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Last updated: 5 October 2026

1. About Bex News

This Privacy Policy explains how Bex News handles personal information when you visit bexnews.com, leave comments or contact us. It covers our website; third-party websites and services have their own privacy policies.

Website operator and data controller: [Insert the operator’s full legal name]. Business address and country: [Insert business address and country]. Privacy contact email: [Insert a monitored public email address].

You can also send an enquiry through our Contact page. Please do not include passwords, payment details or sensitive personal information in a general enquiry.

2. Information we collect

Information you provide: When you contact us, we receive the details you submit, such as your name, email address, subject and message. If you leave a comment, WordPress records the information entered in the comment form, your IP address and browser information used for moderation and spam prevention. Your approved comment and display name may be public; your email address is not displayed as part of the comment.

Technical information: Operating a website can involve processing IP addresses, requested pages, device and browser information, timestamps and security or error logs. The site uses a post-view counter with browser cookies to help count article views and reduce repeated counting.

Accounts: Public account registration is currently disabled. If you have an authorised contributor or administrator account, WordPress stores your account and profile details. If you request a password reset, WordPress may include your IP address in the reset email.

3. How we use information

We use information to deliver website pages and features, respond to enquiries and correction requests, moderate comments, protect the website against abuse, maintain accounts, measure article readership and meet applicable legal obligations. We do not use a general contact enquiry as permission to send marketing messages.

Where applicable data-protection law requires a legal basis, we rely on legitimate interests in operating and securing the website, responding to enquiries and moderating discussions; legal obligations where processing is required by law; and consent where it is required for optional cookies or other optional processing. Any reliance on legitimate interests is subject to your rights and an assessment of the impact on you.

4. Cookies and browser controls

Cookies are small files stored on your device. This website uses WordPress cookies for login and account preferences where relevant, optional comment-detail cookies, and post-view counting. The exact cookie inventory and expiry periods must be confirmed against the live configuration before this policy is published.

If you choose to save your comment details, WordPress normally stores your name, email address and website in cookies for one year. A login-page test cookie normally lasts for the browser session. Standard WordPress login cookies normally last two days, or two weeks when “Remember Me” is selected; display-preference cookies normally last one year. An article-editing cookie normally expires after one day. These account cookies mainly apply to authorised website users.

You can remove or block cookies using your browser settings. Blocking some cookies can prevent login or other features from working. Where consent is required for non-essential cookies, it must be obtained before those cookies are set; this policy alone does not provide consent.

Before publication: [Confirm the live cookie names, purposes, providers and expiry periods; review any analytics, advertising, social widgets and cookie-consent controls.]

5. Embedded content and Gravatar

An article may contain an embedded video, social post, image or other content supplied by a third party. Loading or interacting with it can allow that provider to receive your IP address, browser information and interactions, and to use its own cookies. If you are signed into the provider’s service, it may associate your activity with your account. Its own privacy policy applies.

Gravatar avatars are enabled for comments. WordPress may send a hash derived from your email address to Gravatar to request an avatar. A hash is not a guarantee of anonymity. Your avatar may appear publicly beside an approved comment. See Automattic’s Privacy Policy for more information.

6. Access to and sharing of information

Authorised staff and service providers may access information as needed to run hosting, email delivery, technical maintenance and security. Public comments are visible to readers. We may disclose information when legally required or when necessary to investigate abuse or protect lawful rights. Third-party embeds and avatar services receive information as described above.

Before publication: [Identify the hosting, email, security and other providers actually used, their roles and relevant privacy links. Confirm whether any data is sold, shared for targeted advertising or used for marketing.]

7. International processing

Our website serves a global audience. Service providers may process information in countries outside your country of residence, where privacy laws may differ. Where applicable law requires safeguards for international transfers, the relevant safeguards must be established and described.

Before publication: [Confirm the hosting and email-processing countries, any other international transfers, and applicable transfer safeguards.]

8. How long information is kept

WordPress comments and associated metadata are retained until removed; there is currently no stated automatic expiry for comments. Contact correspondence is retained for as long as needed to respond, follow up, resolve disputes and meet applicable obligations. Authorised account details are kept while the account is needed and for any required administrative, security or legal period afterwards.

Technical logs and backups have separate retention schedules. Deleted information may remain in restricted backups until those backups expire. We may retain information longer when required by law or to address a legal claim.

Before publication: [Confirm actual retention periods or documented criteria for contact emails, security logs, accounts and backups, and the procedure for deletion requests.]

9. Your privacy rights

Depending on applicable law, you may have rights to access your personal information, correct inaccurate information, request deletion, restrict processing, object to certain uses, receive a portable copy, or withdraw consent where processing depends on consent. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that was lawful before withdrawal. These rights can have legal exceptions, including obligations to preserve records and protections for journalism or freedom of expression.

Contact us using the details above and describe your request. We may need proportionate information to verify your identity. We will handle requests within the timeframe required by applicable law. You may also complain to the relevant data-protection authority in your jurisdiction.

10. Security and children

We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect information, but no internet transmission or storage system is completely secure. Avoid posting private information in public comments.

Bex News is a general news website. We do not knowingly seek personal information from children in circumstances requiring parental consent. If you believe a child has provided information without appropriate permission, contact us so we can review and address it.

11. Changes and contact

We may update this policy as our services or legal obligations change. The date above will identify the latest version. Where applicable law requires additional notice or consent, we will provide it. For privacy enquiries, use the privacy contact above or our Contact page.