Privacy Policy for India Chronicle Online
This privacy policy explains how India Chronicle Online collects, uses, and protects information when you use our site or services. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other relevant legislation.
Information We Collect
When you access or use our online platform, we may collect certain types of information. This can include information you provide directly to us, such as when you register for an account, subscribe to a newsletter, participate in surveys or polls, submit comments, or contact us. This information might include identifiers that you provide.
We also automatically collect certain information when you visit our site. This includes technical data about your device, browser type, operating system, IP address, referring URLs, and your browsing activity on our site, such as the pages you view and the time spent on them. This information helps us understand how users interact with our service and improve our content and functionality.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes related to providing our services, which include news reporting, live interviews, investigative journalism, current affairs analysis, digital news delivery, event coverage, and editorial services. These purposes include:
- To provide, operate, and maintain our online platform and services.
- To improve, personalize, and expand our services.
- To understand and analyze how you use our services.
- To develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
- To communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the service, and for marketing and promotional purposes (where you have provided consent).
- To process your transactions.
- To find and prevent fraud.
- To comply with legal obligations.
Data Sharing
We may share your information with third parties in certain circumstances:
- With service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, data analysis, payment processing, information technology and related infrastructure provision, customer service, email delivery, auditing, and other services. These service providers are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us.
- In response to a valid request from law enforcement, government officials, or other third parties when we are legally compelled to do so, or when we believe disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, property, or safety, or the rights, property, or safety of others.
- In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.
- With your consent or at your direction.
We do not sell your personal information.
Data Retention
We retain the information we collect for as long as necessary to provide our services, fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data. These may include:
- The right to access the personal data we hold about you.
- The right to request correction of inaccurate personal data.
- The right to request erasure of your personal data.
- The right to restrict processing of your personal data.
- The right to object to the processing of your personal data.
- The right to data portability.
- The right to withdraw consent at any time (where processing is based on consent).
- The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.
Data Security
We have implemented technical and organizational measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, no internet transmission is ever completely secure or error-free.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our site may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience. Cookies are small data files stored on your device. We use them to understand site usage, improve our content, and remember your preferences. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our site.
Links to Other Sites
Our service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page. You are advised to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us by mail at:
India Chronicle Online
205 Pinnacle Business Park
2nd Floor
Mumbai, Maharashtra
400093
India