Privacy Policy

Version: 1.0

Effective: July 7, 2026

The Daily Scroll, operated by The Daily Scroll Team ("The Daily Scroll," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have when you use thedailyscroll.news and related Daily Scroll services.

Information We Collect

• Account information, including your name, username, email address, password hash, date of birth, role, and account settings.
• Profile information you choose to add, including your bio, avatar, links, badges, and public display preferences.
• Content you submit, including articles, drafts, comments, reposts, reports, journalist applications, media metadata, and moderation or monetization-review information.
• Usage information, including pages viewed, feed interactions, article opens, likes, comments, reposts, follows, notification settings, device/browser data, IP-derived security data, and timestamps.
• Location information when you provide it or enable local-news features, such as country, region, city, approximate coordinates, and related preferences.
• Cookie and advertising information, including identifiers used to keep the site working, measure usage, prevent abuse, remember preferences, and support advertising readiness.
• Communications with us, including support requests sent to help@thedailyscroll.com.

How We Use Information

We use information to operate The Daily Scroll, create and secure accounts, personalize feeds, support local-news features, process posts and journalist applications, send account and security emails, provide notifications, prevent fraud and abuse, moderate content, review advertising and monetization eligibility, understand site performance, comply with law, and improve the service.

Public Content

Usernames, profiles, public posts, comments, reposts, badges, public follower information when enabled, and other public activity may be visible to other users and visitors. Do not publish private information that you do not want others to see.

Cookies And Advertising

The Daily Scroll may use cookies, local storage, and similar technologies for login sessions, preferences, analytics, security, fraud prevention, and advertising readiness. Google and advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies to serve, measure, and improve ads when advertising is active. For regions that require consent for personalized ads, personalized advertising should be enabled only after an appropriate Google Privacy & Messaging or certified CMP consent flow is active.

You can review available choices at /privacy/choices and manage Google ad settings at https://myadcenter.google.com/.

How We Share Information

We may share information with service providers that help us run the site, deliver email, host data, secure accounts, analyze performance, process moderation or monetization workflows, or provide advertising tools. We may also share information when required by law, to protect rights and safety, to prevent abuse, or as part of a business transfer involving The Daily Scroll.

Retention

We keep information for as long as needed to provide the service, maintain records, secure the platform, resolve disputes, enforce policies, and meet legal or operational needs. Some deleted or suspended account records may be retained in limited form for security, abuse prevention, or audit purposes.

Your Choices

You can update account settings, public profile fields, local-news settings, and privacy preferences in your account where available. You can request help with privacy questions by contacting help@thedailyscroll.com. You can also use browser controls to manage cookies and visit Google My Ad Center to manage Google ad personalization.

Children

The Daily Scroll is not intended for children under 13. If you believe a child provided personal information, contact help@thedailyscroll.com.

Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect accounts and platform data. No online service can guarantee perfect security.

Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy. The current published version, effective date, and version history are shown on this page.

Contact

For privacy questions, contact help@thedailyscroll.com.