Welcome to HappeningNow. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle information when you use our news discovery, intelligence, and editorial platform.
1. Introduction
HappeningNow is designed to help readers discover and understand news from across the web. We aim to collect only the information needed to operate, secure, and improve the service, and to give you meaningful control over optional technologies.
2. Information We Collect
We may process information that you provide directly, information associated with an account, and limited technical information generated when you use the service. Depending on how you use HappeningNow, this can include:
- Account information such as your email address and profile details
- Saved articles, preferences, and settings that you choose to use
- Browser, device, and basic usage information
- Support messages or other information you send through our contact channels
We do not sell personal information.
3. Functional Storage and Preferences
We use functional storage to remember choices that make the service work as expected, such as your theme, reading preferences, saved articles, sign-in state, and similar settings. These preferences support the core experience and are separate from optional analytics.
You can manage available preferences in the service and may clear browser storage through your browser controls. Some features may no longer remember your choices if functional storage is disabled or cleared.
4. Analytics and Consent
HappeningNow uses a consent choice that separates functional preferences from analytics. Choosing Essential Only keeps functional preferences available while analytics remain disabled. You can also customize your choice or change it later through cookie preferences.
When you grant analytics consent, HappeningNow may load Google Analytics 4 and Simple Analytics to understand aggregate site use, measure performance, and improve the service. We do not load these analytics tools when analytics consent is declined or has not been granted.
For more information about those providers, review the Google Privacy Policy and Simple Analytics privacy information.
5. Accounts, Saved Articles, and Preferences
Authentication lets you access account-based features such as saved articles and preferences. We use account and preference information to provide those features, maintain your session, secure the service, and support future personalization that you choose to use.
Please protect your account credentials. If you believe your account has been accessed without authorization, contact us promptly.
6. How We Use Information
We use information to operate and maintain HappeningNow, provide requested features, improve reliability and accessibility, understand aggregate product use when you consent to analytics, prevent misuse, and respond to support requests.
We do not use your information to sell personal data or to make editorial decisions about story rankings, intelligence, summaries, or classifications.
7. AI-Assisted Features
HappeningNow may use AI-assisted systems to generate or assist with summaries, intelligence, timelines, classifications, geographic indicators, and editorial signals. These systems may process content and operational information necessary to provide and improve those features.
AI-assisted output can contain errors or omissions. When accuracy is important, consult original reporting and appropriate independent sources.
8. Third-Party News Sources and Links
HappeningNow organizes and links to reporting from third-party publishers. Those publishers and linked services control their own content and privacy practices. When you follow an external link, their terms and privacy policies apply.
We do not claim ownership of third-party reporting, photographs, trademarks, or logos. External stories and links may change or become unavailable.
9. Service Providers and Future Advertising
We may use carefully selected service providers to operate the platform, including hosting, authentication, analytics when consented to, and security or support services. Providers may process information only as needed to deliver their services and under their own applicable terms and privacy practices.
HappeningNow may introduce advertising, sponsorships, affiliate disclosures, or Google AdSense in the future. If we do, we will update this Policy and our consent experience as appropriate. We do not claim that advertising is currently active, and commercial relationships do not influence editorial decisions, rankings, intelligence, summaries, or classifications.
10. Data Retention
We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the service, maintain security, meet legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements. Retention periods vary by the type of information and the purpose for which it is used.
You may remove locally stored preferences through your browser controls. Account-related data may be retained as necessary for legitimate operational, security, or legal reasons.
11. Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information processed through HappeningNow. No online service can guarantee absolute security, so please use the service and your account credentials with appropriate care.
12. Children’s Privacy
HappeningNow is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so we can take appropriate action.
13. Your Choices
You can use much of HappeningNow without creating an account. Where available, you can manage cookie preferences, control functional settings, decline analytics, clear browser storage, and choose whether to create or use an account.
14. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to the service, legal requirements, or our information practices. The updated date at the top of this page identifies the latest revision.
15. Contact
For questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please use our contact page.