Privacy Policy

Last updated: 29 October 2026

This policy explains what personal data Solar News (solarnews.info) processes when you visit the site or subscribe to the newsletter, why, and what rights you have.

1. Data controller

The controller is Solar News, the publisher of solarnews.info. You can reach us through the contact page, which lists our LinkedIn and Instagram channels.

2. What we process and why

  • Newsletter subscription. Your email address, the date of subscription, the page of the site you subscribed from (for example “footer” or “homepage”), your anonymous visitor ID if you have one, and whether the subscription is active. Purpose: to send you the Solar News newsletter and a welcome email, and to honour your opt-out.
  • Visit statistics. When you open the site, your browser creates a random visitor ID (stored in your browser's local storage) and we record it together with your browser's user agent string, the number and dates of your visits, the pages you open and the referring page. Purpose: to understand how the site is used and to improve it. This record does not contain your name or email address; it is linked to your email only if you subscribe to the newsletter from the same browser.
  • Your cookie choice. Your accept/decline choice and its date are stored in your browser and in the visit record.
  • Google Analytics (only with your consent). If analytics is enabled on the site and you accept in the consent banner, Google Analytics loads and collects usage data (pages viewed, approximate location, device and browser information). If you decline, it is not loaded.
  • Server logs. Our hosting provider processes technical request data (such as IP address, requested URL and time) to deliver the site and keep it secure.

We do not run open or click tracking in the newsletter emails we send.

3. Legal basis

For the newsletter, the basis is your consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a); explicit consent under Turkish KVKK Art. 5(1) and 5/2), which you give by submitting your address, and which you can withdraw at any time. For Google Analytics, the basis is your consent given in the cookie banner. For visit statistics and server logs, the basis is our legitimate interest in running, securing and improving the site (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f); KVKK Art. 5/2(f)).

4. Retention

Newsletter data is kept until you unsubscribe; after that we keep only the minimum needed to remember that the address has opted out, so that we do not email you again. Visit records are kept until we delete them or you ask us to delete them.

5. Recipients and processors

  • Supabase: database hosting for newsletter and visit records.
  • Resend: sends our newsletter and welcome emails.
  • Netlify: hosts the website and processes server logs.
  • Google (Google Analytics): only if you accept analytics cookies.

We do not sell personal data.

6. Transfers abroad

These providers may process data outside the European Economic Area and Turkey, including in the United States. Where this happens, it relies on the safeguards the providers offer under GDPR and KVKK, such as standard contractual clauses.

7. Your rights

You can ask us to confirm whether we process your data and to give you a copy; to correct it; to delete it; to restrict or object to its processing; to receive it in a portable form; and to withdraw your consent at any time. Under KVKK Art. 11 you have the equivalent rights. You also have the right to complain to your data protection authority (in Turkey, the KVKK Board).

To unsubscribe, use the unsubscribe link in any newsletter email. For other requests, contact us through the contact page and tell us the email address concerned.

8. Cookies and local storage

The site stores a random visitor ID, your cookie choice and a flag that you have subscribed to the newsletter in your browser's local storage. If you accept analytics, Google Analytics may set its own cookies. You can clear this data in your browser settings at any time.

9. Changes

We may update this policy. The date at the top shows when it last changed.