Last updated: April 22, 2026.
FlashTopics.com (operated by 11000AD LLC, Louisville, Kentucky) is committed to respecting the privacy of every reader who visits our site. This policy explains, in plain terms, what we collect, what we do not collect, who else is involved, and the rights you have. We deliberately designed FlashTopics.com to minimize data handling: there are no user accounts, no email collection, and no personal information gathering of any kind by our platform.
FlashTopics.com uses your browser's localStorage to remember a small number of preferences on your device. This information never leaves your browser and is not sent to our servers:
You can clear these values at any time through your browser's site data controls.
Like virtually every website, our servers keep standard web connection logs: IP address, user agent string, referring URL, timestamp, and which page or API endpoint was requested. These logs are used to run the site, detect abuse, and troubleshoot errors. They are not used to build advertising profiles and are rotated on a short retention schedule.
FlashTopics.com uses a small number of cookies, all of which fall into the following categories:
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FlashTopics.com runs a local open-source language model (Qwen 3, served via Ollama) on our own infrastructure to score article bias. This analysis happens entirely on our servers. Article text for bias analysis is not transmitted to any third-party API. No user identifier is ever passed into this pipeline; it reads only the articles crawled from public news sources.
FlashTopics.com carries advertising served by Google AdSense (publisher ID ca-pub-5489114018385166). Google and its partners may use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our site and other sites on the internet, in accordance with their policies.
You can opt out of personalized advertising using the mechanisms described on our Opt-Out Choices page, including Google Ad Settings, the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out, and the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out.
FlashTopics.com is a general-audience news product and is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information (there is no form on our site to do so), please contact us at info@flashtopics.com and we will delete it.
If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you have rights under the GDPR. Even though we collect no personal information of our own, we honor the following rights where applicable:
To exercise any of these rights, contact info@flashtopics.com.
California residents have rights under the CCPA and CPRA, including the right to know, the right to delete, the right to correct, and the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. FlashTopics.com does not sell or share personal information in the sense used by the CCPA. For more detail, see our California Notice.
We use industry-standard measures (TLS for all site traffic, limited administrative access, regular software updates) to protect the minimal data we do handle. No method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, but our attack surface is narrow because we collect so little.
We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we will change the "last updated" date at the top of this page and, for material changes, give prominent notice on the site.
For any privacy question, request, or concern, write to info@flashtopics.com.
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