By creating a NextNews account, completing the signup process, accessing authenticated features, purchasing or activating any plan, or continuing to use the application after being presented with applicable policies, the user acknowledges that they have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions, this Privacy Policy, and any other applicable platform rules, plan conditions, or operational policies published by NextNews.

If a user does not agree with the governing terms, conditions, privacy practices, or usage rules of the platform, that user should not create an account, should not activate a plan, and should discontinue use of authenticated or paid features of the application.

This Privacy Policy explains how NextNews collects, stores, uses, protects, and manages information when a person visits the app, creates an account, reads articles, uses personalization, generates AI features, saves notes, adjusts settings, interacts with support, or activates plan-related features.

This page is intended to be production-facing. It covers active production features, including domain launch, payment integration, subscription plans, and API credit-based access for news and AI usage.

NextNews collects account details, session tokens, personalization preferences, article activity, saved notes, appearance settings, support details, and plan-related billing information to operate the application and improve the reading experience.

Data may be stored in Supabase database tables, processed through integrated service providers, or cached locally inside the user's browser to preserve session state, product preferences, and performance.

When setting up or updating your account details, NextNews collects profile details such as display name, gender, age, language preferences, notification settings, and privacy permissions.

This metadata allows us to customize the layout, display content in preferred languages, and send notification updates relevant to your account tier.

The application permits users to store client-side preferences to control layout appearance and accessibility. This includes selecting theme modes (dark, light, system theme), color accents, custom fonts, reduced motion animations, and high contrast options.

These preferences are stored functional-only inside browser LocalStorage to provide immediate interface continuity.

We secure user sessions by utilizing JSON Web Tokens (JWT) generated by our identity provider, Supabase. NextNews stores these credentials securely to maintain your login status and protect against unauthorized access.

Session tokens are transmitted over TLS and validated server-side on every request to premium or personalized features.

NextNews provides explicit toggles within your Account Settings to control how your profile information is visible or indexed.

These controls govern whether your public profile is visible to other readers, whether your shared content can be indexed by search engines, and whether diagnostic data sharing is active.

Users can access, edit, download, or delete their profile information directly from the user interface. We recognize user rights to restrict processing, request corrections, or cancel service accounts.

If you reside in jurisdictions with specialized privacy frameworks (such as India's DPDP Act 2023), you may submit formal inquiries or exercise statutory rights through our support email.

If you no longer wish to use NextNews, you can request permanent deletion of your account. This action can be triggered inside account settings and requires an authenticated session plus explicit DELETE confirmation.

The current deletion workflow removes the Supabase authentication user, saved notes, and stored Terms acceptance records tied to the account. Some related operational, subscription, support, activity, or provider records may require separate handling where retention is needed for security, billing, legal, or support reasons.

NextNews does not rent, sell, or trade user data. We share specific details with trusted service partners solely to facilitate application features like authentication, payment routing, and AI responses.

All partners are bound by confidentiality clauses and are prohibited from using your data for advertisement or marketing.

NextNews utilizes Supabase Auth to manage signups, logins, and identity verification. You can choose to sign up using your email and password, or authenticate using authorized OAuth credentials such as Google Sign-in.

Supabase verifies credentials, manages password resets, and issues signed tokens to confirm your identity.

When you successfully authenticate, NextNews and Supabase issue functional cookies to keep you signed in as you browse. These cookies store cryptographically signed session tokens.

We also read standard OAuth authentication tokens if you log in via Google. These cookies are essential for security and are not used to track you across unrelated third-party websites.

To prevent hijacking, session tokens are configured with short lifespans and must be refreshed. If a token cannot be refreshed or becomes invalid, NextNews clears all in-memory state.

If the security token expires, the application automatically redirects the user to the login screen to re-authenticate.

NextNews operates on a freemium model offering Free, Pro, and Pro+ access. We record and use selected plan status, billing cycle, provider identifiers, product identifiers, current period dates, credit limits, and entitlement metadata to gate premium features, AI usage, and advanced discovery features.

Subscription tiers determine API credit allowances and feature access. The active codebase defines Free access as a limited 16-day credit window, Pro monthly and yearly credit pools, Pro+ monthly credits, and Pro+ yearly unlimited API credit access.

All payment processing, plan checkouts, subscription upgrades, renewals, and invoice history are securely handled by Dodo Payments, our merchant of record.

NextNews does not receive or store your raw credit card numbers or billing CVV. We receive transaction status, plan identifiers, and partial card descriptors.

