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Privacy notice

How Students Herald handles reader information and your choices.

Updated 8 October 2026.

Reader accounts

Students Herald uses your email address, first and last name to verify your account, provide registered-reader access and attribute comments. Birthday, mobile, WhatsApp and Instagram details are optional. Student status is self-declared and does not certify enrolment.

Choices and tracking

Marketing consent is separate from account access. Optional reading analytics records page paths, visit time and approximate country only when you opt in through your profile. It does not collect precise device location. Reading activity older than 90 days is removed during routine collection and is excluded from reports after that period. You can withdraw consent in your reader account.

Comments and email

Published comments show your display name, comment and date. Staff can moderate comments and retain the original while resolving edits. A registration notification is sent to our communications team without your personal details in the email. Verification, recovery and service emails are needed to operate your account.

Storage and providers

Authentication and reader records use Supabase. Website hosting and media use the site hosting service and Cloudflare infrastructure. Notification email uses Resend. Provider infrastructure may operate outside New Zealand. Access to private reader records is restricted to authorised administrators. Public stories and published images can be saved or copied by visitors.

Your information

Use your account to update details, download your reader data or request deletion through the Delete reader account control. Deletion removes your account and activity and replaces your comments with a removal notice. Administrative audit records may remain for security and accountability. For other access, correction, removal or privacy concerns, contact comms@studentsherald.com.

See our cookie notice and community guidelines. Information about New Zealand privacy rights is available from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.

My SH and Student Life & Rewards

Feature notice updated 20 October 2026. You can register with an email address and display name. Your real name and profile preferences are optional. Sign-in emails verify mailbox ownership; reader registration does not create newsroom access.

We store quiz scores you ask us to save and offer requests you submit to operate these features. Practice answers are checked without saving an account score when you are signed out. Your first saved attempt per quiz per UTC day is retained. These service records are separate from optional reading analytics.

Student verification requests include your institution, optional school email and enrolment end date. Authorised administrators review eligibility and record the decision and expiry. Do not submit identity or immigration documents through these forms. Verification lasts at most 12 months or until enrolment ends, whichever is sooner.

Public quiz recognition is optional and uses your display name and score. You can withdraw permission in My SH. Your email, school email and verification records are not displayed publicly. Offer requests remain with SH until any further sharing with a provider is explained and agreed.

Your data export includes your membership details, saved quiz scores and offer requests. Account deletion removes these linked records. Access restrictions and administrative actions may be retained in security audit records. Contact comms@studentsherald.com for access questions or to request a review of an account restriction.

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