Editorial policy
This document explains who is responsible for the content of O Meu Concelho, how we decide what gets published, what we do with third-party content, and how we handle public data. It is the public benchmark by which we want to be evaluated.
Editorial responsibility
O Meu Concelho is responsible for everything it publishes, including what results from automated collection. There is no content without someone responsible.
Independence
We have no partisan, institutional, or municipal affiliation. No city hall, company, or advertiser has the right to view, approve, or veto content prior to publication.
Origin always visible
Each piece indicates where it comes from. Articles written based on official publications list these sources at the end, with a link to the original text; the authorship of the text belongs to O Meu Concelho.
Separation of advertising
Sponsored content is identified as such, in a visible manner. It is never presented as an editorial piece.
How we decide what is published
- Local relevance criterion: we prioritize what affects the lives of those living in the municipalities we cover — municipal decisions, civil protection, public procurement, cultural agenda, and services.
- Origin verification: we only publish information that we can attribute to an identifiable source. We do not publish rumors or unverified anonymous content.
- Proportionality: in matters involving identified individuals, we weigh the public interest against the right to a good name and the reservation of private life.
- Police and judicial cases: we respect the presumption of innocence. We do not identify suspects, victims, or minors, except when such identification is already official and the public interest justifies it.
Original pieces and republications
- Original pieces: text prepared by the portal, identified as content from O Meu Concelho and submitted to aggregators when it meets their respective criteria.
- Pieces written from official sources: when information reaches us via a press release, notice, or publication from a city hall, that publication is our source — the article is written by the editorial team, and the origin is identified at the end of the piece, with a link to the official document.
- Republications: in older archive pieces, the text could be reproduced from the official source. In those cases, we do not claim authorship, the signature belongs to the originating entity, and the fact is signaled in the page's structured data.
- We never fully reproduce the text of another media outlet. When we quote, we quote the essential and refer back to the origin.
- If you are the author or rights holder of content that you consider we have used improperly, write to geral@omeuconcelho.pt — we remove or correct with priority.
Data collection and responsibility
- Data collection is automated: programmed routines read municipal feeds, public procurement portals, civil protection bulletins, and weather services.
- All published pieces fall under the editorial responsibility of O Meu Concelho and its responsible editor, Valdemir Neto.
- We do not publish statements, quotes, or testimonies that cannot be attributed to an identified source.
Financing and ownership
- O Meu Concelho is an independent project of private initiative, without capital participation from local authorities, political parties, or economic groups.
- Sustenance is provided through advertising: local campaigns sold and served by the portal itself (Meu Concelho Ads) and Google AdSense network ads. Advertising is always identified as such and separated from editorial content; the use of advertising cookies is described on the Privacy page.
- Advertisers do not have privileged access to editorial content or influence over the coverage of their municipality or sector.
- For questions about ownership or financing: geral@omeuconcelho.pt.
Conflicts of interest and pluralism
- When a piece touches an entity with which we have a commercial relationship, that relationship is declared in the piece itself.
- We seek to cover the 47 municipalities with the same criterion, regardless of the political color of the municipal executive or the size of the municipality.
- In matters of public controversy, we seek to present the opposing positions and provide an opportunity to respond to those targeted.
Última atualização desta política: 15/11/2026.