Privacy Policy
The Fold is a small editorial site. We collect as little reader data as possible. This page describes exactly what we do and don't collect, and why.
What we collect automatically
Approximate location. When you load a page, our infrastructure provider (Cloudflare) derives your approximate city, region, country, and latitude/longitude from your IP address. We use these to display local weather in the page header. We don’t store this information; it’s computed at request time and discarded.
Server logs. Cloudflare processes standard request logs — IP address, user agent, requested URL, and referrer — for anti-abuse and operational purposes. We don’t aggregate or analyze these logs ourselves.
What we store on your device
Theme preference. If you toggle dark mode, your choice is saved in your browser’s localStorage so the site remembers it next visit. This data never leaves your device. You can clear it any time in your browser settings.
What we don’t collect
- We don’t have accounts, sign-ups, or newsletters.
- We don’t use third-party analytics, ad networks, or tracking pixels.
- We don’t set tracking cookies. (Cloudflare may set anti-abuse cookies such as
__cf_bm; these are not used to profile you.) - We don’t sell or share reader data.
Third-party services
The site relies on three external services:
- Cloudflare hosts the site, serves it through their CDN, and provides the IP geolocation used for the weather chip. Their privacy practices are at cloudflare.com/privacypolicy.
- Open-Meteo returns weather conditions when our worker calls their API. We send a rounded latitude/longitude (about 10 km precision); we don’t forward your IP address. Their terms are at open-meteo.com/en/terms.
- Google Fonts serves the typefaces used on the site. Your browser fetches font files directly from Google, so Google sees your IP as part of that request. Their privacy policy is at policies.google.com/privacy.
Children
The Fold is not directed to children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect information from them.
Changes to this policy
If our practices change, we’ll update this page and the “Last updated” date at the top.
Contact
Reach us at hello@fold-news.com.