Version 1.0 · Updated 10 October 2026
On your device
Saved stories, offline text copies, reading history and reading positions are kept in the app’s private storage on your device. The app has no reader account or cloud library service. Device backups depend on your iPhone or iPad settings. You can clear saved stories and history in the app’s Settings.
Reading the live magazine
Online pages load from whatshotinuae.com. The website and hosting services receive ordinary web requests, including your IP address and browser or app information. Website forms, embeds, cookies and third-party links have their own data flows. This page supplements the website privacy policy.
Advertising choices
Advertising is off by default. Known Google advertising and analytics domains are blocked while advertising is off. If you choose Allow advertising and grant iOS tracking permission, Google web advertising and website analytics can load. The app then registers the reader with Google’s Mobile Ads SDK. Website consent choices also apply; iOS tracking permission does not replace web consent.
Advertising information
Google’s Mobile Ads SDK privacy manifest declares device identifiers, approximate location, advertising and product-interaction data, performance, diagnostics and crash information for advertising and analytics purposes. Device identifiers may be used for tracking where permission is granted. Approximate location can be inferred from an IP address without requesting precise location permission.
Changing or clearing data
Turn advertising off in the app and manage tracking permission in iPhone or iPad Settings. Clear website cookies and cache in the app to reset website preferences. This keeps your local reading library. External pages opened in a browser use that browser’s own settings and data.
Device permissions
The app does not request your contacts, precise location, camera or microphone and does not upload your saved-story library. No separate native audience analytics service is included in this version.
Contact
For app support and privacy requests, use editorial@whatshotinuae.com or the publisher’s Contact page. Requests about information submitted through website forms are handled through the publisher’s website privacy process.
Changes
This page describes version 1.0 of the iPhone and iPad app. Material changes to app services or data handling will be reflected in updated app privacy information.
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