Last updated: July 16, 2026

The Laconia Daily Sun values the trust of our readers, subscribers, advertisers, and community. This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect through our website, mobile applications, digital editions, e-newspaper service, newsletters, and other digital services, how we use and share that information, and the choices available to you.

The Laconia Daily Sun is published and operated by Lakes Region News Club, Inc. When this policy uses the words “we,” “us,” or “our,” it means Lakes Region News Club, Inc.

1. Who We Are

Lakes Region News Club, Inc.

781 Union Ave.

Laconia, NH 03246

United States

Privacy contact: digital@laconiadailysun.com

Website: www.laconiadailysun.com

Lakes Region News Club, Inc. is responsible for determining how and why personal information covered by this policy is used.

2. Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with us and which services you use.

Information You Provide

We may collect information you provide directly, including:

• Name

• Email address

• Postal address

• Phone number

• Account and login information

• Registration or subscription information

• Billing address and transaction information

• Advertising account or order information

• Newsletter and communication preferences

• Messages, feedback, complaints, and customer-service requests

• Information submitted through forms, surveys, contests, events, or promotions

Payment information may be collected and processed directly by a payment service provider. We may receive information such as payment status, billing details, transaction records, and limited payment-card information without receiving or storing your complete card number.

Registration and Account Information

If you register or create an account, we may collect your name, email address, login information, communication preferences, registration or subscription status, and activity associated with your account.

We may use this information to provide access to content, manage your account, communicate with you, understand readership, and improve our services.

Information Collected Automatically

When you use our website, applications, digital editions, or e-newspaper service, we and our service providers may automatically collect information such as:

• IP address

• Device type and device identifiers

• Browser type

• Operating system

• General location derived from an IP address or device settings

• Pages, articles, advertisements, or editions viewed

• Dates and times of access

• Login and authentication activity

• Referring pages and links clicked

• Cookie, analytics, and advertising identifiers

• Application performance and crash information

• Security, diagnostic, and error logs

• Push-notification preferences and device tokens

Information From Other Sources

We may receive information from companies that help us provide our services, including:

• Prenly and Textalk Media AB

• Apple

• Google

• Payment processors

• Email and newsletter providers

• Advertising and analytics providers

• Website and application hosting providers

• Security and technical-support providers

• Social-media platforms

• Contest, event, or promotional partners

We may combine information received from these sources with information we collect directly.

3. How We Use Information

We may use personal information to:

• Provide our website, mobile applications, digital editions, and e-newspaper

• Create and manage accounts

• Confirm registrations, subscriptions, and access rights

• Process subscriptions, payments, purchases, and advertising orders

• Deliver newsletters, alerts, and communications you request

• Respond to questions, complaints, and customer-service requests

• Remember preferences and support account features

• Develop, configure, test, maintain, troubleshoot, secure, and improve our services

• Measure readership, audience size, traffic, and service performance

• Understand how readers use our services

• Display, manage, and measure advertising

• Prevent fraud, malware, unauthorized access, and other misuse

• Protect the security and availability of our systems

• Maintain financial, tax, business, and legal records

• Enforce our agreements and policies

• Comply with applicable legal obligations

• Protect our rights, employees, readers, services, and the public

We may also use aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be linked to a particular person.

4. Cookies, Analytics, and Advertising

We and our service providers may use cookies, pixels, tags, local storage, software development kits, and similar technologies.

These technologies may be used to:

• Keep our services functioning

• Authenticate users

• Remember preferences

• Support registrations, subscriptions, and purchases

• Maintain security

• Measure readership and website performance

• Diagnose technical problems

• Display and measure advertising

• Limit how often an advertisement is shown

• Understand how readers interact with content and services

Cookies are small data files stored on your device. You may adjust your browser or device settings to reject or delete certain cookies. Some features may not function properly if cookies are disabled.

Analytics

We may use analytics services, including Google Analytics, to understand how readers use our website and digital services.

