Effective Date: September 24, 2026
Last Updated: September 24, 2026
At TrueWestPost, we respect your privacy and aim to be transparent about how information may be collected and used when you visit our website.
This Privacy Policy explains how TrueWestPost.com may collect, use, share, store, and protect information associated with visitors and users of our website.
TrueWestPost is an independent digital publication serving an international audience, including readers in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and other countries.
1. Information We Collect
The information we collect depends on how you interact with TrueWestPost.
Information You Provide
You may voluntarily provide information when you:
- Contact us
- Submit an article correction
- Send a story idea
- Request information
- Subscribe to a newsletter or other communication
- Participate in a website feature
- Communicate with us by email
This may include:
- Name
- Email address
- Contact information
- The contents of your message
- Other information you choose to provide
Please do not send sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for your request.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit TrueWestPost, certain technical information may be collected automatically by our website, hosting infrastructure, analytics tools, advertising services, or similar technologies.
Depending on the technologies in use, this information may include:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Language preferences
- Approximate location
- Referring website or URL
- Pages viewed
- Date and time of access
- General website interactions
- Website performance information
Not all of these technologies are necessarily used at all times. The services operating on TrueWestPost may change over time.
2. How We Use Information
We may use information for legitimate purposes such as:
- Operating and maintaining TrueWestPost
- Responding to inquiries
- Processing requests
- Providing website functionality
- Improving our website and content
- Understanding how visitors use the website
- Measuring traffic and content performance
- Maintaining website security
- Detecting fraud, abuse, or malicious activity
- Managing newsletters or communications you request
- Providing and measuring advertising
- Understanding audience interests
- Complying with applicable legal obligations
- Protecting our rights, users, and website
We aim to use personal information only for appropriate purposes and in accordance with applicable privacy laws.
3. Legal Bases for Processing
Where laws such as the UK GDPR or EU GDPR apply, we may rely on one or more lawful bases for processing personal information, depending on the circumstances.
These may include:
- Consent — where you have given permission for a particular use.
- Legitimate interests — where processing is reasonably necessary for our legitimate interests and those interests are not overridden by your rights.
- Legal obligations — where processing is necessary to comply with applicable law.
- Contract or requested service — where processing is necessary to provide a service or respond to a request.
- Other lawful bases — where permitted by applicable law.
The applicable legal basis may vary depending on the type and purpose of processing.
Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent where permitted by law.
4. Cookies & Similar Technologies
TrueWestPost may use cookies and similar technologies.
These technologies may help us:
- Keep the website functioning
- Improve website performance
- Remember preferences
- Understand website traffic
- Measure content performance
- Measure advertising and campaigns
- Provide or personalize advertising where permitted
- Maintain security
Some cookies or similar technologies may be provided by third parties.
Where applicable law requires consent before using non-essential cookies or similar technologies, appropriate consent mechanisms may be provided.
You may also manage cookies through your browser settings or available website controls.
Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.
5. Analytics
TrueWestPost may use analytics services to understand how visitors interact with our website.
Analytics services may collect information such as:
- Pages visited
- Traffic sources
- Device and browser information
- Approximate location
- Website interactions
- General engagement information
- Performance information
We may use this information to understand which content is useful to readers and improve the website.
The specific analytics services used by TrueWestPost may change over time.
Where third-party analytics services are used, those providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and applicable requirements.
6. Advertising
TrueWestPost may display advertisements provided by third-party advertising partners.
Advertising technologies may use cookies, pixels, tags, device information, or similar technologies to:
- Display advertisements
- Measure advertising performance
- Understand advertising interactions
- Limit repetitive advertisements
- Personalize advertising where permitted
Advertising partners and technologies may change over time.
Where required by applicable law, visitors may be given choices regarding personalized advertising or consent.
Third-party advertising providers may process information according to their own privacy policies.
7. Third-Party Services
We may use third-party providers to support the operation of TrueWestPost.
These may include services for:
- Website hosting
- Security
- Content delivery
- Analytics
- Advertising
- Email delivery
- Spam protection
- Performance monitoring
- Technical infrastructure
Depending on the service, a provider may process information on our behalf or may independently process information according to its own privacy policy.
We do not control the privacy practices of independent third-party services.
8. How We Share Information
We may share personal information where reasonably necessary with:
- Service providers that support our website
- Hosting and technical providers
- Analytics providers
- Advertising partners
- Security providers
- Email and communication providers
- Professional advisers
- Legal or regulatory authorities where required
- Government authorities where legally required
- Relevant parties involved in a merger, acquisition, restructuring, or sale of assets
We may also disclose information where reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property, security, or safety of TrueWestPost, our users, or others.
We do not share personal information indiscriminately.
9. International Data Transfers
Because TrueWestPost serves an international audience and may use service providers located in different countries, personal information may be processed or stored outside the country where you live.
This may include countries such as the United States and other countries where our technology or service providers operate.
Where applicable law requires safeguards for international transfers, we aim to use appropriate legal mechanisms and safeguards.
