Privacy policy
What personal data MoralFace processes, why, and your rights.
This policy explains which personal data MoralFace processes, why, and what rights you have. It describes how the site actually works and is updated when that changes.
1. Who is responsible
MoralFace is run by its editorial team. You can reach us through the contact form.
2. What we process and why
| Data | Purpose | Legal basis | Kept |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technical request data (IP address, time, page, browser) in server logs | Delivering and securing the site | Legitimate interest | Set by our hosting provider |
| Article read counters (per article and day, no personal data) | Showing popular stories, understanding readership | Legitimate interest | Aggregated, no personal link |
| Anonymous visit counter: a daily random code derived from your connection (not your IP address itself), country, device type, the page you are on and the website you came from (host name only, for example “Facebook” or “Google”); no cookie | Counting how many readers are online and from which country | Legitimate interest | At most 40 days |
| Name, email, message and IP address sent through the contact form | Answering your request and preventing abuse | Your request / legitimate interest | As long as needed to handle your request, then deleted |
| Email address, sign-up time and IP address for the newsletter | Sending the newsletter you asked for | Consent | Until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it |
| Display preference (light/dark) and cookie choice, stored in your browser | Remembering your settings | Strictly necessary / legitimate interest | Until you clear your browser storage |
| Advertising identifiers and device data processed by ad providers | Showing and measuring advertisements | Consent | Per the ad providers |
Analytics and advertising code loads together with the page. Where the law requires it, for example for visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, you are asked for your consent through a consent message before cookies are used for personalised advertising, and you can change that choice at any time through the same message. See the cookie policy.
Advertising
MoralFace is free to read because it shows advertising. Advertisements are delivered by third-party vendors:
- Google AdSense / Ad Manager – privacy information
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at www.aboutads.info or, in Europe, at www.youronlinechoices.eu. How Google uses data from sites that show its ads is explained at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
3. Who receives data
We do not sell personal data. Recipients are limited to our hosting provider (technical operation of the site) and the analytics and advertising providers named above, which may process data outside your country under their own privacy notices. We may disclose data where the law requires it.
4. Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example under the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation or US state privacy laws such as the CCPA) you can ask us for access to your data, correction, deletion, restriction, a copy in a portable format, and you can object to processing based on legitimate interest. Where processing is based on consent you can withdraw it at any time. You also have the right to complain to your data protection authority. To exercise your rights, contact us through the contact form.
5. Security
The site is served over an encrypted connection where your host provides it, the admin area is protected by login with rate limiting, and we keep access to personal data to those who need it.
6. Children
The site is a general news service and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
7. External links
Articles link to other websites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices.
8. Changes
We update this policy when our practices change. The date below shows the latest revision.
Last updated: October 17, 2026.