Analytics information may include:

• Page views

• Links clicked

• Time spent on pages

• Device and browser information

• General location

• Referring pages

• Application interactions

• Technical performance information

We use this information to measure readership, improve our services, identify technical issues, and understand general audience trends.

Advertising

We use advertising to support our journalism and help keep local news available to readers.

Our website and other digital services may use Google Ad Manager and other advertising providers to display, manage, and measure advertisements.

Advertising providers may use cookies, pixels, mobile identifiers, or similar technologies to collect information about:

• Visits to our services

• Device and browser information

• Advertising interactions

• Pages or content viewed

• Activity across websites or applications

Depending on the service, your location, and your privacy choices, advertisements may be:

• Based on the content you are viewing

• Based on general information such as device type or approximate location

• Personalized based on activity or interests

We do not use information collected through the Prenly e-newspaper service for personalized or targeted advertising unless that use is clearly disclosed and any consent or opt-out required by law is provided.

Where required, we will ask for consent before using nonessential cookies or similar technologies.

You may be able to manage advertising and tracking choices through:

• Our cookie or privacy settings

• A privacy-choices link on our website, when available

• Your browser settings

• Your mobile-device settings

• Google advertising settings

• Recognized industry opt-out services

Some choices apply only to the browser, device, or application where they are made.

Where required by applicable law, we will recognize qualifying browser-based privacy signals.

5. How We Share Information

We do not sell personal information for money.

Some disclosures involving advertising or analytics providers may be considered a sale, sharing, or targeted advertising under certain privacy laws, even when personal information is not exchanged directly for money. Where required, we provide a way to opt out of those activities.

We may share personal information with service providers that help us with:

• Digital-edition and e-newspaper services

• Website and application hosting

• Registration, subscription, and account administration

• Payment processing

• Email and newsletter delivery

• Analytics and audience measurement

• Advertising delivery and measurement

• Security and fraud prevention

• Data storage and backups

• Technical and customer support

• Business and professional services

These providers may process personal information only for authorized purposes, subject to applicable agreements and legal requirements.

We may also disclose information:

• When required by law, regulation, court order, subpoena, or lawful government request

• To investigate fraud, security incidents, or unlawful activity

• To protect our rights, property, employees, readers, or services

• To enforce our agreements or policies

• In connection with a merger, financing, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar business transaction

• When you ask or direct us to share it

6. Prenly, Apple, Google, and International Processing

Prenly and Textalk Media AB

We use Prenly, a service provided by Textalk Media AB in Sweden, for our e-newspaper, web application, iOS application, and Android application.

Textalk develops, configures, hosts, maintains, secures, and supports these services on our behalf.

To perform this work, Textalk may process information such as:

• Account and subscription information

• Email addresses and account identifiers

• IP addresses and device information

• Login and authentication records

• Editions, pages, or articles accessed

• Application and website usage

• Performance, crash, security, and error logs

• Technical-support information

Textalk generally acts as a service provider and data processor for Lakes Region News Club, Inc. It processes information under our instructions and for the purposes authorized by our agreement.

Authorized Textalk personnel and approved service providers may access information when reasonably necessary to:

• Develop, configure, test, and deploy the service

• Maintain and update the platform and applications

• Diagnose and correct technical problems

• Respond to support requests

• Prevent unauthorized access and security incidents

• Maintain backups and service availability

• Comply with applicable legal obligations

Textalk may separately process limited information for its own legal or business purposes. Any such independent processing is governed by Textalk’s own privacy notices.

Apple and Google

Apple distributes our iOS application through the Apple App Store. Google distributes our Android application through Google Play.

Apple and Google may independently collect information connected with their platforms, accounts, devices, purchases, downloads, diagnostics, and application use. Their collection and use of that information are governed by their own privacy policies and account settings.

We may receive limited information from Apple or Google, such as:

• Subscription or transaction status

• Application download information

• Device and application information

• Crash and performance reports

• Aggregated usage information

Google may also provide analytics and advertising services used on our website or applications.

