Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how Vishwa Samachar Network ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses information when you visit or use our online platform, services, or any part thereof (collectively, "this service").

Information We Collect

We may collect information in various ways when you interact with this service. This information can be broadly categorised as:

- **Information you provide to us:** This includes any information you voluntarily submit to us through forms on our site, such as when subscribing to newsletters, participating in discussions, or contacting us directly. This might include information like your name or contact details.

- **Information we collect automatically:** When you access and use our site, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage. This includes technical information like your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, time spent on pages, and clickstream data. This is collected through technologies such as cookies, web beacons, and server logs.

- **Information from other sources:** We may receive information about you from third-party services if you link third-party accounts to our service or interact with our content across other platforms.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes related to operating and improving this service, including:

- To provide, operate, and maintain this service.

- To improve, personalise, and expand our content and services.

- To understand and analyse how you use our service.

- 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.

- To find and prevent fraud.

- To comply with legal obligations.

- To display content from third parties, such as videos or social media feeds.

Legal Basis for Processing (Relevant for users in areas with specific data protection laws)

We process your information based on several legal grounds, including:

- Your consent: Where you have given clear consent for us to process your personal information for a specific purpose.

- Performance of a contract: Where our use of your personal information is necessary to fulfil a contractual obligation to you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.

- Legal obligation: Where our use of your personal information is necessary for us to comply with a legal obligation.

- Vital interests: Where our use of your personal information is necessary to protect your or someone else’s vital interests.

- Legitimate interests: Where our use of your personal information is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party (unless there is a good reason to protect your personal information which overrides our legitimate interests).

Sharing Your Information

We may share your 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.

- **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 response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

- **With Your Consent:** We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.

We do not sell your personal information.

Data Retention

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

Data Security

We have implemented technical and organisational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure.

Your Data Protection Rights (Relevant for users in areas with specific data protection laws)

Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

- **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 organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the physical address provided below.

Cookies

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. 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.

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, you can contact us by writing to us at:

Vishwa Samachar Network
Building No. 2
5th Floor, Kohinoor Square,
Lady Jamshedji Road,
Mumbai, Maharashtra,
400025
India