Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026

1. Information We Collect

Automatically Collected

• IP address (anonymized for rate limiting, not stored long-term)
• Browser type and version (via server logs)
• Pages visited and time spent (via Google Analytics 4)

User-Submitted (Bias Checker)

• Article URLs or text you submit for bias analysis
• We immediately discard submitted text after AI analysis
• Only numerical bias scores and a hash are stored for shareable links

2. How We Use Your Information

• To provide and improve the Service
• To display relevant advertisements (Google AdSense)
• To analyze Site traffic (Google Analytics 4)
• To enforce rate limits on the Bias Checker tool

3. Cookies

We use cookies for:

• Essential: Dark mode preference, cookie consent state
• Analytics: Google Analytics 4 cookies (with IP anonymization)
• Advertising: Google AdSense cookies for ad personalization

You can opt out of advertising cookies via Google's Ad Settings.

4. Third-Party Services

• Google Analytics 4: Traffic analytics. Privacy Policy
• Google AdSense: Advertising. Privacy Policy
• Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI (GPT-4o), Google (Gemini), xAI (Grok): AI analysis APIs. Text is not retained by us after analysis.
• Upstash Redis: Rate limiting (IP addresses stored temporarily).

5. Your Rights (GDPR / CCPA)

• Access: Request a copy of data we hold about you
• Deletion: Request deletion of your data
• Opt-out: Opt out of data sale (we do not sell personal data)
• Correction: Request correction of inaccurate data

To exercise these rights, email us at privacy@dailycomposite.com. EU/EEA users: You have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.

6. Data Retention

Article bias scores are retained indefinitely to power the Site. IP-based rate limit records are purged after 1 hour. Analytics data is retained per Google Analytics 4 default settings (26 months).

7. Children's Privacy

This Site is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy. We will notify users of significant changes via a Site notice.

9. Contact

Email: privacy@dailycomposite.com