Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, remember your preferences, and provide information to website owners. Cookies cannot run programs or deliver viruses to your device.

Spin City News uses cookies and similar technologies (such as local storage and session storage) for the following purposes:

• Essential / Strictly Necessary: These cookies are required for the website to function. They enable core features such as page navigation, security, and access to secure areas. The site cannot function properly without these cookies.
• Functional / Preference: These cookies remember choices you make (such as your language preference, timezone display, or push-notification consent) to provide a more personalised experience.
• Analytics / Performance: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our site — which pages are visited most often, how long visitors stay, and whether they encounter error messages. All information collected is aggregated and anonymous. We use this data to improve how our website works.
• Third-Party / Embedded Content: Some pages on our site embed content from third-party services (such as YouTube video players, social media widgets, and weather data providers). These third parties may set their own cookies when you interact with their embedded content. We do not control these cookies.

The table below describes the main cookies set by Spin City News:

We embed content and services from third parties that may set their own cookies independently of Spin City News. These include:

• YouTube (Google LLC) — embedded video players on our Watch SCN page.
• Rumble — embedded live-stream and video players.
• Open-Meteo / Nominatim (OpenStreetMap) — weather data and reverse-geocoding for location-aware forecasts. These services do not set browser cookies but may log your IP address per their own privacy policies.
• RSS.app — live news feed aggregation. No browser cookies are set by this service.

We encourage you to review the privacy and cookie policies of these third parties directly, as we have no control over their cookie practices.

You have the right to accept or refuse cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. Note that disabling cookies may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

You can manage cookies through your browser settings. Here are links to instructions for the most common browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari
• Microsoft Edge

To opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all websites, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Spin City News offers optional push notifications for breaking news alerts. If you subscribe, your browser generates a unique push-subscription endpoint that is stored securely on our servers. This is not a cookie — it is stored in your browser's Push API storage. You can revoke push-notification permission at any time through your browser's site settings or by clicking the bell icon in our header and selecting "Unsubscribe."

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our data practices. When we do, we will revise the "Effective Date" at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at [email protected] or visit our Contact page.