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Privacy policy

What we handle when you read the sites or send us a message.

Last updated 17 October 2026.

This page explains what information The World Insiders ("we", "us") handles when you read theworldinsiders.com and its section sites (entertainment.theworldinsiders.com, lifestyle.theworldinsiders.com, money.theworldinsiders.com, sports.theworldinsiders.com and tech.theworldinsiders.com) or send us a message. The World Insiders is published by Vertical News Network (verticalnewsnetwork.com).

Summary

  • Collection. We collect the information you give us when you write to us, and the technical information your browser sends automatically when it asks for a page.
  • Use. We use it to deliver and protect the sites, to find faults, and to read and answer your message.
  • Share. We share it only with the companies that run the sites for us (hosting, delivery, security, email and visit statistics), and only so they can provide that service. We may also disclose information when the law requires it.

What the sites do not have

The sites have no accounts, no comments, no newsletter and no way to upload anything. They do not show advertising at present. Any advertising that loads content or cookies from another company will be listed on this page before it goes live. We do not sell or rent information about readers.

Visit statistics

The sites use Google Analytics, a service of Google, to count visits and see which pages are read. Google Analytics sets cookies in your browser and receives your IP address, the page you read and details of your browser and device. We use the statistics only to understand how the sites are read, and we do not use them to identify you. Google handles this information under its own privacy policy. You can stop it by blocking cookies or scripts in your browser, or by using the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on; the sites work without it.

Reading the sites

When your browser asks for a page, it sends technical information: your internet address (IP address), the page you asked for, the time, and details of your browser and device. Our hosting providers and Cloudflare, which sits in front of the sites to deliver them quickly and keep them secure, receive and record this to deliver the pages, keep the sites safe and find faults. The sites themselves set no cookies of their own; Google Analytics and Cloudflare may set cookies, as described on this page.

Content loaded from other hosts

The fonts and style sheets of the sites are served by us, not by an outside font service. The Google Analytics script is loaded from Google. Cloudflare Web Analytics, a page-view counter that sets no cookies, loads a small script from static.cloudflareinsights.com. The International page shows wire photos loaded from Amazon Web Services (verticalcast.s3.amazonaws.com) and pictures loaded from the websites of the news organisations whose feeds it lists; when your browser fetches them, those hosts receive your IP address and browser details. Our pictures are served from our own image address, delivered through Cloudflare. Some pages may show a picture from the website of the organisation that issued the announcement; when your browser fetches it, that server sees your IP address and browser details. Links open another site only when you click them, and that site then applies its own rules.

Sending us a message

To write to us, email [email protected] or use the contact page. We use your name, email address and message to read and answer you, and to keep a record of corrections and removals. We keep a message for as long as we need it to answer you and keep those records, and then delete it (see Retention).

Planned: we plan to protect the contact form with Cloudflare Turnstile, a check that a person is sending it. It is not in use yet. When it is switched on, this section will say that Turnstile receives technical information about your browser for that purpose.

Who is responsible for your information

The data user under Malaysia's Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (PDPA), and the controller under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is Vertical News Network (verticalnewsnetwork.com). Contact: [email protected].

Malaysia: Personal Data Protection Act 2010

  • Notice and purpose. We process personal data only for the purposes above: delivering and securing the sites and answering messages. Giving us your details in a message is voluntary; without them we cannot reply.
  • Disclosure. Only to the service providers named above, or where the law requires it.
  • Retention. No longer than needed for the purpose (see Retention).
  • Security. See Security.
  • Access and correction. You may ask for access to, or correction of, your personal data, and withdraw consent, by writing to [email protected]. We may charge a fee where the PDPA allows it.

European Economic Area and UK: GDPR

  • Legal basis. Technical request data and security logs: our legitimate interest in delivering and securing the sites (Art. 6(1)(f)). Messages: our legitimate interest in answering you, or steps you ask for before a contract (Art. 6(1)(b)/(f)). Records kept by law: legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c)).
  • Transfers. Our providers may process data outside the EEA. Where they do, they rely on safeguards such as the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.
  • Your rights. Access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and data portability, and the right to complain to your local data protection authority.

Retention

We keep it for as long as we need it to answer you and to keep our records, and then delete it.

Your rights and choices

You may ask what we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it, by writing to [email protected]. We answer within the time the law sets.

Children

The sites are news sites for general readers and are not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly ask children for personal information.

Security

No security system is impenetrable. We take reasonable steps to protect information, but we cannot guarantee that information will never be exposed, or that information you send will not be intercepted while it travels over the internet.

Changes to this page

We may change this page, for example if we add a feature. The date at the top shows the latest version. Our terms of service explain the rules for using the sites.

Contact

For any question about this page: [email protected].