Plan credits are used to control access to product actions such as news API requests, AI summaries, personalization suggestions, region suggestions, article opens, and other weighted usage events. These credits are digital service entitlements only.

Credit calculations may use weighted usage. For example, AI summaries and article opens can count differently from personalization or region suggestions depending on the feature being used.

To protect users from unexpected billing charges, NextNews blocks further premium calls once credit balances reach zero. We do not automatically charge overage fees.

When limits are reached, the app restricts access to summaries or search queries and suggests upgrading your plan.

Subscriptions are set to renew automatically unless cancelled. You can cancel your plan at any time through your Billing Dashboard to stop future charges.

Refund requests are evaluated in compliance with our Terms and Conditions and processed by Dodo Payments if approved.

The feed personalization setup allows readers to select specific news categories and topics to customize their dashboard content.

Your selected choices are saved in our database against your authenticated ID, letting us prioritize articles matching your interest profile.

NextNews employs server-side algorithms to evaluate live headline signals and cross-reference them with your selected interests to recommend new topics.

Accepting suggested topics adds them to your active personalization profile. The recommendation process does not share your private data with third parties.

NextNews enables authenticated readers to write personal notes and bookmarks tied directly to articles. These notes may contain custom text, article reference URLs, slugs, titles, and creation timestamps.

These bookmarks are saved in our databases and are private to the account owner.

The application logs account-linked activity metadata, including article-open events, AI summary usage, personalization suggestions, region suggestions, category visits, duration estimates, weekly goal progress, notes-linked progress, and reading streaks to power the My Activity dashboard.

Activity data is stored in Supabase when the user is authenticated. It helps show reading milestones, weekly progress, AI usage, and engagement totals, and it also supports free-plan usage limits and cooldown behavior.

Article cards and article detail pages may display a live-looking Views count next to the date and reading metadata. In the current implementation, this count is generated in the browser from the article URL, title, and published date, then incremented visually for product presentation.

This Views display is not currently fetched from a server-side analytics table and should not be interpreted as a verified, publisher-reported, or platform-wide real-time audience measurement.

We utilize large language models via OpenRouter to generate summaries, explain complex details, or translate articles. Requests send the article's text, title, and source to LLM APIs.

No account profile details are sent to LLM providers. Generated text is for reference purposes only and does not constitute official advice.

NextNews relies on external news and media providers such as Currents API, original article publishers, YouTube, and Dailymotion to retrieve fresh articles, metadata, images, videos, and live stream search results.

Searches, category choices, country selections, region parameters, article URLs, and normalized video queries may be sent to external provider endpoints to retrieve relevant headlines, article text, thumbnails, embeds, or live videos.

When you submit a support or complaint form, NextNews collects the details you provide so the support team can understand and respond to the issue. This can include name, email address, issue subject, optional contact number, submission timestamp, and technical anti-spam signals.

Support submissions are validated, rate-limited, screened for automated bot behavior, and may be appended to a Google Sheets spreadsheet used for support operations.

We integrate short-form video discovery using Dailymotion video feeds. Shorts are filtered based on India-focused topics and news category queries.

Video streaming and playback are handled via the Dailymotion iframe player, which is governed by Dailymotion's privacy and cookie policies.

NextNews uses third-party infrastructure and APIs that may process data on servers located outside India, including the United States. This means personal data associated with your account, sessions, AI requests, or news queries may be transferred across borders depending on the provider involved.

By using the service, you acknowledge these cross-border transfers. We rely on provider security controls and applicable contractual safeguards to protect data in transit and at rest.

NextNews uses a combination of browser storage, cookies, authenticated API routes, database access controls, and third-party platform security features to reduce unauthorized access and preserve app functionality. While no internet-based product can guarantee absolute security, reasonable efforts are made to protect account-linked information and user-generated content.

Data retention may vary by feature. Some data remains until the user updates or deletes it, some remains while the account is active, some may be kept for limited operational or legal reasons, and some browser-stored state may persist until cleared by the user or replaced by newer values.

This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of India. NextNews aims to comply with the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act), along with any applicable rules or guidance issued under those laws.

If local regulations require additional disclosures, controls, or user rights, this policy may be updated accordingly and reflected with a revised effective date.

NextNews is designed as a general news application and is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13.

As the application has moved toward full production readiness, this policy reflects active systems, billing providers, API credit mechanics, legal disclosures, and region-specific compliance requirements.