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Bharat News Network ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you use our site and related services. This policy applies to all users of our online platform.

Information We Collect

We collect information to provide and improve our services, including news broadcasting, digital news publishing, investigative journalism, and exclusive interviews and sensation reports. The types of information we collect depend on how you interact with our online platform. This information may include:

Information You Provide Directly: This includes information you provide when you register for an account, subscribe to our newsletter, participate in interactive features of our service (e.g., commenting on articles), contact us with inquiries, or enter a contest or promotion. This may include your name, email address, and any other information you choose to provide.
Automatically Collected Information: When you access or use our site, we automatically collect certain information about your device and usage. This may include:
- Log Data: Information such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and the dates and times of your visits.
- Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activity. These technologies help us personalize your experience, understand how our site is used, and improve our services. You can control cookies through your browser settings, but disabling cookies may affect your ability to use certain features of our site.
- Device Information: Information about the device you use to access our online platform, including the device model, operating system, and unique device identifiers.
Information from Third Parties: We may receive information about you from third-party sources, such as social media platforms, when you interact with our content on those platforms.

How We Use Your Information

We use your information for the following purposes:

To Provide and Improve Our Services: To operate our site, provide you with access to content, personalize your experience, and develop new features.
To Communicate with You: To respond to your inquiries, send you newsletters and other communications, and provide customer support.
To Personalize Content and Advertising: To display content and advertising that is relevant to your interests.
To Conduct Research and Analysis: To analyze how our site is used and to improve our services.
To Protect Our Rights and Interests: To detect, investigate, and prevent fraud, security breaches, and other illegal activities.
To Comply with Legal Obligations: To comply with applicable laws and regulations.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose your information to the following categories of recipients:

Service Providers: We share information with third-party service providers who assist us with various aspects of our business, such as website hosting, data analysis, email marketing, and customer support. These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
Business Partners: We may share information with our business partners in connection with joint ventures, co-sponsored events, or other collaborations.
Legal Authorities: We may disclose your information to legal authorities if required by law or legal process, or if we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, property, or safety, or the rights, property, or safety of others.
Affiliates: We may share information with our affiliates, which are companies that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with Bharat News Network.
Other Users: If you participate in interactive features of our service, such as commenting on articles, your comments and other information may be visible to other users.
In Connection with a Business Transaction: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred to the acquiring entity.

Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. These measures include physical, technical, and administrative safeguards. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is perfectly secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Data Retention

We retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

Your Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:

Access: Request access to the personal information we hold about you.
Rectification: Request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
Erasure: Request that we erase your personal information under certain circumstances.
Restriction of Processing: Request that we restrict the processing of your personal information under certain circumstances.
Data Portability: Request that we provide you with a copy of your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
Object: Object to the processing of your personal information under certain circumstances.
Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal information if we are relying on your consent as the legal basis for processing.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at the address provided below. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.

Children's Privacy

Our site is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at the address provided below.

International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your country of residence, including countries that may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country. We will take steps to ensure that your information is protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy, regardless of where it is processed.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on our site and update the date at the top of this policy. Your continued use of our site after the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Bharat News Network 14 Nehru Road, 2nd Floor, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700013 Индия

This policy is effective as of October 26, 2023.