Privacy
Designed to collect as little personal information as possible.
Postcode checker
Postcodes are sent from your browser to postcodes.io to obtain current geographic information. hants.online does not receive or store the postcode. The postcodes.io service has its own logging and privacy arrangements.
Newsletter
The newsletter is managed on hants.online’s own service at newsletter.hants.online. When subscriptions are enabled, an address entered on this site is sent securely to that service and stored for the purpose of sending requested hants.online updates. Subscription uses a clear single opt-in and becomes active when the form is submitted.
Submitting the form requests essential council-change updates. Marketing and sponsor information is a separate, optional choice: its checkbox is unticked by default, and an address is added to that list only when it is expressly selected. Marketing and sponsorship revenue helps pay for website upkeep and the public-interest campaign.
Volunteer opportunities are a third, separate optional choice. Selecting it permits hants.online to send information about supporting research, fact-checking, community outreach and campaign activity.
Subscribers can withdraw any consent using the unsubscribe or preference link in any newsletter. Declining or later withdrawing an optional choice does not prevent receipt of requested council-change updates. Addresses are retained until the relevant subscription is removed or the subscriber asks for deletion.
Email measurement
Newsletters may contain a small tracking image and measured editorial links. These provide approximate information about message opens and link selections so hants.online can assess delivery and improve its coverage. Open measurements are not definitive because mail applications may block images or load them through privacy services.
Unsubscribe, preference-management and privacy links are not intentionally tracked. Engagement information is not sold and is not used for automated decisions about subscribers.
Cookies
The public site does not use analytics, advertising or preference cookies. The publisher administration area uses a strictly necessary session cookie after login.
Artificial intelligence
hants.online uses AI in its editorial workflow, but does not intentionally submit newsletter addresses, postcode-checker entries or other visitor personal information to generative AI services. See the AI policy for the complete disclosure.
Server logs
The hosting service may retain routine security and access logs containing IP addresses and browser information. Deployment settings and retention must be confirmed before launch.
To slow password attacks, the publisher login stores short-lived security counters keyed by a one-way hash of the connecting address and browser identifier. These counters do not contain the administrator password and expire from active use after 15 minutes.
Last reviewed: 27 June 2026.