THE HIND SAMACHAR LIMITED (hereinafter referred as “HSL”) recognizes the importance of
maintaining the privacy of every user who visits our websites and APPS. We value your privacy
and appreciate your trust in us. We are committed to be transparent about the data we collect
about you, how it is used and with whom it is shared.
This Privacy Policy applies when you use/visit our website, mobile or tablet application, or any
other online service (collectively, the “Services”) that links or refers to it.
By visiting and/or using our services, you agree to this Privacy Policy. We strongly recommend
you to read this privacy policy so that you understand our approach towards the use of your
personal data.
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We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time as in required.
We collect information directly from user(s) , from third-parties and automatically through our
websites/mobile applications.
We collect limited information about your computer's connection to the Internet, including your IP
address, when you visit our site. Your IP address does not identify you personally. We also
collect and may store information that your computer or mobile device provides to us in
connection with your use of our website/apps such as your browser type, type of computer or
mobile device, browser language, IP address, mobile carrier, unique device identifier, location,
and requested and referring URLs. We also receive information when you view content on or
otherwise interact with our website/app/services, even if you have not created an account. We
use this information to deliver our web pages to you upon request, to tailor our site to the
interests of our users, to measure traffic on the website. This information may also be used by
our advertisers/third party companies to personalize content, ads etc.
Registration for the Services may require that you supply certain personal information such as
name, age, sex, contact number, profile image(Optional), email address and demographic
information (area, location, IP address etc) to register. To aid convenience, users can sign up on
any of our sites/apps, and we extend the same login credentials to sign in to any of the other
sites. (Single Sign-on feature). You may also register or link your account through third party
accounts such as Facebook, Google etc.
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
- We collect information directly from you when you register with us.
- We collect information from you using third party tools, browser cookies and web
beacons in order to improve user experience.
- We collect information from you when you register with us by linking your social media or
third party accounts. By doing this, you are authorizing them to share with us certain
information from such accounts, and authorizing us to collect, store, and use this in
accordance with this Privacy Policy.
- We collect information (whether you are registered or not registered with us) when you
browse our sites/apps, open or respond to an email from us (promotional or
informational),
- When you post a comment on our website or raise a query/question to us through phone
or email.
- Device Information We may collect non-personal information about the computer, mobile
device or other device you use to access the service, such as IP address, geo-location
information, unique device identifiers, browser type, browser language and other
information for the purpose of providing customized information on the browser.
- Location Information Our mobile application and websites may capture your current
location if you choose to enable GPS feature in the app or browser.
- Cookies are small text files which contain a small amount of information that is
downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. When you visit
the website again, or visit partner website which recognises that cookie, your device is
able to communicate with our website and the website can read the information held in
that cookie.
- We use Cookies to help you efficiently browse our websites and to save you time by not
having to re-enter your details/preferences each time you visit. Cookies allow us to
provide you with information and show you content relevant to you. We also use Cookies
to analyse how our customers interact with our websites so we can improve the customer
journey.
- You can choose to accept or decline cookies in your browser settings. Most web
browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting
to reject cookies if you prefer. You may find more help about managing cookies in your
browser: Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox & Safari etc. This may prevent you
from having complete website experience by affecting the access to some of the links,
services or features. Information collected by cookies and web beacons is not personally
identifiable.
USE OF INFORMATION
- To Provide and Manage the Services You Request. This includes, for example,
processing your subscription, sending you electronic newsletters, or enabling you to
participate in the features provided by the Services. It also includes providing
personalized content and recommendations to you, including by email. Through such
features, we are able to bring you information and content tailored to your individual
interests and needs.
- To Customise Advertising. We may use your information to facilitate the delivery of
targeted ads, promotions, and offers to you, on behalf of ourselves and advertisers, on
and off the Services.
- Understand Our Readers and Users. The Services conduct research on our users’
demographics, interests and behavior based on the information we collect. We do this to
better understand and serve our users, and to improve our products and services.
- To Reach You: We may periodically contact you with offers and information about the
Services and our affiliates, including in connection with your accounts, online surveys,
legal notices, news stories, new features that you are entitled to access, and other
important information. You may opt out of receiving commercial email messages from us
by following the instructions contained in those email messages.
