Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Saigon Sentinel ("we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our website (saigonsentinel.com).

2. Log Files

Like many other websites, Saigon Sentinel makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

3. Email Subscriptions

When you subscribe to our email digest, we collect your email address and your stated language and frequency preferences. We use this information to send you news digests on the schedule you select (daily, weekly, or monthly).

How we may use your email address:

• To deliver the Saigon Sentinel news digest on your chosen schedule.
• To send you service-related messages (e.g., changes to this policy or our service).
• In the future, to send you marketing and advertising communications from Saigon Sentinel, including sponsored content, promotional partnerships, and advertising offers that we believe may be of interest to you. We will always provide a clear way to opt out of marketing emails.
• We may share your email address with trusted third-party advertising and marketing partners to serve you relevant offers, subject to their privacy policies. We do not sell your email address to unaffiliated third parties.

Unsubscribing: Every email we send includes an unsubscribe link. Clicking it will immediately stop all future emails from Saigon Sentinel to that address. You may also contact us at [email protected] to request removal.

Email delivery is handled by Resend (resend.com), a third-party email service provider. Your email address is transmitted to and stored by Resend for the purpose of sending emails on our behalf. Resend's privacy policy is available at resend.com/legal/privacy-policy.

4. Cookies

We use cookies to remember your preferences (language, dark mode, text size) and to record that you have acknowledged our cookie consent and AI disclaimer notices. These cookies do not track you across other websites and are not used for advertising profiling.

Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your browsing history. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings.

5. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy

6. Data Retention

We retain your email address and subscription preferences for as long as your subscription is active. If you unsubscribe, your record is marked inactive and retained for up to 12 months for internal analytics, after which it is deleted. You may request immediate deletion by emailing [email protected].

7. Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms. By subscribing to our email digest, you additionally consent to the collection and use of your email address as described in Section 3 above, including potential future use for marketing and advertising communications.