Usage Data: Data collected automatically from use of the Service (for example, pages visited and time spent).
- You: The individual accessing or using the Service.
Collecting and Using Your Information
Personal Data You Provide
Depending on how you interact with the Service, we may collect:
- Email address (for example, when you contact us).
- Name or identifier you choose to provide (for example, in a contact form or comment).
- Message content you submit to us (for example, tips, corrections requests, or partnership inquiries).
Comments
When you leave comments on the Service, we collect the information shown in the comments form. We may also collect your IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection and site security.
If Gravatar is enabled, an anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service. Your profile picture may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. Usage Data may include your device’s IP address, browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, time spent on pages, device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies (such as tags and pixels) to operate the Service, understand usage, and support advertising where enabled. You can instruct your browser to refuse cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. If you do not accept cookies, some parts of the Service may not function properly.
Cookies may be “Session” cookies (deleted when you close your browser) or “Persistent” cookies (remain until deleted).
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential cookies: necessary for basic functionality, security, and fraud prevention.
- Preference cookies: remember choices you make (where applicable).
- Analytics cookies: help us understand how visitors use the Service (for example, via Google Analytics 4 when enabled).
- Advertising cookies: help display ads and measure ad performance (for example, via Google AdSense or similar partners when enabled).
Use of Your Information
We may use information for purposes such as:
- Providing and maintaining the Service.
- Responding to your requests, including corrections and editorial inquiries.
- Moderating comments and preventing spam or abuse.
- Analyzing usage to improve the Service and our content.
- Displaying advertising and measuring performance where advertising is enabled.
- Detecting, preventing, and addressing technical and security issues.
Analytics (Google Analytics 4)
We use, or may enable, Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand traffic and how visitors use the Service. GA4 may collect information such as pages viewed, approximate location, device/browser details, and traffic source. Google may use cookies or similar technologies for these purposes. You can control analytics cookies through your browser settings and, where available, consent choices on the Service.
Advertising and Affiliate Links
We display, or may enable, advertising on the Service. Advertising partners (including, for example, Google AdSense) may use cookies or similar technologies to show ads, measure performance, limit frequency, and detect invalid traffic. Third-party vendors may collect information such as IP address, device identifiers, browser information, and interactions with ads.
We may also use affiliate links. If you click an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Affiliate partners may use tracking links or cookies to attribute purchases.
Where required by law, we will provide a consent mechanism before enabling non-essential cookies used for analytics or advertising.
Sharing of Your Information
We may share information in the following situations:
- With Service Providers who help operate, secure, analyze, or monetize the Service (for example, hosting, CDN/security, analytics, forms, and advertising partners).
- For legal reasons, if required to comply with applicable law or valid requests by public authorities.
- In connection with a business transaction (for example, if the Service is sold or merged), where permitted by law.
- With your consent or at your direction.
Retention of Your Information
We retain Personal Data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. Contact form submissions are typically retained for up to 12 months unless a longer retention period is required for security, legal, or dispute-resolution reasons. Comments and related metadata may be retained indefinitely unless removed.
Transfer of Your Information
Your information may be processed by us and our Service Providers in locations where they operate. Data protection laws may differ by jurisdiction. We take reasonable steps to protect your information and to require appropriate safeguards from Service Providers.
Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or object to certain processing of your personal data, and to request portability. To make a request, contact contact@pelicannewspaper.com.
We do not sell personal information.
Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your information. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Children’s Privacy
The Service is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact us and we will take steps to delete it.
Links to Other Websites
The Service may contain links to third-party websites that are not operated by us. We are not responsible for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites. We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of every site you visit.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the updated policy on this page and revise the “Last updated” date above.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us by email at contact@pelicannewspaper.com.