Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Daily Insight (“we”, “our”, “us”) operates the website dailyinsight.co.uk, a UK-based entertainment and Royal Family news publication. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

For any privacy-related enquiries, please contact us at contact@dailyinsight.co.uk.

2. Information We Collect

We collect two types of information when you visit Daily Insight:

Automatically Collected Data

• IP address and approximate geographic location
• Browser type and version
• Device type (mobile, tablet, desktop)
• Pages visited and time spent on each page
• Referring website or search query
• Date and time of your visit

Information You Provide

• Name and email address when you contact us via our contact form
• Any message content you submit

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To deliver and improve our service: Analysing how readers engage with our content helps us produce better articles.
• To display personalised advertising: We use Google AdSense to show relevant advertisements. This requires sharing certain data with Google.
• To measure site performance: Google Analytics 4 helps us understand traffic patterns and improve the site experience.
• To respond to enquiries: If you contact us, we use your details solely to reply to your message.
• For security and fraud prevention: Protecting the integrity of our site and our readers.

4. Cookies

We use cookies — small text files stored on your device — to make our site work properly and to help us understand how you use it. By continuing to browse Daily Insight, you consent to the use of cookies as described in this policy.

You can control and delete cookies via your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some features on this site.

5. Google AdSense and Advertising

Daily Insight uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this site and other sites on the internet.

Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the internet. You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.

For more information about how Google uses data from sites that use Google services, visit Google’s privacy and terms.

6. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors interact with Daily Insight. Google Analytics collects anonymised data about your visits, including pages viewed, time on site, and general location. This data is processed by Google in accordance with their privacy policy.

We have configured Google Analytics with IP anonymisation enabled. Your full IP address is never stored by Google Analytics. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

7. Legal Basis for Processing (UK GDPR)

We rely on the following legal bases to process your personal data:

• Legitimate interests: Analysing site traffic and improving content quality.
• Consent: For personalised advertising via Google AdSense, where required by law.
• Contract: To respond to your contact form enquiries.

8. Data Sharing and Third Parties

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal data to third parties. We share data only with:

• Google LLC — for AdSense advertising and Analytics (data processed under Google’s privacy policy)
• Vercel Inc. — our website hosting provider (logs access data for security purposes)
• Resend — email delivery service, used only when we send you a response to a contact form message

Some of these providers may transfer data outside the UK/EEA. Where this occurs, appropriate safeguards (such as Standard Contractual Clauses) are in place.

9. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy. Contact form submissions are retained for a maximum of 12 months. Analytics data is retained for 26 months in Google Analytics. Server access logs are retained for 30 days.

10. Your Rights Under UK GDPR

As a UK resident, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification: Ask us to correct inaccurate data.
• Right to erasure: Request deletion of your personal data (“right to be forgotten”).
• Right to restriction: Ask us to limit how we use your data.
• Right to data portability: Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Right to object: Object to processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing.
• Right to withdraw consent: Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please email contact@dailyinsight.co.uk. We will respond within 30 days.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you believe your data has been handled unlawfully.

11. Children’s Privacy

Daily Insight is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately and we will delete it.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will indicate the date of the latest revision at the top of this page. Continued use of Daily Insight after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us: