**Privacy Policy for Bharat News Network**
Bharat News Network ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our site and related services. This policy is effective immediately upon your access to our site.
**Information We Collect**
We collect information that you provide directly to us, as well as information collected automatically as you navigate our site.
- **Information You Provide:** This may include your name, email address, postal address, phone number, demographic information, and any other information you choose to provide when you register for an account, subscribe to our newsletters, participate in surveys or contests, submit comments or feedback, or otherwise interact with our online platform.
- **Automatically Collected Information:** When you access or use our site, we may automatically collect certain information, including:
- **Log Data:** Information about your use of our site, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring website, pages visited, and the dates/times of your visits.
- **Cookies and Similar Technologies:** We use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activity. These technologies may be used to personalize your experience, analyze trends, administer the website, track users' movements around the website, and gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level, but if you choose to disable cookies, it may limit your use of certain features or functions on our site.
- **Device Information:** Information about the device you use to access our site, including the device model, operating system, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
- **Location Information:** We may collect information about your location, which may be derived from your IP address or through the use of location-based services on your device. You can control the collection of location information through your device settings.
**How We Use Your Information**
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- To provide and improve our services, including personalizing content and recommendations.
- To administer your account and respond to your inquiries.
- To send you newsletters, updates, and promotional materials (where permitted by applicable law). You can opt-out of receiving these communications at any time.
- To conduct research and analysis to improve our site and develop new features.
- To monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our site.
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues, security breaches, or fraud.
- To comply with applicable laws and regulations.
- To enforce our terms of service and other policies.
**Disclosure of Your Information**
We may disclose your information to the following categories of recipients:
- **Service Providers:** We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as website hosting, data analysis, email delivery, marketing, and customer service. These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
- **Affiliates:** We may share your information with our affiliates, which are entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with Bharat News Network.
- **Legal Authorities:** We may disclose your information to law enforcement agencies, government authorities, or other third parties if we are required to do so 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.
- **Business Transfers:** In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, or other business transaction, we may transfer your information to the acquiring entity or other successor in interest.
- **With Your Consent:** We may share your information with third parties with your consent or at your direction.
**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 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
**Data Retention**
We will 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 (GDPR and Other Laws)**
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:
- Access your personal information.
- Correct inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
- Erase your personal information.
- Restrict the processing of your personal information.
- Object to the processing of your personal information.
- Data portability (receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format).
- Withdraw your consent (where we are relying on your consent to process your personal information).
- Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at the address provided below. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.
**Children's Privacy**
Our site is not directed to children under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 16 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to delete such information.
**International Data Transfers**
Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your country of residence, including India, which may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country. We will take appropriate safeguards to ensure that your information is protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law.
**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 effective date. Your continued use of our site after the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.
**Contact Us**
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:
Bharat News Network
42 Mahatma Gandhi Road, 2nd Floor,
New Delhi, Delhi, 110001
India