This page explains how The Sundial News handles website data, account information, contact messages, advertising tools, source links, and general legal disclosures for visitors and users of the site.
Last updated: June 27, 2026
We use this website to publish local news, weather information, public safety information, community updates, sponsor placements, account features, and links to original public source materials.
This Privacy Policy / Legal Notice is intended to explain our general practices. It does not replace separate Terms and Conditions, Terms of Sale, advertiser agreements, or any written agreement that may apply to a specific service.
Depending on how you use the site, we may collect or receive the following types of information:
We may use information to operate the website, publish and organize content, manage accounts, respond to messages, review correction requests, provide advertising or sponsor services, secure the site, prevent abuse, improve site performance, and comply with legal or business obligations.
We may also use basic analytics and advertising information to understand how the site is being used, keep pages functioning properly, measure general traffic patterns, and support the site through advertising.
The site may use cookies, browser storage, analytics tools, ad scripts, or similar technologies. These tools may be used by The Sundial News or third-party vendors, including Google, to operate the site, measure activity, detect abuse, and show advertising.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads to users based on visits to this site and other sites.
Users may control or disable cookies through their browser settings. Users may also manage Google ad personalization through Google's advertising settings and related Google privacy tools.
The Sundial News may link to original public source materials, government pages, news organizations, social platforms, sponsor websites, payment processors, maps, weather services, public records, and other third-party services.
External websites and services are not controlled by The Sundial News. We are not responsible for their privacy practices, terms, security, content, claims, accuracy, availability, or future changes.
Articles may summarize, organize, or reference publicly available information, public agency releases, public records, public safety information, weather data, or third-party source materials.
When available, article pages may include a News Source button or source-material link so readers can review the original public source context directly.
Publicly available information may remain available through the original source even if The Sundial News updates, removes, corrects, or archives an article.
If account features are enabled, users are responsible for keeping login information secure. Passwords should be unique, private, and not reused across important services.
We may use login logs, IP data, session records, account role information, and security checks to help protect accounts, prevent abuse, detect unauthorized access, and maintain site integrity.
No website or data system can be guaranteed completely secure. We use reasonable measures for a small independent site, but users should not send highly sensitive personal information through ordinary contact forms, email, or text messages unless necessary.
Businesses, services, organizations, and sponsors may provide names, contact details, logos, ad images, website links, promotional text, billing details, and other materials needed to set up advertising or sponsor placements.
Advertisers and sponsors are responsible for the accuracy, legality, and rights associated with their submitted materials, offers, claims, and linked destinations.
We may keep records for as long as reasonably needed to operate the site, manage accounts, provide services, handle business records, comply with legal obligations, prevent abuse, resolve disputes, or maintain security logs.
Some data may be deleted, anonymized, archived, backed up, or retained in server logs or business records depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.
California residents may have privacy rights under California law, depending on the type of information involved and whether the law applies to the website or service at issue.
Where legally required, California residents may request access, correction, deletion, or information about certain personal information. Where legally required, users may also request to opt out of sale or sharing of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
The Sundial News does not knowingly sell personal information in the traditional sense of exchanging personal information directly for money. However, third-party advertising tools may use cookies or identifiers for interest-based advertising, and privacy laws may define some advertising activities as “sharing” or “sale.”
Privacy requests can be sent to the contact information below. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request.
The Sundial News is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If a parent or guardian believes a child has provided personal information to us, they may contact us and request review or deletion.
Content on The Sundial News is provided for general informational and community awareness purposes. It should not be treated as legal, medical, financial, emergency, professional, or official government advice.
Local events, public safety information, agency statements, weather, road conditions, and public records can change quickly. Readers should confirm important information through official agencies, source materials, or qualified professionals when needed.
The Sundial News may update, correct, remove, reorganize, or archive content at any time.
The website, articles, data summaries, links, advertisements, sponsor materials, account features, and other site services are provided on an “as available” basis.
To the fullest extent allowed by law, The Sundial News and its operators are not responsible for damages or losses related to use of the site, reliance on site content, third-party links, advertising content, downtime, errors, omissions, delays, security incidents, or unavailable services.
Nothing in this policy is intended to limit legal rights that cannot legally be limited.
We may update this Privacy Policy / Legal Notice as the site grows, as advertising tools change, as account features are added, or as legal and operational requirements change.
The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date. Continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated page.
Questions, correction requests, privacy requests, or legal concerns can be sent directly to The Sundial News.