Effective Date: January 1, 2024 Last Updated: April 11, 2026
ReadCultured Media LLC (“ReadCultured,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) operates the website readcultured.com. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information when you visit our Site. By using ReadCultured.com, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our Site, we automatically collect certain information, including:
IP address and approximate geographic location (country/state level) Browser type, version, and operating system Device type and screen resolution Pages visited, time spent on each page, and referring URLs Links clicked within the Site Date and time of your visit
Information You Provide Voluntarily
Name and email address when you sign up for our newsletter Any messages or content you submit through our contact form Comments or feedback submitted on articles
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
To deliver, maintain, and improve our news content and website experience To send newsletters and editorial updates you have subscribed to To analyze Site traffic and understand reader behavior using analytics tools To display relevant advertisements through third-party advertising partners To detect, prevent, and address fraud, spam, and security issues To comply with applicable laws and respond to lawful requests from authorities To measure and report on the performance of our content and advertising
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
ReadCultured.com uses cookies and similar tracking technologies. These include:
Strictly Necessary Cookies — Required for the Site to function, such as remembering your preferences and consent choices. These cannot be disabled.
Analytics Cookies — We use Google Analytics to collect aggregated, anonymized data about how readers interact with our Site. Google Analytics may collect your IP address and browsing behavior. You can opt out of Google Analytics by visiting tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Advertising Cookies — We work with third-party advertising partners including Google AdSense and other networks to display ads on our Site. These partners may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our Site and other websites. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ad Settings at adssettings.google.com or by visiting optout.aboutads.info.
Functional Cookies — These cookies remember your preferences to provide a more personalized experience.
You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the Site.
4. Google AdSense and Advertising
ReadCultured.com participates in Google AdSense and other advertising programs. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website and other websites on the internet.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our readers based on their visit to our Site and other sites on the internet. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ad Settings at adssettings.google.com.
We comply with Google AdSense program policies. All advertisements displayed on our Site are clearly distinguishable from editorial content.
5. Newsbreak Distribution
Some of our content is distributed through Newsbreak, a third-party news aggregation platform. When you access our content through Newsbreak, your data is governed by Newsbreak’s own Privacy Policy in addition to ours. We encourage you to review Newsbreak’s Privacy Policy at newsbreak.com. ReadCultured does not control how Newsbreak collects or processes your data on their platform.
6. Third-Party Links and Services
Our Site may contain links to third-party websites, social media platforms, and services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.
Third-party services we use may include:
Google Analytics (analytics) Google AdSense (advertising) Newsbreak (content distribution) Social media sharing buttons (Facebook, Twitter/X, etc.)
Each of these services operates under its own privacy policy.
7. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information in the following limited circumstances:
Service Providers — We may share data with trusted vendors who assist us in operating the Site, sending newsletters, and analyzing traffic. These vendors are contractually bound to protect your data.
Legal Requirements — We may disclose your information if required by law, court order, or government authority, or when necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of ReadCultured, our readers, or the public.
Business Transfers — In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you via email or a prominent notice on our Site before your information is transferred.
8. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your state of residence, you may have the following rights:
California Residents (CCPA) — You have the right to know what personal information we collect, request deletion of your data, and opt out of the sale of your personal information. We do not sell personal information. To exercise your rights, contact us at contact@readcultured.com.
Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut Residents — You may have the right to access, correct, delete, or opt out of the processing of your personal data under your state’s privacy law.
All U.S. Residents — You may opt out of receiving our newsletter at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email we send.
To exercise any privacy rights, contact us at contact@readcultured.com. We will respond within 45 days.
9. Children’s Privacy
ReadCultured.com is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will promptly delete it. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us at contact@readcultured.com.
10. Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or as required by applicable law. Newsletter subscriber data is retained until you unsubscribe. Analytics data is retained in accordance with Google Analytics’ default retention settings.
11. Data Security
We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. For material changes, we will provide additional notice such as a prominent notice on our Site. Your continued use of the Site after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: contact@readcultured.com.