Privacy Policy | Morganable

Effective date: June 1st,2020
Last updated: April 2nd, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Morganable Newspaper, a digital-first newspaper owned by Morganable Media Group, collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects personal data through morganable.com and any related digital services, newsletters, subscriptions, comment features, advertising enquiries, and communications.

Morganable is committed to handling personal data lawfully, fairly, transparently, and securely. This policy is intended to help readers, subscribers, contributors, sources, advertisers, and website users understand how their personal data is used.

1. Who We Are

For the purposes of applicable data protection law, the controller of personal data collected through morganable.com is:

Morganable Newspaper
Owned by Morganable Media Group
Email: info@morganable.com
Website: morganable.com

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how we use personal data, you can contact us using the details above.

2. The Personal Data We May Collect

Depending on how you use morganable.com, we may collect and use the following categories of personal data:

Information you give us directly

We may collect personal data you provide when you:

• subscribe to newsletters or alerts
• create an account
• buy a subscription or other paid service
• submit a comment
• contact us by email, form, or message
• submit editorial tips, photographs, videos, or other materials
• make an advertising, partnership, or business enquiry
• enter promotions, events, surveys, or reader campaigns

This information may include:

• name
• email address
• telephone number
• postal address
• username or account details
• billing information
• payment-related records
• content of messages, submissions, or enquiries
• preferences and communication choices

Information collected automatically

When you use our site, we may collect technical and usage information such as:

• IP address
• browser type and version
• device information
• operating system
• referral URLs
• pages viewed
• dates and times of visits
• on-site interactions
• cookie and similar technology data

The ICO says privacy information should explain what personal data is collected and the purposes for which it is used, including where information is obtained through cookies and similar technologies.

Information from third parties

We may receive personal data from third parties such as:

• payment processors
• analytics providers
• advertising and ad-tech partners
• social media platforms
• identity or anti-fraud providers
• marketing and newsletter service providers
• publicly available sources
• contributors or third parties who provide material to the newsroom

3. How We Use Personal Data

We may use personal data for the following purposes:

• to operate, maintain, and improve morganable.com
• to provide news content, digital services, and subscriptions
• to administer accounts and user access
• to process payments and manage billing
• to send newsletters, alerts, and service messages
• to respond to enquiries, complaints, correction requests, and submissions
• to moderate comments and community features
• to detect fraud, abuse, spam, security incidents, or misuse
• to analyse website usage and improve performance
• to manage advertising, sponsorship, and commercial enquiries
• to comply with legal and regulatory obligations
• to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims
• to carry out journalistic, editorial, and publishing activities

Under the UK GDPR, you must identify and explain the purposes for processing and the lawful basis relied on.

4. Our Lawful Bases for Processing

We rely on one or more of the following lawful bases, depending on the activity:

Consent

We may rely on consent where required, including for:

• email marketing where consent is needed
• non-essential cookies and similar technologies
• certain optional communications or preference settings

The ICO says non-essential cookies require valid consent and that users should be able to enable or disable them through a clear positive action. Continuing to browse is not enough.

Contract

We may process personal data where necessary:

• to create and manage accounts
• to provide subscriptions or paid services
• to process purchases and renewals
• to deliver newsletters or services you requested

Legitimate interests

We may process personal data where necessary for our legitimate interests, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights and interests. This may include:

• operating and improving our website
• preventing fraud and misuse
• administering comments and community features
• responding to business enquiries
• measuring audience engagement
• developing and protecting our publishing business
• supporting editorial and newsroom operations

Legal obligation

We may process personal data where necessary to comply with legal obligations, including accounting, tax, regulatory, consumer, and law-enforcement requirements.

Vital interests or legal claims

In limited circumstances, we may process data to protect vital interests or to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

The ICO’s lawful basis guidance explains that every processing activity needs at least one Article 6 basis and that the appropriate basis depends on the purpose and context.

5. Special Category Data and Sensitive Information

We do not generally seek to collect special category personal data unless there is a clear reason to do so. In some cases, this may arise through editorial submissions, source material, complaints, or journalistic work.

Where we process special category data, we will do so only where we have an appropriate legal basis and, where required, an applicable condition under data protection law. The ICO notes that special category data needs both an Article 6 lawful basis and an Article 9 condition.

6. Journalism and Public Interest Reporting

As a newspaper, Morganable may process personal data for journalistic purposes in the public interest. In certain circumstances, UK law provides a journalism exemption that can modify or restrict some data protection obligations where:

• the data is being used for journalism,
• publication is intended,
• there is a reasonable belief that publication is in the public interest, and
• complying with a specific obligation would be incompatible with the journalistic purpose.

