Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information in an open and transparent manner. This Privacy Policy applies to all users of our Service.

By using our Service, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our practices, please do not use our Service.

2. Data Controller

• Company Name: DAIT Tech LTD

• Address: Pop Hariton 27, 9000 Varna, Bulgaria

• VAT Number: BG207983637

• Email: legal@kratkinovini.com

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us using the details above.

3. Information We Collect

kratkinovini is a web service that you can use anonymously. We do not require you to create an account, and we do not collect your name, email address, or phone number to use the news service.

3.1 Information You Provide

3.2 Information Collected Automatically

3.2.1 Progressive Web App (PWA) Data

When you install kratkinovini as a Progressive Web App (PWA), we use additional technologies to provide app-like functionality:

• Device fingerprint: A one-way cryptographic hash (SHA-256) derived from non-identifying browser characteristics (user agent, screen dimensions, language, timezone), used solely to deduplicate installation records. It cannot be reversed to identify you.

• Web Push subscription: If you enable notifications, your browser creates a standard Web Push (VAPID) subscription. We store this subscription together with your selected country to deliver notifications you have opted into. We do not use Firebase or any other third-party push messaging service. You can revoke it at any time by disabling notifications.

• Service worker: A service worker is registered on your device to enable offline caching of application assets and to receive push notifications. Cached data is stored locally on your device.

3.3 Location Information

• IP-based location: We automatically detect your approximate location (country, region, city) from your IP address to deliver locally relevant news.

• Precise location (with consent): If you grant location permission, we may use precise location to provide more accurate local news. You can withdraw this consent at any time in your device settings.

3.4 Information from Third Parties

• Error monitoring: Our error-monitoring provider may collect diagnostic information when errors occur.

3.5 Advertiser Data

If you register as an advertiser on our advertising platform, we additionally process business and billing information you provide — such as your company name, address, VAT identification, contact details, and any supporting documents — and information necessary to process payments. Card and payment details are handled by our third-party payment processor under its own terms; we do not store full card numbers. Advertiser data is processed to operate the advertising service, review and serve your campaigns, issue invoices, and comply with tax and accounting obligations.

4. How We Use Your Information

4.1 Providing and Maintaining the Service

• Delivering news content tailored to your location and preferences

• Processing search queries and providing search results

• Sending push notifications you have opted into

• Responding to your reports and inquiries

4.2 Service Improvement

• Analyzing aggregate usage patterns to improve features and reliability

• Identifying and fixing bugs and technical issues

4.3 Safety and Security

• Detecting and preventing fraud, abuse, and security incidents

• Enforcing our Terms of Service and Advertising Policies

• Complying with legal obligations

4.4 Advertising

• Displaying advertisements within the Service. Ads are served primarily by our own first-party advertising platform, which relies only on an anonymous session identifier to limit how often you see the same ad and does not track you across other websites or build advertising profiles.

• If, in the future, we enable third-party advertising networks (for example Google AdSense), they may use cookies to serve and measure ads, and we will update this policy and our Cookie Policy and request the appropriate consent. This is not currently active.

5. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw it at any time. Where we rely on legitimate interests, you may object to the processing.

6. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. We share it only with the categories of service providers necessary to run the Service, and only for the purposes we specify:

These providers are bound by contract to protect your information and may use it only for the purposes we specify. A full list of the specific sub-processors we use is available on request. We may also disclose information where required by law (for example, valid court orders or law-enforcement requests), and in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, in which case we will notify you of any material change.

7. International Data Transfers

Our infrastructure and your personal data are hosted within the European Union. We do not transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area in the ordinary course of operating the news service.

Our editorial content-processing (automated summarization and translation of news articles) may use providers located outside the EEA, but this processing involves news content, not your personal data. Where any transfer of personal data outside the EEA does occur, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as European Commission Standard Contractual Clauses or an adequacy decision.

8. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, unless a longer period is required by law.

9. Your Rights and Choices

9.1 GDPR Rights

• Access, Rectification, Erasure, Restriction, Portability of your personal information

• Right to Object to processing based on legitimate interests

• Right to Withdraw Consent at any time where processing is based on consent

• Right to Lodge a Complaint with your local data protection authority

9.2 Exercising Your Rights

You can manage most preferences, and clear your search history, directly in the app. For other requests, contact us at legal@kratkinovini.com. We will respond within 30 days and may need to verify your request.

9.3 Additional Choices

• Location: You can disable precise location in your device settings and IP-based location detection in the app settings.

• Notifications: You can manage or disable notifications in the app or in your browser/device settings.

• Advertising and cookies: You can manage cookie and advertising choices through our cookie settings at any time.

10. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information, including encryption of data in transit (TLS/SSL), access controls, and monitoring. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

11. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not directed to children. In Bulgaria, the minimum age for consent to information-society services under the GDPR is 14. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children below that age. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us at legal@kratkinovini.com and we will delete it. Certain content is restricted to users aged 18 or older and requires age confirmation.

12. Automated Decision-Making

• Content processing: We use automated technologies to summarize and translate news content. This does not involve automated decisions about you.

• Content delivery: Your news feed is primarily chronological, based on your country and language. We do not build advertising profiles based on your reading history.

We do not use automated decision-making that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the updated policy on this page, update the "Last updated" date, and, for significant changes, notify you through the Service.

14. Contact and Supervisory Authority

• Email: legal@kratkinovini.com

• Address: DAIT Tech LTD, Pop Hariton 27, 9000 Varna, Bulgaria

If you are in the European Economic Area, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority. In Bulgaria this is the Commission for Personal Data Protection (CPDP), 2 Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov Blvd., Sofia 1592, www.cpdp.bg.