Privacy Policy

The short version

GetMyNews is built to keep your data on your device. There is no account to create, and no GetMyNews server that stores what you read. The personalization — learning which topics you like — happens on your phone. We do not collect, rent or sell your personal information.

The one exception, under your control, is the advertising that funds the app (Google AdMob). The app is free and ad-supported — there is no subscription or in-app purchase. Ads are described below.

Who is responsible

The data controller is Smartness Home, 5 rue Agrippa d’Aubigné, 91090 Lisses, France (see our Legal Notice). Contact: contact@getmynews.online.

What we do — and don’t — collect

No identity. We do not ask for your name, email address, phone number or a password. You can use the App without ever identifying yourself to us.

Stored on your device only. Your interests, your swipe history, saved articles and the preferences the App learns are stored locally on your phone. They are not transmitted to us, because we have no server to receive them.

System backups. So that you don’t lose your feed when you change phones, this on-device data can be included in your system backup (iCloud on iPhone, Google backup on Android). That backup is managed by Apple or Google under their own terms and your device settings — not by us.

Advertising and your consent

The free version shows an occasional full-screen ad (about one every 20 news cards) through Google AdMob. To serve ads, Google and its partners may collect and use device and advertising identifiers and related data, as described in “How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services”.

On first launch we ask for your choice using Google’s consent message (UMP) and, on iPhone, the system App Tracking Transparency prompt. If you decline, you will see non-personalized adsinstead of personalized ones — the App keeps working either way. You can change your choice at any time in your device’s advertising settings: Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking on iPhone, or Settings → Google → Ads on Android. Where local law requires a consent tool, the App also shows an Ad privacy entry in its own Settings.

Reading articles

Tapping a story opens a GetMyNews screen showing the headline, the summary and the image supplied by the publisher’s own feed, plus the other outlets covering the same story. From there, Read the full storyopens the article on the publisher’s website in your device’s browser view (Safari on iPhone, Chrome on Android) — so you get their full page, your own subscription if you have one, and your browser’s built-in “Translate” feature. We do not copy or republish the text of articles. Those news websites are operated by third parties and have their own privacy practices, which we do not control.

Analytics and cookies

The App does not run third-party analytics trackers beyond the advertising provider (AdMob) described above. This website uses no analytics and sets no cookies of any kind. It is a set of static pages with no server, no database, no forms and no third-party scripts — which is why you were never asked to accept anything to read it.

Children

GetMyNews is intended for users aged 16 and older and is not directed to children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. Advertising is configured for a general audience with content-rating and age controls enabled. If you believe a child has used the App, contact us and we will help.

Your California privacy rights (CCPA/CPRA)

We do not sell your personal information for money, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising except through the ad personalization you control via the consent prompt and your device settings (which you can turn off at any time). Because we hold no account and no server-side profile about you, most of your data lives only on your device.

You have the right to:

• know what personal information is collected and how it is used;
• delete your data — which, for on-device data, you do by clearing the App’s data or deleting the App;
• opt out of personalized advertising — using your device’s advertising settings (Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking on iPhone, Settings → Google → Ads on Android), or the in-App Ad privacy entry where local law requires one;
• not be discriminated against for exercising these rights.

To make a request, email contact@getmynews.online.

If you are in the EEA or UK (GDPR)

The controller is Smartness Home (France). We rely on your consentfor personalized advertising, and on our legitimate interest in providing a working, free product for the strict minimum needed to run it. You have the rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and portability, and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (in France, the CNIL). Since your personalization data is stored on your device, you can exercise erasure directly by clearing the App’s data.

Data retention and security

On-device data remains until you delete it (clear the App’s data or uninstall). Keeping personalization local, with no central account database, minimizes exposure by design.

Changes and contact

We may update this policy; the “last updated” date above reflects the latest version. Questions or requests: contact@getmynews.online.