Privacy Policy
Hacker News (the “Site”) respects your Privacy. Here’s our Privacy Policy for this Site:
Non-personal Information
You can access and browse this Site without disclosing any personal data. This may be done by simply not completing an online form or service, or by not sending us Emails.
Non-personal information is recorded automatically in 2 ways:
- By the web server that powers this Site. This data includes the pages visited by an individual, the user’s IP address, the time of the visit, and the order of pages viewed. This information is for the sole purpose of making this Site as responsive to visitors’ needs as possible.
- By Google Analytics. Google Analytics uses Cookies to help analyze how people are using the website. Please see below for more details.
Google Analytics
This Site uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (‘Google’).
Google Analytics uses Cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to help this Site to analyze how users use the Site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Site (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.
Google uses this information to evaluate your use of our Site, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf.
Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this Site.
By using this Site, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
You can choose to remove all cookies set by Google Analytics for this Site and disable Google Analytics on all subsequent pages by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on to block Google Analytics on all websites, or you can configure your browser to block cookies. Each internet browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari etc.) is different but the ‘help’ function within your browser should tell you how to do this.
Sending us Emails
Please note that the transmission of information by Email to us is not a secure process and should not be used to send confidential or sensitive information.
The use of our Email system may be monitored and communications read in order to secure effective operation of the system and for other lawful purposes.
External Links
This Site contains links to other websites. This privacy policy applies only to this Site. When you are transferring to another website you should read their privacy statement for their policy on the use of personal information.
Policy Changes and Acceptance
This Privacy Policy is effective as of January 20, 2013. By using our Site and its services, you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree or are not comfortable with any Policy described in this Privacy Policy, you may discontinue use of this Site. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Your continued use of any portion of our Site following notification or posting of such changes will constitute your acceptance of these changes.