Privacy Policy
Effective Date: September 11, 2026. Zero fluff. Your data is yours.
Minimalism by Design
At Trill News, we believe your data is your own. We never sell, rent, or trade your personal information, and there are no account sign-ups. We run no advertising, and we use the cookieless analytics described below to understand readership.
Analytics
We use Cloudflare Web Analytics and Umami, hosted on our own server, to understand which stories people read. Both use browser scripts. We do not use Google Analytics, and we removed it in August 2026.
- NO ANALYTICS COOKIES: Umami does not store a tracking identifier on your device.
- WHAT WE MEASURE: Page paths, referring sites, browser and device information, and approximate country and city. Umami processes your IP address to estimate location and distinguish visits; visitor counts are estimates, not named reader accounts.
- LIMITED COLLECTION: We exclude page URL search parameters and fragments from Umami. We do not record sessions, capture forms, or use advertising identifiers.
No Advertising
Trill News carries no display advertising. No ad network runs on this site, so no advertiser cookies are set and no ad profile is built from your reading.
- NO AD NETWORK: We do not use Google AdSense or any other ad platform.
- HOW WE FUND IT: The only revenue is the affiliate links described in the next panel, which are always disclosed.
External Links & Sources
Trill News aggregates and links to news from third-party publishers. Clicking a story takes you to the original source.
- THEIR RULES: Once you leave Trill News, the destination site's own privacy policy applies.
- NO TRACKING ACROSS SITES: We don't follow you to those sites or share your data with them.
Affiliate Links
Some pages include affiliate links and an embedded book search widget. Trill News participates in the Amazon Associates and Bookshop.org affiliate programs.
- NO COST TO YOU: Affiliate links never change the price you pay.
- HOW IT WORKS: We earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through these links.
- THIRD-PARTY WIDGET: The Bookshop.org search bar loads from bookshop.org and is governed by Bookshop.org's own privacy policy.
- EDITORIAL INDEPENDENCE: Affiliate relationships never influence our reporting or which stories we cover.
Compliance
We use these statistics to understand readership. We do not sell analytics data or share it with advertisers.
Questions? Contact our data privacy lead:
PRIVACY ENQUIRIESTrill News utilizes industry-standard encryption to protect your connection. By using this site, you acknowledge our use of cookieless Cloudflare Web Analytics, self-hosted Umami, and the third-party affiliate tools described above.