Privacy Policy – HornPost.com
Effective Date: September 11, 2026
HornPost.com (“HornPost,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about how information is collected, used and protected when you visit or use our website. This Privacy Policy explains how HornPost handles personal and technical information associated with your use of HornPost.com.
1. Who We Are
Our website is:
HornPost.com is an independent digital news platform based in Hargeisa, Somaliland.
Contact information:
Email: news@hornpost.com
Location: Hargeisa, Somaliland
For additional contact purposes, HornPost may also be reached through its Vancouver, British Columbia contact details listed below.
2. Information We Collect
Depending on how you use our website, we may collect personal and technical information.
Personal Information
This may include:
- Your name
- Email address
- Information you provide through contact forms
- Information you voluntarily provide when communicating with HornPost
Technical and Usage Information
We may collect technical information such as:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type
- Pages visited
- Time spent on the website
We may also process information generated through cookies, analytics tools, comments and embedded third-party content.
3. How We Use Information
HornPost may use information collected through the website to:
- Respond to inquiries and feedback
- Improve website performance and content
- Provide updates or newsletters where users have provided appropriate consent
- Maintain website security
- Detect and prevent spam, abuse or misuse
- Operate and maintain the website
We process personal information on the basis of applicable legal grounds, including consent or legitimate interests where applicable.
4. Comments
If visitors are permitted to leave comments on HornPost, we may collect the information displayed in the comment form, together with the visitor’s IP address and browser user-agent information for spam detection.
An anonymized string created from an email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether the visitor uses the service. After a comment is approved, the visitor’s profile picture may be publicly visible in connection with the comment.
Comments and their associated metadata may be retained indefinitely.
5. Media and Images
If users are permitted to upload images to the website, they should avoid uploading images containing embedded location information, including EXIF GPS data.
Visitors may be able to download publicly accessible images and extract embedded metadata from them.
6. Contact Forms
When you contact HornPost through a contact form, we may collect:
- Your name
- Your email address
- The content of your message
Contact-form information is retained for customer-service or communication purposes. HornPost does not use information submitted through contact forms for marketing unless the user has explicitly agreed to such use.
7. Cookies
HornPost.com uses cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality and improve the user experience.
These may include:
- Essential cookies — used for website functionality
- Analytics cookies — used to understand website usage
- Preference cookies — used to remember user settings
WordPress may also use cookies associated with comments, login sessions and administrative functions. For example, WordPress may set a temporary cookie when a visitor accesses the login page, while logged-in users may receive cookies for login information and display preferences.
You can control or restrict cookies through your browser settings.
8. Analytics
HornPost may use analytics services such as Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the website.
Analytics information may include:
- Pages visited
- Time spent on pages
- Device information
- General website usage information
Analytics providers may process information according to their own privacy policies. Users may also have options to limit analytics collection through available browser controls or provider-specific opt-out tools.
9. Embedded Content and Third-Party Services
HornPost articles may contain embedded content from other websites, including videos, images, articles or other media.
Embedded content may behave in the same way as if you had visited the external website directly. These third-party websites may collect information, use cookies, employ tracking technologies or monitor your interaction with their content.
HornPost does not control the privacy practices of external websites and encourages users to review the privacy policies of those services.
10. Who We Share Information With
HornPost does not sell or rent personal data.
Where necessary to operate the website, limited information may be shared with service providers, including:
- Website hosting providers
- Analytics providers
- Spam-detection services
- Other technical service providers necessary to operate website functions
Information may also be disclosed where required by applicable law or legal process.
11. How Long We Retain Information
Retention periods depend on the type and purpose of the information.
Our current policy provides for the following general retention periods:
- Comments: may be retained indefinitely
- Contact-form submissions: up to 6–12 months
- Analytics information: typically up to 12 months
Where applicable, information may be retained longer when necessary for legal, administrative, security or legitimate business purposes.
12. Your Data Rights
Depending on applicable law, you may have rights concerning personal information held by HornPost, including the right to:
- Request access to your personal information
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of personal information
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Request a copy or export of information we hold about you
Requests concerning personal information can be submitted to:
Certain information may be retained where we are legally required or permitted to do so for administrative, legal or security purposes.
13. International Data Transfers
Some information collected through HornPost may be processed or stored outside the country where the visitor is located, including through hosting, cloud or analytics providers.
Where applicable, HornPost will take reasonable steps to ensure that such processing and transfers are handled in accordance with applicable data-protection requirements.
14. How We Protect Your Information
HornPost implements reasonable security measures intended to protect information from unauthorized access, misuse or disclosure.
These measures may include:
- Secure hosting environments
- Encryption where applicable
- Restricted access to personal information
However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
15. Data Breach Procedures
If HornPost becomes aware of a personal-data breach, we may:
- Investigate the incident
- Take reasonable measures to contain and address the breach
- Notify affected users where appropriate or required
- Notify relevant authorities where required by applicable law
16. Third-Party Data Sources
HornPost may receive limited information from third-party services when users interact with HornPost content through social media platforms or when information is provided through analytics services.
Such third parties may process information according to their own privacy policies.
17. Automated Decision-Making and Profiling
HornPost.com does not use automated decision-making or profiling that significantly affects users.
18. Passwords and User Accounts
Where account functionality is available, WordPress may store information associated with registered users.
Users may be able to access, edit or delete certain personal information associated with their account, subject to applicable administrative, legal and security requirements.
If a password-reset request is submitted, the user’s IP address may be included in the password-reset email.
19. Changes to This Privacy Policy
HornPost may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the website, services, technologies or applicable requirements.
When changes are made, the updated version will be published on this page together with a revised Effective Date.
20. Contact Us
For privacy-related questions, requests or concerns, please contact HornPost:
Email: news@hornpost.com
Location: Hargeisa, Somaliland
WhatsApp: +252 63 444 1209
Additional Contact Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
WhatsApp: +1 778 382 8602
Email: info@hornpost.com