What we collect, and what we don't.

NewsHK is built to be read without an account, so we collect as little as we can. When you visit, our servers record standard technical information — your IP address, browser type, the pages you open and the time you open them — in ordinary access logs.

If you subscribe to The Harbour Briefing or another newsletter, we collect the email address you give us. If you write to the desk or send a tip, we keep what you send so we can reply and, where relevant, report responsibly.

We use server logs to run and secure the site, diagnose faults, understand which coverage readers value, and guard against abuse. We use newsletter addresses only to send the dispatch you asked for and to manage your subscription.

We do not sell your personal information. We do not build advertising profiles of individual readers.

NewsHK is delivered through a content-delivery network and hosting providers that process requests on our behalf; they necessarily see the technical request data needed to serve pages. We may also use a privacy-respecting analytics service to count traffic in aggregate, and an email provider to send newsletters.

These providers act under contract and only for the purposes we set. We do not authorise them to use your data for their own marketing.

We use a small number of cookies and similar storage to keep the site working — remembering display preferences and helping us measure traffic. Where the law requires consent for non-essential cookies, we ask for it first.

You can clear or block cookies in your browser settings. Some conveniences may stop working, but you can still read the journalism.

We keep access logs only as long as we need them for security and operational analysis, then delete or anonymise them. We keep newsletter and correspondence data until you unsubscribe or ask us to remove it, unless we must keep a record to meet a legal obligation.

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access the personal data we hold about you, to correct it, to have it deleted, or to object to certain processing. You can unsubscribe from any newsletter at any time using the link in the email or by contacting us.

To exercise any of these rights, write to the desk through our contact page and we will respond within the time the law allows.

If you have a question about your privacy or this policy, reach the newsroom through our contact page. This policy was last updated June 2026 and may change as our publishing and the law evolve.