Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 23, 2026

Mattannur News respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect information when you visit our website.

Information We Collect

We may collect information you provide directly, such as your name and email address when you contact us, subscribe to our newsletter, submit a comment, or send a news tip or other material. We may also automatically collect limited technical information, including your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, and approximate usage data.

How We Use Information

We use collected information to operate and improve Mattannur News, respond to enquiries, publish and moderate comments, review reader submissions, send requested newsletter updates, maintain website security, and understand how visitors use the website.

Google AdSense and Advertising

We may use Google AdSense and other advertising providers to display advertisements on Mattannur News. Google and its partners may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers, IP addresses, and similar technologies to collect information about visitors, measure advertising performance, prevent fraud, and show advertisements that may be relevant to their interests.

Depending on your location, advertisements may be personalized based on your browsing activity, or they may be non-personalized and based on contextual information such as the content of the page. Third-party advertising providers may process information under their own privacy policies and terms.

Where required by applicable law, we request consent before using cookies or processing personal information for personalized advertising. You can manage your advertising and cookie choices through our consent controls, where available, and through your browser settings. You may also manage Google advertising personalization settings through Google’s advertising settings. Disabling personalized advertising does not necessarily stop all advertisements from appearing.

Google’s use of advertising information is governed by Google’s applicable policies. For more information, review Google’s privacy and advertising documentation. We do not control the privacy practices of Google or other third-party advertising providers.

Reader Comments and Submissions

When you post a comment, submit a news tip, or send other content to Mattannur News, we may collect your name, email address, the content you submit, and related technical information. Your display name and comment may be visible to other visitors. We may review, moderate, edit, refuse, or remove submissions to protect the community and maintain the quality and safety of our website.

Please do not include sensitive personal information in public comments or submissions. We may retain submissions for as long as reasonably necessary to operate the website, respond to you, maintain records, resolve disputes, or comply with legal obligations.

Newsletter Sign-Ups

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect the information you provide, such as your email address and, where requested, your name. We use this information to send newsletters, news updates, and other communications you requested, and to manage your subscription.

You can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us. We may retain limited information about your subscription and opt-out request to respect your preferences and maintain suppression records. Our newsletter provider may process your information on our behalf under its own privacy policy.

Cookies

Mattannur News may use cookies and similar technologies to remember preferences, measure website traffic, improve performance, support essential website functions, and deliver or measure advertising. You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings, although some features may not work properly.

Analytics and Third-Party Services

We may use analytics, advertising, social media, embedded content, newsletter, or other third-party services. These services may collect information according to their own privacy policies. Mattannur News does not control the privacy practices of third-party services.

Data Retention and Security

We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy or as required by law. We use reasonable safeguards to protect information, but no online service can guarantee complete security.

Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information, or to object to certain processing. To make a privacy-related request, contact us using the email address below.

Children’s Privacy

Mattannur News is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children without appropriate consent.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information, comments, submissions, or newsletter subscription, contact us at mattannurnews24@gmail.com.

This policy is a general template and should be reviewed and customized to reflect the advertising, analytics, newsletter provider, comment system, consent-management tools, cookies, and legal requirements that actually apply to your website.