At Samachar Drishti Media, accessible through our site and online platforms, your privacy is of utmost importance to us. This privacy policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our services, which include breaking news coverage, latest news updates, exclusive interviews, investigative journalism, live news reporting, digital content creation, news analysis and commentary, and segment production for broadcast and online platforms.
We are Samachar Drishti Media, operating from B-20, Sector 62, 5th Floor, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 201301, India. We are the data controller responsible for processing your personal data collected through this service.
Information We Collect
We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, or is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with you. This includes:
* **Personal Data:** Information you voluntarily provide to us, such as when you register for an account, subscribe to newsletters, participate in polls or surveys, or leave comments. This might include details like your name or email address if you choose to provide them.
* **Usage Data:** Information automatically collected as you navigate our site or use our services. This may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referral URLs, pages viewed, date and time of visits, and device information.
* **Interaction Data:** Information about your interactions with our content and features, such as articles read, videos watched, and search queries.
How We Collect Information
We collect information through various methods:
* **Directly from You:** When you submit information through forms or interact directly with our services.
* **Automatically:** Through technologies like cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking mechanisms as you use our site.
* **From Third Parties:** In some cases, we may receive information from third-party services or partners, subject to their privacy policies and applicable laws.
Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)
We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
* **Consent:** Where you have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose (e.g., signing up for a newsletter). You can withdraw your consent at any time.
* **Legitimate Interests:** Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or those of a third party, provided these interests are not overridden by your fundamental rights and freedoms (e.g., improving our services, providing relevant content, fraud prevention, ensuring network and information security).
* **Performance of a Contract:** Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract (e.g., providing access to a paid subscription service).
* **Legal Obligation:** Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information for various purposes, including:
* To provide, operate, and maintain our services.
* To improve, personalize, and expand our services and content.
* 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 consent is given or legally permissible).
* To send you emails, newsletters, or other communications you have subscribed to.
* To find and prevent fraud.
* To monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our services.
* For compliance with legal obligations and to protect our rights and interests.
Sharing Your Information
We may share your information in the following circumstances:
* **Service Providers:** We may share your information with third-party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who perform services on our behalf (e.g., hosting, data analysis, email delivery, marketing services). These third parties are obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which it was provided.
* **Business Transfers:** If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
* **Legal Requirements:** We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
* **Protection of Rights:** We may disclose your information when we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, violations of our terms of service, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
* **With Your Consent:** We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.
Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures designed to protect your personal data from accidental loss and unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, please note that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
Data Retention
We retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements).
Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR)
Under GDPR, you have certain rights regarding your personal data:
* **The right to access:** You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
* **The right to rectification:** You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
* **The right to erasure:** You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
* **The right to restrict processing:** You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
* **The right to object to processing:** You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
* **The right to data portability:** You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
* **The right to withdraw consent:** Where we have processed your personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below. We will respond to your request within the timeframes required by applicable law.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our service.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.
Third-Party Links
Our service may contain links to other sites 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.
Children's Privacy
Our service is not intended for individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under age 16 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
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. Changes to this privacy policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, you can contact us:
By mail:
Samachar Drishti Media
B-20, Sector 62,
5th Floor,
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 201301
India