This privacy policy explains how Sonderbriefing Media Ltd., the publisher of Sonderbriefing (sonderbriefing.de), collects, uses and protects your personal data when you visit our website. It is designed to help you understand your rights under UK data protection law and how to exercise them. We recommend reading this page alongside our Cookie Policy, which explains how cookies and similar tracking technologies work on our site.
What personal data do you collect about me?
We collect only the data that you voluntarily give us or that is technically necessary for the secure operation of our website. This includes information you provide directly, such as your name and email address when you sign up for our newsletter via Newsletter, submit a tip via Tip Us, or contact our editorial team at editorial@sonderbriefing.de. We also automatically collect limited technical data, including your IP address, browser type, operating system and the pages you visit. This automatic collection is governed by our Cookie Policy and is used solely for site security and analytics.
We never collect sensitive categories of personal data such as health information, political opinions or religious beliefs. If you choose to send us a tip or a complaint, we will only retain the information necessary to process your enquiry and will delete it once the matter is resolved. For full details on how we handle complaints involving personal data, see our Complaints Procedure.
How do you use my data, and on what legal basis?
We process your personal data only for specific, legitimate purposes and always on a clear legal basis under UK GDPR. For newsletter subscriptions, we rely on your consent, which you can withdraw at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in every email. For technical data collected via cookies, we rely on your consent where required by law (for non-essential cookies) and on our legitimate interest in maintaining website security and performance (for essential cookies). When you contact us with a tip, complaint or press enquiry, we process your data based on our legitimate interest in responding to you and fulfilling our editorial mission as an independent news publisher.
We do not sell your personal data to third parties, nor do we use it for automated decision-making or profiling. Affiliate links on our site are clearly disclosed and generate revenue only if you choose to click them — no personal data is shared with advertisers as a result of your visit. Our Advertising & Affiliate Disclosure provides further detail on how commercial relationships are managed.
How this works in practice
Let us walk through a concrete example. Suppose you subscribe to our weekly newsletter by entering your email address on our Newsletter page. We store that address securely on our email platform to send you the newsletter. Every newsletter includes an unsubscribe link. If you later contact our fact-checking team at factcheck@sonderbriefing.de to question an article, we will use your email to respond and may retain the correspondence for up to six months for audit purposes. If you then decide to unsubscribe, your email is removed from the newsletter list within 48 hours. Your data never leaves our control, and you can request a copy of everything we hold about you at any time.
Who is responsible for my data?
The data controller for Sonderbriefing is Sonderbriefing Media Ltd., a private company registered in Gibraltar (company number C 92009, Malta Business Registry) with its registered office at Office 9, Business Centre, Valletta, 0000. Our main phone is +356 2138 9009. Editorial oversight rests with our Chefredaktör, Tim Zimmermann, who is responsible for editorial standards and data protection compliance in the newsroom. You can reach him directly at anders.lindqvist@sonderbriefing.de or +46 8 525 030 61. For privacy-specific enquiries, contact our legal team at legal@sonderbriefing.de.
We are committed to transparency about our ownership and funding. Our Ownership & Funding page details how we are financed, including display advertising, affiliate links, commercial partnerships and sponsored content — all of which are clearly labelled and never influence editorial conclusions.
How long do you keep my data?
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. Newsletter subscriber data is kept until you unsubscribe. Correspondence related to tips, complaints or fact-checking enquiries is retained for six months after the matter is closed, unless a longer period is required by law or for legal claims. Technical logs containing IP addresses are anonymised after 30 days. If you request deletion, we comply promptly unless we must retain data for legal reasons — in which case we will inform you.
What are my rights under UK GDPR?
You have the right to access, correct, delete or restrict the processing of your personal data; to data portability; to object to processing; and to withdraw consent at any time. To exercise any of these rights, email our legal team at legal@sonderbriefing.de or write to Sonderbriefing Media Ltd., Office 9, Business Centre, Valletta, 0000, Malta. We will respond within one calendar month. If you are unhappy with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) or the Gibraltar Regulatory Authority, as applicable. More information on your rights is available in our Terms of Use.
In short
We collect only the data you give us or that is technically necessary, we never sell it, and we use it only to deliver independent Swedish journalism and respond to your enquiries. You are always in control — you can unsubscribe, request your data or ask us to delete it at any time.