Privacy Policy

Newspectives ("we", "us", "our") operates the website newspectives.com. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you use our site.

Information We Collect

Account information: When you sign in with Google, we receive your name, email address, and profile picture from your Google account. We use this solely to provide and personalize your experience.

Usage data: We collect anonymous usage data such as pages visited, topics searched, and features used. This helps us improve the platform.

Search queries: Topics you analyze are stored to build the public news feed. Private analyses (available to registered users) are only visible to you.

How We Use Your Data

• Provide the service: deliver multi-perspective news analysis, save your preferences, and maintain your account.
• Improve the platform: anonymous usage patterns help us understand which features are most valuable.
• Communication: we may use your email to send important service notifications. We do not send marketing emails.

Google Sign-In & Authentication

Newspectives uses Google Sign-In (via Firebase Authentication) for account creation and secure login. When you sign in with Google, we access only your basic profile (name, email, profile photo). We do not access your contacts, calendar, files, or any other Google services.

Your Google password is never shared with us — authentication is handled entirely by Google's OAuth 2.0 infrastructure. You can revoke Newspectives' access to your Google account at any time through your Google Account permissions.

Cookies & Local Storage

Essential cookies: we use cookies for authentication sessions and to remember your preferences (such as dark mode and selected regions).

Analytics: we use Google Analytics to understand site usage. You can opt out via the cookie consent banner shown on your first visit.

We do not use advertising cookies and we do not share cookie data with third-party advertisers.

Third-Party Services

• Firebase (Google): authentication, database, and hosting.
• Google Gemini AI: your search queries are processed by Google's Gemini AI to generate multi-perspective analyses.
• reCAPTCHA: protection against abuse, subject to Google's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Data Retention & Your Rights

We retain account data while your account is active. Public topic analyses remain on the platform as part of the news archive. Private analyses are accessible only to you and can be deleted from your dashboard.

Your rights: you have the right to access, correct, or request deletion of your personal data at any time. To exercise these rights, contact us at the email below. For users in the European Economic Area, you also have the right to data portability and to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

Account deletion: you can request complete deletion of your account and associated data by contacting us. We will process the request within 30 days.

Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy or data rights: privacy@newspectives.com

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.