Privacy Policy

Last updated: [July 2026]

Berlin Global News ("we", "our", or "us"), operated by ethinking GmbH, respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, and your rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable German data protection law.

Data Controller

The entity responsible for processing your personal data is:

ethinking GmbH
Tucholskystr. 18–20
10117 Berlin, Germany
Email: contact [at] berlinglobalnews.com
Website: https://www.berlinglobalnews.com

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us at the address above.

Data We Collect

When You Browse Without an Account

When you visit our website, our servers and third-party services automatically collect:

IP address and approximate geographic location (country/region level)
Browser type and version, operating system, device type
Pages visited, time spent, referral URL
Date and time of access

This data is processed to ensure the security and performance of our website. It is not used to identify you personally.

When You Create an Account (Magic Link Login)

When you register or log in using our Magic Link system, we collect and store:

Your email address
The date and time you first registered
The date, time, and version of the Privacy Policy you accepted (consent record)
secure, time-limited authentication token (expires within 15 minutes, stored temporarily)

We do not store passwords. Authentication is handled exclusively via a signed Magic Link sent to your email address.

User Preferences

When logged in, we store the following preferences in your account profile:

Advertising preference (whether you have chosen to disable advertising)
Display preference (light or dark mode)
Your selected content sections (e.g. Sports, Tech, World)
Articles you have saved to your reading list ("Save for later")

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

Session management: to keep you logged in during your visit
Preferences: to remember your display and content settings
Analytics: to understand how our content is used (see Section 5)
Advertising: to serve and measure advertisements (see Section 6)

You can manage your cookie preferences via our Consent Management Platform at any time (see Section 6).

Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data on the following legal bases under Article 6 GDPR:

Data Processors

We use the following third-party service providers (data processors) who process personal data on our behalf. All processors are bound by data processing agreements (DPA) in accordance with Article 28 GDPR.

Supabase (Database)

Provider: Supabase Inc., 970 Toa Payoh North, Singapore (EU servers located in Frankfurt, Germany)

Purpose: Hosting our user database (accounts, preferences, bookmarks, consent records)

Data stored: Email address, user preferences, consent timestamps, bookmarked article IDs

Data location: European Union (Frankfurt, Germany)

Privacy policy: https://supabase.com/privacy