This does not remove all obligations. The ICO’s journalism guidance says accountability and security still matter, and the exemption only applies where the statutory tests are met.

7. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Morganable may use cookies and similar technologies such as tracking pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, and analytics tools to:

• make the site function properly
• remember user settings
• understand audience behaviour
• measure performance
• support advertising or commercial features
• improve security and user experience

The ICO states that PECR applies not only to cookies but also to other storage and access technologies such as tracking pixels, device fingerprinting, web storage, and scripts or tags.

Where non-essential cookies or similar technologies are used, we aim to obtain valid consent before setting them. Full details should also be provided in a separate Cookie Policy.

8. Marketing and Newsletters

If you sign up for newsletters, alerts, or marketing communications, we may use your contact details to send you editorial, promotional, or service-related messages.

You can unsubscribe from non-essential email communications at any time by:

• clicking the unsubscribe link in the email, or
• contacting us directly

Where required, we will rely on consent or another lawful basis appropriate to the communication. PECR and the UK GDPR govern electronic marketing and consent requirements in this area.

9. Payments and Subscription Data

If you buy a subscription or other paid service, we may process:

• billing details
• payment status
• subscription type
• renewal dates
• transaction records
• customer support records relating to payment or service use

We may use third-party payment providers to process transactions securely. We do not usually store full payment card details ourselves where this is handled by an external processor.

10. Accounts and Comment Features

If you register an account or use comment or community features, we may process data such as:

• account credentials
• profile details
• comment history
• moderation records
• reports, flags, or enforcement actions
• technical and behavioural data relevant to moderation, abuse prevention, and site security

For high-volume comments or community use, we may use automated tools to detect spam, abuse, impersonation, harmful content, or suspicious behaviour, alongside human moderation where appropriate.

11. Who We Share Personal Data With

We may share personal data with:

• hosting and IT providers
• payment processors
• newsletter and email service providers
• analytics providers
• comment moderation and anti-spam providers
• customer support tools
• advertising, media buying, or commercial partners where appropriate
• legal, regulatory, law-enforcement, or government bodies where required
• professional advisers such as lawyers, auditors, insurers, or accountants
• service providers who support our editorial, technical, or operational functions

Where we use processors, we expect them to handle personal data only on appropriate instructions and with suitable safeguards.

The UK GDPR requires privacy information to explain recipients or categories of recipients and, where relevant, international transfers and safeguards.

12. International Transfers

Some of our suppliers or partners may process personal data outside the UK. Where personal data is transferred internationally, we will aim to use appropriate safeguards required by law, such as adequacy regulations or approved contractual mechanisms, where applicable.

13. How Long We Keep Personal Data

We keep personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including legal, regulatory, accounting, security, editorial, and operational needs.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of data. For example:

• newsletter records may be kept until you unsubscribe and for a reasonable period after
• account records may be kept while the account is active and for a reasonable period after closure
• transaction records may be retained for tax, accounting, and audit purposes
• comments and moderation records may be retained to administer community standards and legal risk
• editorial submissions or source-related material may be retained where relevant to journalism, legal protection, archiving, or public-interest publishing

The ICO says privacy information should include retention periods, or the criteria used to determine them.

14. Your Rights

Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:

• be informed about how your personal data is used
• request access to your personal data
• request correction of inaccurate personal data
• request erasure of personal data in some circumstances
• request restriction of processing in some circumstances
• object to certain processing, including some legitimate interests processing
• request data portability where applicable
• withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
• complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office

The ICO lists the right to be informed as a key transparency requirement and explains the wider set of UK GDPR individual rights.

Some rights may be limited where exemptions apply, including in some journalistic contexts under the Data Protection Act 2018.

15. Complaints

If you have a concern about how we handle personal data, please contact us first so we can try to resolve it.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection matters. ICO guidance confirms that individuals can complain to the ICO if they are unhappy with how their data is handled.

16. Security

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to help protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure, or access.

No website or transmission system is completely risk-free, but we aim to use reasonable safeguards proportionate to the nature of the data and the risks involved.

The ICO’s journalism guidance also makes clear that accountability and security remain important even where journalism exemptions may apply.

17. Children

Morganable is a general audience news website and is not primarily directed at children. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child in a way that is not lawful or appropriate, we will take steps to review and, where appropriate, delete that data.

18. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our services, legal obligations, technology, or publishing operations. The latest version will be posted on this page with the updated date.

19. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact:

Morganable Newspaper
Owned by Morganable Media Group
Email: info@morganable.com
Website: morganable.com

Our Position

Morganable is committed to handling personal data with transparency, fairness, and respect for the rights of readers, subscribers, contributors, and users of our digital news platform.