HumanCrisisNews (accessible at humancrisisnews.com) is an independent digital humanitarian news platform founded in early 2026. We are dedicated to delivering fact-based, thoroughly verified reporting on international humanitarian crises — including armed conflicts, natural disasters, health emergencies, displacement crises, and global economic disruptions — to an English-speaking readership across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and other English-speaking regions worldwide.

This Privacy Policy describes in specific terms: (a) the types of information we collect from visitors to our website, (b) the purposes for which that information is used, (c) the conditions under which it may be shared with third parties, (d) the rights available to you under applicable data protection legislation, and (e) the measures we take to protect your data. Reading this policy carefully before using our website is strongly encouraged.

By accessing and using humancrisisnews.com, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to the terms set out in this Privacy Policy. If any part of this policy is unacceptable to you, please discontinue use of the website immediately.

HumanCrisisNews collects two distinct categories of information: (1) information you provide to us directly through deliberate action, and (2) information that is gathered automatically as a standard function of website operation. We collect only what is reasonably necessary to operate the platform, serve our readers, and comply with our legal obligations.

• Contact Form Enquiries: When you reach out to us using our contact form, we collect your full name, email address, subject of enquiry, and the complete message content you provide. This information is retained solely for the purpose of responding to your enquiry and is not used for any other purpose without your explicit consent.
• Newsletter Subscription: Readers who voluntarily subscribe to our email newsletter provide their email address and may optionally provide their name. Subscription is entirely opt-in, and you may withdraw your subscription at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any newsletter email.
• Direct Email Correspondence: Any emails you send to our editorial addresses are received, stored, and processed for the purpose of addressing your communication. The email address from which you write and the content of your message are retained in accordance with our data retention schedule.
• News Tips and Editorial Submissions: Individuals submitting news tips, source information, corrections, or guest article proposals provide contact details and submission content. This information is used exclusively to evaluate and respond to the submission concerned and is treated with strict journalistic confidentiality.

• Server Log Files: Our web server automatically records certain technical information each time a page is requested — including your device’s IP address, browser type and version, operating system, the page visited, the page from which you arrived (referrer URL), the date and time of the request, and the volume of data transferred. This information is used for security monitoring, technical troubleshooting, and aggregate traffic analysis.
• Cookies: HumanCrisisNews uses cookies — small text files stored on your device — to support essential website functions, analyze visitor behavior in aggregate, and enable the delivery of advertising through Google AdSense. Full details of the cookies we use are provided later in this policy.
• Website Analytics Data: We use Google Analytics to collect anonymized, aggregated information about how visitors interact with our website. This data includes pages viewed, time spent on each page, the geographic region of the visitor, the device category and browser used, and the source through which the visitor arrived. This information cannot be used to personally identify you.
• Advertising Interaction Data: Google AdSense, our advertising partner, may collect data relating to your browsing behavior — both on our website and on other websites you have visited — for the purpose of displaying advertisements relevant to your demonstrated interests.

HumanCrisisNews processes the information it collects strictly for the purposes listed below. We do not use personal data for purposes beyond those described in this policy without first obtaining your explicit consent.

• Responding to Enquiries: To respond directly and promptly to enquiries submitted through our contact form or email correspondence. Legal Basis: Legitimate Interest.
• Newsletter Delivery: To deliver email newsletter communications to readers who have actively subscribed and provided explicit consent. Legal Basis: Consent.
• Analytics and Improvement: To analyze anonymized, aggregated website traffic data through Google Analytics in order to understand how our content is used and how the platform can be improved. Legal Basis: Legitimate Interest.
• Advertising Operations: To display advertising on our website through Google AdSense, which may use your browsing data to serve advertisements relevant to your interests. Legal Basis: Consent.
• Security and Abuse Prevention: To identify, investigate, and address security threats, spam submissions, and unauthorized access attempts. Legal Basis: Legitimate Interest.
• Legal Compliance: To fulfill any legal or regulatory obligations applicable to us under the laws of relevant jurisdictions. Legal Basis: Legal Obligation.

HumanCrisisNews displays third-party advertisements on its pages through Google AdSense, a digital advertising service operated by Google LLC. Advertising revenue generated through Google AdSense contributes to the operational costs of maintaining HumanCrisisNews as a free-to-access, independent news platform. The presence of advertising has no influence on our editorial decisions, story selection, or factual reporting.

Google AdSense operates by placing cookies and web beacons on your device that allow Google to recognize your browser across different websites and to build an interest profile based on your browsing history. This profile is then used to select and display advertisements that Google’s systems determine to be relevant to your interests. HumanCrisisNews does not have access to, or control over, the specific interest data Google collects about individual users for advertising purposes.

