Privacy policy

This policy covers Delay Wire at delaywire.com. It was last updated on November 13, 2026.

What's collected

• Comments you choose to post, and an optional name.
• Photos you upload. We strip location and camera data (EXIF/GPS) before they are stored.
• A scrambled (hashed) version of your IP address, used only to prevent abuse such as spam and repeat reports. We do not store your raw IP address.
• Visit counts through Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-Y19CDDQHCT). Google signals and ad personalization are turned off. We do not use the site to show ads.

We do not require an email address to comment. If you include contact information on a removal request, we keep it only to handle that request.

Why it's collected

Comments and photos are collected so readers can share what they are seeing at airports, and so we can display those posts on Delay Wire. Hashed IP addresses are used to rate-limit posts and reports and to reduce spam. Analytics are used to count visits and understand which parts of the site are used.

How long it's kept

Rejected or deleted photos and comments are purged after 30 days. Hashed IP addresses are cleared after 30 days. A daily automated job performs this purge, and moderators can also run it from the admin tools.

Published comments and approved photos may stay on the site until you ask us to remove them, or until we take them down under our community guidelines.

How to ask for deletion

To ask us to remove your own post, a photo of you, or other content, use the removal request form. We aim to respond within 7 days.

What we do not do

• We do not use face recognition or any face analysis on uploaded photos.
• We do not sell reader information or use it for advertising.
• We do not require an account or email to post.