Privacy policy

Who we are

NewYorkNews.app (the website and the “NewYorkNews: NYC Local News” iOS and Android app) is operated by Fortuly Apps, an individual developer based in Portugal. Fortuly Apps is the controller of the personal data described here. You can reach us at support@newyorknews.app or on the contact page.

You can read all of our stories without an account. Most of what follows applies only if you create an account, subscribe to the newsletter, post, submit an event or enable notifications.

What we collect

• Account data. Your name, email address and a hashed password (or a link to your Google sign-in), your home neighborhood, the lines and neighborhoods you follow, your saved stories and events, and your notification settings.
• Newsletter. If you subscribe without an account, your email address and the time you confirmed. We use a double opt-in: you are only added after you click the confirmation link.
• What you post. Community posts, replies, story comments, likes, reports, event submissions (including the organizer name, contact email and photo you give us) and any photos you upload. Posts and comments are public. Photos you upload have their location metadata removed in your browser before they are stored.
• Location, only if you allow it. If you tap “near me” and allow your device to share its location, we use it in your browser or app to sort events by distance. We do not store it.
• Notifications. If you enable push notifications, a device token that lets us send them to that browser or phone, and the preferences you set. If you receive our emails, a log of what we sent to your address.
• Technical data. Our servers and providers see your IP address, browser and device type and the pages you request. Sign-in sessions use a cookie. We use short-lived records to limit abuse, such as repeated sign-up or post attempts.
• Usage data from analytics and advertising tools, described below.

Why we use it

• To run your account, sign you in and keep it secure. (Contract; legitimate interests.)
• To show, moderate and keep safe the Community, comments and events you and others post. (Contract; legitimate interests.)
• To send the notifications, daily briefing and newsletter you ask for, and service emails such as email verification and password reset. (Your consent for marketing-type messages, which you can withdraw at any time; contract for service emails.)
• To understand which stories and features are used so we can improve the product. (Your consent where the law requires it; otherwise legitimate interests.)
• To show advertising that pays for the site. (Your consent where the law requires it; otherwise legitimate interests.)
• To prevent fraud, spam and abuse, and to comply with the law. (Legitimate interests; legal obligation.)

Cookies and analytics

Essential. We use a cookie to keep you signed in and another to remember whether you are using the mobile app. These are needed for the service to work and do not require consent.

Analytics. We use Google Analytics 4 (with IP anonymization) and PostHog (hosted in the EU, without session recordings) to count visits and see which stories, searches and features are used. We do not link these analytics to your name or email address. If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, these tools stay off until you agree in the consent message from Google, our consent management platform, shown on your first visit. You can change your choice at any time with Cookie settings in the footer of the site.

Local storage. Your browser stores a few settings on your device, for example your cookie choice, the newsletter prompt, your temperature unit and videos you saved on this device. These stay on your device.

Advertising

On the website, Google AdSense shows ads. Google and its partners may use cookies and similar technologies to show and measure ads, including personalized ads where permitted. Where consent is required (EEA, UK and Switzerland), Google's consent message asks for your choice first, and personalized ads are shown only if you agree. You can manage personalized advertising at adssettings.google.com and learn how Google uses data at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. The iOS and Android app does not show these ads.

Who we share it with

We do not sell your personal data. We use these service providers (processors) to run NewYorkNews.app, and they only process data on our behalf:

• Hosting and database: our own virtual server, where the database lives.
• File storage: Contabo Object Storage, for uploaded photos.
• Email delivery: Fortuly Cloud, an email service run by the same operator, for verification, password reset, the daily briefing and the newsletter.
• Push notifications: Google Firebase Cloud Messaging.
• Analytics: Google Analytics and PostHog.
• Advertising: Google AdSense (website only).
• Embedded content: maps (OpenStreetMap) and videos (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram). These providers can see your IP address when you load or play an embed. Video embeds load only when you press play.

We may also disclose data when the law requires it, or to protect our users and the service.

International transfers

Some providers, such as Google, are based in the United States and may process data there. Where this happens we rely on safeguards the law allows, such as the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses or the EU–US Data Privacy Framework.

How long we keep it

• Account data: until you delete your account. Deleting it is immediate and removes the data listed on the delete account page.
• Newsletter subscriptions: until you unsubscribe with the link in any email.
• Sign-in sessions expire automatically; expired sessions and verification codes are deleted daily.
• Notifications you have read are deleted after 90 days; push delivery logs after 7 days; push device tokens after 90 days of being unsubscribed.
• Public event listings you submitted may stay online after you delete your account, without a link to it.
• Analytics data is kept by Google Analytics and PostHog under their retention settings and is not linked to your account in Google Analytics.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you can ask us to access, correct, delete or export your personal data, to restrict or object to some processing, and to withdraw consent at any time. You can edit most of your data and delete your account yourself in Account. For anything else, write to support@newyorknews.app and we will reply within 30 days. If you are in the EU or UK you also have the right to complain to your data protection authority; in Portugal that is the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD). California residents have similar rights to know, delete and correct their data and to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information; we do not sell personal data.

Children

NewYorkNews.app is not directed to children under 13, and you must be at least 13 to create an account. If you believe a child has given us personal data, contact us and we will delete it.

Changes

If we change this policy in a way that matters, we will update the date at the top and, for registered readers, tell you by email or in the app.