Privacy Policy - Actual Article SA

Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 4, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words with initial capital letters have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for you to access our Service or parts of our Service.
  • Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us", or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Actual Article.
  • Cookies are small files that are placed on your computer, mobile device, or any other device by a website, containing the details of your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
  • Device means any device that can access the Service, such as a computer, a cellphone, or a digital tablet.
  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
  • Service refers to the Website.
  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, provide the Service on behalf of the Company, perform services related to the Service, or assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
  • Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network website through which a user can log in or create an account to use the Service.
  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
  • Website refers to Actual Article, accessible from domains including https://www.actualarticle.com/, https://www.actualarticle.co.uk/, https://www.actualarticle.de/, https://www.actualarticle.fr/, https://www.actualarticle.it/.
  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City, Country
  • Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Content Submission Data

When you register as a contributor or submit articles, we may collect:

  • Submitted article content
  • Author biography and profile information
  • Editorial correspondence
  • IP address and submission logs
  • Moderation and review records
  • Communication history related to your submissions

Submitted content may become publicly visible on our website.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
  • Flash Cookies. Certain features of our Service may use local stored objects (or Flash Cookies) to collect and store information about Your preferences or Your activity on our Service. Flash Cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as those used for Browser Cookies. For more information on how You can delete Flash Cookies, please read "Where can I change the settings for disabling, or deleting local shared objects?" available at Adobe Help.
  • Local Storage Technologies. Like HTML5, these provide cookie-equivalent functionality but can store larger amounts of data, including on your device outside of your browser in connection with specific applications.
  • Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

Necessary / Essential Cookies

Type: Session Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: Store whether users have accepted cookie use on the Website.

Functionality Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

Contributor accounts may use authentication and security cookies to maintain login sessions, prevent fraudulent activity, and ensure platform integrity.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
  • To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
  • For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
  • To contact You: by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to functionalities, products, or contracted services, including security updates, when necessary or reasonable for implementation.
  • To provide You with news, special offers, and general information about goods, services, and events similar to those You have already purchased or enquired about, unless You opt out.
  • To manage Your requests submitted to Us.
  • For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
  • For other purposes: such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and evaluating and improving our Service, products, services, marketing, and your experience.

Sharing of Personal Information

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: to monitor and analyze the use of our Service and to contact You.
  • For business transfers: in connection with, or during negotiations of, mergers, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition.
  • With Affiliates: where affiliates are required to honor this Privacy Policy.
  • With business partners: to offer certain products, services, or promotions.
  • With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If You interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, Your contacts on that service may see Your name, profile, pictures, and description of Your activity. Similarly, other users may be able to view descriptions of Your activity, communicate with You, and view Your profile.
  • With Your consent: for any other purpose with Your consent.

Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR Compliance)

If you are in the EEA or UK, we process your data under one or more legal bases:

  • Performance of a contract
  • Legitimate interests (security, moderation, fraud prevention, service improvement)
  • Legal obligation
  • Consent, where required

Public Content and Search Engine Indexing

Contributor content may be publicly accessible and indexed by search engines. We cannot control how third parties use or archive publicly available information.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen security, improve functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.

We may retain removed or unpublished content where necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, or defend against legal claims.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where parties involved in processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to—and maintained on—computers located outside of Your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ from those of Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place unless there are adequate controls in place, including security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend rights or property of the Company
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of users or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Affiliate Links, Tracking & Third-Party Advertising

Actual Article operates affiliate-based shop platforms across various domains and subdomains.

Affiliate Links

Our shop pages contain affiliate links to third-party merchant websites. When a user clicks on an affiliate link:

  • The user is redirected to the merchant’s website.
  • Certain technical information may be transmitted for tracking purposes.
  • A tracking identifier may be included to attribute commissions.

Affiliate Tracking Technologies

Affiliate networks and advertising partners may use technologies including:

  • Cookies
  • Tracking pixels
  • Referral URLs
  • Device identifiers

These technologies are used to:

  • Attribute sales
  • Measure performance
  • Prevent fraud
  • Analyze campaign effectiveness

Such tracking may occur when you click on a product link and may continue on the merchant’s website.

Third-Party Data Collection

Once you leave our website and visit a merchant’s website:

  • The merchant becomes the independent data controller of your personal data.
  • Their privacy policy governs the processing of your information.
  • Actual Article does not control how third parties collect or process data.

We encourage users to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites they visit.

Data Shared with Affiliate Partners

We may share limited technical data with affiliate networks, including:

  • IP address
  • Device/browser information
  • Referral source
  • Click timestamps

This data is used solely for commission tracking, fraud prevention, and analytics.

We do not sell personal data in exchange for monetary consideration.

International Compliance

Our affiliate tracking practices are designed to comply with:

  • General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
  • UK GDPR
  • EU ePrivacy Directive (Cookie Law)
  • Applicable U.S. privacy laws, including CCPA/CPRA where applicable

Where required by law, we obtain consent before placing non-essential cookies.

Cross-Domain Operations

This Privacy Policy applies to all Actual Article domains and subdomains, including our content platforms and shop platforms.

Cookies and tracking technologies may operate across these domains for functional, analytical, and affiliate tracking purposes.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 18 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to other websites not operated by Us, including advertisements and links to products/services from other companies. If You click a third-party link, You will be directed to that third-party website.

We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of third-party websites and services.

Any information collected by stores and merchants should respect individual privacy rights and comply with GDPR, EU legislation, and applicable local law.

For Google privacy information, visit https://policies.google.com/privacy.

We also advise users to review our Terms and Conditions.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We may also notify You by email and/or a prominent notice on our Service before changes become effective and will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically. Changes are effective when posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at: https://sa.actualarticle.com/page/contactus