Atlas Media Privacy Policy.

Atlas Media ("Atlas," "we," "our," or "Company") is a digital news publisher and creator platform. We respect your privacy and are committed to processing your personal information lawfully, fairly, and transparently. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, retain, and protect personal information when you use our websites, mobile applications, newsletters, podcasts, and creator tools (collectively, the "Services").

This policy applies to Readers, newsletter and email recipients, and Creators ("Newsfluencers") who publish on the Atlas platform. For EU/UK data protection law, Atlas Media is the data controller except where we act as a processor on behalf of a Creator.

Information you provide directly: account information, subscription and payment data, Creator onboarding data, content you submit, and communications with us.

Information collected automatically: usage data, device and connection data, approximate location from IP address, email engagement data, cookies, SDK identifiers, local storage, and pixel tags.

Information from third parties: single sign-on providers, payment processors, advertising and measurement partners, and public sources used to verify Creator credentials.

Sensitive information: we do not ask you to provide special-category data. If we receive it in editorial correspondence, we process it only as necessary for journalism in the public interest.

If you publish on Atlas as a Creator, we process channel data, performance analytics, moderation records, audience messaging data, and public profile information to operate your channel, support payouts, maintain platform integrity, and deliver audience tools.

We process personal data to deliver the Services, process subscriptions and payments, send transactional emails, send editorial newsletters and alerts, personalize content, measure and improve products, deliver advertising where permitted, support Creators, safeguard the Services, pursue journalism in the public interest, and comply with law.

For EU, EEA, and UK individuals, our legal bases include contract performance, consent where required, legitimate interests, legal obligation, journalism/public-interest grounds, and equivalent bases under applicable local law.

Transactional emails are necessary to provide the Services and cannot be opted out of while you maintain an account.

Editorial newsletters and marketing emails can be unsubscribed from through footer links or account preferences. Unsubscribing takes effect within 10 business days at the latest.

We use a 1×1 tracking pixel for email opens and redirect links for click tracking. You can block remote images in your email client to suppress most open tracking.

When a Creator emails their Atlas audience, Atlas acts as a processor for the Creator and does not use that engagement data to enrich Atlas-wide profiles unless we have a separate basis.

We do not sell personal information for money. We share data with service providers, advertising partners where permitted, Creators in limited audience contexts, other readers when you publish publicly, corporate transaction recipients, legal and safety authorities when required, and other parties with your consent.

Some advertising-related sharing may qualify as a “sale” or “sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising” under California law. You can opt out as described in this policy.

We classify cookies and similar technologies as strictly necessary, functional, analytics, or advertising.

In the EU, EEA, and UK, we request consent before setting non-essential cookies and provide granular controls. In the U.S., we honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals as opt-outs of sale/sharing for the browser sending them.

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, know, correct, delete, port, object, opt out of targeted advertising or sale/sharing, restrict processing, withdraw consent, and lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

Exercise rights through account settings, by emailing privacy@atlas.news, or by using atlas.news/privacy/request. We verify requests using account credentials or proportionate additional information. We respond within 30 days for EU/UK requests or 45 days for California requests, with extensions where allowed.

Account data: life of the account plus 30 days after closure; purged or anonymized within 90 days except where legally required.

Subscription and billing records: 7 years from the end of the relevant tax year.

Newsletter engagement data: 24 months at reader-identifier level, then aggregated.

Server logs: 90 days at full fidelity; up to 13 months in aggregated form for security analytics.

Customer support records: 3 years from last contact. Creator records: life of the Creator account plus 7 years for tax records and 3 years for moderation history. Encrypted backups roll off on a 35-day cycle.

We use encryption in transit and at rest, role-based access controls, employee SSO with multi-factor authentication, secure development practices, vulnerability management, third-party penetration testing, and 24/7 monitoring. No system is perfectly secure, and you are responsible for protecting your password.

Atlas operates globally. Personal data may be transferred to and processed in the United States and other countries. Where required, we rely on recognized transfer mechanisms including Standard Contractual Clauses, the UK International Data Transfer Addendum, the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework where applicable, and Swiss equivalents.

The Services are not directed to children under 16. In the U.S., we comply with COPPA and do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Parents can contact privacy@atlas.news to request deletion.

California residents can opt out of sale/sharing through the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link or by sending a Global Privacy Control signal. We do not knowingly sell or share personal information of consumers under 16.

Residents of Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Montana, and other states with comprehensive privacy laws may have similar rights, including opt-outs for targeted advertising and certain profiling.

We update this policy when our practices change or the law requires it. For material changes, we provide advance notice by email and prominent in-product notice at least 30 days before changes take effect unless a shorter period is required by law.

Email: privacy@atlas.news

Privacy request form: atlas.news/privacy/request

Data Protection Officer: dpo@atlas.news

Postal address: Atlas Media, Attn: Privacy Office, Washington, DC, USA

EU/UK representative: contact details available at atlas.news/privacy/representatives