Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy :

At Kalimpong News, we prioritize the privacy and security of our users. This Privacy Policy outlines the information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have regarding your personal data. By accessing or using our website (http://kalimpongonlinenews.blogspot.com) and its services, you agree to the terms outlined in this policy.

1. Information We Collect:

a. Personal Information: When you visit our website, we may collect personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, and any other information you voluntarily provide.

b. Non-personal Information: We may also collect non-personal information, such as your IP address, browser type, device information, and website usage data. This information helps us improve our services and enhance your overall experience.

2. How We Use Your Information:

a. To Provide and Improve Services: We use the information collected to deliver our news content, personalize your experience, and continually improve our website and services.

b. Communication: We may use your email address to send you updates, newsletters, and other relevant information. You can opt out of these communications at any time.

c. Analytics: Non-personal information is used for analytical purposes to understand user behavior, trends, and preferences. This data helps us enhance our content and user interface.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies:

Breaking News Superfast uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on our website. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings.

4. Third-Party Links:

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites. We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit.

5. Security:

We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information. However, no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

6. Children's Privacy:

Breaking News Superfast is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect or maintain information from individuals under the age of 13.

7. Changes to the Privacy Policy:

Thank you for trusting Breaking News Superfast with your information. We are committed to maintaining the highest standards of privacy and transparency. 

The right to privacy is protected as an intrinsic part of the right to life and personal liberty under Article 21 and as a part of the freedoms guaranteed by Part III of the Constitution. 

Respecting the Constitution of India we honour the privacy of all readers and viewers and we do not collect personal information about them when they visit our website(s) unless they volunteer to provide that information to us. 

If the readers and viewers visit our website(s) just to browse, read pages or download information, but do not register for any of our services, we gather and store certain information about their visit automatically. This information cannot and does not identify them personally. 

The kind of information that is gathered automatically include the type of browser they are using (e.g. Netscape, Internet Explorer, chrome, mozilla), the type of Operating System they are using (e.g. Windows or Mac OS) and the domain name of their Internet Service Provider, the date and time of their visit and the pages they visit. 

We sometimes use this non-personally identifiable information to improve our website(s) design, content and primarily to give them a better browsing experience. 

Personal Information: 

We collect personal information from them only if they provide it voluntarily. The type of personally identifiable information that may be collected by us include name, address, e-mail address and information about their interests in and use of various services. 

For example, they might submit their name and e-mail address to subscribe to our newsletters or to take part in our discussion forum or to send us their feedback. They might also enter another person’s e-mail address and name but the information they provide is not given or sold to any private organisations or private persons. 

Third -Party Sites:

Sometimes, our website(s)  contain links to other websites whose privacy policies may be different to ours. Visitors should consult the other sites’ privacy notices as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties. 

Very often we also use a reputable third party to serve the advertisements that they see on their pages. In the course of serving advertisements, our third-party advertiser may place or recognise a unique “cookie” on their browser and may use information (not including their name, address, e-mail address) about their visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to them. 

Links: 

In the published news our website(s) provides links to other website(s).  The privacy policies of these website(s) is not under our control. Once they leave our servers, use of any information they provide is governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the site they are visiting. It is advisable to read their privacy policies for further information. This Privacy Policy sets out the basis on which information collected from the users or provided by the users is processed by us, Foundation for Independent Journalism, incorporated under the laws of India. 

This Privacy Policy forms part and parcel of the Terms of Use for the Services. Capitalized terms which have been used here but are undefined shall have the same meaning as attributed to them in the Terms of Use. We respect the privacy of the users of the Services and is committed to protect it in all respects. 

By accessing Kalimpong News Platform or otherwise using the Services, viewers and readers consent to collection, storage, and use of the personal information made available by viewers and readers (including any changes thereto as provided ) for any of the Services that We offer. 

The Kalimpong News reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy in any manner, from time to time, entirely at its own discretion, with or without any notification. The Kalimpong News shall be under no obligation to notify the implementation of any modifications to the Privacy Policy to the viewers and readers. 

Viewers and readers are responsible for checking the Privacy Policy periodically to remain in compliance with the terms of this Privacy Policy. Their access to and use after any amendment to the Privacy Policy shall constitute the viewers and readers deemed acceptance of such modified terms.

Discontinuing use of the Services will not affect the applicability of the Privacy Policy to the viewers and readers prior uses of the Services.

The Kalimpong News respects the viewers and readers privacy and is committed to reasonably protect it in all respects. The information about the viewers and readers as collected by the Kalimpong News is: (a) information supplied by Users and (b) information automatically tracked while navigation (c) information collected from any other source (collectively referred to as “Information”). 

