Privacy Policy

Hacker News Vue is sensitive to your privacy concerns and is committed to protecting the data you entrust to us. This policy describes how we define, collect and use that data—because you should know.

STRONG TLS PROTECTION:
The pages at Hacker News Vue are safeguarded by a Trusted, Domain Validated TLS Certificate using a 4096-bit key. This is one of the strongest certificates in the industry (having twice the key size of that used by Amazon, for example). Our security protocols protect your connection against common attacks like SLOTH, HeartBleed and others. Additionally, our servers are configured to permit HTTPS connections only, never insecure HTTP. This makes your visits safer and reduces the chances of eavesdropping.

COLLECTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION (PII):
When you visit Hacker News Vue, you are anonymous and that suits us fine. We encourage you to access our site using a VPN, TOR or even an anonymizing proxy. In any event, we don’t know who you are and we don’t want to know.

PRIVACY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Your PII at Hacker News Vue is 100% private, because we don’t have any of it.

HOW Hacker News Vue USES YOUR NON‑PII:
We may use your information—

To provide you personalized content;
To process and respond to inquiries;
To improve the quality and usability of our website;
To alert you to website updates, special events, announcements, and products & services;
For the purpose(s) for which you provided it; and
To enforce our Terms Of Use.

INFORMATION SHARING WITH THIRD PARTIES:
We do not share any non‑PII with anyone.

COLLECTION AND USE OF CHILDREN’S PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Since Hacker News Vue does not solicit PII from anyone, children are protected. That said, website visitors under 13 years of age should ask their parent, legal guardian or responsible adult for assistance when using our site.

COOKIES, LOCAL STORAGE, DO NOT TRACK (DNT) AND GOOGLE ANALYTICS (GA):
Cookies, when they are enabled, are set by third‑party GA servers for DATA ANALYSIS mentioned in the next section. (They are also sometimes set by our nginx server(s) as a way to give you fresh content.) We use the GA service only when your browser does not send a DNT request. When DNT is set, the Website does not contact GA servers and does not set GA cookies.

IP ADDRESSES, LOG FILES AND DATA ANALYSIS:
As with any website operator, Hacker News Vue analyzes visitor logs to constantly improve the value of our site. We use an external service to provide real‑time reporting to us and our authorized agents of browser accesses. This includes page views, unique visitors, repeat visitors, bounce rates, frequency of visits and peak‑volume traffic periods.

We log IP addresses that describe the location of your device (or its network) on the Internet. This information is helpful for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. These practices help us understand traffic patterns and identify potential problems with our site.

CLOUD:
The CLOUD Act, an unreviewed unvetted piece of US legislation containing far‑reaching privacy‑destroying decrees permits foreign police to wiretap your communications on our server(s) without a warrant, no matter where in the world our server(s) may be physically located. You should know this law cannot be used against you because we store nothing about you or what you do on our server(s).

GDPR:
The Website collects no PII on visitors, thus Article 3 of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation does not apply to activity occurring here. If you, as an EU user, pursuant to Article 15 Right of Access make inquiry as to what data Hacker News Vue holds on you, we will confirm we do not process personal data concerning you. Accordingly, the Right of Rectification and the Right of Erasure do not apply.

CCPA:
Hacker News Vue is not a business entity. It does not 1) generate annual gross revenue in excess of $25m, 2) derive 50% or more of its annual revenue from selling consumers’ personal information, and 3) annually buy, receive, sell, or share the personal information of more than 50,000 consumers, households or devices for commercial purposes. If you are a consumer residing in California, this Act does not apply between you and us.

CHANGES TO THIS STATEMENT:
We may occasionally update this policy statement. If we make material changes to it, we may or may not provide any notice of those impending changes prior to their implementation. Thus, we encourage you to periodically review this page.

LINKS:
Hacker News Vue’s web pages may contain links to third‑party websites. Please understand we are not responsible for their privacy practices or their content.