Privacy Policy

Surveillance capitalism, the business model where user data is the product, is a primary mechanism through which corporate media and technology platforms manipulate public opinion. By building detailed behavioral profiles on hundreds of millions of people, these platforms can shape what information individuals see, what they believe is popular, and what conclusions they reach about the world.

Reporter.ink does not engage in this model. We do not sell your data. We do not build advertising profiles. We do not share your information with data brokers, analytics resellers, or third-party marketers.

Information you give us directly

When you create an account: your name, email address, and password (stored hashed, we cannot read it). If you are a journalist, we collect the professional information you provide during the verification process.

When you make a payment: billing information processed by Stripe or Coinbase Commerce. We do not store card numbers. We receive a transaction record with the amount and your account reference.

Information collected automatically

Standard server logs: IP address (stored in hashed form for security purposes), browser type, pages visited, and approximate geographic region. These are used to operate the service securely, detect abuse, and understand aggregate usage. They are not used to build individual behavioral profiles.

Live stream viewing data: whether you watched a stream, approximate duration, and viewer counts. This data is used to show journalists how their coverage is performing and to display live viewer counts. It is not sold or shared.

• We do not track you across other websites
• We do not use advertising pixels or marketing tags
• We do not build interest or behavioral profiles
• We do not collect biometric data
• We do not read your private messages
• We do not sell, rent, or trade your data to any third party for commercial purposes

Running a platform requires a small number of trusted services. Here is an honest account of what we use and why:

We do not use Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, TikTok Pixel, or any behavioral advertising network. We do not use Intercom, Segment, Mixpanel, or other user behavior tracking platforms.

Regardless of where you live, you have the right to:

• Access - request a copy of data we hold about you
• Correction - correct inaccurate information in your account
• Deletion - delete your account and associated personal data
• Portability - receive your data in a machine-readable format
• Objection - object to any processing you did not explicitly consent to

To exercise any of these rights, email privacy@reporter.ink. We respond within 30 days.

Account data is retained for as long as your account is active. When you delete your account, personal identifying information (name, email, profile data) is removed within 30 days. Anonymized transaction records may be retained for legal and accounting compliance. Published content may be retained in anonymized archive form.

We will disclose user data to law enforcement or government agencies only when required by a valid legal order, a court order, subpoena, or equivalent legal process. We will not voluntarily disclose data beyond what is legally required.

Where legally permitted, we will notify affected users of a legal request before complying, so they have the opportunity to seek legal counsel.

We use session cookies to keep you logged in. We use a single first-party cookie to remember your theme preference (light or dark mode). We do not use third-party tracking cookies, advertising cookies, or persistent behavioral cookies.

You can disable cookies in your browser settings, but doing so will prevent you from staying logged into your account.

Reporter.ink is not intended for users under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has created an account, contact us at privacy@reporter.ink and we will delete it promptly.

If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by email (if you have an account) and by posting a notice on the platform at least 14 days before the changes take effect. We will never retroactively apply a less protective policy to data already collected under a more protective one.