This policy explains what CONCISE collects, why, how it's used to run and personalize the product, who it's shared with, and the choices and rights you have over it.
Last updated: August 15, 2026CONCISE is built to organize public news reporting, not to be a data-collection product. We collect the minimum we need to authenticate you, run the service, and personalize your feed.
When you sign in with "Continue with Google," Google shares your name, email address, profile picture, and a unique account identifier with us, in accordance with the permissions you approve at sign-in. We do not receive or store your Google password.
To power features like The Latest and your personal "For You" page, we log which stories, sources, topics, and entities you view, click, or set as preferences in Settings. This activity is what allows your feed to become more relevant over time.
Like most web services, our servers automatically record technical information when you use CONCISE — IP address, browser and device type, operating system, pages visited, referring/exit pages, and timestamps.
We use a session cookie to keep you signed in and a small number of preference cookies to remember display settings. See Section 3 for details.
We use the information described above to:
We do not use your personal data to train third-party advertising profiles, and — as of this policy's last update — CONCISE does not display third-party advertising or sell audience data to advertisers.
CONCISE aggregates and organizes publicly available headlines from third-party publishers, and every card links back to the original source. We don't publish original news content ourselves, and we don't control the privacy practices, cookies, or tracking technologies used on publishers' websites once you leave CONCISE.
We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any publisher's site before sharing information with them.
We retain your account information for as long as your account remains active. Usage and personalization data is retained for as long as it's useful for the purpose it was collected — typically the life of your account — after which it is deleted or anonymized on a routine basis.
If you delete your account, we delete or anonymize your personal data within a reasonable period, except where we're required to retain certain records to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce our agreements.
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information, including encrypting data in transit, restricting internal access on a need-to-know basis, and using authentication providers (Google Sign-In) rather than storing passwords ourselves.
No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure. If we become aware of a security incident affecting your personal data, we will notify affected users and relevant authorities as required by applicable law.
Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the following rights over your personal data. Where these rights don't already exist in your jurisdiction, we extend them to you as a matter of practice wherever we reasonably can:
European Economic Area & UK (GDPR): you have the rights above under the General Data Protection Regulation, and the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
California (CCPA/CPRA): California residents have the right to know, delete, and correct personal information, and to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information — CONCISE does not sell personal information as defined under the CCPA/CPRA.
India (DPDP Act, 2023): as a Data Principal, you have the right to access a summary of your personal data and its processing, request correction or erasure, nominate another individual to exercise your rights in the event of death or incapacity, and grievance redressal — see Section 12 to reach our grievance contact.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the details in Section 12; we may need to verify your identity before acting on a request.
CONCISE is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 13 (or the minimum age required by your local law, if higher). If we learn that we've collected personal data from a child without verified parental consent, we will delete it. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us using the details below.
Your information may be processed and stored on servers located outside your country of residence, including in countries whose data protection laws may differ from those of your home jurisdiction. Where we transfer personal data internationally, we use appropriate safeguards — such as standard contractual clauses or equivalent mechanisms — as required by applicable law.
We may update this policy from time to time as CONCISE evolves. If we make material changes, we'll update the "Last updated" date above and, where required by law, notify you directly — for example, by email or an in-product notice — before the changes take effect.
If you have questions about this policy, want to exercise any of the rights described in Section 8, or want to raise a privacy concern or grievance, contact us at:
Email: connect@concise.plus
Postal address: IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016, India.