We believe your privacy is a right, not a product. Our policy is simple:
Here's what that looks like in practice.
Last Updated: August 04, 2025
When you comment or create an account, we collect the info you provide (name, email) to display your comment and prevent spam. We use the Gravatar service for profile pictures, which you can learn about here.
We use cookies for basic site functions: to remember your details if you comment and to keep you logged in if you have an account. You can clear these in your browser at any time.
We use anonymous analytics to see which stories are popular. This helps us do better journalism. We cannot see who you are, only that someone visited a page.
Some articles may include embedded content (like a YouTube video). This content behaves as if you visited the other site directly and may collect data according to their own policies. We don't control this.
This is a news organization. We protect our sources.
You have the right to see, edit, or delete your personal data at any time.
We keep comments on the site to maintain the context of conversations, but we will happily delete yours upon request. We cannot delete information we're legally required to keep.
To make a request, please contact us at privacy@nycreport.org