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EST. 2026
Privacy Policy
Last Updated: September 15, 2026 The Public Standard (“The Public Standard,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) operates a digital news and information publication available through our website, newsletters, and related digital services. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect information when you visit or interact with The Public Standard, including our website, newsletters, articles, subscription forms, communications, and other services that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Services”).By accessing or using the Services, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide, information automatically collected when you use our Services, and information provided to us by service providers or other third parties.
Depending on how you interact with The Public Standard, you may provide:
Your name.
Email address.
Newsletter subscription information.
Information submitted through contact forms.
Messages, correspondence, tips, corrections, feedback, or story suggestions.
Information provided when participating in surveys, promotions, or other features.
Any other information you voluntarily provide to us.
You can generally read publicly available content without creating an account or providing personal information.
When you access our Services, we or our service providers may automatically collect technical and usage information, including:
IP address.
Browser type and version.
Device type.
Operating system.
General location information derived from technical information.
Pages and articles viewed.
Links clicked.
Referring websites.
Date and time of access.
General interaction and engagement information.
Newsletter delivery, opening, and interaction information where supported by the applicable email technology.
This information may be collected through cookies, pixels, web beacons, server logs, analytics technologies, and similar technologies.
The Public Standard uses cookies and similar technologies to operate, secure, analyze, and improve the Services.Cookies and similar technologies may be used for purposes including:
Essential website functionality.
Security and fraud prevention.
Remembering preferences.
Understanding website traffic and usage.
Measuring audience engagement.
Understanding newsletter performance.
Advertising and marketing, where applicable.
Improving the Services.
Where required by applicable law, we will provide appropriate choices concerning non-essential cookies and similar technologies. You may also control cookies through your browser or device settings. Disabling cookies may affect certain functionality.Because our website is powered by third-party technology, including Beehiiv, certain cookies and technologies may be placed or managed by service providers operating the underlying website, newsletter, analytics, advertising, or other infrastructure.
We may use information we collect to:
Operate and maintain The Public Standard.
Provide articles, newsletters, podcasts, and other content.
Process newsletter subscriptions.
Deliver requested communications.
Respond to inquiries, corrections, tips, feedback, and other communications.
Understand how readers use our Services.
Improve our journalism, website, newsletters, and other Services.
Measure readership and engagement.
Monitor technical performance.
Detect, investigate, and prevent fraud, abuse, security incidents, and unauthorized activity.
Maintain the security and integrity of our Services.
Comply with legal obligations.
Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
Protect our rights, property, personnel, readers, and the public.
Carry out other purposes disclosed when information is collected or otherwise permitted by applicable law.
If you subscribe to a newsletter from The Public Standard, we may use your email address and related information to provide the requested newsletter and associated communications. You may unsubscribe from a newsletter at any time using the unsubscribe mechanism included in the applicable email. Even after unsubscribing from promotional or newsletter communications, we may retain certain information when necessary for legitimate business purposes, legal obligations, security, fraud prevention, record-keeping, or other purposes permitted by law.
If you contact The Public Standard with a news tip, correction, comment, story suggestion, feedback, or other communication, we may retain and use the information you provide for editorial, administrative, legal, security, or other legitimate purposes. Do not send confidential or sensitive information unless you are comfortable with The Public Standard receiving and processing that information. Submitting information to us does not create an obligation for The Public Standard to publish, respond to, or act upon that information.Editorial communications may be retained as reasonably necessary for journalistic, legal, operational, or historical purposes.
We do not sell your personal information for monetary consideration. We may share information with service providers and other third parties when reasonably necessary to operate our Services, including providers involved in:
Website hosting and infrastructure.
Newsletter and email delivery.
Analytics.
Advertising.
Security.
Fraud prevention.
Customer support.
Payment processing, if applicable.
Technical services.
Data storage.
Website functionality.
Business administration.
Our website and newsletter infrastructure is provided in part through Beehiiv. Beehiiv and other service providers may process information according to their own applicable policies and agreements. We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary:
To comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, subpoena, or governmental request.
To investigate suspected fraud, abuse, unlawful activity, or security incidents.
To protect the rights, property, safety, or security of The Public Standard, our readers, our personnel, or others.
To establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
In connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, sale of assets, or similar transaction.
With your consent or at your direction.
Our Services may contain links to third-party websites, applications, social-media platforms, advertisements, or other services. Those third parties operate independently of The Public Standard.We do not control and are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, availability, content, or policies of third-party services. Your interactions with third-party services are governed by their own terms and privacy policies.
The Public Standard may display advertising, sponsored content, promotional material, affiliate links, or other commercial partnerships. Advertising and sponsorship arrangements may involve third-party technologies that collect information concerning website or advertising interactions, subject to applicable law and available privacy choices. The presence of advertising, sponsorship, or promotional material does not necessarily constitute an endorsement by The Public Standard.
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including providing the Services, maintaining business and editorial records, complying with legal obligations, resolving disputes, enforcing agreements, protecting our rights, and maintaining security. Different categories of information may be retained for different periods. Editorial records, communications, and other information may sometimes be retained longer than ordinary website or marketing information where necessary for journalistic, historical, legal, or operational purposes.
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, misuse, or destruction. However, no internet transmission, website, database, email system, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted to or through our Services.
Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have rights concerning your personal information. These may include rights to:
Request access to personal information.
Request correction of inaccurate information.
Request deletion of certain information.
Request restriction of certain processing.
Object to certain processing.
Request portability of certain information.
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
Opt out of certain communications or processing where legally applicable.
These rights are subject to applicable legal limitations and exceptions. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.
California residents may have additional rights under applicable California privacy laws. Depending on applicable law, these rights may include rights concerning access, correction, deletion, and certain disclosures or uses of personal information. The Public Standard does not sell personal information for monetary consideration. California residents may submit privacy requests through the contact method provided on our website.
If you are located in the European Economic Area or United Kingdom, applicable data-protection laws may provide additional rights. Depending on the circumstances, we may process personal information on the basis of:
Your consent.
Performance of a contract.
Compliance with a legal obligation.
Our legitimate interests.
Protection of vital interests.
Another lawful basis recognized under applicable law.
Where applicable, you may have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to certain processing, as well as rights concerning data portability. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with an applicable data-protection authority.
The Services are not directed toward children under 13.We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If applicable law establishes a higher minimum age for certain processing activities, the higher age requirement will apply. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us in violation of applicable law, please contact us.
The Public Standard and its service providers may process information in countries other than the country in which you reside. Those countries may have different privacy and data-protection laws.Where required by applicable law, appropriate safeguards will be used for international transfers of personal information.
As a news publication, The Public Standard may process information for legitimate journalistic, editorial, public-interest, legal, historical, and accountability purposes, subject to applicable law.Information appearing in published journalism may remain publicly accessible even if related personal information is later removed from other systems, where retention is justified by editorial, legal, historical, or public-interest considerations. Nothing in this section is intended to remove rights that cannot legally be excluded.
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date.Where required by law, we may provide additional notice concerning material changes. Your continued use of the Services following an updated Privacy Policy becoming effective constitutes acknowledgment of the updated policy to the extent permitted by law.
Questions, privacy requests, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy may be submitted through the contact information available on The Public Standard website. The Public Standard https://thepublicstandard.beehiiv.com/
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