Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

When you create an account on PaytoHash News, we collect your email address, username, and profile information you choose to provide. We also automatically collect usage data including articles you read, search queries, and interaction patterns (comments, likes) to improve your experience.

• Account data: Email, username, display name, profile photo
• Activity data: Article views, reading time, comment history
• Device data: IP address, browser type, operating system
• Financial preferences: Market categories you follow (crypto, forex, stocks)

2. How We Use Your Data

Your data helps us deliver personalised news feeds, calculate author TrustScores, and detect suspicious or bot-like activity. We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

• Personalise your article feed based on reading history
• Calculate and display view counts and engagement metrics
• Send optional email digests and breaking news alerts
• Prevent abuse, spam, and fake account creation

3. Data Sharing

We share limited data with trusted service providers necessary to operate the platform — including cloud hosting, image delivery (Cloudinary), and analytics. All providers are contractually bound to protect your data.

4. Your Rights

You have full control over your data. From your account dashboard you can:

• Download a copy of all your personal data
• Delete your account and all associated data permanently
• Opt out of email notifications at any time
• Request correction of inaccurate information

5. Data Retention

Account data is retained while your account is active. On deletion, your personal data is permanently removed within 30 days. Anonymised engagement metrics (view counts, article statistics) may be retained for editorial reporting purposes.

6. Contact

For privacy-related enquiries, contact us at privacy@paytohash.com.