Privacy Policy

Bharati News & Media operates this online platform and is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. This privacy policy describes how we collect, use, and share information when you use our site or services. We aim to comply with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other relevant legislation.

Who We Are

We are Bharati News & Media, based at 201 Veer Nariman Road, 5th Floor, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400020, India. We are the data controller responsible for your personal information processed through this service.

Information We Collect

When you use our site or services, we may collect various types of information.

Information you provide directly to us:

Contact information, such as your name, email address, and phone number, if you contact us directly.
Information you submit when contributing content, posting comments, or participating in forums or surveys.
Information you provide when subscribing to newsletters or services.
Information provided when you apply for a job or interact with us in a business capacity.

Information we collect automatically:

Usage data: Information about how you access and use our site, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, pages viewed, referring URLs, device information, and timestamps of visits.
Cookie data: Information collected through cookies and similar technologies placed on your device. (Please see the section on Cookies for more details).

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

To provide, operate, and maintain our site and services, including delivering news content, hosting interviews, publishing blogs, and producing digital media.
To improve, personalize, and expand our site and services.
To understand and analyze how you use our site.
To develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
To communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the service, and for marketing and promotional purposes (if you have consented to receive such communications).
To process your transactions and manage your orders for services (if applicable).
To find and prevent fraud.
To comply with legal obligations and protect our legal rights.

Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal information based on several legal grounds:

Your consent: Where you have given us clear consent for specific processing activities, such as sending you marketing emails or placing certain types of cookies. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
Performance of a contract: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you, such as providing you with a paid subscription service or fulfilling a service request.
Legal obligation: Where processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation that applies to us.
Legitimate interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or those of a third party, provided these interests are not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. Our legitimate interests include operating our business, providing and improving our services, managing our relationship with you, and preventing fraud.

How We Share Your Information

We may share your personal information with third parties in the following circumstances:

Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors and service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as website hosting, data analysis, payment processing, information technology, and related infrastructure provision, customer service, email delivery, and auditing services. These service providers are only permitted to use your information as necessary to perform the services they provide to us.
Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply with a legal obligation, (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of Bharati News & Media, (iii) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the service or the public, or (iv) protect against legal liability.
With Your Consent: We may disclose your information with your explicit consent.

We do not sell your personal data.

Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. Usage data is generally retained for a shorter period, unless this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.

International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction. If we transfer your personal data outside of your jurisdiction, we will take steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy and applicable laws, for example, by using standard contractual clauses approved by the relevant authorities.

Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the following 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 or complete 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: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us in writing at the address provided below. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that our processing of your personal data infringes applicable law.

Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our site uses 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. 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.

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, please contact us in writing at:

Bharati News & Media
201 Veer Nariman Road, 5th Floor,
Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400020, India.