Privacy Policy

☺Who we are

This website, parinamsetu.com (“ParinamSetu”, “we”, “us”), is an independent information website operated by Anil Kumar. For the purposes of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“DPDP Act”) and similar laws, we act as the data fiduciary (controller) for personal data collected through this website.

☰Information we collect

✓How we use information

We use information only for lawful purposes connected with running this website:

• To provide, maintain, secure and improve the website and its guides.
• To understand which pages are useful, so that we can write better content.
• To reply to messages, corrections and requests.
• To show advertisements and measure how they perform.
• To detect spam, abuse and technical problems.
• To comply with legal obligations.

Our legal bases are your consent (for example for non-essential cookies and personalised ads where required), our legitimate interest in operating a secure website, and legal compliance.

⚙Cookies

Cookies are small files stored on your device. We and our partners use them for essential functions, analytics and advertising. You can accept, reject or delete cookies through your browser and the consent options we provide. Details, cookie categories and instructions are in our Cookie Policy.

★Advertising and Google

We may use third-party advertising companies, including Google AdSense, to show ads on this website.

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites.
• Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• Google may use the DoubleClick (DART) cookie to show ads based on your visits to this and other websites.
• These companies may collect and use information such as your IP address, browser and device identifiers, and your interaction with ads.

Your choices for ads

• Opt out of personalised advertising at Google Ads Settings.
• Opt out of many third-party vendors’ cookies at aboutads.info/choices or optout.networkadvertising.org.
• Visitors in Europe can use youronlinechoices.com.
• Learn how Google uses data from sites that use its services: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites and how Google ads work.

If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, we use (or will use) a consent management platform to ask for your consent before personalised ads or non-essential cookies are used. Disabling personalised ads does not remove ads; they will just be less relevant.

☷Analytics and hosting

We may use analytics tools such as Google Analytics (including via Google Site Kit) and Cloudflare Web Analytics to understand how visitors use the site, for example which pages are popular and which devices are used. These tools may set cookies or process IP addresses.

You can opt out of Google Analytics with the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

The website is delivered through Cloudflare (content delivery and security) and hosted with a third-party web host, which process technical data such as IP addresses and server logs in order to serve and protect the site.

⇄Sharing of information

We do not sell your personal information. We share information only with:

• Service providers who help us run the site (hosting, security, analytics, email), under appropriate safeguards.
• Advertising partners, such as Google, in the way described above.
• Authorities or courts when the law requires it or to protect our rights, users or the public.
• A successor, if the website is transferred, with the same privacy commitments.

⌛Data retention

We keep personal data only as long as needed for the purpose it was collected, or as required by law. As a guide: emails and messages are kept for as long as needed to handle your request and for a reasonable period afterwards; server logs and analytics data are kept for a limited period set by the provider; cookies last for the periods described in the Cookie Policy. When data is no longer needed, we delete or anonymise it.

🔒Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational safeguards such as HTTPS, access controls and security tools to protect information. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security. If a personal data breach affecting you occurs, we will act as required by law.

⚖Your rights

Under the DPDP Act, 2023 (India) you can, as a data principal:

• Get a summary of the personal data we hold about you and how it is processed.
• Ask us to correct, complete or update your data.
• Ask us to erase your data when it is no longer needed or you withdraw consent.
• Withdraw consent at any time (this does not affect processing already done).
• Have a grievance addressed, and approach the Data Protection Board of India if it is not resolved.
• Nominate another person to exercise your rights in case of death or incapacity.

If you are in the EEA, UK or Switzerland (GDPR / UK GDPR) you also have the rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability and objection, and the right to complain to your local data protection authority.

How to use your rights: email [email protected] from the address you used to contact us, say what you want, and include the page link if relevant. We may ask for details to confirm your identity. We aim to acknowledge your request within 3 working days and respond within 30 days.

☺Children

ParinamSetu is intended for general audiences, including students, but is not directed at children under 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children without a parent’s or guardian’s consent. If you believe a child has given us personal data, please contact us and we will delete it. We do not track children or show behaviourally targeted ads knowingly to them.

↗Third-party links

This website links to official government and other third-party websites. They have their own privacy practices, which we do not control. Please read their policies before sharing information.

🌐International transfers

Some of our service providers, including Google and Cloudflare, process data in India and in other countries. Where data is transferred outside your country, we rely on the safeguards provided by those providers and applicable law.

✎Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top shows when it was last updated. If we make a material change, we will highlight it on this page.

✉Contact and grievance

For privacy questions, data requests or complaints:

You can also use our Contact Us page.

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