Privacy Policy

When you share something with The Nybr or write to us, we collect what you give us:

• Your name and your community
• A phone number or email address, so we can check details with you
• The content itself - stories, photographs, artwork, and voice notes
• For advertisers and associations: business or organisation name and enquiry details
• If you use the contact form: your name, email, an optional phone number, and what you write. It is stored in our system so an enquiry cannot be lost in a mailbox, and is kept so we can show what was asked and answered. Write to us if you would like your message removed.

We do not collect anything beyond what you choose to share.

Like every website, thenybr.com keeps server logs. When you visit, our servers record the request: the IP address you connect from, the page or file you asked for, the date and time, whether it succeeded, the page you arrived from, and the browser and device description your browser sends. This happens on every visit, to every visitor, and is not linked to your name or to anything you have submitted.

We use these records only to understand how much the site is being used, to tell real visitors apart from automated bots, and to investigate errors and abuse. We do not use them to build profiles of individuals, and we never sell or share them.

They are kept on private, encrypted storage in India (Mumbai) and are deleted automatically after 90 days.

We also use Google Analytics to understand how the site is used. Until you accept analytics in the banner, it runs without cookies and without any identifier that could single you out - Google receives only aggregate signals. If you accept, it sets a cookie so we can tell a returning visit from a new one. You can decline, and the site works exactly the same. We do not run advertising trackers, and we never allow analytics data to be used for ad targeting.

• To review, edit, and publish the submissions you consented to share
• To contact you about your submission - a clarification, a preview, a thank-you
• To respond to enquiries from associations and advertisers
• To improve our publications, website, and services
• To send updates about The Nybr, only where you have agreed to receive them

Only what you have consented to, with the attribution you chose. Your phone number and email address are never published and never shared with advertisers. Consent is recorded with every submission.

You can withdraw consent at any time: we remove website content promptly and stop print use from the next edition. Please note that once an edition has been printed and distributed, content cannot be modified or removed from those physical copies.

Content involving children is collected and published only with a parent’s or guardian’s permission, and receives additional editorial review before it appears anywhere.

With the association’s blessing, The Nybr may photograph community events - festivals, sports days, gatherings - for editorial coverage in print and online. If you appear in an event photograph and would prefer not to, tell us and we will not use it; for images already in distributed print, the note above applies.

We do not sell personal data, and we do not run third-party advertising trackers on thenybr.com. The one third-party service that sees visit data is Google Analytics, described in section 2. We do not share your personal information or submitted content with any third party without your prior consent, except where required by law, or with trusted service providers who help operate The Nybr (such as printing and cloud infrastructure) under appropriate confidentiality obligations. Advertisers see how their placements perform (for example, QR scan counts) - never who scanned.

Content and contact details are stored on secured cloud infrastructure with access limited to The Nybr’s editorial team. We take reasonable measures to protect personal information from unauthorised access, misuse, alteration, or disclosure - while noting that no method of electronic storage is completely secure.

• Update or correct your personal information
• Request changes to a submission before it is published
• Withdraw consent for publication (see section 3 for how print is handled)
• Ask us what we hold about you, or ask us to delete it

We may update this policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available on this page, with the date below.

Privacy questions, corrections, or removal requests: to@thenybr.com. Our team will review your request and respond as soon as possible.