International Processing

Lakes Region News Club, Inc. is located in the United States. Textalk Media AB is located in Sweden, and our other providers may operate in the United States, the European Economic Area, or other countries.

Personal information may therefore be processed, accessed, or stored in the United States, Sweden, or other locations where we or our service providers operate.

Privacy laws may differ between countries. Where required by applicable law, we and our service providers use appropriate contractual, technical, and organizational safeguards for international processing.

7. Retention and Security

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy.

How long information is kept depends on factors such as:

• The type of information

• The service or account involved

• The length of our relationship with you

• Financial, tax, and recordkeeping requirements

• Security and fraud-prevention needs

• The need to resolve disputes or enforce agreements

• Applicable legal obligations

When information is no longer reasonably needed, we may delete it, anonymize it, or securely isolate it, subject to legal and technical requirements.

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

No internet transmission, digital service, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

8. Your Choices and Privacy Rights

You may:

• Unsubscribe from marketing or newsletter emails by using the link in the message

• Manage certain cookies through available privacy settings

• Change browser or mobile-device privacy settings

• Choose not to provide optional information, although some services may then be unavailable

Depending on where you live, you may also have the right to:

• Confirm whether we process your personal information

• Access the personal information we hold about you

• Correct inaccurate information

• Request deletion of certain information

• Obtain a portable copy of certain information

• Restrict or object to certain uses

• Withdraw consent when processing is based on consent

• Opt out of targeted advertising

• Opt out of a legally defined sale or sharing of personal information

• Opt out of certain automated profiling

• Use an authorized agent to make certain requests

• Appeal a decision concerning your request

These rights are subject to applicable legal exceptions and generally do not require us to alter or remove lawfully published news, photographs, opinion content, public records, or archival material.

Requests concerning the accuracy or continued publication of an article or other editorial content may be referred to the newsroom for separate review under our editorial standards.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising an applicable privacy right.

Making a Privacy Request

To exercise an applicable privacy right, email:

digital@laconiadailysun.com

Use the subject line “Privacy Request” and provide:

• Your name

• The email address connected with your account or interaction

• The service involved

• The right you wish to exercise

• Enough information for us to understand and respond to the request

We may ask for additional information reasonably necessary to verify your identity and protect your information.

We will respond within the period required by applicable law. When permitted, we may extend that period if reasonably necessary and will notify you of the extension.

Appeals

If we deny all or part of your privacy request, you may appeal by emailing:

digital@laconiadailysun.com

Use the subject line “Privacy Appeal” and explain why you believe the decision should be reconsidered.

We will review the appeal and respond within the period required by applicable law.

If an appeal involving New Hampshire privacy rights is denied, you may contact the Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau of the New Hampshire Department of Justice.

Depending on where you live, additional privacy rights may apply under local law. You may contact us at digital@laconiadailysun.com to ask about or exercise any applicable rights.

9. Children’s Privacy

Our services are intended for a general audience and are not designed to attract children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly collect or maintain personal information from children under 13 without appropriate authorization. If we learn that we have collected such information, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

A parent or guardian who believes a child has provided personal information may contact us at digital@laconiadailysun.com.

10. Third-Party Links and Services

Our services may contain links, advertisements, embedded content, social-media features, or tools operated by third parties.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of services we do not control. Their collection and use of information are governed by their own privacy policies.

We encourage you to review those policies before providing personal information.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when our services, vendors, technology, or legal obligations change.

When we make changes, we will revise the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.

If a change materially affects how we collect, use, or share personal information, we may provide additional notice through our website, applications, email, or another appropriate method.

12. Contact Us

Questions, concerns, and privacy requests may be sent to:

Lakes Region News Club, Inc.

Attn: Privacy

781 Union Ave.

Laconia, NH 03246

United States

Email: digital@laconiadailysun.com

Website: www.laconiadailysun.com