Privacy policy

Modus Carry (“we”, “us”, “our”) publishes showbiz and entertainment news at moduscarry.com. This policy explains what personal information we collect when you use the site, why we collect it, who we share it with and the choices you have. By using the site you agree to the practices described here.

1. Information we collect

Information you give us

• Contact form: your name, email address, the topic you choose, any link you add and your message.
• Newsletter: your email address.
• Comments: the name, email address and comment you submit. WordPress also records your IP address and browser details to help detect spam.

Information collected automatically

• Server logs: like most websites, our hosting provider records technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device, the pages you visit, the page that referred you and the time of your visit.
• Cookies and similar technologies: small files stored on your device by us and by our partners. Our Cookie policy explains these in detail.

2. How we use your information

• To reply to messages, news tips and correction requests.
• To send our newsletter to people who have subscribed. Every email has a one-click unsubscribe link.
• To publish and moderate comments.
• To run, secure and improve the website, including preventing spam and abuse.
• To show advertising that keeps the site free to read.
• To meet our legal obligations.

3. Advertising and Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to show adverts on this site. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to this website and other websites.

Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet. You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info or, in Europe, youronlinechoices.eu.

To learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

Advertising on Modus Carry is always labelled “Advertisement”. Sponsored stories are clearly marked at the top.

4. Embedded content from other websites

Articles may include embedded videos, posts and images from services such as YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X. Embedded content behaves exactly as if you had visited the other website. Those services may collect data about you, use cookies and track your interaction with the embedded content, especially if you are signed in to them.

5. Who we share information with

We do not sell your personal information. We share it only with:

• Service providers who help us run the site, such as our web host and our email newsletter provider. They may only use it to provide their service to us.
• Advertising partners such as Google, as described in section 3.
• Authorities when the law requires it, or to protect our rights, our readers or the public.

6. How long we keep it

• Messages sent through our contact form are kept only as long as we need them to deal with your request and any follow-up.
• Newsletter subscribers stay on our list until they unsubscribe.
• Published comments, with the name you gave, are kept until the comment or article is removed.
• Server logs are kept for the period set by our hosting provider.

7. Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:

• ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you;
• ask us to correct or delete it;
• object to or restrict how we use it;
• withdraw consent you have given, for example by unsubscribing from the newsletter.

Readers in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom have these rights under the GDPR, and California residents have similar rights under the CCPA. To make a request, contact us and choose “Something else” as the topic. We aim to respond within 30 days.

8. Children

Modus Carry is a general news website and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.

9. Security

The site uses HTTPS encryption and we take reasonable steps to protect the information we hold. No method of sending or storing data online is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. International transfers

Some of our service providers, including Google, process data in other countries. When information is transferred abroad, it is protected by those providers’ own safeguards and policies.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top of the page shows when it last changed.

12. Contact us

If you have any questions about this policy or your personal information, please get in touch through our contact page.