You have the right to opt out of interest-based, personalized advertising served through Google AdSense. You can manage your advertising preferences and opt out of personalized ads by visiting Google’s Ads Settings page. You may also opt out of third-party advertising networks more broadly through the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out platform.

Google Analytics is a web analytics service operated by Google LLC that we use to understand, in aggregate and anonymized terms, how visitors interact with our website. No personally identifiable information is collected through Google Analytics in connection with our use of the service.

• The pages visited during a session on our website and the sequence in which they were viewed, along with the time spent on each individual page.
• The geographic location of the visitor at country and city level — no more granular location data is collected.
• The device category (desktop, mobile, or tablet), browser type and version, and operating system of the device used to access our website.
• The source through which the visitor arrived at our website — including search engines, direct entry, social media referrals, or links from other websites.
• Whether the visiting session represents a new visitor or a returning visitor, measured at the browser level using a persistent cookie.

If you prefer not to have your website activity included in our Google Analytics data, you may install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, which is available free of charge from Google.

HumanCrisisNews uses cookies as part of its standard website operation. Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device when you visit it. They are widely used across the internet to enable websites to function correctly, to remember user preferences, to analyze traffic patterns, and — in the case of advertising cookies — to deliver more relevant commercial messages.

All major web browsers provide settings that allow you to view, restrict, delete, or block cookies placed on your device. Please be aware that restricting certain categories of cookies — particularly essential cookies — may prevent parts of our website from functioning as intended.

• Google Chrome: Open Settings, navigate to Privacy and Security, then select Cookies and Other Site Data to view and manage cookie preferences.
• Mozilla Firefox: Open Options, navigate to Privacy and Security, and locate the Cookies and Site Data section where you can choose your preferred cookie handling settings.
• Apple Safari: Open Preferences, navigate to the Privacy tab, and select Manage Website Data to review and remove cookies stored on your device.
• Microsoft Edge: Open Settings, navigate to Cookies and Site Permissions, and configure cookie preferences including blocking specific types of cookies from third-party sources.

HumanCrisisNews articles and pages regularly contain hyperlinks to external websites operated by third parties, including primary source organizations such as the United Nations, UNICEF, WHO, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and others. These links are provided to enable readers to access original documentation supporting our reporting.

In addition to external hyperlinks, our website integrates the following third-party technical services:

• Google AdSense — Programmatic advertising delivery platform operated by Google LLC.
• Google Analytics — Web analytics service operated by Google LLC.
• Google Fonts — A typography delivery service operated by Google LLC.
• Font Awesome — An icon delivery service operated by Fonticons Inc.

If you are located in the United Kingdom or a member state of the European Union, you are protected by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and, in the UK specifically, by the UK GDPR. HumanCrisisNews is committed to honoring these rights fully and without unnecessary delay.

To exercise any of the rights described above, submit your request in writing to contact@sultannetwork.online with “GDPR Rights Request” in the subject line. We will acknowledge your request within 72 hours and fulfill it within 30 days.

If you are a resident of the state of California in the United States, you are afforded additional privacy protections under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).

• Right to Know: You have the right to request disclosure of the specific categories and pieces of personal information we have collected about you over the preceding 12 months, the purposes for which it was collected, and the categories of third parties with whom it was shared.
• Right to Delete: Subject to certain exceptions required by law, you have the right to request that HumanCrisisNews delete personal information we have collected from you.
• Right to Opt Out of Sale: You have the right to direct a business that sells personal information to third parties to stop doing so. HumanCrisisNews does not sell personal information to any third party.
• Right to Correction: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate personal information we hold about you.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: HumanCrisisNews will not discriminate against you in any way for exercising any of your CCPA rights.

To submit a CCPA rights request, email contact@sultannetwork.online with “CCPA Rights Request” clearly stated in the subject line. We will respond within 45 days of receiving a verifiable consumer request.

HumanCrisisNews is a news and analysis platform intended for a general adult audience. Our content addresses complex international humanitarian situations including armed conflict, displacement, food insecurity, and human rights violations. This content is not appropriate for, and is not directed at, children under the age of 13.

In full compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) as enforced by the Federal Trade Commission of the United States, HumanCrisisNews does not knowingly permit children under 13 to submit personal information through our contact form, newsletter subscription, or any other mechanism on our website. If we have reasonable grounds to believe that a submission of personal information was made by a child under 13, that information will be deleted from our records promptly.

