Effective Date: April 11th, 2024
jagatdarpan.com (“Jagatdarpan,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors and users. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and store your personal information when you use our website.
Information We Collect
- Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form (name, email address, website), along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
- Gravatar: An anonymized string created from your email address (hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it for your profile picture. You can find the Gravatar service privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
- Media: We recommend avoiding uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) as it can be publicly accessible.
- Cookies:
- Comments: You can opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience when leaving future comments. These cookies expire after one year.
- Login: We use temporary cookies to assess your browser’s compatibility with cookies. These contain no personal data and disappear upon closing the browser.
- Login Sessions: Login cookies store your login information and display preferences. They last for two days unless you choose “Remember Me,” which extends them to two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.
- Editing/Publishing: An additional cookie is used briefly when editing or publishing articles. It contains no personal data and only indicates the edited article’s ID.
- Embedded Content: Articles may include embedded content from other websites (videos, images, articles, etc.). These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including if you’re logged in to their website.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Improve your experience on our website.
- Personalize content and advertisements (based on legitimate interest and with your consent).
- Moderate comments and prevent spam.
- Respond to your inquiries and requests.
- Operate and maintain https://jagatdarpan.com/.
- Analyze website usage trends and improve our services.
Sharing Your Information
We may share your information with third-party service providers who help us operate https://jagatdarpan.com/ and deliver our services. These providers are contractually obligated to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
We will disclose your information if required by law or to protect the rights, property or safety of ourselves or others.
Data Retention
- Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely for automatic spam detection and approval of follow-up comments.
- User Data: Registered users can access, edit or delete their personal information at any time (except username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
- Legal Requirements: We may retain certain data for administrative, legal, or security purposes even if you request deletion.
Your Rights
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of your personal data we hold. You can also request the erasure of any personal data we hold about you, excluding information for legal or security purposes.
Data Security
We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction. However, no website can guarantee complete data security.
Children’s Privacy
https://jagatdarpan.com/ does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. We will take steps to remove the information from our systems.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at contact@jagatdarpan.com