Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how FDLR Tracker handles information collected through fdlrtracker.com, including newsletter subscriptions, contact enquiries, article interactions, search activity, and general analytics events.

This policy does not apply to websites, platforms, or services operated by third parties that may be linked from our reporting, resource pages, emails, or embedded content.

We collect information you choose to provide, such as your email address when you subscribe to updates and your name, email address, organisation, subject, and message when you contact us.

We may collect technical and usage information about site activity, including pages viewed, searches performed, newsletter and contact form events, article sharing actions, approximate device or browser details, referral information, and timestamps.

We may receive operational information from service providers that help deliver the website, email confirmations, newsletter messages, analytics, security controls, and abuse prevention.

We use information to send requested email confirmations and updates, respond to enquiries, maintain and improve the website, understand how readers use our work, protect the service from misuse, and measure the performance of public-interest reporting and research products.

We may also use aggregated or de-identified information to assess readership patterns, improve editorial presentation, prioritize technical improvements, and report on the reach of FDLR Tracker without identifying individual readers.

FDLR Tracker may use cookies, local storage, pixels, or similar technologies for analytics, product measurement, security, and basic site functionality. These technologies can help us understand whether pages load correctly, which content is useful, and where visitors encounter issues.

Analytics events may be processed through PostHog or similar providers. Depending on your browser settings and the provider configuration, these tools may store identifiers that help distinguish repeat visits or associate events with actions such as newsletter confirmation.

We do not sell personal information. We share information only where needed to operate the site, deliver emails, manage newsletter subscriptions, provide analytics, secure the service, comply with law, enforce our terms, or protect the rights and safety of FDLR Tracker, our readers, sources, partners, or the public.

Service providers may include website hosting, content management, email delivery, analytics, security, and infrastructure vendors. These providers process information on our behalf or under their own applicable terms and privacy commitments.

We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including maintaining subscriptions, handling enquiries, preserving operational records, resolving disputes, and meeting legal or security requirements.

We use administrative, technical, and organisational measures designed to protect information. No website or transmission method can be guaranteed to be fully secure, especially in conflict-monitoring and public-interest research contexts.

You can unsubscribe from newsletter emails by using the unsubscribe link included in the message. You can also restrict or block cookies and similar technologies through your browser settings, though some site functionality may be affected.

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, portability, objection, restriction of processing, or withdrawal of consent. To make a privacy request, contact us through the contact page and include enough information for us to understand and verify the request.

FDLR Tracker may be accessed globally, and our service providers may process information in countries other than where you live. Those countries may have privacy laws that differ from the laws in your jurisdiction.

Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards or lawful transfer mechanisms for international processing by service providers.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, service providers, legal requirements, or site functionality. The date at the top of the page shows when the policy was last updated.

Material changes will be presented through the website or another reasonable notice method where appropriate.

For privacy questions or requests, contact FDLR Tracker through the contact form on the About page. Please do not submit sensitive source material through ordinary web forms unless you have first confirmed an appropriate secure channel.