Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 28, 2026

Who we are

Morristown Minute is a local news website serving Morristown, New Jersey and the surrounding area. Our website address is morristownminute.org.

Information we collect

We may collect information you choose to provide, including your name, email address, message content, advertising inquiries, reader feedback, or other information you send to us by email or through forms on this site.

If comments are enabled, we may collect the information shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.

We may also collect basic technical information, such as browser type, device information, pages visited, referring pages, approximate location, and interaction data through cookies, analytics tools, security tools, and advertising services.

Cookies

Morristown Minute may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the site, remember preferences, improve performance, measure traffic, protect the site from spam or abuse, and support advertising.

If comments are enabled, visitors may choose to save their name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. Site administrators may also use login cookies to manage and publish content.

Advertising and Google services

Morristown Minute may use Google AdSense, Google Ad Manager, Google Analytics, or related Google services.

Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, device identifiers, or similar technologies to collect information as a result of ad serving on this website. This information may be used to serve, measure, and personalize ads, depending on user settings and applicable law.

Google and its partners may use information from visits to this and other websites to provide ads that are more relevant to users. Users can manage how Google uses advertising data through their Google ad settings and browser privacy controls.

Embedded content and outside links

Articles on Morristown Minute may include embedded content or links from other websites, including videos, images, maps, social media posts, documents, and articles. Embedded content from another website behaves as if the visitor has visited that website directly. Those websites may collect data, use cookies, and track interactions according to their own privacy policies.

How we use information

We may use collected information to:

  • operate and secure the website;
  • publish, moderate, and manage content;
  • respond to reader messages and advertising inquiries;
  • measure readership and site performance;
  • improve the site and reader experience;
  • prevent spam, fraud, or abuse;
  • comply with legal obligations;
  • support advertising and reader-funded revenue.

How we share information

We do not sell readers’ personal information.

We may share limited information with service providers that help operate the website, including hosting providers, analytics services, spam-prevention tools, security tools, email services, payment processors, and advertising partners. These services may process data according to their own privacy policies.

Payments and support

If readers make support payments, donations, subscriptions, or advertising payments through third-party payment processors, those transactions are handled by the payment provider. Morristown Minute does not receive or store full credit card numbers.

Data retention

We retain information only as long as reasonably necessary for site operation, legal compliance, security, recordkeeping, journalism, advertising, analytics, or communication purposes.

If comments are enabled, comments and related metadata may be retained indefinitely so follow-up comments can be recognized and moderated.

Your choices

You can disable cookies in your browser settings, use private browsing tools, manage Google advertising preferences, or contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information you have provided, subject to any legal, security, or journalistic recordkeeping obligations.

Contact

For privacy questions, corrections, or data requests, email:

MorristownMinute@outlook.com