Privacy Policy
Transparency on how PolicyDrift handles technical data, respects your privacy, and safeguards your digital rights.
1. Commitment to Reader Privacy
At PolicyDrift (https://www.policydrift.live), we believe reading the news should never come at the cost of your personal privacy. Our architecture is built privacy-first: we do not sell user data, we do not deploy invasive cross-site tracking beacons, and we do not require account registration to read our stories.
This Privacy Policy explains what limited technical information is processed when you visit our website, how it is secured, and your rights under global privacy frameworks including GDPR (EU), CCPA (California), and the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act (India).
2. Information We Process
We strictly limit data collection to what is necessary for delivering secure, reliable, and performant news services:
When you load a page or stream scores, edge infrastructure and reverse proxies (e.g., NGINX, Cloudflare) record standard technical metadata: IP address (anonymized/truncated for analytics), user-agent string, requested URI, referrer, and request timestamp. These logs are used exclusively for DDoS prevention, rate limiting, and system diagnosis.
General readership on PolicyDrift does not require creating an account, supplying email addresses, or sharing phone numbers. Administrative portals are restricted to authorized editorial staff.
We store lightweight user preferences directly in your browser's LocalStorage (such as theme preferences and reading modes). This data never leaves your device.
3. Cookies & Tracking Technologies
PolicyDrift uses essential, non-invasive cookies for load balancing, security session integrity, and edge caching. For comprehensive details on cookie categorization and how to manage browser storage settings, review our dedicated Cookie Policy.
4. Outbound Links & External Publishers
PolicyDrift provides direct canonical links to original news publishers and official sources. Once you click an outbound link to an external website, their respective privacy policies and terms apply. We encourage you to review the privacy statements of any external properties you visit.
5. Data Retention & Security Measures
All data in transit is encrypted using modern TLS (HTTPS) with HSTS headers enabled. Diagnostic server logs are automatically rotated and purged on a 30-day rolling cycle. No persistent profiling databases are maintained on public readers.
6. Your Rights & Privacy Inquiries
Under applicable data protection laws, you retain rights to request information regarding any data processed, request deletion, or lodge inquiries regarding our privacy practices.
For privacy inquiries or compliance requests, contact our Data Protection Desk at policy.drift.yt@gmail.com.
Contact Desk
For corrections, legal inquiries, or publisher syndication questions:
Our Principles
- •Full Source Attribution: Every story explicitly cites its reporting source.
- •Reader First: No paywalls or invasive tracking scripts.
- •Rapid Correction: Honest handling of retractions and updates.