Privacy Policy

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HFN, formerly Hydrogen Fuel News, respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, store, and protect information when you visit HydrogenFuelNews.com, subscribe to our newsletter, submit a press release, contact us, interact with our content, or use any related HFN services.

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, “HFN,” “Hydrogen Fuel News,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the operator of HydrogenFuelNews.com. “You” and “your” refer to visitors, subscribers, contributors, advertisers, press-release customers, and other users of our website and services.

If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use our website or submit personal information to us.

1. Who We Are

HFN is a hydrogen economy news, insight, and media platform serving professionals, companies, policymakers, investors, researchers, and readers interested in hydrogen, clean energy, industrial decarbonization, infrastructure, mobility, policy, and related sectors.

Website: HydrogenFuelNews.com

Privacy contact: webservice@hydrogenfuelnews.com

Legal entity / mailing address: [Insert legal company name and business mailing address]

2. Information We Collect

We may collect personal information directly from you, automatically through your use of the website, or from third-party services that support our operations.

Information You Provide to Us

We may collect information when you:

• Subscribe to our newsletter
• Contact us by email or through a form
• Submit feedback, corrections, tips, or article suggestions
• Submit a press release or sponsored content request
• Purchase or inquire about paid editorial, advertising, or promotional services
• Leave a comment on the website
• Participate in surveys, interviews, events, promotions, or other HFN activities
• Communicate with us through social media or third-party platforms

This information may include your name, email address, company name, job title, phone number, billing details, payment-related information, submitted content, uploaded files, website URL, social media handle, and any other information you choose to provide.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, we and our service providers may automatically collect certain technical and usage information, including:

• IP address
• Browser type and version
• Device type
• Operating system
• Language preferences
• Pages viewed
• Time spent on pages
• Referring and exit pages
• Search terms used to find our site
• Approximate location based on IP address
• Interactions with advertisements, forms, videos, links, and website features
• Cookies, pixels, tags, beacons, and similar tracking technologies

This information helps us operate the website, improve performance, understand readership trends, protect the site from abuse, and support advertising and analytics.

Information from Third Parties

We may receive information from third-party services, including newsletter platforms, advertising partners, analytics providers, payment processors, social media platforms, public databases, PR agencies, advertisers, and business partners.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use personal information for the following purposes:

• To operate, maintain, and improve HydrogenFuelNews.com
• To send newsletters, alerts, updates, and other content you request
• To respond to emails, inquiries, feedback, correction requests, and support requests
• To process press release submissions, sponsored content requests, advertising inquiries, and other business services
• To process payments, invoices, receipts, refunds, and transaction records
• To publish submitted press releases, articles, company information, author details, or sponsored content when you have provided or approved that information for publication
• To analyze website traffic, reader behavior, content performance, and audience interests
• To personalize content, advertising, and user experience
• To prevent spam, fraud, abuse, unauthorized access, and security incidents
• To comply with legal obligations, enforce our terms, and protect our rights
• To communicate important administrative or policy updates

We do not use personal information for purposes that are incompatible with this Privacy Policy without providing additional notice or obtaining consent where required by law.

4. Newsletters and Email Communications

When you subscribe to the HFN newsletter or request email updates, we collect your email address and any other information submitted through the subscription form.

We may use this information to send:

• Hydrogen economy news and analysis
• Newsletter updates
• Sponsored content or partner messages, where applicable
• Event, research, report, or business updates
• HFN service announcements

You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in the email or by contacting us at webservice@hydrogenfuelnews.com.

Even if you unsubscribe from marketing emails, we may still send non-marketing messages related to transactions, press release submissions, legal notices, or service-related communications.

5. Press Releases, Sponsored Content, and Paid Services

If you submit a press release, sponsored article, advertising request, or paid promotional service request, we may collect information needed to review, process, publish, promote, and manage your submission.

