Privacy Policy

Last updated: 9 August 2026

WHAT TODAY? (“we”, “us”, “our”) publishes news and current affairs at thewhattoday.com (the “Site”). This policy explains what information we collect from readers, why, and what choices you have. We have written it in plain language rather than legal boilerplate.

In short: we do not sell your personal information, we do not require you to register to read the Site, and the data we do collect is used to understand our audience, keep the Site secure, and show advertising that funds our journalism.

Information We Collect

Information you give us

If you contact us, send a story tip, or leave a comment, we receive whatever you choose to provide — typically your name, email address, and your message. Comments and their associated details are retained so that conversations remain readable over time.

Information collected automatically

Like virtually every website, our servers record technical details of each visit: your IP address, browser and device type, operating system, the pages you viewed, the site that referred you, and the date and time. These server logs are used for security, troubleshooting, and audience measurement.

What we do not collect

We do not ask for or store payment card details, national identity numbers, or financial account information. There is nothing to purchase on this Site.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device. We and our partners use them to remember your display preferences (such as light or dark reading mode), measure how many people read our articles, and deliver advertising.

You can block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Doing so is entirely your choice, though some features — including your saved reading preferences — will stop working.

Advertising and Google AdSense

This Site is funded in part by advertising. We use Google AdSense.

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this Site.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this Site and other sites on the Internet.
Third-party vendors and ad networks may also place cookies or use web beacons to collect information as a result of ad serving on this Site. We do not control these technologies, and their use is governed by those companies’ own privacy policies.

Your choices: you can turn off personalised advertising at Google Ads Settings, or opt out of many third-party vendors at once at aboutads.info/choices and optout.networkadvertising.org.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand which stories readers find useful — which pages are read, for how long, and from roughly which country or city. This is reported to us in aggregate and is not used to identify you personally. You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting your data with the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Service Providers We Rely On

Running a news site means using third parties, each of which may process limited technical data on our behalf:

Web hosting — stores the Site’s files and database, and keeps server access logs.
Content delivery and security network — sits in front of the Site to speed up delivery and filter malicious traffic. It inspects request data, including IP addresses, to do this.
Security and anti-spam services — screen login attempts and comment submissions for abuse.
Advertising and analytics — as described above.

We ask our providers to handle data only as needed to deliver their service. We do not sell reader data to anyone.

Embedded Content From Other Sites

Articles may include embedded material such as videos, social media posts, or maps. Embedded content behaves exactly as though you had visited that other website, which means the provider may collect data about you, set its own cookies, and track your interaction with that embed. We have no control over this.

How Long We Keep Information

Server logs are retained only as long as needed for security and diagnostics. Comments and the messages you send us are kept while they remain relevant to the published record or to our correspondence with you. Analytics data is retained according to the retention period set in Google Analytics.

Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you, to have it corrected, to have it deleted, or to object to how it is used.

Readers in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom have these rights under the GDPR.
Residents of California have comparable rights under the CCPA, including the right not to have personal information sold. We do not sell personal information.

To make a request, contact us using the details at the bottom of this page. We may need to verify your identity before acting.

Children

The Site is intended for a general adult audience. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

Links to Other Websites

We link to external sites where they are relevant to a story. We are not responsible for their content or their privacy practices, and a link is not an endorsement.

Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect the Site and the information it holds, including access controls, monitoring, and keeping software up to date. No website can promise perfect security, and we do not claim to.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy as the Site changes or as the law requires. Any revision takes effect when published on this page, and we will update the date at the top. Significant changes will be noted clearly.