Privacy Policy

Effective date: April 19, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains what information The Good Times (“we”, “the Site”) collects, how we use it, and your rights. Questions at: admin@thegoodtimes.live.

1. Information We Collect

a) Email address

When you subscribe to our newsletter digest we collect your email address and your digest frequency preference (daily or weekly) and language preference. This is the only personally identifiable information we intentionally collect.

b) Server logs & IP addresses

Our server logs standard HTTP request data including your IP address, browser user-agent, and the pages you visit. Logs are retained for a short operational period and used only for debugging and abuse prevention. Vote rate-limiting uses IP addresses transiently and does not persist them long-term.

c) Email engagement

Newsletter emails contain a tracking pixel and per-subscriber unsubscribe tokens. We use these to measure open rates in aggregate and to process unsubscribe requests. We do not share individual open data with third parties.

d) Browser storage

The Site stores the following in your browser - no personal data is involved:

• Cookie tgt-lang - your chosen interface language.
• localStorage tgt-theme - dark/light theme preference.
• localStorage tgt-layout - grid or list article layout.

These are purely functional and contain no personal identifiers.

2. How We Use Your Information

• To send you the news digest you subscribed to.
• To process frequency-change and unsubscribe requests.
• To monitor aggregate site health and detect abuse.
• We do not sell, rent, or trade your information with any third party.

3. Third-Party Services

DeepSeek AI

Article text is processed by DeepSeek’s API for rewriting and translation. The content sent is public news article text only - no user data is transmitted to DeepSeek.

RSS sources

The Site fetches content from the following public RSS feeds. No user data is shared with any of these providers.

• MIT Technology Review
• ZDNet
• Ars Technica
• The Verge
• TechCrunch
• Wired
• ScienceDaily
• Phys.org
• NASA
• SpaceNews
• BBC World
• Yahoo News
• The Guardian
• The Guardian Europe
• The Atlantic
• UN News
• Google News
• BBC Health
• NYT Health
• Inside Climate News
• Grist
• BBC Business
• NYT Economy
• NPR Economy
• NYT Arts
• Pitchfork
• Politico
• BBC Politics
• The Hill

4. Data Retention

Subscriber email addresses are retained until you unsubscribe. Article vote records older than 60 days are automatically purged. Server logs are cycled on a short operational schedule.

5. Your Rights

You may:

• Unsubscribe at any time via the link in any digest email or at /unsubscribe.
• Request deletion of your email address by emailing admin@thegoodtimes.live.
• Clear browser data - deleting the tgt-lang cookie and localStorage entries removes all locally stored preferences.

6. Security

Subscriber tokens used for unsubscribe and frequency-change links are cryptographically generated. The Site is served over HTTPS. No payment data is collected or processed.

7. Children

The Site is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. The effective date above will be updated when changes are made. Continued use of the Site constitutes acceptance.

9. Contact

Privacy questions or data requests: admin@thegoodtimes.live.