Privacy Policy
How Cannabis Insider collects, uses, and protects your information.
Last updated: 2 July 2026
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1. Who we are
Cannabis Insider (https://www.cannabisinsider.co.uk) is a UK-focused news and information website. This policy explains how we handle personal data when you visit our site.
2. Information we collect
We may collect the following types of information:
- Usage data — pages visited, approximate location (country/region), browser type, device type, and referral source.
- Technical data — IP address, cookies, and similar identifiers used to operate and secure the site.
- Communications — information you send us voluntarily, such as email enquiries.
We do not require you to create an account to read our content.
3. How we use your information
We use collected information to:
- Provide, maintain, and improve the website
- Understand audience behaviour and measure content performance
- Display advertising where enabled
- Protect the site against abuse, fraud, and security threats
- Respond to enquiries and legal requests
4. Cookies
We use essential cookies required for the site to function, and may use analytics or advertising cookies to understand traffic and support monetisation. You can control non-essential cookies through your browser settings.
Third-party services embedded on our pages (such as analytics or ad partners) may set their own cookies subject to their privacy policies.
5. Affiliate and third-party links
When you follow affiliate or external links, those third parties may collect data about your visit under their own terms. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any website you visit from Cannabis Insider.
6. Data sharing
We do not sell your personal data. We may share limited information with service providers who help us operate the website (such as hosting, analytics, or advertising partners), subject to appropriate safeguards.
We may also disclose information where required by law or to protect our rights, users, or the public.
7. Data retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law.
8. Your rights
If you are in the UK or EEA, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of your personal data, and to object to certain processing. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
To exercise your rights, contact us via our contact page.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page indicates when it was last revised.