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Privacy Policy
Your privacy is critically important to us. Learn how Maina Sedam News collects, protects, uses, and respects your personal data.
Commitment to User Privacy & Data Protection
This Privacy Policy applies to the website, digital e-paper platform, WhatsApp news alert channels, and related digital services owned and operated by Maina Sedam News (ಮೈನಾ ಸೇಡಂ ನ್ಯೂಸ್), published from Sedam, Kalaburagi, Karnataka (RNI/PRGI: KNKAN/25/A1528).
We are committed to handling your personal data responsibly in compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) of India and global standard data privacy practices.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information that you directly provide to us as well as technical data gathered automatically during your visit:
When you subscribe to our news updates via WhatsApp/SMS or submit a query through our contact form, we collect your Phone Number, Name, Email Address, and Message Content.
IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device identifiers, referring URLs, pages viewed, time spent reading news segments, and e-paper interaction logs.
News tips, letters to the editor, fact-check requests, photos or videos submitted for reporting, including your contact details for verification.
Preferences, e-paper zoom and page settings, session identifiers, and cached news segments to improve loading speed.
2. How We Use Your Information
We process your data strictly for legitimate journalistic and operational purposes:
- Delivering News Alerts: Sending daily headlines, e-paper editions, and breaking news bulletins via WhatsApp or SMS to opted-in subscribers.
- Responding to Communications: Answering editorial inquiries, feedback, advertisement requests, and corrections reports.
- Platform Performance & Security: Monitoring traffic trends, debugging server errors, preventing cyberattacks, and optimizing e-paper viewer performance.
- Legal & Regulatory Compliance: Adhering to applicable Indian digital media laws, court orders, and government directives.
3. Data Sharing & Third-Party Services
We may share limited data with trusted infrastructure providers under strict confidentiality agreements:
- Hosting & Database: Google Firebase / Cloud hosting infrastructure for secure storage and authentication.
- Analytics: Aggregated, anonymized web analytics to measure audience reach without personally identifying individuals.
- Law Enforcement: If required by a valid legal process, judicial order, or to prevent immediate physical harm or criminal fraud.
4. Google AdSense & Third-Party Advertising Disclosure
We use Google AdSense and other third-party advertising partners to serve advertisements when you visit our website. These companies may use cookies and web beacons to collect non-personally identifiable information during your visits in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
Google Advertising Cookie Disclosures:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
- Alternatively, users can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
5. Data Security & Retention
We implement industry-standard technical and organizational security controls, including HTTPS SSL encryption, restricted administrative access, firewalls, and secure database authentication rules to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure.
We retain your subscriber details only as long as you maintain an active subscription. Contact messages are archived for legitimate editorial records and deleted periodically.
5. Your Rights & Opting Out
Under the DPDP Act and relevant data regulations, you have the following rights:
- Right to Access & Review: You can request a summary of personal information we hold about you.
- Right to Correction & Erasure: You can ask us to update inaccurate data or delete your phone number/email from our subscriber lists.
- Unsubscribe from WhatsApp Alerts: You can opt-out at any time by replying "STOP" or "UNSUBSCRIBE" on our official WhatsApp number (+91 78924 68604).
6. Protection of Children's Privacy
Our website is intended for general audiences. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under the age of 18 without verifiable parental consent. If you believe your child has submitted personal details, please contact us for immediate deletion.
7. Grievance Redressal & Data Protection Officer
In accordance with the Information Technology Act, 2000 and DPDP Act, for any privacy concerns, data inquiries, or grievance redressal, please contact our designated officer:
Address
Maina Sedam News, Sedam, Kalaburagi, Karnataka - 585222
Phone / WhatsApp
+91 9731666052 / +91 78924 68604