Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how Ukrainian News Agency LLC (hereinafter - Company, we) collects, uses, transmits, and stores personal data that we automatically receive when you use the website posted on the link ukranews.com (hereinafter - "Website"), or which can be directly provided to us by you through the Website.

1. Personal data that you can provide to us on your own

The use of the Website does not require registration or direct provision of personal data that can identify you.

In some cases (for example, a subscription to a closed news wire), we should receive your personal data and be able to determine your identity. In such cases, we will directly draw your attention to this, inform the purpose of processing such personal data and will collect and process your personal data only if your consent is in accordance with applicable law.

If you are the parent of a child under the age of 14, and you believe that your child has provided us with his or her personal data without your consent, which makes it possible to identify him or her, contact us at [email protected]

2. Automatic data collection

Log files

When you use the Website, information related to such use may be collected automatically. So, every time you visit the Website, a connection is established, data is accessed on the Website and a log file is created. It may contain:

- date and time of access to the Website;

- IP address from which access to the Website was made;

- data or name of the file which you accessed on the Website;

- the amount of time spent on the Website;

- name and version of your web browser, and operating system;

- the name of the website from which you transferred to our Website.

This information is used to improve the performance of the Website, for security reasons, to ensure the stability of the Website, as well as to protect the Website from possible external attacks. Besides, we can carry out statistical analysis of these data.

The data stored in the log file does not allow us to determine your identity. They are used only for the purposes specified here and are not transferred to third parties.

3. Cookies and analytics tools

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device.

They are used to collect anonymous data and statistics about your use of the Website. Cookies help to measure the effectiveness of the Website, improve and customize the content, and make the use of the Website more convenient for you.

Cookies we use:

Session cookies

These cookies only exist during the session. They will disappear from your device when you turn it off or close your browser.

Persistent cookies

These cookies remain on your computer even after you close your browser or turn off your device. They are activated whenever you visit the Website and have a unique identifier. This is necessary to individualize the functionality of the Website, for example, the preservation of the desired language for you. With this identification, we determine that this is the same user, but it does not allow us to establish who this is and determine your identity.

You can opt out of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser:

– For Chrome, please visit this Google page:
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050

– For Internet Explorer, please visit this Microsoft page:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835

– For Firefox, please visit this Mozilla page:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences

– For Safari, please visit this Apple page:
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

Please note that if you refuse to use cookies, certain features of the Website may not be available to you.

Cookies, analytics tools, and third-party ad management

The Website uses third-party tools for advertising analytics and management, in particular:

Google Analytics, Advertising Manager (Google Inc.), Adtelligent DSP, Adtelligent SSP.

These tools may use cookies that may collect the following information:

- your IP address,

- name and version of your browser, and operating system;

- about the frequency and duration of your use of the Website,

- about the content, you are viewing,

- from which site you transferred to our Website,

- which site you accessed from our Website,

- other information that provides the opportunity to analyze how the Website is used.

This information is anonymous and allows you to investigate how you use the Site without identifying your identity.

These data are processed by the relevant analytics services of such third parties for the purposes of marketing, statistics, and personalization of advertising. Analysis tools may also transfer these data to third parties in cases where required by law, or if such third parties are data processors based on relevant contracts.

Based on the analysis of previous visits to the Website, ads relevant to you are displayed.

At this link, you can get information about how Google uses personal data in its advertising products: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

List of advertising technology providers that have access to the personal data of visitors in connection with the use of Google services:

4. Providing information to third parties

We do not transfer to third parties personal data, information that may be attributed to personal data, except as specified in this Policy.

In particular, access to such information may be provided to third parties who provide us with services for the support and administration of the Website, and other services related to our economic activity. Such third parties, on the basis of agreements, concluded with us, undertake to comply with all requirements of the current legislation on the protection of personal data and their confidentiality.

5. Your rights

According to the Law of Ukraine On Protection of Personal Data you have the right to:

- know about the sources of collection, location of your personal data, the purpose of their processing, location or place of residence (stay) of the owner or manager of personal data or to give a corresponding instruction to receive this information to authorized persons, except for cases as established by law;

 - receive information about the conditions for providing access to personal data, in particular information about third parties to whom your personal data are transferred;

- access your personal data;

- receive no later than thirty calendar days from the date of receipt of the request, except for cases as required by law, a response on whether your personal data are processed, as well as receive the content of such personal data;

- make a reasoned request to the owner of personal data with an objection to the processing of your personal data;

- make a reasoned request to change or destroy your personal data by any owner and manager of personal data, if these data are processed illegally or are unreliable;

- protect your personal data from illegal processing and accidental loss, destruction, or damage in connection with deliberate concealment, failure to provide, or untimely provision thereof, as well as to protect against providing information that is inaccurate or dishonors the honor, dignity, and business reputation of an individual;

- make complaints about the processing of your personal data to the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine for Human Rights or to the court;

- apply remedies in case of violation of the legislation on the protection of personal data;

- make reservations regarding the limitation of the right to process your personal data when granting consent;

- withdraw consent to the processing of personal data;

- know the mechanism of automatic processing of personal data;

- protect from an automated solution that has legal consequences for you.

If you are in EU territory, under GDPR you are entitled to:

- require access to your personal data that we store, their removal or correction;

- be informed what processing of your personal data is taking place;

- restrict the processing of your personal data;

- the portability of your personal data;

- object to the processing of your personal data;

- file a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.

6. Contact information

If you have questions about the processing of your personal data in connection with the use of our Website, you can contact us at: [email protected]

7. Making changes

We may amend this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with this Policy from time to time.