Effective Date: 11 March 2026
Data Controller: SAILING SPARK PTE LTD
Data Protection Officer (DPO) Contact Email: contactmars@mnews.ai
Contact Address: 63 Jalan Pemimpin, #02-03 Pemimpin Industrial Building, Singapore 577219
Contact Phone: +65 96442762
1. Introduction
This Privacy Policy explains how MarsNews ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, stores, and protects your information when you use our products and services.
By continuing to use MarsNews, you acknowledge and agree to this Policy.
2. Data We Collect
2.1 Information You Provide
- Account details, such as username or email (for example through sign-in).
- Feedback or support information you submit directly.
2.2 Information Collected Automatically
- Device data, including model, OS version, and identifiers.
- Usage behavior, including viewed content, dwell time, and interaction records.
- Search terms and search history used to improve relevance.
- Subscription status and billing metadata from supported payment channels.
3. How We Use Information
- To provide and maintain core app functionality.
- To personalize recommendations and improve content relevance.
- To analyze product quality, security, and performance.
- To process subscriptions and support related customer service.
- To comply with legal and regulatory obligations.
4. Data Sharing
We do not sell your personal data.
We may share limited data with trusted service providers to support hosting, analytics, and technical operations, under contractual confidentiality obligations.
We may also disclose data when required by law or valid legal process.
5. Automated Recommendations
MarsNews may use automated logic to recommend content based on browsing behavior, search records, and interaction signals.
You can disable personalized recommendation or personalized advertising through app privacy settings, and continue receiving non-personalized general content.
6. Your Rights
- Access, correction, deletion, and portability rights where applicable by law.
- Right to object to profiling or certain automated decision processing.
- Right to request human review for significant automated outcomes.
7. Minors
MarsNews is not intended for children under 13 (or under 16 in certain jurisdictions). If we become aware of unauthorized minor data processing, we will take prompt deletion measures.
8. Region-Specific Notes
For users in the EU/EEA/UK, we process data in alignment with applicable GDPR requirements.
For users in California, rights under CCPA/CPRA are supported, including opt-out of applicable sharing behavior.
For users in Canada, practices follow PIPEDA requirements.
9. Security and Retention
We adopt commercially reasonable safeguards to protect data, and retain personal data only as long as needed for service, compliance, and dispute resolution purposes.
10. Updates and Contact
We may update this Policy periodically and publish the latest version here.
If you have privacy questions, contact us at contactmars@mnews.ai.