Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 19, 2026

Lorain Daily (“Lorain Daily,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects the privacy of visitors to loraindaily.com. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit our website, how that information may be used, and the choices available to you.

By using loraindaily.com (the “Website”), you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We May Collect

We may collect information in several ways when you use the Website.

Information You Provide

You may voluntarily provide information to Lorain Daily when you:

Contact us by email or through a contact form.
Subscribe to an email newsletter or news alerts.
Participate in surveys, promotions, or other Website features.
Communicate with Lorain Daily for advertising, business, news tips, corrections, or other purposes.

This information may include your name, email address, telephone number, or other information you choose to provide.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Website, certain information may be collected automatically by our Website, hosting provider, analytics providers, advertising partners, and other technology providers.

This information may include:

IP address.
Browser type.
Device type.
Operating system.
Referring website or source.
Pages viewed.
Date and time of visits.
Approximate geographic location.
Advertising identifiers.
Interaction with advertisements or Website features.
Other general Website usage information.

We may use this information to operate the Website, understand our audience, measure Website performance, improve our services, prevent fraud or abuse, and support advertising.

2. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Lorain Daily and third-party service providers may use cookies, pixels, tags, local storage, and similar technologies.

These technologies may be used to:

Remember Website preferences.
Measure traffic and audience activity.
Understand how visitors use the Website.
Improve Website functionality.
Measure the effectiveness of content and advertising.
Prevent fraud and maintain Website security.
Deliver or measure advertising, including advertising that may be based on a visitor’s interests.

Your browser may allow you to block, delete, or limit cookies. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of certain portions of the Website.

3. Analytics

Lorain Daily may use third-party analytics services to understand how visitors interact with the Website.

These services may collect information such as IP addresses, device information, referring sources, pages visited, time spent on pages, and general Website activity.

We use analytics information to understand readership, evaluate content performance, improve the Website, and make business and editorial decisions.

4. Advertising

Lorain Daily may display advertisements provided directly by Lorain Daily or through third-party advertising providers.

Advertising providers may use cookies, advertising identifiers, IP addresses, device information, browsing activity, and similar technologies to select, deliver, personalize, and measure advertisements.

Depending on the advertising services used and applicable law, visitors may have options to limit personalized or interest-based advertising through their browser, device, advertising provider, or industry opt-out services.

Lorain Daily does not control all data collected directly by third-party advertising providers. Their collection and use of information may also be governed by their own privacy policies.

5. Email Newsletters and Communications

If you voluntarily provide your email address to subscribe to Lorain Daily emails, newsletters, alerts, or other communications, we may use your email address to provide those communications.

We may also use service providers to deliver and manage email communications.

You may unsubscribe from marketing or newsletter emails by using the unsubscribe instructions provided in those messages.

We may retain certain information when reasonably necessary for recordkeeping, legal compliance, fraud prevention, or honoring an unsubscribe request.

6. How We Use Information

Information collected through the Website may be used to:

Operate and maintain Lorain Daily.
Provide news, newsletters, and other requested services.
Respond to questions, news tips, correction requests, advertising inquiries, and other communications.
Understand Website traffic and readership.
Improve our Website and content.
Measure advertising and content performance.
Personalize Website experiences or advertising where permitted.
Detect and prevent fraud, abuse, security incidents, or technical problems.
Enforce our Terms of Use.
Comply with applicable laws and legal obligations.

7. How Information May Be Shared

Lorain Daily may share information with companies and individuals that provide services necessary to operate our Website and business.

These may include:

Website hosting providers.
Analytics providers.
Advertising and measurement providers.
Email and newsletter providers.
Website security and anti-spam services.
Technology and infrastructure providers.
Professional advisers or contractors when reasonably necessary.

We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, legal process, court orders, government requests, protect our legal rights, investigate fraud or security issues, or protect the safety of Lorain Daily, our readers, or others.

If Lorain Daily or substantially all of its assets are acquired, transferred, reorganized, or merged with another organization, information associated with the Website may be transferred as part of that transaction.

8. Third-Party Websites and Services

Lorain Daily articles and pages may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties.

Lorain Daily does not control the privacy practices of those third parties. When you leave loraindaily.com or interact directly with a third-party service, that organization’s privacy policy may apply.

We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of third-party services they use.

9. NewsBreak and Other Distribution Platforms

Lorain Daily may distribute or syndicate news content through third-party publishing and distribution platforms, including NewsBreak.

When you interact with Lorain Daily content directly through a third-party platform, information collected by that platform is governed by the platform’s applicable privacy policies and terms.

Lorain Daily does not independently collect personal information belonging to NewsBreak users merely because those users read or interact with Lorain Daily content on NewsBreak.

If a user independently visits loraindaily.com from NewsBreak or another third-party service, information associated with that visit may be collected as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.

10. Personal Information of News Sources and Subjects

Because Lorain Daily is a news organization, information appearing within news articles is different from information collected from visitors through operation of the Website.

Lorain Daily may publish information about individuals when reporting newsworthy events, public records, government activity, court proceedings, public safety matters, community events, businesses, public officials, and other matters of legitimate public interest.

Such editorial activities are governed by applicable law and Lorain Daily’s journalistic and editorial practices.

11. Data Security

Lorain Daily takes reasonable administrative and technical measures designed to protect information associated with the Website.

However, no website, internet transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We therefore cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted through or stored in connection with the Website.

12. Data Retention

Lorain Daily and its service providers may retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including operating the Website, maintaining business records, complying with legal obligations, resolving disputes, preventing fraud, and enforcing agreements.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the purpose for which it was collected.

13. Children’s Privacy

Lorain Daily is a general-audience news website and is not directed toward children under 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13 through the Website. If we learn that personal information has been collected from a child under 13 in a manner prohibited by applicable law, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

14. Privacy Choices

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights or choices concerning personal information.

These may include the ability to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information or to exercise choices regarding certain uses of information.

You may contact Lorain Daily regarding a privacy request at erik@loraindaily.com.

We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests and may retain information where permitted or required by law.

15. Do Not Track

Some browsers provide a “Do Not Track” signal. Because there is not a universally accepted standard governing how websites should respond to these signals, Lorain Daily may not respond to all Do Not Track signals.

You can manage cookies and other tracking technologies through your browser, device, and applicable advertising-industry privacy controls.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

Lorain Daily may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our Website, technology, business practices, legal requirements, or third-party services.

The effective date at the top of this page indicates when this Privacy Policy was most recently updated.

Continued use of the Website following publication of an updated Privacy Policy constitutes acknowledgment of the revised policy.

17. Contact Us

Questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or Lorain Daily’s privacy practices may be directed to:

Lorain Daily
Email: erik@loraindaily.com
Website: loraindaily.com

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