Privacy policy

Last updated: 10 November 2026

This policy explains what Little Headline collects, why, and what we never do. We wrote it in plain English on purpose.

The short version

• Children can use the whole site without an account and without telling us anything about themselves.
• We don't show adverts that follow you around the internet, and we don't sell or share personal information.
• Grown-ups who sign up for our emails or the print edition give us their email address (and, for print, a postal address). We use it only for that.

What we collect

When anyone visits. We count visits anonymously: which pages and topics are popular, how many visitors came back, and what people search for. We don't store IP addresses or anything that identifies a person, and we don't use advertising or tracking cookies.

On your device only. Your Today's 3 streak, quiz results, reactions and followed topics are saved in your own browser. We use one small cookie to remember your followed topics so your home page can show them. Clearing your browser removes all of it.

Email sign-ups (grown-ups only). Your email address, whether you're a parent or teacher, which topics you chose and when you signed up. We send a confirmation email first, and every email has a one-click unsubscribe link.

Print edition (grown-ups only). Payments are handled by our payment provider. We never see or store card numbers. We keep your name, email and delivery address to post your copy, until you cancel and we no longer need them.

Kid Reporter stories. A parent, guardian or teacher sends them. We show only the story, the child's first name (optional), age and town, and only after we've read and approved it. The grown-up's email is never shown.

Children's privacy

We don't knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Email and print subscriptions are for adults. If you think a child has given us personal information, use the contact details on our Work with us page and we'll delete it.

Your choices

You can unsubscribe from emails at any time, cancel the print edition at any time, and ask us to see or delete the information we hold about you: use the contact details on our Work with us page.

Other websites

Stories link to the publishers' own websites, which have their own privacy policies.

Changes

If we change this policy we'll update the date at the top of this page.