Effective Date: December 11, 2024
Not Hacker News! ("we", "our", or "us") operates the Not Hacker News! mobile application and website (collectively, the "Service"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our Service.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
We do not require you to create an account or provide personal information to use our Service. If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, and the contents of your message.
When you use our Service, we may automatically collect certain information, including:
Our Service aggregates and analyzes publicly available content from the official Hacker News API, including stories, comments, job postings, and public user profiles. This information is already publicly available on news.ycombinator.com.
We use the information we collect to:
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share aggregated, anonymized data that cannot be used to identify you. We may share information in the following situations:
Our Service uses the following third-party services that may collect information:
These services have their own privacy policies governing how they handle data.
We retain automatically collected information for a reasonable period to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law. Aggregated and anonymized data may be retained indefinitely for analytical purposes.
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:
Since we primarily display publicly available information from Hacker News, requests to modify or delete that content should be directed to Hacker News at news.ycombinator.com.
Our Service is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately. If we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will delete such information from our systems.
Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your country of residence. These countries may have different data protection laws. By using our Service, you consent to the transfer of information to countries outside your country of residence.
California residents may have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). We do not sell personal information. California residents may request information about our data practices by contacting us.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Continued use of the Service after any modifications constitutes acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us: