National Policy Atlas · aep-000050
Gilroy Dispatch
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Policy text permits some remedies when circumstances change
“In rare cases — a demonstrated threat to someone’s safety, charges that were dropped or expunged, or coverage of minors — an editor may update a story with new information, de-index it from search engines or, in exceptional circumstances, remove it.”
“We do not unpublish accurate stories because a subject finds them embarrassing or inconvenient.”
| Remedy | Policy text (automated reading) | Practice (automated reading) |
|---|---|---|
| Removal / unpublishing | Ruled out in policy text | None found |
| Search-engine de-indexing | Permitted in policy text | None found |
| Anonymization or redaction | Not addressed | None found |
| Update for later developments | Permitted in policy text | — |
Policy pages
| Page | First seen | Checked by us |
|---|---|---|
| Ethics and Corrections Policy | Gilroy Dispatch | Gilroy, California | Oct 9, 2026 | Not yet |
"First seen" is when a page was first read, by us or by NSMPA. It isn't the date the policy was adopted, and pages not yet checked may describe something other than a policy on old stories.
8 quotes from this newsroom's own pages, found automatically
Not checked by hand yet, so check the source before quoting.
- Retrieved Oct 9, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 4847
In rare cases — a demonstrated threat to someone’s safety, charges that were dropped or expunged, or coverage of minors — an editor may update a story with new information, de-index it from search engines or, in exceptional circumstances, remove it.
- Retrieved Oct 9, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 4848
We do not unpublish accurate stories because a subject finds them embarrassing or inconvenient.
- Retrieved Oct 9, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 4849
Updates add new information to a developing story.
- Retrieved Oct 9, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 4850
An update is not a correction and is labeled as an update.
- Retrieved Oct 9, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 4851
Where corrections appear Online, we correct the article itself and append a correction note stating what was changed and when.
- Retrieved Oct 9, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 4852
How we handle errors Corrections fix errors of fact — a wrong name, date, figure, title or attribution.
- Retrieved Oct 9, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 4853
Our newsrooms follow the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics: seek truth and report it, minimize harm, act independently and be accountable and transparent.
- Retrieved Oct 9, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 4854
Privacy and Minimizing Harm Reporting sometimes causes discomfort, but we weigh the public’s right to know against the harm coverage may cause.
Cite this record
The Archive Ethics Project. Gilroy Dispatch (aep-000050). National Policy Atlas. https://archiveethics.org/atlas/gilroy-dispatch. Accessed Oct 11, 2026.
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