Privacy Policy

Effective date: November 9, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how VA Headlines (the “Site,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), operated by Fin Martinez LLC, a Florida limited liability company, collects, uses, and shares information when you visit vaheadlines.com.

Contact for privacy questions: VAHeadlines@outlook.com. We do not publish a street address.

Who we are

VA Headlines is an independent news site that summarizes and links official government documents about the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and related oversight (including VA Office of Inspector General reports, Department of Justice actions, GAO audits, and Office of Special Counsel matters). We are not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs or the U.S. government.

Information we collect

We collect only what is needed to run the Site and respond to you:

  • Server and hosting logs. Our host automatically records standard technical data such as IP address, browser type, device type, pages requested, referring URL, and timestamps. This helps keep the Site secure and working.
  • Analytics. Our hosting platform (Squarespace) may provide basic site analytics about visits, popular pages, and similar aggregate traffic measures. We use this to understand how the Site is used and to improve it.
  • Emails you send us. If you email VAHeadlines@outlook.com (for tips, corrections, media questions, or other messages), we receive the address and content you send and any information you include. We use that only to respond and to handle corrections or tips.
  • Newsletter signup (if you join). If the Site displays a newsletter signup and you submit your email address, we use that address to send the newsletter you requested. You can unsubscribe using the link in those emails or by emailing us.

We do not ask for Social Security numbers, VA claim numbers, or health records through the Site. Do not send sensitive personal or medical information by email unless you understand the risks of email.

Cookies and similar technologies

The Site and its service providers use cookies and similar technologies (such as local storage) to operate pages, remember preferences where applicable, measure traffic, and—when advertising is enabled—serve and measure ads.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how parts of the Site work.

Google AdSense and advertising

We use Google AdSense to display ads on the Site. Google and third-party vendors use cookies (including the DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites.

Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this Site and/or other sites on the Internet.

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings at https://adssettings.google.com. You can also visit www.aboutads.info for information about opting out of personalized ads from participating companies.

For more about how Google uses data when you use our Site, see Google’s partner-sites policy: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Sponsored placements on the Site, if any, are labeled as described in our Sponsorship & Disclosure Policy. Sponsors do not receive your personal contact information from us unless you choose to contact them yourself.

Hosting and processors

The Site is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace processes technical and content data as needed to host, secure, and deliver the Site. Email you send us is handled through our email provider. Advertising data related to AdSense is processed by Google as described above and in Google’s policies.

How we use information

  • To operate, secure, and improve the Site
  • To respond to messages you send
  • To send a newsletter if you signed up
  • To show ads (including personalized ads unless you opt out) and measure ad performance
  • To comply with law or protect the Site, our rights, or others when we have a good-faith legal need

We do not sell your personal information for money.

Sharing

We share information with service providers that help us run the Site (hosting, email, analytics provided by the host, and advertising partners such as Google), and when required by law or to protect rights and safety. We do not share your email content with sponsors for marketing.

U.S. state privacy rights (including California / CCPA-style rights)

Depending on where you live in the United States, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information we hold about you, and to appeal a denial of a request, subject to legal exceptions. California residents may also have rights under the CCPA/CPRA regarding categories of personal information collected, sources, purposes, and whether information is “sold” or “shared” for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Advertising technologies on the Site (including Google AdSense) may involve “sharing” of identifiers for personalized advertising as those terms are used under some state laws. You can limit personalized ads using the links above (Google Ads Settings and aboutads.info).

To make a privacy request, email VAHeadlines@outlook.com with “Privacy Request” in the subject line and enough detail for us to locate your information (for example, the email address you used). We will verify and respond as required by applicable law. We will not discriminate against you for exercising privacy rights.

Children’s privacy

The Site is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information to us, contact VAHeadlines@outlook.com and we will delete it.

Data retention

We keep emails and related correspondence as long as needed to handle your request and for ordinary business and legal records. Hosting and analytics logs are retained according to our host’s and tools’ standard retention settings. Newsletter addresses are kept until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete them.

External links

Our reports link to official government and other external sites. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, not this one.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Effective date” at the top will change when we do. Continued use of the Site after an update means you accept the revised policy. Material changes will be reflected on this page.

Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy: VAHeadlines@outlook.com.

See also: About · Methodology & Corrections · Contact · Terms of Use