This Privacy Policy explains what information press24.click (“Press24”, “we”, “us”) collects when you visit our website, how we use it, who we share it with, and your rights. By using our website you agree to the practices described here.
1. Information we collect
- Information you give us: your name, email, phone number, message and any files you upload via our contact or story submission forms.
- Comments: if you leave a comment, the data in the comment form plus your IP address and browser user agent (for spam detection).
- Automatically collected information: IP address, browser and device type, pages visited, time of visit and referring website.
- Cookies and similar technologies: described in the “Cookies” and “Advertising” sections below.
2. How we use information
- To operate, maintain and improve our website;
- To review and verify stories you submit and contact you if needed;
- To respond to your enquiries;
- To analyse visitor statistics;
- To display advertising and measure its performance;
- To prevent spam, abuse and security threats.
We do not sell your personal information. Contact details you provide are never published without your explicit permission.
3. Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored in your browser when you visit a website. We may use:
- Essential cookies needed for the site to work securely;
- Analytics cookies that help us understand how the site is used (e.g. Google Analytics via Site Kit);
- Advertising cookies used by Google and other third-party vendors to show relevant ads and measure their performance.
You can delete or block cookies in your browser settings, though some parts of the site may not work properly without them.
4. Advertising and Google AdSense
We may display ads served by Google AdSense. In this context:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Users may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
- Alternatively, users can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices. Users in Europe can also use www.youronlinechoices.eu.
Third-party vendors and ad networks
Ads on this site may be served by Google and by third-party vendors and ad networks approved by Google. You can find the list of these vendors and links to their websites in Google’s published list of ad technology vendors. You can opt out of these vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising on their own websites, where offered, or at www.aboutads.info/choices.
Learn how Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. Google’s Privacy Policy: policies.google.com/privacy.
Visitors from the EEA, UK and Switzerland
Visitors from these regions are shown a consent message asking for permission for personalised ads and advertising cookies. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time via the privacy and cookie settings link on the site. If you do not consent, only non-personalised or limited ads are shown.
5. Third-party services and links
- Google Site Kit / Analytics: used for site statistics.
- Social sharing: when you share a story on WhatsApp, Facebook or X, that platform’s privacy policy applies.
- Spam protection: our forms and comments use anti-spam measures (e.g. Akismet).
- External links: our stories may link to other websites; we are not responsible for their content or privacy practices.
6. Data retention
Form submissions and correspondence are kept only as long as needed for their purpose and then deleted. Comments and associated data are kept for as long as the comment remains published. Analytics and advertising cookie lifetimes depend on the provider’s policies.
7. Your rights
Depending on where you live (e.g. under the GDPR or CCPA), you may have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you;
- Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data;
- Ask us to delete your data;
- Object to or restrict processing of your data;
- Withdraw your consent at any time.
To exercise these rights, contact us via our contact form.
8. Children’s privacy
Our website is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from them. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us via our contact form and we will delete it promptly.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes take effect as soon as they are published on this page.
10. Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via our contact form.
Last updated: October 21, 2026