10. Data Retention
We retain personal information for only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
Retention may depend on:
- The type of information
- Why it was collected
- Whether we need it to provide a service
- Legal or regulatory requirements
- Security and fraud-prevention needs
- Dispute resolution
- Protection of our legal rights
When information is no longer reasonably required, it may be deleted, anonymized, or securely disposed of where appropriate.
11. Data Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
However, no website, internet transmission, server, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
12. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live and which privacy laws apply to you, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.
These may include:
- Access — request access to personal information we hold about you.
- Correction — request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Deletion — request deletion of certain personal information.
- Restriction — request restriction of certain processing.
- Objection — object to certain types of processing.
- Data portability — request certain information in a portable format where applicable.
- Withdrawal of consent — withdraw consent where consent is the legal basis.
- Advertising choices — exercise applicable rights relating to targeted or personalized advertising.
These rights vary depending on your jurisdiction and may be subject to legal limitations or exceptions.
To submit a privacy request:
Email: contact@truewestpost.com
Please include enough information for us to understand and process your request.
We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.
13. United States Privacy Rights
Privacy laws differ between U.S. states.
Depending on your state of residence and the law applicable to TrueWestPost, you may have additional rights concerning your personal information.
These may include rights to:
- Know or access certain personal information
- Correct inaccurate information
- Delete certain information
- Opt out of certain targeted advertising or other covered processing
- Appeal certain privacy decisions where required
- Receive information about how personal information is used or disclosed
The rights available to you depend on the applicable state law and your circumstances.
To submit a U.S. privacy request:
Email: contact@truewestpost.com
Please use U.S. Privacy Request as the subject line.
14. California Privacy
If California privacy law applies to you, you may have additional rights regarding your personal information.
Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, these may include rights relating to:
- Access
- Correction
- Deletion
- Opting out of certain covered uses or disclosures
- Certain forms of targeted advertising
- Exercising applicable privacy rights without unlawful discrimination
We will process qualifying requests in accordance with applicable law.
For California privacy requests:
Email: contact@truewestpost.com
Please use California Privacy Request as the subject line.
15. United Kingdom Privacy
If UK data-protection law applies to your information, you may have rights including:
- Access
- Rectification
- Erasure
- Restriction
- Objection
- Data portability
- Withdrawal of consent where consent is the applicable legal basis
You may submit a request using:
Email: contact@truewestpost.com
You may also have the right to complain to the relevant UK data-protection supervisory authority.
For UK users, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the relevant supervisory authority.
16. European Economic Area
Where EU data-protection law applies, individuals may have rights under the GDPR, including rights concerning:
- Access
- Correction
- Deletion
- Restriction
- Objection
- Data portability
- Withdrawal of consent where applicable
You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the data-protection authority in your country.
17. Canadian Privacy
Where Canadian privacy legislation applies to our activities, we aim to handle personal information in accordance with applicable requirements.
Depending on the circumstances, individuals may have rights concerning:
- Access to personal information
- Correction of personal information
- Information about how personal information is handled
- Complaints regarding privacy practices
Privacy requests and concerns may be sent to:
Email: contact@truewestpost.com
18. Australian Privacy
Where Australian privacy legislation applies to our activities, we aim to handle personal information in accordance with applicable requirements, including relevant Australian Privacy Principles.
Depending on the circumstances, individuals may have rights concerning:
- Access
- Correction
- Privacy complaints
You may contact us regarding a privacy concern at:
Email: contact@truewestpost.com
We will review privacy complaints and respond as appropriate.
19. Children’s Privacy
TrueWestPost is intended for a general audience.
We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children where doing so would be prohibited by applicable law.
If you believe a child has provided personal information to us in circumstances where it should not have been collected, please contact us.
20. External Links
TrueWestPost may contain links to third-party websites.
Those websites may have their own privacy policies, cookies, tracking technologies, and data practices.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites.
We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third-party website before providing personal information.
21. Social Media & Embedded Content
Our website may contain links, buttons, widgets, videos, or other embedded content from third-party platforms.
When you interact with third-party content, the relevant provider may collect information according to its own privacy policy.
Your interaction with those services is governed by their applicable terms and policies.
22. Email Communications
If you voluntarily subscribe to a TrueWestPost newsletter or other recurring communication, we may use your email address to provide the communication you requested.
You may unsubscribe from marketing or newsletter communications using the unsubscribe mechanism provided in the relevant communication.
Certain administrative or service-related communications may still be sent where reasonably necessary.
23. Privacy Complaints
If you have a concern about how we handle your personal information, we encourage you to contact us first so that we can review the matter.
Email: contact@truewestpost.com
Please explain the nature of your concern and provide relevant information.
Depending on your location, you may also have the right to contact the applicable privacy or data-protection regulator.
24. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when:
- Our website changes
- Our services change
- We introduce new technologies
- Our data practices change
- New third-party services are introduced
- Applicable laws or regulations change
When we make material changes, we may update the Last Updated date and provide additional notice where required by applicable law.
We encourage you to review this page periodically.
25. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to submit a privacy request, please contact:
TrueWestPost
Email: contact@truewestpost.com
For privacy requests, please use:
Privacy Request
We aim to handle privacy questions and requests responsibly and transparently.
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