Privacy Policy

Last updated: Sep 26, 2026

1. Information We Collect

We collect information you provide directly, such as your email address when you subscribe to our newsletter, and information collected automatically, such as pages viewed, referring site, approximate location (country level) and device type. We never store raw IP addresses.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information to deliver the newsletter you asked for, to understand which stories readers value, and to keep the site fast and secure. We do not sell personal data.

3. Cookies

We use a small number of strictly necessary cookies for the admin area and session security. Analytics are cookieless.

4. Your Rights

You can unsubscribe from any email using the link in the footer, and you can request deletion of your data at any time by contacting [email protected].

5. Changes

We will post any changes to this policy on this page and update the date at the top.

Analytics & Cookies

We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand how readers use Veshap: which articles are read, how long readers stay engaged, which sources bring readers to the site, and how many readers discover and use the newsletter signup. GA4 measures page views, article views, engagement, newsletter form views and signups, shares, searches (counts and query-length buckets only — never the search text itself), and language switches.

Analytics runs on every public page of the site for every visitor. In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland we also show a one-time notice banner; the banner records your choice for the record, but declining it does not stop analytics measurement on this site. You can change the recorded choice at any time using the “Cookie settings” link in the footer — changing the recorded choice likewise does not start or stop measurement.

Cookies used for analytics: _ga and _ga_<stream> (Google Analytics, up to 2 years as set by Google) and veshap_consent (our own first-party cookie recording your banner choice, 12 months). GA4 data is retained for 14 months. Advertising storage is denied everywhere: we run no ads and do not use advertising cookies. We do not sell your data.