Privacy
Privacy Policy
This policy explains what Tokos News does with data. It covers the website at tokos.news and the Tokos News apps for iOS and Android, which are native shells around that same website. The short version: you can use Tokos News with no account at all, and then we collect no personal information; an optional account stores only what it needs to sign you in and sync your settings; analytics run only if you allow them; and anything the app remembers for you stays on your device unless you sign in to sync it.
Last updated: 27 August 2026.
Who we are
Tokos News is an independent news aggregator that groups coverage of the same story across major outlets. It links to publishers' own pages and does not host their articles.
What we collect
- An account is optional: You can read every story, tailor your For You page for the visit you are on, and save stories without any account, and then we ask for and store nothing about you—no name, email, phone number, or location. If you choose to create an account, we store only what is needed to sign you in and sync your settings across devices; the details are in “Accounts” below.
- Analytics, only with consent: If you accept analytics on the cookie notice, Google Analytics records anonymous usage data—which pages are viewed, and general device and browser information—to help us understand what is read. It is not linked to your identity, is not sold, and is not used to track you across other apps or sites. Where consent is required, analytics stays off until you accept, and you can decline at any time, which disables it and clears its cookies.
- On-device storage: Your saved stories and light/dark choice are stored on your device. If you are not signed in, the topics and outlets you follow are kept only for the current visit (in your browser's session storage) and are forgotten when it ends; nothing leaves your device. If you sign in, your follows and saved stories also sync to your account so they appear on your other devices (your light/dark choice always stays on-device). Clearing the app or site data removes the local copy.
Accounts
An account is optional - reading never needs one - and exists to keep what you choose: the sections that make up your feed, and your follows (including official sources, which only an account can follow) and saved stories, across visits and devices. Everyone sees the same build either way—an account only changes what it shows you, not what is published.
You can sign in in whichever way you prefer, and we store only what that method needs:
- Email and password: we store your email address and a securely hashed version of your password—never the password itself.
- Passkey: we store the passkey's public key, which by design cannot be used to sign in on its own; the private key never leaves your device.
- Google or Apple: we store the account identifier they give us and the email address they share, so we can recognise you next time. We never receive your Google or Apple password.
Alongside that, an account holds the settings it exists to sync: the sections you chose for your feed, your followed topics and outlets, and your saved stories. We use your email address only to send account emails—confirming your address and, if you ask, resetting your password—delivered through our email provider, Resend. We do not sell any of this, and it is never used for advertising or cross-site tracking.
You can export or delete your account yourself at any time from your account page: “Download my data” gives you a copy of everything the account holds, and “Delete my account” removes the account and everything tied to it. See “Your choices” below.
The apps
The iOS and Android apps display the tokos.news website and collect no additional data of their own. They add native conveniences—pull-to-refresh, back navigation, and a Share button that opens your device's own share sheet. When you share, your device handles it; we do not see what you send or to whom. Links to outside publishers open in your device's browser, where that publisher's own privacy policy applies.
Cookies
The only non-essential cookies are Google Analytics' (for example _ga), and they are set only after you accept analytics. Your consent choice itself is remembered so you are not asked repeatedly. No advertising or cross-site tracking cookies are used.
Third parties
- Google Analytics—anonymous usage measurement, only with consent (see Google's own privacy terms).
- Cloudflare—hosting, content delivery, and the database that holds accounts, with standard server logs used to run and protect the site.
- Resend—sends account emails (address confirmation, password resets, and account deletion confirmations) if you create an account; it receives only your email address, for that purpose.
- Google and Apple—only if you choose to sign in with them, to confirm who you are, under their own terms.
- News publishers—when you tap through to an article, you leave Tokos News for that outlet's site, under its own terms.
Children
Tokos News is a general news service, not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from them.
Your choices
You can decline or withdraw analytics consent at any time from the cookie notice; clear your saved stories, follows, and preferences by clearing the app or browser data; and stop all on-device storage by using the app in a private browsing context. If you do not have an account, we hold nothing tied to your identity. If you do, you can sign out on any device, and at any time you can use “Download my data” on your account page to get a copy of your account data (your email address, when the account was created, your feed sections, follows and saved stories, your newsletter subscription and its settings, and the devices signed in), or “Delete my account” to permanently delete the account and all of its data. Deleting asks for your password, or for a link we email you if you sign in with Google, Apple or a passkey, and you can choose to unsubscribe from the newsletter at the same time; we then send one email confirming the deletion. You can also ask us to do either by emailing privacy@tokos.news.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date above changes with it, and the current version always lives at this address.
Contact
Questions about privacy can be sent to privacy@tokos.news.