Privacy Policy – socialmedia-news.com

Last updated: May 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Social Media News (“we”, “our” or “us”) collects, uses and protects personal information when you use our website at https://socialmedia-news.com.

1. Who we are

Social Media News is an independent news aggregation website for social media news, platform updates, creator tools, algorithm changes and social media marketing trends.

Website: https://socialmedia-news.com
Contact: https://socialmedia-news.com/contact/

2. Personal data we collect

We may collect the following types of personal data:

information you submit through our contact form, such as your name, contact details and message;
information you provide when suggesting a source, reporting an issue or contacting us about the website;
technical data such as IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, referring URLs and access times;
cookie and analytics data, if cookies or analytics tools are used on the website.

3. How we use your data

We use personal data for the following purposes:

to respond to messages sent through the contact form;
to review suggested sources, corrections or feedback;
to operate, maintain and improve the website;
to protect the website from spam, abuse, fraud and security risks;
to understand how visitors use the website, if analytics tools are used;
to comply with legal obligations where required.

4. Legal basis for processing

If you are located in the European Economic Area, we process your personal data under the following legal bases:

Consent: when you submit information through a form or accept optional cookies.
Legitimate interests: to operate the website, prevent abuse, improve the site and respond to user requests.
Legal obligation: where we are required to keep or disclose information under applicable law.

5. Contact form

If you contact us through the website, we process the information you provide only to respond to your request and manage the communication.

Please do not submit sensitive personal information through the contact form.

Messages may be stored in our website backend, hosting environment, spam protection systems or related communication tools.

6. Source suggestions

If you suggest a social media news source, RSS feed, article, report or website, we may review the submitted information and use it to decide whether to include the source on Social Media News.

Submitting a source does not guarantee inclusion. We may edit, reject or remove submitted sources at our discretion.

7. External links and aggregated content

Social Media News links to external websites, articles, reports, social media posts and third-party content. We do not control these external websites and are not responsible for their content, security or privacy practices.

When you click an external link, you leave socialmedia-news.com and the privacy policy of the external website applies.

External websites we may link to include, but are not limited to:

8. Cookies and analytics

Our website may use cookies or similar technologies to make the site work properly, improve performance, prevent spam and understand visitor behavior.

If we use analytics tools, they may collect technical information such as pages visited, device type, browser type, approximate location and referral source.

We may use services such as Google Analytics or Google Search Console to understand website performance and search visibility. You can learn more about how Google handles data here: Google Privacy Policy.

If optional cookies are used, we will ask for your consent where required by law.

9. Embedded content

Pages on this website may include embedded content, such as videos, images, social media posts, charts or external widgets. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you visited the other website directly.

These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.

Embedded content may come from platforms such as YouTube, LinkedIn, X, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Reddit or other third-party websites.

10. Spam protection and security

We may use security tools, spam protection services or hosting-level protection to keep the website safe and prevent abuse. These tools may process technical data such as IP addresses, browser information and form submission data.

11. How long we keep your data

We keep contact form messages only for as long as needed to respond to your request and manage our communication, unless a longer retention period is required for legal, security or administrative reasons.

Technical logs may be stored for a limited period by our hosting provider, analytics tools or security systems to maintain website security and diagnose technical issues.

12. Sharing your data

We do not sell your personal data.

We may share limited personal data with service providers that help us operate the website, such as hosting providers, analytics providers, spam protection tools, security services or website plugins.

These providers process data only as needed to provide their services to us.

13. International transfers

Some service providers may process data outside your country or outside the European Economic Area. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses or other legal mechanisms for international data transfers.

14. Your rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

request access to your personal data;
request correction of inaccurate data;
request deletion of your data;
request restriction of processing;
object to processing based on legitimate interests;
withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
request a copy of your data in a portable format;
lodge a complaint with a data protection authority.

To exercise your rights, please contact us through our contact page: https://socialmedia-news.com/contact/.

15. Children’s privacy

This website is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will review the request.

16. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be published on this page with a new “Last updated” date.

17. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle personal data, please contact us here:

https://socialmedia-news.com/contact/