The security of personal information entrusted to us by our readers is a responsibility we take seriously. HumanCrisisNews implements technical and organizational security measures appropriate to the nature and sensitivity of the data we hold, with the objective of protecting that data against unauthorized access, unintended disclosure, alteration, accidental loss, or destruction.

• TLS/SSL Encryption in Transit: All data transmitted between your browser and our website is protected by Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption, indicated by the padlock icon displayed in your browser’s address bar.
• Secure Hosting Environment: Our website is hosted on a server infrastructure that maintains appropriate access controls, regular system-level security patching, and monitoring for unauthorized access attempts.
• Restricted Data Access: Access to personally submitted reader data is restricted to authorized editorial personnel on a strict need-to-know basis.
• Platform Security Maintenance: Our WordPress CMS and all active plugins are maintained with current security releases applied promptly upon availability.

HumanCrisisNews applies a strict data minimization and retention approach: personal data is retained only for the period necessary to fulfill the specific purpose for which it was collected, or for the minimum period required by applicable law. Once the applicable retention period has elapsed, personal data is securely deleted or anonymized so that it can no longer be linked to an identifiable individual.

• Contact Form and Direct Email Data: Messages and associated contact details received through our contact form or editorial email address are retained for a maximum of 12 months from the date of the original submission.
• Newsletter Subscriber Email Addresses: Email addresses collected for newsletter delivery purposes are retained on our active subscriber list until you unsubscribe. Upon receipt of an unsubscription request, the address will be removed within 7 days and deleted within 30 days.
• Email Correspondence Records: Records of email correspondence with readers, researchers, partners, and other professional contacts are retained for a period of up to 24 months.
• Google Analytics Data: Anonymized website usage data processed by Google Analytics is subject to Google’s standard data retention settings, which we have configured to a maximum retention period of 26 months.
• Server Log Files: Automatically generated server log files containing IP addresses and technical access information are retained for a period of 30 days for security monitoring purposes.

HumanCrisisNews operates on a firm commitment not to sell, trade, rent, or transfer your personal information to any external party for their independent commercial purposes.

• Technical Service Providers: We use Google services — specifically Google Analytics and Google AdSense — to operate analytics and advertising functions on our website. Data is shared with Google solely to enable these services to function. No other third-party technical service providers have access to personally identifiable user data collected by HumanCrisisNews.
• Legal Compliance and Regulatory Obligations: We may disclose personal data in response to a lawful request from a governmental authority, law enforcement agency, court order, or regulatory body with jurisdiction over our operations, where we are legally required to do so.
• Protection of Legal Rights and Safety: Where we reasonably determine it to be necessary to protect the legal rights, property, or personal safety of HumanCrisisNews, our readers, or members of the public, we may share relevant information with appropriate authorities or legal counsel.

HumanCrisisNews produces content for readers primarily in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. As a digital platform operating in an inherently international technological environment, data collected in connection with your use of our website may be processed in countries other than the one in which you are located.

The most significant international data transfer associated with our platform occurs through our use of Google services. Google LLC is headquartered in the United States, and data collected through these services may be stored and processed on Google’s server infrastructure in the United States or in other countries where Google operates data centers. Google LLC participates in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and applies European Commission-approved Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for the transfer of personal data from the European Economic Area and United Kingdom to third countries.

HumanCrisisNews reserves the right to revise, update, or replace this Privacy Policy at any time in response to changes in our operational practices, the introduction of new features or services, changes to applicable data protection law, or guidance issued by relevant regulatory authorities. We are committed to maintaining a privacy policy that accurately reflects our current data handling practices at all times.

When material changes are made to this policy, we will update the “Last Updated” date displayed at the top of this page. For changes we consider to be significant, we will additionally notify active newsletter subscribers by email prior to the changes coming into effect.

Your continued use of humancrisisnews.com following the posting of any updated Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the revised terms.

HumanCrisisNews is committed to handling all privacy-related enquiries, rights requests, and concerns with transparency, care, and promptness. If you have any question about how your personal information is collected or processed, if you wish to exercise any of the data rights described in this policy, or if you believe a breach of your privacy rights has occurred, please contact us using the details below.

When contacting us about a specific data rights request, please include the appropriate identifier in your email subject line:

• “GDPR Rights Request” — for requests under the General Data Protection Regulation (UK or EU)
• “CCPA Rights Request” — for requests under the California Consumer Privacy Act
• “Data Deletion Request” — for erasure requests not linked to a specific regulatory framework
• “Child Privacy Concern” — for reports of potential data submission by a child under 13

We will respond to all legitimate privacy-related requests within 30 days and will provide a clear explanation if any request cannot be fulfilled in full.