This may include:

• Name
• Email address
• Company name
• Job title
• Phone number
• Billing and payment information
• Press release text
• Images, videos, logos, or other media assets
• Author or spokesperson information
• Website and social media links
• Publication instructions
• Transaction and receipt records

Please do not submit confidential, sensitive, or proprietary information unless you are authorized to do so and understand that approved press releases or sponsored content may be published publicly.

Payment information may be processed by third-party payment processors and service providers. HFN does not intend to store full payment card numbers on its own website systems. Payment processors may collect and process payment details according to their own privacy policies and security practices.

6. Comments, Feedback, and User-Submitted Content

If you leave a comment, submit feedback, or send a correction request, we may collect your name, email address, IP address, comment text, and related technical information.

Comments and other submitted content may be visible publicly if posted on the website. Please avoid including personal, confidential, or sensitive information in public comments.

We may use feedback and correction requests to improve our content, editorial processes, website experience, and reader services.

7. Cookies and Similar Technologies

HFN uses cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, analyze traffic, improve performance, support advertising, and understand how visitors interact with our content.

Cookies may include:

Essential cookies — required for basic website functionality, security, forms, and navigation.

Performance and analytics cookies — help us understand traffic, audience behavior, and content performance.

Advertising cookies — support ad delivery, measurement, frequency capping, and interest-based advertising.

Preference cookies — remember settings such as language or display choices.

Social and embedded media cookies — may be used when you interact with videos, social media embeds, sharing tools, or third-party content.

You can manage cookies through your browser settings and, where available, through our cookie consent or privacy preference tools. Disabling some cookies may affect website functionality or result in less relevant advertising.

8. Advertising and Ezoic Services

HFN may work with advertising, optimization, and monetization partners, including Ezoic and its advertising partners, to display ads, measure ad performance, improve user experience, and support site revenue.

These partners may use cookies, pixels, tags, beacons, device identifiers, IP addresses, browser information, geolocation data, usage data, referral information, and ad interaction data to provide and measure advertising. Some advertising may be personalized based on your browsing activity, depending on your location, consent choices, browser settings, and applicable law.

Rejecting personalized advertising does not necessarily remove ads from the website, but it may result in less relevant or non-personalized ads.

Where required by law, we provide options to manage advertising preferences or opt out of certain forms of targeted advertising.

9. Analytics and Website Performance

We may use analytics tools to understand how visitors find and use HFN. Analytics may help us measure:

• Page views
• Traffic sources
• Popular topics
• Reader engagement
• Device and browser performance
• Search behavior
• Newsletter and campaign performance

This information helps us improve editorial strategy, website usability, audience experience, and business services.

10. Third-Party Links, Embedded Content, and Social Media

HFN may link to third-party websites, reports, companies, advertisers, social media platforms, videos, podcasts, embedded content, and external resources.

Third-party websites and platforms may collect information about you when you click their links, watch embedded videos, interact with social media buttons, or use their services. Their privacy practices are governed by their own privacy policies, not this Privacy Policy.

HFN is not responsible for the privacy, security, or content practices of third-party websites or services.

11. How We Share Information

We may share personal information with trusted service providers and partners who help us operate HFN, including:

• Website hosting and security providers
• Newsletter and email marketing platforms
• Advertising partners and ad technology providers
• Analytics providers
• Payment processors
• Form and ecommerce service providers
• Spam prevention and fraud detection providers
• IT, technical support, and website maintenance providers
• Freelancers, contractors, writers, editors, designers, and business service providers
• Legal, accounting, compliance, and professional advisers

We may also disclose information when necessary to:

• Comply with laws, regulations, legal processes, or government requests
• Enforce our Terms of Service or other policies
• Protect the rights, safety, property, or security of HFN, our users, or others
• Investigate fraud, abuse, technical issues, or security incidents
• Complete a merger, sale, financing, acquisition, reorganization, or transfer of business assets

We do not sell personal information for money. However, some advertising and tracking activities may be considered “sharing,” “selling,” or “targeted advertising” under certain privacy laws. Where applicable, you may have the right to opt out of these activities.

