Effective Date: August 22, 2026
Last Updated: August 22, 2026
Microgrid Media respects the privacy of our readers, subscribers, sources, contributors, advertisers and website visitors.
This Privacy Policy explains how Publisher LLC, doing business as Microgrid Media (“Microgrid Media,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), collects, uses, discloses and protects information when you visit microgridmedia.com, subscribe to our communications, submit information to us, interact with our services or otherwise communicate with Microgrid Media.
By using the Site, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
The information we collect depends on how you interact with Microgrid Media.
You may provide information such as:
Please do not submit sensitive personal information unless it is reasonably necessary for your communication with us.
When you visit the Site, we and service providers that support the Site may automatically collect information such as:
This information helps us operate, secure, measure and improve Microgrid Media.
Microgrid Media may use cookies, pixels, local storage and similar technologies to operate the Site and understand how readers use it.
These technologies may include:
Necessary for basic website functionality, security, form processing, fraud prevention and similar operations.
Microgrid Media uses Google Analytics 4 to understand website traffic and how visitors interact with our publication, including page views, traffic sources, sessions, approximate geographic information, and browser or device information. Google Analytics uses first-party cookies such as _ga and _ga_ to distinguish users and maintain analytics sessions.
Google Analytics is categorized as an optional Statistics service in our consent-management system. Where consent is required, Google Analytics does not activate until a visitor chooses to allow Statistics cookies. Visitors who select Reject Optional will not have Google Analytics cookies set by Microgrid Media.
Google states that GA4 uses IP addresses during collection to derive location information and then discards those IP addresses before the data is logged in its Analytics systems.
Additional information about the specific analytics cookies currently used on Microgrid Media is available in our Cookie Policy.
Used to remember preferences or provide enhanced website functionality.
Microgrid Media does not currently identify any advertising or marketing cookies in its consent-management system.
If advertising or marketing technologies that use cookies, pixels or similar identifiers are introduced in the future, this Privacy Policy, our Cookie Policy and our consent controls may be updated accordingly.
Depending on the technology, jurisdiction and manner in which information is used, certain advertising-related activities may be considered a “sale,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising under applicable privacy law.
Visitors can review or change their choices at any time by selecting Cookie Preferences on the Microgrid Media website.
Google confirms that GA4 normally collects information such as users, sessions, approximate location, browser/device information and uses the _ga first-party cookie to distinguish users.
Disabling certain technologies may affect how portions of the Site function.
We may use information to:
We may also use aggregated or de-identified information for research, analytics, audience measurement and business purposes where permitted by law.
If you subscribe to a Microgrid Media newsletter or other email communication, we may use your email address and related subscription information to provide those communications.
You can unsubscribe from marketing or newsletter emails using the unsubscribe link included in applicable messages.
We may still send non-promotional communications when reasonably necessary, such as responses to requests you initiate or administrative communications related to a service you use.
Information submitted to Microgrid Media for editorial purposes may be reviewed by editors, writers, contributors or other personnel involved in evaluating or producing journalism.
Submitting a press release, pitch, news tip or other editorial material does not guarantee publication.
If you communicate with a journalist or editor as a source, the treatment of information may also depend on any specific confidentiality or sourcing arrangement expressly agreed to by the journalist.
Do not assume that an unsolicited submission is confidential merely because it was sent to Microgrid Media.
We may disclose information to third parties in circumstances including the following.
We may use companies that provide services such as:
These providers may process information on our behalf or according to their own applicable privacy practices.
We may disclose information when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:
If Publisher LLC or Microgrid Media is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, sale of assets or similar transaction, information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.
We may disclose information when you ask or authorize us to do so.
Microgrid Media does not sell personal information for monetary consideration.
Microgrid Media does not currently identify any advertising or marketing cookies in its consent-management system. Google Analytics is used for site measurement and is treated as an optional Statistics service.
Certain disclosures involving analytics, advertising or other online technologies may be treated as a “sale,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising under some privacy laws even when no money is exchanged. Where applicable law provides an opt-out right, Microgrid Media will provide an appropriate mechanism for exercising that right.
Depending on where you live and the law applicable to Microgrid Media, you may have rights concerning your personal information.
These may include the right to:
We will not discriminate against you for exercising privacy rights provided by applicable law.
Certain rights are subject to exceptions and verification requirements.
To submit a privacy request, contact: privacy@microgridmedia.com
Please describe the nature of your request and provide sufficient information for us to identify the relevant records.
We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.
California residents may have additional rights under California privacy law when the applicable statutory requirements are met.
Those rights can include rights to know, access, correct and delete certain personal information, as well as rights concerning certain sales or sharing of personal information.
Where California law requires Microgrid Media to honor an applicable opt-out preference signal or provide another opt-out mechanism, our website practices and privacy controls should be configured accordingly.
Nothing in this section is intended to provide rights beyond those required by applicable law.
Microgrid Media is based in the United States and serves an international readership.
If you access the Site from outside the United States, information may be processed in the United States or other jurisdictions where our service providers operate.
Privacy and data-protection laws in those jurisdictions may differ from those in your country.
Where applicable law provides additional privacy rights, you may contact us at privacy@microgridmedia.com to exercise them.
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including to:
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, purpose of processing and applicable legal requirements.
We may retain information for longer when required or permitted by law.
Microgrid Media uses reasonable administrative, technical and organizational measures intended to protect information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.
No website, internet transmission, storage system or security measure can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
You provide information electronically at your own risk.
Microgrid Media is a professional news and information publication and is not directed to children under 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through the Site.
If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child in circumstances where parental consent was legally required, we will take appropriate steps to delete it.
Parents or guardians who believe a child has provided personal information may contact privacy@microgridmedia.com.
Microgrid Media articles and pages may link to government agencies, utilities, companies, research institutions, social networks, advertisers and other third-party websites.
Those organizations operate independently from Microgrid Media.
We are not responsible for their privacy, security or data practices. Review the privacy policies of third-party services before providing information to them.
Articles may contain videos, social-media posts, maps or other content embedded from third-party platforms.
Embedded services may collect information about your interaction with their content according to their own privacy policies.
Microgrid Media does not control the privacy practices of those third-party platforms.
Microgrid Media may display advertising, sponsored content or other commercial material.
Advertising providers may collect or process information to measure advertising performance or, where permitted, provide relevant advertising.
Sponsored editorial-style content is governed separately by our editorial disclosure standards and should be clearly identified as commercial material.
We may update this Privacy Policy as Microgrid Media’s services, technologies, business practices or legal obligations change.
When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.
Material changes may receive additional notice when appropriate or legally required.
Your continued use of the Site after an updated policy becomes effective is subject to the updated policy.
For questions about privacy or to submit a privacy request:
Microgrid Media
Published by Publisher LLC
Email: privacy@microgridmedia.com
For general legal matters: legal@microgridmedia.com
For more information about our publication and journalism, please review our About Us, Editorial Policy and Corrections Policy.
