Privacy Policy

Last updated: 19 August 2026

Outception (“we”, “us”) operates the Outception news wall - a website and mobile app that aggregates headlines from public news sources and links you out to the original publishers. This policy explains what personal data we process, why, and the choices you have. It is written for compliance with the EU/UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We are based in Ireland; for privacy questions contact us at [email protected].

Data we collect

We collect the following, depending on how you use Outception:

  • Preferences: the news sources you follow and your cards and theme settings. These are stored on your device.
  • Device & usage data: IP address, device and app type, app version, and a randomly-generated identifier used to distinguish sessions. We derive an approximate country from your IP to seed your national cards and show local weather.
  • Precise location: only if you grant location permission, and only to fetch weather for your area. You can deny or revoke this at any time in your device settings.
  • Diagnostics: crash reports and error logs to keep the service working.

    • Outception works without an account - we do not offer sign-in, ask for payment information, or knowingly collect data from children under 16.

    Advertising

    Outception does not serve advertising and does not use advertising networks, ad cookies, or device advertising identifiers.

    Analytics

    Outception counts visits without an analytics profile: its visit counter, a hosted analytics service, runs without cookies or a persistent identifier, so one visit is never tied to the next; it reads the request address to tell the visitor’s country and does not keep the address. One error-monitoring tool, Sentry, may process device data on our behalf when something breaks, so we can fix it.

    Why we process your data

  • Consent: for precise location, when you grant it.
  • Legitimate interests: to keep the service secure, functional, and free.

    • Sharing your data

    We do not sell your personal data. We share it only with the service providers that make Outception work - our EU hosting provider and Sentry, each acting under contract. When you tap a headline you leave Outception for the publisher’s own site, which has its own privacy practices we don’t control.

    Retention & your rights

    Because Outception works without an account, your preferences stay on your device - clear them any time in your app settings. Under the GDPR you can request access to, correction, or deletion of any personal data our providers process, object to or restrict processing, withdraw consent, and request a copy. Contact us at [email protected]. You may also complain to your local data-protection authority (in Ireland, the Data Protection Commission).

    Changes

    We may update this policy from time to time. We’ll revise the “last updated” date above and, for material changes, provide a more prominent notice.

    Contact

    Questions about this policy? Email [email protected].