What we collect

Information you give us. Your email address when you sign up for a newsletter or send us a tip, letter, op-ed, pitch, or correction. The content of your message. Account information if you are a USA Times contributor.

Information collected automatically. Device and connection details (IP address, browser, operating system), usage information (pages viewed, time on page, search queries), and cookies. See our Cookie Policy.

How we use it

To publish the news, run the website, send newsletters you have requested, respond to inquiries, maintain editorial workflows, measure traffic, serve advertising, prevent fraud and abuse, and comply with legal obligations.

How we share it

With service providers (hosting, analytics, advertising, email delivery) under contractual obligations to use information only as we direct. With law enforcement only when required by valid legal process, after notifying the affected user where lawful.

We do not sell your personal information. We do not give advertisers your name or email address. We do not use newsroom communications (tips, letters, pitches) for advertising targeting.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, port, or restrict the use of your personal information, or to withdraw consent. To exercise any of these, email achir@usatimes.com. We respond within 30 days.

Editorial archive

USA Times is a news publication and our editorial archive is a matter of public record. Articles we publish remain available indefinitely. We may correct factual errors and, in extraordinary circumstances, retract a story, but we generally do not remove published articles in response to requests.

Security and retention

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal information (HTTPS, access controls, two-factor authentication, brute-force protection). We retain information only as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected or as required by law.

Children

USA Times is intended for adult readers. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Contact

Privacy questions: achir@usatimes.com.