12. Legal Bases for Processing

Where privacy laws such as the GDPR or UK GDPR apply, we rely on one or more of the following legal bases to process personal information:

Consent — for example, when you subscribe to a newsletter or accept certain cookies.

Contract — when processing is necessary to provide a service you requested, such as a paid press release submission.

Legitimate interests — to operate, improve, secure, and promote HFN, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights.

Legal obligations — when we need to retain records, respond to legal requests, or comply with applicable laws.

Public interest or journalistic purposes — where applicable to news reporting, commentary, analysis, and editorial activities.

13. International Visitors and Data Transfers

HFN may be accessed by readers around the world. Your information may be processed in countries other than your country of residence, including countries that may have different privacy laws.

Where required, we take appropriate steps to protect personal information transferred internationally, such as using contractual safeguards, working with reputable service providers, and applying appropriate technical and organizational protections.

14. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, including:

• Newsletter data, retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion
• Contact and feedback records, retained as needed to respond and maintain business records
• Transaction and payment-related records, retained as needed for accounting, tax, legal, and fraud-prevention purposes
• Press release and sponsored content records, retained as needed for publication, contractual, editorial, archival, and legal purposes
• Public comments and published content, which may remain available unless removed in accordance with our editorial or legal policies
• Technical logs and security records, retained for site operation, diagnostics, and protection against abuse

We may retain anonymized or aggregated information that no longer identifies you.

15. Security

We use reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no website, email system, database, or online transmission is completely secure. You are responsible for using caution when sharing information online and should avoid sending sensitive personal information through unsecured channels.

16. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights regarding your personal information. These rights may include the right to:

• Request access to the personal information we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
• Request deletion of your personal information
• Object to or restrict certain processing
• Request a copy of your information in a portable format
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
• Opt out of marketing emails
• Opt out of certain targeted advertising, sale, or sharing activities where applicable
• Lodge a complaint with a data protection authority

To exercise your rights, contact us at webservice@hydrogenfuelnews.com.

We may need to verify your identity before responding to a privacy request. We will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law.

17. California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you may have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, depending on how the law applies to HFN.

These rights may include:

• The right to know what categories of personal information we collect, use, disclose, sell, or share
• The right to request access to specific pieces of personal information
• The right to request deletion of personal information
• The right to request correction of inaccurate personal information
• The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information
• The right to limit use of sensitive personal information, where applicable
• The right not to be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights

HFN does not sell personal information for money. However, some advertising technologies may be considered “sharing” or “selling” under California law. Where applicable, California residents may opt out by using our cookie/privacy preference tools, browser-based opt-out signals such as Global Privacy Control where supported, or by contacting us at webservice@hydrogenfuelnews.com.

18. Children’s Privacy

HFN is intended for a professional and general audience interested in hydrogen, clean energy, and related markets. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact webservice@hydrogenfuelnews.com, and we will take appropriate steps to delete the information where required.

19. Sensitive Personal Information

Please do not submit sensitive personal information to HFN unless specifically requested and necessary. Sensitive information may include government identification numbers, financial account details, health information, precise geolocation, biometric data, racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, or other highly sensitive information.

If we receive sensitive information that is not necessary for our services, we may delete it.

20. Automated Decision-Making and Profiling

HFN does not use personal information to make automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects about you.

Advertising and analytics partners may use automated technologies to measure performance, personalize advertising, create audience segments, or understand user behavior. You may be able to limit these activities through cookie settings, browser controls, advertising industry opt-out tools, or applicable privacy rights requests.

21. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our business, technology, legal obligations, advertising practices, or website features.

When we update the policy, we will revise the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. Material changes may be communicated through the website or by other appropriate means.

Your continued use of HFN after changes are posted means you acknowledge the updated Privacy Policy.

22. Contact Us

For privacy questions, data requests, newsletter concerns, correction requests, or general feedback, contact us at:

HFN / Hydrogen Fuel News

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