Prism House Media Ltd. (company number 16629483, registered office 12 Hatton Garden, 4th Floor, London EC1N 8AN) is the data controller for all personal information collected through NewsPrism.co.uk. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your data when you use our website or interact with us, in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
What data we collect
We collect information you provide directly to us, including when you email correspondence to any of our team members, subscribe to our newsletter via /about-us/newsletter/, submit a tip through our secured /about-us/tip-us/ page, or contact us for corrections, complaints, or editorial queries. This may include your name, email address, organisation, and the content of your message.
We also collect technical and analytics data automatically when you visit NewsPrism.co.uk. This includes your IP address, browser type and version, device information, operating system, referral source, pages visited, time and date of each visit, and interaction patterns. This data is collected through cookies and similar tracking technologies. Full details on how we use cookies for analytics, advertising, and affiliate-tracking purposes can be found in our Cookie Policy.
Purposes and lawful bases
We process your personal data for the following purposes, each supported by a lawful basis under UK GDPR:
- To respond to your enquiries, complaints, or tip submissions: necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest (journalism) or our legitimate interest in providing accurate, responsive news services.
- To send you our newsletter, if you have subscribed: based on your consent, which you can withdraw at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in each email or by contacting privacy@newsprism.co.uk.
- To analyse website usage and improve our content: our legitimate interest in understanding how readers engage with our reporting, to ensure it remains relevant, trustworthy, and accessible.
- To show relevant advertising and track affiliate link performance: based on your consent (where required by law) for non-essential cookies. Commercial relationships never determine editorial conclusions, as stated in our Advertising & Affiliate Disclosure.
- To comply with legal obligations, such as responding to valid legal requests or enforcing our Terms of Use: necessary for compliance with a legal obligation.
Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Newsletter subscriber data is retained until you unsubscribe. Correspondence related to editorial matters, tips, or complaints may be retained for up to six years for record-keeping and accountability purposes. Analytics data is anonymised or deleted after 26 months.
Sharing your data
We never sell your personal data to third parties. We may share your information with trusted data processors who provide services such as email distribution, website analytics, secure hosting, and advertising management. All processors are contractually bound to comply with UK data protection law and may only process your data on our documented instructions. We may also disclose information if required by law or to protect the rights, property, or safety of NewsPrism.co.uk, our readers, or the public.
Your rights
Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right of access: to request a copy of the data we hold about you.
- Right to rectification: to have inaccurate or incomplete data corrected.
- Right to erasure: to request deletion of your data, subject to certain legal exceptions.
- Right to restriction of processing: to limit how we use your data in specific circumstances.
- Right to data portability: to receive your data in a structured, commonly used format.
- Right to object: to processing based on legitimate interests, including direct marketing or analytics.
To exercise any of these rights, please email us at privacy@newsprism.co.uk. We will respond within one month. We do not have a formally appointed Data Protection Officer, but all privacy-related enquiries are handled by our editorial standards team under the supervision of Oliver Reeves, Standards & Fact-Checking Lead. For more on our commitment to accuracy and accountability, see our Fact-Checking Policy and Corrections Policy.
Source confidentiality
We take the protection of confidential sources seriously. If you submit a tip or communicate with us on a confidential basis, we will take reasonable steps to protect your identity. Please refer to our Tip Us page for guidance on how to contact us securely. We will not disclose your identity without your consent unless compelled by law.
Complaints to the ICO
If you are not satisfied with how we have handled your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s independent data protection regulator. You can contact them at https://ico.org.uk/ or by calling 0303 123 1113.
Contact
For any questions about this Privacy Policy or to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us at privacy@newsprism.co.uk. You may also write to us at: Prism House Media Ltd., 12 Hatton Garden, 4th Floor, London EC1N 8AN, United Kingdom. For general editorial enquiries, our Editor-in-Chief Victoria Harcourt can be reached at victoria.harcourt@newsprism.co.uk or +44 20 4587 6131. More information about our ownership, funding, and editorial independence can be found on our Ownership & Funding page.