Last updated: August 3, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Real Honest Politics ("we," "us," or "the site") collects, uses, and protects information when you visit realhonestpolitics.org.
We collect information you provide directly, such as your name and email address when you submit our contact form or sign up for our newsletter. We also collect standard technical data automatically, including your IP address, approximate location derived from that IP address, browser type, device type, referring page, and the pages you visit, through Google Analytics and our advertising provider. We do not ask for or knowingly collect sensitive personal information, such as government ID numbers or financial account details, and you should never submit that kind of information through our contact form.
This site uses cookies set by Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the site, including which articles get read and how long a visit lasts, and cookies set by our advertising provider, Revive Adserver, to serve and measure display advertisements. You can disable cookies in your browser settings at any time, though some site features, such as remembering a filter selection on the blog index, may not work as intended if you do.
We use Google Analytics (GA4) to measure traffic and engagement across the site. Google Analytics collects data such as pages viewed, time on site, referring source, and general location derived from IP address. This data is aggregated and used to understand which topics and formats serve readers best. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available directly from Google.
Display advertisements on this site are served through Revive Adserver, a third-party ad-serving platform. Revive Adserver may use cookies or similar technology to serve relevant ads, measure how often an ad is shown and clicked, and prevent the same ad from displaying too frequently to one visitor. We do not control the data practices of individual advertisers whose ads appear through this network, and we encourage you to review an advertiser's own privacy policy if you interact with their ad directly.
Articles on this site link to government databases, news organizations, and research institutions as part of our sourcing. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or accuracy of those external sites once you leave realhonestpolitics.org, and we encourage you to review their policies directly before submitting any information to them.
If you sign up for our newsletter, we collect your first name, last name, and email address through our email service provider, which processes that data on our behalf to deliver newsletter emails. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link included in every newsletter email, and doing so removes you from future sends.
We retain contact form submissions and newsletter subscriber information for as long as needed to respond to your inquiry or maintain your subscription, and we use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards to protect that information. No method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
This site is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of the personal data we hold about you, or to object to certain processing. To make a request, contact us through our contact page and we will respond within a reasonable timeframe.
We may update this policy from time to time as our practices or the tools we use change. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision, and material changes will be reflected there.