Privacy Policy

TopicFollow operates News Track. This policy currently applies to the public site and account features made available in the United States and European Union.

This version of the policy is effective as of 2026-04-17.

Privacy-related requests can be sent to privacy@topicfollow.com.

News Track may collect the account details you submit directly, such as username, email address, profile settings, and topic follow preferences.

The service may also process operational data such as request logs, topic request submissions, and aggregate usage signals that help keep News Track stable, secure, and useful.

Account and session data is used to authenticate users, preserve signed-in state, save preferences, and protect actions such as login, logout, topic follows, and settings changes.

If you connect a third-party login provider such as Google, News Track may store the minimum account identity fields needed to complete sign-in and reconnect the account later.

News Track may use infrastructure, observability, storage, and authentication providers to keep the service available, diagnose failures, and secure account flows.

These providers only receive the categories of information needed to perform their role in operating the service, such as hosting pages, authenticating users, storing account records, or monitoring service reliability.

The current version does not list named providers here. If analytics, email, or support tooling is enabled later, those categories will be disclosed in this policy.

News Track uses session cookies and preference storage to keep users signed in, remember locale selection, and preserve interface choices such as theme.

For non-essential storage used by analytics, email, or support tooling, News Track will request consent before enabling those categories and will allow users to keep essential-only storage.

News Track separates essential storage from analytics and marketing categories. When non-essential storage is enabled, users should be able to review and change those choices through the product’s consent controls.

Cookies and local storage currently in use Essential: `news-track-session` keeps signed-in users authenticated until the session expires or the user signs out. Essential: `news-track-google-state` exists briefly during Google sign-in to protect the OAuth callback against forgery. Essential: `news-track-locale` remembers interface language for 12 months. Essential: `news-track-theme` is stored in local storage to remember light or dark theme preference. Preference: `news-track-consent` and `news-track-consent-v1` store the user's cookie choices for 12 months.

Required account email includes sign-in notices, password resets, security notices, and important service changes. Those messages are sent for account and service reasons and are not controlled by marketing opt-outs.

Product update email is only sent after a user opts in. Marketing or recommendation email stays off by default and should only be sent after explicit consent.

If email open tracking, click tracking, or unsubscribe handling is enabled later, those practices will be disclosed here.

Account records, session data, and product usage records may be retained for as long as reasonably needed to operate News Track, investigate abuse, resolve disputes, and comply with legal obligations.

If you want to request deletion of your account information or ask how your data is handled, contact us and we will review the request in line with applicable obligations and technical constraints.

For privacy-related questions, access requests, correction requests, or deletion requests, use the product’s contact and feedback guidance so your request can be described clearly.

Include enough detail to identify the relevant account or request, such as the page involved, the issue you noticed, and any information needed to review it accurately.