Privacy Policy
Effective date: 20 July 2020
This Privacy Policy applies to the News COnsulting Group (NewsCG) website at https://www.newscg.com (the ‘Website’). By using the Website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Information we collect
We collect the following data about users:
- Information that you voluntarily submit to us (‘User-Supplied Information’); and
- Technical data automatically collected from all visitors to the Website (described below under ‘Passive Data Collection’).
User-Supplied Information: We may collect user-supplied information when you choose to provide us with your Personal information via the Website, including when you send us a contact request or apply to become a publisher partner.
Passive Data Collection: Like most web-based services, we automatically receive and record information in our server logs from your browser when you use the Websites. We use both session and persistent cookies. The information that we may collect with these automated methods may include, for example, your IP address, cookie information, a unique device or user ID, browser type, system type, the content and pages that you access on the Website, the frequency and duration of your visits to the Website, and the page from which you navigated to the Website. If we directly combine any information gathered through passive means with Personal information, we treat the combined information as Personal information under this Privacy Policy. Generally, though, we use information collected by passive means in aggregated forms.
Cookies
Cookies are small files placed on your computer by websites you visit. By using the Website, you accept its placement of cookies onto your computer.
We use the cookies listed below on the Website.
Mandatory cookies
| Cookie name | Domain | Purpose |
| __cfduid | newscg.com | The __cfduid cookie is used by Cloudflare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. For example, if the visitor is in a coffee shop where there are infected machines, but the specific visitor’s machine is trusted (e.g. because they’ve completed a challenge within the Cloudflare Challenge Passage period), the cookie allows Cloudflare to identify that client and not challenge them again. It does not correspond to any user ID in the website’s database and does not store any personally identifiable information. It has a default expiration of 1 year. |
| __cfduid | hs-analytics.net | |
| __cfduid | hs-scripts.com |
Privacy Management
| Cookie name | Domain | Purpose |
| gdpr[allowed_cookies] | newscg.com | This cookie is used to store information about the specific cookies you have consented to on this website. It has a default expiration of 1 year. |
| gdpr[consent_types] | newscg.com | This cookie is used to store information about the types of cookies you have consented to on this website. It has a default expiration of 1 year. |
Tracking – Google
| Cookie name | Domain | Purpose |
| _ga | newscg.com | This Google Analytics cookie is used to distinguish users and has a default expiration of 2 years. |
| _gat | newscg.com | This is a Google Analytics cookie, used to throttle (i.e. limit) the request rate to Google Analytics. It has a default expiration of 1 minute. |
| _gid | newscg.com | This Google Analytics cookie is used to distinguish users and has a default expiration of 24 hours. |
| NID | google.com | Most Google users will have a preferences cookie called ‘NID’ in their browsers. A browser sends this cookie with requests to Google’s sites. The NID cookie contains a unique ID Google uses to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language (e.g. English), how many search results you wish to have shown per page (e.g. 10 or 20), and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. Google also uses NID help customise ads on Google properties, like Google Search. For example, it uses such cookies to remember your most recent searches, your previous interactions with an advertiser’s ads or search results, and your visits to an advertiser’s website. This helps Google to show you customised ads, and it has a default expiration of 6 months. |
WordPress
| Cookie name | Domain | Purpose |
| wordpress_logged_in_[hash] | newscg.com | WordPress uses this cookie to indicate when you’re logged in, and who you are, for most interface use. It is a session cookie, deleted when you close your browser. |
| wordpress_sec_[UID] | newscg.com | WordPress uses this cookied to keep you logged into the website. It is a session cookie, deleted when you close your browser. |
| wordpress_test_cookie | newscg.com | WordPress sets this cookie when you navigate to the website’s login page. The cookie is used to check whether your web browser is set to allow or reject cookies. It expires at the end of your session. |
| wp-settings-[UID] | newscg.com | WordPress sets a wp-settings-[UID] cookie for each individual logged-in user ID from the Users’ database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface and the main website’s interface, if the website is altered for authenticated users. The default expiration of this cookie is 1 year. |
| wp-settings-time-[UID] | newscg.com | WordPress sets a wp-settings-time-[UID] cookie for each individual logged-in user ID from the Users’ database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface and the main website’s interface, if the website is altered for authenticated users. The default expiration of this cookie is 1 year. |
Functionality
| Cookie name | Domain | Purpose |
| CP5XKN6QLDFWUC | newscg.com | Session cookie used by a revenue calculator on the NewsCG website. Without this cookie, the online calculator may not work. |
| PHPSESSID | newscg.com | Session cookie used by a revenue calculator on the NewsCG website. Without this cookie, the online calculator may not work. |
Privacy Preferences
You can review your privacy preferences, and disable cookies on the Website, at any time here:
Use of your personal information
NewsCG does not sell, rent or lease its customer, supplier, partner or user lists to third parties. We may share data with technology partners to help us send you email, provide customer support or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services, and they are required to protect your information at least the same standards that we apply.
Security of your personal information
NewsCG makes endeavours to ensure your personally identifiable data is not intercepted.
The Website secures your personal information from unauthorised access, use or disclosure. If your personal information is transmitted across the internet from the Website, it is protected through the use the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
NewsCG will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law.
About NewsCG
News Consulting Group LLC is registered at P.O. Box 100, Paeonian Springs, VA 20129-0100, United States. Our work is governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of Virginia, and any disputes relating to these terms and conditions will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Virginia courts.