- To Protect the Rights of the Services and others. We may use your personal information
as we believe is necessary or appropriate to protect, enforce, or defend the legal rights,
privacy, safety, or property of the Services, its employees or agents, or other users and
to comply with applicable law.
- Consent. We may otherwise use your information with your consent or at your direction.
SHARING OF INFORMATION
The following provides information about entities with which we may share information. Our
practices vary depending on the type of information.
Logging In Through Social Media Services: If you log into the Services with a social media
service or if you connect a social media account with the Services, we may share your
information with that social media service. The social media services’ use of the shared
information will be governed by the social media services’ privacy policy and your social media
account settings. If you do not want your information shared in this way, do not connect your
social media service account with your Services.
- Business Partners: We may also share your information with business partners to
provide you with services that you request.
- Service Providers: We may share information with vendors providing contractual services
to us, such as hosting vendors, advertising service providers, and list managers. We also
may share your information, including your payment information, as appropriate to
process your payments for the Services or complete a transaction.
- Other Parties When Required by Law or As Necessary to Protect Our Users and
Services: We may share your personal information as we believe is necessary or
appropriate to protect, enforce, or defend the legal rights, privacy, safety, or property of
the Services, our employees or agents or users or to comply with applicable law or legal
process, including responding to requests from public and government authorities.
- Affiliates : We may share information within our family of affiliated companies and
business associates.
- Third Parties that Provide Content, Advertising, or Functionality : When you use our
Services, third parties may collect or receive certain information about you and/or your
use of the Services (e.g., hashed data, click stream information, browser type, time and
date, information about your interactions with advertisements and other content),
including through the use of cookies, beacons, mobile ad identifiers, and similar
technologies, in order to provide content, advertising, or functionality or to measure and
analyze ad performance, on our Services or other websites or platforms. This information
may be combined with information collected across different websites, online services,
and other linked or associated devices. These third parties may use your information to
improve their own services and consistent with their own privacy policies.
- Other Parties in Connection With a Corporate Transaction : We reserve the right to
transfer any information we have about you in the event that we sell or transfer all or a
portion of our business or assets to a third party, such as in the event of a merger,
acquisition, or in connection with a bankruptcy reorganization.
- Otherwise With Your Consent or At Your Direction : In addition to the sharing described
in this Privacy Policy, we may share information about you with third parties whenever
you consent to or direct such sharing.
- We also may share other information with third parties in a manner that does not identify
particular users, including, for example, aggregated data about how users are using our
Services.
- Links to Third-Party Sites : Our Services may link to third-party websites and services
that are outside our control. We are not responsible for the security or privacy of any
information collected by other websites or other services. You should exercise caution,
and review the privacy statements applicable to the third-party websites and services you
use.
ACCESS TO PERSONAL INFORMATION
You may access or modify your personal information by signing on to the website. We will not
modify the information provided by you. However, you must update your personal information as
soon as such changes are necessitated.
Upon your request, we will close your account and remove your personal information from view
as soon as reasonably possible, based on your account activity and in accordance with
applicable law(s). However, we will retain the required personal information from closed accounts
to comply with law, Avoid/check illegal and/or potentially prohibited activities and to enforce User
Agreements; Comply with any court judgment / decree / order / directive / legal & government
authority /applicable law; Investigate potential violations or applicable national & international
laws; Investigate deliberate damage to the website/services or its legitimate operation; Detect,
prevent, or otherwise address security and/or technical issues; safeguard p the rights, property or
safety of company and/or its Directors, employees and the general public at large; Respond to
Claims of third parties; and take such other actions as may be permitted by law
SHOULD YOU WANT TO OPT OUT
If we possess your contact information, we may want to keep you posted about our products,
services and events, through email. Should you prefer not to keep up to date with company
related news and latest information on services and receive such marketing materials, please
click on the unsubscribe link in the communication that you recieve.
Further, a user may withdraw the consent given to the company on the website by
communicating the same to us in writing on the email provided in the contact us section of the
website. However, such withholding of information or withdrawal of consent may result in
company not being able to provide services and facilities.
We will update your preferences as soon as reasonably practical. However, do note, if you opt
out of the companies emailing list, as described here, we will not be able to remove your
personal information from the databases of affiliates, franchisees or business partners with which
we have already shared your personal information, prior to the date of your opt-out request.