Last Updated: November 2025
Website: https://www.fastnewsalbania.com/
Who We Are
Our website address is https://www.fastnewsalbania.com/.
We are an independent online news platform providing breaking news, reports, and updates about Albania and international events.
Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user-agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check whether you are using it.
The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
After approval of your comment, your profile picture (if available) will be publicly visible in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the site.
Contact Forms
If you use our contact form, we collect the data you provide (such as name, email address, and message content) solely for the purpose of responding to your inquiry.
This information is not used for marketing or shared with third parties unless explicitly required to fulfill your request.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies.
These cookies are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies last for one year.
If you have an account and log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, several cookies will be set up to save your login information and screen display preferences:
- Login cookies last for two days.
- Screen option cookies last for one year.
If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. When you log out, the login cookies will be removed.
An additional cookie is saved in your browser when editing or publishing an article. It includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.).
Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor had visited the other website directly.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content — including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We may use third-party analytics services (such as Google Analytics) to understand how users interact with our website.
These services may collect anonymized data such as IP address, browser type, device information, and time spent on pages.
Learn more here: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell or rent your personal data.
We may share limited data with trusted third-party service providers (such as hosting and analytics partners) who assist us in operating our website.
All such providers are required to maintain confidentiality and comply with data protection laws.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely.
This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them for moderation.
For users who register on our site, we store the personal information they provide in their user profiles.
All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except their username).
Website administrators can also view and edit that information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
You may also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you.
This does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
To make such a request, please contact us at privacy@fastnewsalbania.com.
Where We Send Your Data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service (such as Akismet).
How We Protect Your Data
We use secure servers, SSL encryption (HTTPS), and access restrictions to protect your personal data.
Only authorized administrators have access to user data stored in our systems.
Data Breach Procedures
In case of a data breach, we will notify affected users and regulatory authorities as required by applicable law (GDPR Article 33).
Third-Party Data Sources
We may receive non-personal or aggregated information from advertising or analytics partners to improve our site and content relevance.
Automated Decision-Making and Profiling
We do not use personal data for automated decision-making or profiling that could affect your rights or freedoms.
Legal Compliance
This Privacy Policy complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the UK Data Protection Act 2018.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us:
📧 contact@fastnewsalbania.com
🌐 https://www.fastnewsalbania.com/