Privacy Policy

Last updated: 13 February 2026

This page explains what The NOW Times stores, what it does not store, and how authentication works.

Authentication (Flowsta)

• We use Flowsta Auth for sign-in.
• Authentication happens through Flowsta's login flow.
• We do not store your Flowsta password or credentials on our servers.
• After sign-in, basic profile details (like display name/profile image) may be used in the browser UI.

Data we store

At this time, our main stored application data is article/content data (for example: article title, body, category, source topic metadata).

For article context features, we may also store selected public X post data related to a story, including post text, post ID, author handle/name, and public engagement metrics.

We may also process standard operational data such as server logs for reliability and security.

Data we do not store (in our app database)

• We do not store your Flowsta credentials.
• We do not sell personal data.
• We do not run user-generated messaging or profile publishing features in this app.

Third-party services

We rely on infrastructure and external services including:

• Flowsta Auth (authentication)
• Firebase / Google Cloud (hosting, database, server runtime, operational logs)
• External content APIs used to build article context (including the X API)

Each third-party service has its own privacy practices.

X API usage

We use the X API to fetch public trend and post data used in article context and related-post displays. We do not store private X credentials from users.

Security

We use commercially reasonable technical controls, but no internet system is guaranteed to be 100% secure.

Changes

We may update this policy. Updates are effective when published on this page.

Jurisdiction

This policy is governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia.