Effective Date: October 12, 2026
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://chicagonewspost.com. This platform is operated by Chicago News Post Media Group.
2. Information We Collect and Why We Collect It
Comments & User Contributions
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist with automated spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to verify usage. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Upon comment approval, your profile picture becomes publicly visible within the context of your comment.
Media Uploads
If you upload images directly to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors can download and extract any location data from images hosted on the site.
Newsletters & Contact Forms
If you voluntarily subscribe to our newsletter or submit an inquiry via our contact forms, we collect your name, email address, and any message details provided. This information is utilized strictly to communicate with you and will never be shared or sold to third-party brokers.
3. Cookies & Automated Tracking Technologies
Functional WordPress Cookies
- If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These last for one year.
- If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to determine browser compatibility. This contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
- Log-in session cookies last for two days, and screen display options cookies last for one year. Selecting “Remember Me” extends login sessions to two weeks.
- Editing or publishing an article sets an additional cookie indicating the post ID of the piece. It expires after 1 day.
Third-Party Advertising & Analytics Cookies
To support our independent journalism, Chicago News Post works with programmatic advertising networks and analytics providers (including Google AdSense and Google Analytics).
- These external services place tracking technologies (such as cookies and web beacons) on your browser to collect anonymous traffic data, approximate geographic location, and device indicators.
- This information allows our partners to analyze usage trends and deliver relevant, personalized advertisements tailored to your interests. You can manage or opt-out of personalized tracking through your independent browser security settings.
4. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, tweets, maps, images, etc.). Embedded content from external platforms behaves in the exact same manner as if the visitor had navigated directly to the external website.
These parent websites may independently collect data about you, utilize tracking cookies, embed supplemental third-party tracking, and monitor your exact interaction with that embedded content, particularly if you maintain an active account and are logged into that specific platform.
5. Data Retention & Sharing Foundations
- Comments: Visitor comments and corresponding metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and auto-approve subsequent follow-up interactions.
- User Profiles: For users that register on our website, we securely store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal data at any time (with the exception of their username).
- Security Sharing: If you initiate a manual password reset, your current IP address will be safely included in the automated verification reset email. Visitor comments are continuously vetted via an automated, third-party spam detection firewall.
6. Your Personal Data Rights
If you maintain an account on this site or have actively left comments, you hold the legal right to request an exported file of the personal data we maintain about you, including any explicit details you provided directly to us.
You may also formally request the erasure of any personal data we store. This does not encompass data elements we are legally, administratively, or security-wise obligated to retain for compliance or institutional purposes. To execute these adjustments, contact our privacy desk directly at editor@chicagonewspost.com.