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JharKhabar ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to safeguarding your personal privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, process, store, and protect your information when you visit or interact with our digital platform at jharkhabar.com, including mobile applications and related online services.
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We collect information that you explicitly provide when interacting with our services, such as when you:
- Register for a subscriber account or user profile.
- Subscribe to news alerts, newsletters, or notifications.
- Post comments, submit op-ed submissions, or provide reader feedback.
- Contact our editorial support desk or business teams.
- Participate in news surveys, polls, or reader contests.
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To ensure optimal performance and security, our servers automatically record standard internet log data when you browse our website, including:
- IP address, network location, and ISP details.
- Browser type, operating system, and device parameters.
- Referral URLs, exit pages, and time spent on specific news categories.
- Aggregated interaction telemetry and crash reports.
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Your information helps us deliver a reliable and personalized reader experience. We use data for:
- Operating, maintaining, and serving personalized news feeds.
- Moderating user commentary to prevent spam, abuse, and harassment.
- Sending administrative updates, breaking news alerts, and newsletters (opt-out available anytime).
- Monitoring site infrastructure performance and detecting security vulnerabilities.
- Complying with statutory journalism regulations and legal requests under applicable laws.
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We use essential, analytical, and advertising cookies to store user session preferences and measure traffic. Third-party partners (such as Google AdSense and web analytics vendors) may set tracking cookies to serve relevant advertisements based on past web activity. You can control or block non-essential cookies via your web browser settings.
6. Third-Party Data Sharing Policy
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third parties. We may share anonymized or aggregated reader metrics with trusted service providers (cloud hosts, email systems, security audit tools) strictly to maintain operations, or when mandated by law enforcement under legal warrants.
7. Data Security & Retention
We employ standard technical and organizational security protocols, including SSL encryption and restricted system access, to protect your data. Personal data is retained only for as long as necessary to fulfill service functions or satisfy legal and accounting requirements.
8. Children's Privacy Notice
JharKhabar does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from individuals under 18 years of age without parental consent. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected data from a minor, we will delete that information immediately.
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Under applicable privacy frameworks (including India's DPDP Act and international standards), you maintain the following rights over your personal data:
Right to Access
Request a copy of the personal information stored in our records.
Right to Rectification
Update or correct inaccurate or incomplete personal records.
Right to Erasure
Request deletion of your profile data, account, and comment history.
Right to Withdraw Consent
Unsubscribe from processing activities or marketing channels at any time.
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Data Protection Desk
For privacy inquiries, rights requests, or data erasure requests, contact our compliance team directly.