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Privacy policy

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Cookies on the Guardian website

Guardian Staff — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:23:12 GMT

This is the cookie policy for Guardian News & Media Limited (collectively referred to as “Guardian”, “we”, “us” or “our” in this policy), our site theguardian.com, and our associated apps (“our sites”). Some of our other sites and services have their own cookie policies, which will be relevant to you when you are using those sites and services.

Device fingerprinting – using a set of information without relying on cookies in order to identify a particular device. For this purpose where you are resident in Australia, our partner Ipsos Iris may collect your IP address, monitor settings, type of browser and operating system to create a unique serial number which constitutes a digital “fingerprint”.

Local storage – storage of data in the local device’s cache, for example to load content quicker.

Pixels – a small pixel graphic which is used to track user behaviour, site conversions etc.

Scripts – small computer programs embedded within websites that give them extra functionality but may access user devices.

First-party cookies – cookies that are set by or on behalf of the Guardian when you use our site.

Keeping you signed in.

Delivering content to you.

Showing you journalism that is relevant to you.

Providing a better reading experience for signed in readers and readers with a guest account, including tailored messaging, remembering your preferences across devices and showing you Guardian products and services that are relevant to you.

Understanding how you use our site, for instance, how long you stay on a page or which article you read next.

Reminding you to complete online registration.

Processing payments and refunds.

Monitoring how users interact with pages on our site to identify and remedy technical issues.

Working with partners to deliver relevant advertising to you.

Strictly Necessary – These cookies are essential to provide you with services you have requested, which means they cannot be switched off through the “Privacy settings” link. For example, strictly necessary cookies make it possible for you to stay logged into your Guardian account and make comments. If you set your browser to block these cookies, then these functions and services will not work for you. In particular, we won’t be able to save your preferences about cookies.

Performance – These cookies measure how often you visit our sites and how you use them. We use this information to get a better sense of how you engage with our journalism and to improve our sites so that you have a better experience. For example, we collect information about which of our pages are most frequently visited, and by which types of users.

Functionality – These cookies are used to recognise you and remember your preferences or settings when you return to our site so that we can provide you with a more personalised experience. For example, if you are based in the UK, we will remember this and make sure that you receive the UK homepage when you visit our site, rather than the US or Australia homepage.

Session cookies – These cookies only last as long as your online session and expire when you close your browser (e.g. Chrome or Safari).

Cookie settings in Microsoft Edge.

Cookie settings in Firefox.

Cookie settings in Chrome.

Cookie settings in Safari web and iOS.

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Privacy policy US addendum

Guardian Staff — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:39:19 GMT

Our Privacy Policy provides information about what personal data we collect about you, how we collect personal data, how and why we use your personal data, how we share your personal data with third parties, international transfers, however long we keep your personal data for, what your privacy rights and data protection are under the UK data protection laws, and how we keep your personal data secure. Any terms not otherwise defined in this US addendum have the same definition as the Privacy Policy.

Contact information and identifiers

Geolocation information

Device information and unique identifiers

Internet or other electronic network activity information

Right to Know: You may have the right to know whether we process your personal data and to access such personal data. You may also have the right to request that we disclose certain information to you about our collection, use, or disclosure of your personal data.

Right to Data Portability: You may have the right to obtain a copy of your personal data that you previously provided to us in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another business without hindrance, where the processing is carried out by automated means.

Right to Correct: You have the right to correct inaccurate personal data we hold about you, taking into account the nature of the personal data and the purposes for which we process it.

Right to Opt-Out: You have the right to opt out of the processing of your personal data for purposes of: (i) personalised advertising; (ii) the sale of personal data; or (iii) profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you. As of the latest date of the Privacy Policy, we process personal data or share it with third parties for the purposes of personalised advertising, and sell your personal data in exchange for monetary or other valuable consideration. We do not engage in profiling decisions based on your personal data that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you. You can exercise this right by pressing the “Do not sell or share my information” link in the banner or at any time in the footer of every page on our site. We recognize and honor GPC signals. Please find more information on the Global Privacy Control website. We do not sell or share the personal data of consumers we know are less than 18 years of age, unless we receive affirmative authorisation (the “right to opt-in”) from either the consumer who is less than 18 (but greater than 13) years of age, or the parent or guardian of a consumer less than 13 years of age. To our knowledge, we do not sell or share the personal data of minors under 18 years of age.

Right to Deletion: You have the right to ask us to delete personal data we may hold on you or restrict how it is used. There may be exceptions to the right to deletion which, if applicable, we will set out for you in response to your request.

Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Data: If you are a California resident, you have the right to limit our use of sensitive personal data for any purposes other than to provide the services you request or as otherwise permitted by law. We will also treat opt-out preference signals as valid “Limit the Use” requests.

Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights under State Privacy Laws. Unless permitted by the State Privacy Laws, we will not deny you goods or services; charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties; provide you a different level or quality of goods or services; or suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.

8 July 2026

Why your data and privacy matters to the Guardian

Guardian Staff — Thu, 24 May 2018 12:41:04 GMT

How your data helps to safeguard our journalism for the future

Our owner, The Scott Trust, exists to secure the financial and editorial independence of the Guardian. Other than to cover expense, The Scott Trust takes no dividend from the business, ensuring all profits are reinvested back into the Guardian and its award-winning journalism.

One of the ways in which we safeguard our journalism for the future is by using your personal data. Increasingly, our readers fund us directly – either by buying a newspaper, or taking out a print or digital subscription or through making one-off, regular or monthly contributions. But to grow that number of supporters we are reliant on marketing, and we still rely in part on advertising to fund our journalism.

How to stay safe on the web - infographic

Guardian Staff — Mon, 08 Sep 2014 11:13:10 GMT

A downloadable infographic with tips from the Guardian’s information security team on simple things you can do to help keep yourself safe online

• Click here to download this infographic - Pdf and Jpeg