Summary: UKPulse Media is a UK-based editorial news platform. We collect limited personal data needed to operate the website, protect the service, understand audience behaviour, support comments and respond to enquiries. We do not sell your personal information.
1. Who We Are
UKPulse Media ("UKPulse", "we", "us", "our") operates the website ukpulse.co.uk and associated Telegram channels, social media accounts, and digital properties. UKPulse Media is an unincorporated media brand based in the United Kingdom.
For data protection enquiries, you may contact us at: hello@ukpulse.co.uk
2. What Data We Collect
2.1 Data You Provide Directly
- Email address — if you subscribe to our newsletter via the website sign-up form
- Contact information — if you contact us via email (hello@ukpulse.co.uk, news@ukpulse.co.uk, ads@ukpulse.co.uk, editorial@ukpulse.co.uk, or other UKPulse contact addresses)
- Comments — if you submit a comment on an article, we collect the comment text and information needed to manage and moderate that comment
- Sign-in profile information — if you use Google Sign-In or another supported identity provider to comment, we may receive basic profile details such as your name, email address, profile picture/avatar and provider user ID
2.2 Data Collected Automatically
- Usage data — pages visited, time spent, referring URL, browser type, device type
- IP address — collected by our hosting provider, analytics tools and server logs
- Hashed IP data for comments — when comments are submitted, we may store a hashed version of the IP address for anti-spam, rate limiting and abuse prevention. This hash is used to help protect the service and is not intended to publicly identify you.
- Device and browser data — user agent and technical request information may be stored for security, debugging and moderation purposes
- Cookies — see Section 5 below
2.3 Data We Do Not Collect
We do not collect payment information, government identification, sensitive personal data (as defined by UK GDPR Article 9), or data from children under 13 years of age.
3. How We Use Your Data
We use the data we collect for the following purposes:
- To send newsletter emails to subscribers (with your consent)
- To respond to your enquiries and support requests
- To enable reader comments and manage user participation
- To moderate comments, enforce our Community Guidelines, and prevent spam or abuse
- To analyse website traffic and improve our service (legitimate interest)
- To comply with legal obligations
- To detect and prevent fraud or abuse of our service
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third parties for marketing purposes.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
Under UK GDPR, we process your personal data on the following legal bases:
- Consent — for newsletter subscriptions and marketing communications
- Legitimate interests — for analytics, security, moderation, anti-spam protection, abuse prevention and improving our service
- Consent — where you choose to use optional sign-in, newsletter or marketing features
- Legal obligation — where required by UK law
5. Cookies
We use the following types of cookies on our website:
- Essential cookies — required for the website to function correctly
- Analytics cookies — Google Analytics (GA4) and Microsoft Clarity to understand how visitors use our site
- Marketing cookies — Facebook Pixel and Google Tag Manager for advertising measurement
You may disable cookies through your browser settings at any time. Note that disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality. For more detail, see our Cookie Policy.
6. Third-Party Services
UKPulse may use selected third-party service providers to operate, protect, measure and improve the website. These providers may process limited technical, usage or account-related data depending on how you interact with the site and which features are enabled.
- Google Analytics (GA4) — website traffic analysis and audience measurement.
- Google Tag Manager — tag management and controlled deployment of approved website tags.
- Google Identity Services — Google Sign-In for comments and user authentication where enabled.
- Google AdSense or other advertising partners, where enabled — display advertising, ad delivery and advertising measurement.
- Microsoft Clarity, where enabled — website usage analytics and session insights.
- Meta technologies, where enabled — advertising measurement, campaign analytics and social sharing features.
- Hosting and infrastructure providers — website hosting, server operation, security, logging and delivery.
- Image and media providers, including Pexels and Unsplash where used — stock photography, image attribution and image delivery.
Some services may set cookies, pixels, tags or similar technologies. Non-essential analytics, advertising or measurement technologies should be used only where permitted by applicable law and, where required, with user consent. For more detail, see our Cookie Policy.
Each provider operates under its own privacy policy and may process data as an independent controller or processor depending on the service. We encourage you to review their privacy information directly.
7. Data Retention
- Newsletter subscriber data — retained until you unsubscribe
- Email correspondence — retained for up to 2 years
- Comments — retained while the relevant article or discussion remains active, unless removed earlier by the user request, moderation decision or legal requirement
- Comment account/profile data — retained while your commenting profile remains active or as needed for moderation, security and abuse prevention
- Hashed IP and anti-abuse data — retained as needed to detect spam, rate-limit abusive activity and protect the website
- Analytics data — retained per Google Analytics default settings (up to 26 months)
- Server logs — retained for up to 90 days where practical, unless required longer for security, debugging or legal reasons
8. Your Rights Under UK GDPR
As a data subject, you have the following rights:
- Right of access — to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- Right to rectification — to request correction of inaccurate data
- Right to erasure — to request deletion of your personal data
- Right to restriction — to request that we restrict processing of your data
- Right to portability — to receive your data in a portable format
- Right to object — to object to processing based on legitimate interests
- Right to withdraw consent — at any time, where processing is based on consent
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hello@ukpulse.co.uk. We will respond within 30 days.
If you believe we have not handled your data correctly, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.
9. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Our website is served over HTTPS (TLS encryption) and our servers are hosted within secure data centres.
However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.
10. Comments, Sign-In and Moderation
UKPulse may allow readers to comment on articles. To reduce spam and protect discussion quality, commenting may require sign-in through a supported identity provider such as Google.
When you sign in to comment, UKPulse does not receive your Google password. We may receive and store basic profile information required for commenting, such as your name, email address, avatar/profile image and provider user ID.
Comments may be reviewed before or after publication. We may approve, reject, delete, hide or restrict comments that breach our Community Guidelines, create legal risk, contain spam, abuse, personal data or otherwise harm the safety and quality of the website.
We may use technical signals such as hashed IP data, user agent information, account history and rate-limit data to detect spam, abuse or automated misuse of the commenting system.
UKPulse may use technical and technology-assisted tools to help prioritise, classify or detect spam, abuse, illegal content or moderation risks. These tools are intended to support site safety and moderation decisions.
11. Children's Privacy
UKPulse Media is intended for adults and is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us immediately at hello@ukpulse.co.uk.
12. International Data Transfers
Some of our third-party service providers (such as Google and Meta) may transfer data outside the United Kingdom. Where this occurs, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place in accordance with UK GDPR requirements.
13. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Continued use of our website after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
14. Contact Us
For any privacy-related questions or requests, please contact: