Privacy Policy & Cookies

Open Source News (OSN) is committed to protecting your privacy. As a purely journalistic outlet, our platform is designed for reading and consuming news, not data harvesting. We do not require user accounts, we do not employ paywalls, and we do not sell your personal data to third-party data brokers.

Information We Collect

When you visit OSN, our servers automatically record standard internet log information. This includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, the referring web page, pages visited, and timestamps. This data is kept strictly anonymous and is utilized solely for maintaining server security, diagnosing network issues, and understanding general traffic loads during breaking news events.

Third-Party Links

Our articles may contain links to external GitHub repositories, foundation mailing lists, and corporate press releases. OSN is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these external sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any site you navigate to from our platform.

Cookie Preferences

Instead of interrupting your reading experience with an intrusive, page-blocking consent banner, we allow you to manage your local storage and cookie preferences directly from this page at any time.

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