INFORMATION RECEIVED, COLLECTED AND STORED :  

1. INFORMTION UPPLIED BY USERS:

a. Registration or comment or data: 

When the viewers and readers register and/or leave comments on Kalimpong News, We may ask that the readers and viewers provide basic contact information such as the name, sex, age, address, pin code, contact number, occupation, interests, website and email address etc of the viewers and readers. When the viewers and readers register using, their accounts on third party platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Gmail etc.(as facilitated by the Kalimpong News from time to time), We shall retrieve Information from such account(s) to continue to interact with the viewers and readers and to continue providing the Services seamlessly.  

b. Subscription, Voluntary contributions or paid service data :

When the viewers and readers choose any subscription, voluntary contribution or paid Service, We or Our payment gateway provider may collect their purchase, address or billing information, including their credit card number and expiration date etc. However, when the viewers and readers order using an in-app purchase option, this activity is handled solely by such platform providers. The subscriptions, voluntary contributions or paid Services may be on auto renewal mode unless cancelled. If at any point the viewers and readers do not wish to auto-renew their subscription, the viewers and readers may cancel their contribution or subscription before the end of the contribution/subscription term.

c. Voluntary Contribution: 

We may collect additional Information at other times, including but not limited to, when the viewers and readers provide feedback, change their content or email preferences, respond to a survey, or communicate with Us.

2. INFORMATION AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED/ TRACKED WHILE NAVIGATION

a. Cookies:

To improve the responsiveness of the Kalimpong News for the viewers and readers, We may use “cookies”, or similar electronic tools to collect Information to assign each User a unique, random number as a User Identification (User ID) to understand their individual interests using the identified computer. Unless the viewers and readers voluntarily identify themself (through registration, for example), We will have no way of knowing who the viewers and readers are, even if we assign a cookie to their computer. The only personal Information a cookie can contain is Information the viewers and readers supply. Our advertisers may also assign their own cookies to their browser (if the viewers and readers click on their ads), a process that We do not control.

b. Cookies – Opting out:

If a User opts out using the Ads Settings, the unique ‘DoubleClick cookie ID’ on the User’s browser is overwritten with the phrase “OPT_OUT”. Because there is no longer a unique cookie ID, the opt-out cookie can’t be associated with a particular browser.

c. Log File Information:

We automatically collect limited Information about the viewers and readers computer’s connection to the Internet, mobile number, including the viewers and readers IP address, when the viewers and readers visit Kalimpong News.

d. Clear GIFs:

We may use “clear GIFs” (Web Beacons) to track the online usage patterns of Our Users in an anonymous manner, without personally identifying the User. We may also use clear GIFs in HTML-based emails sent to Our Users to track which emails are opened by recipients. We use this Information to inter-alia deliver Our web pages to the viewers and readers upon request, to tailor  and Services provided thereunder to the interests of Our Users, to measure traffic within Kalimpong News to improve the quality, functionality and interactivity of Kalimpong News and let advertisers know the geographic locations from where Our Users come.

e. Information from other Sources:

We may receive Information about the viewers and readers from other sources, add it to Our User Information database and treat it in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If the viewers and readers provide Information to the platform provider or other partner, whom we provide services, the viewers and readers account Information and order Information may be passed on to Us. We may obtain updated contact Information from third parties in order to correct Our records and fulfil Services or to communicate with the viewers and readers.

3. LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES / AD-SERVERS

The Kalimpong News may include links to other websites or applications (“Linked Platforms”). The Kalimpong News is not privy to nor does it exercise any control over the data collection policies of such Linked Platforms, and the User agrees and acknowledges that the Kalimpong News shall not be held responsible for the data collection policies of any Linked Platform(s). Once the viewers and readers leave Our servers (the viewers and readers can tell where the viewers and readers are by checking the URL in the location bar on their browser), use of any Information they provide is governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the Linked Platforms the viewers and readers are visiting which may be different from this Privacy Policy.

We use third-party advertising companies to serve advertisements when the viewers and readers  visit Kalimpong News. These companies may use Information (not including name, address, email address or telephone number and/or other personally identifiable Information of the viewers and readers) about their visits to Kalimpong News and other websites or applications, in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to the viewers and readers. 

Except as provided under this Privacy Policy, We do not share any personally identifiable Information to third party websites / advertisers / ad-servers without consent of the viewers and readers. 

4. INFORMATION USE BY THE KALIMPONG NEWS

a/ The Information as supplied by the Users enables Us to improve the Services and provide the readers and viewers the most User-friendly experience. All required Information is Service dependent and we may use the above said User Information to, maintain, protect, and improve the Services (including advertising on the Kalimpong News) and for developing new services. Pursuant to confirmation of the viewers and readers to access the Services, We may also use their email address or other personally identifiable Information to send commercial or marketing messages without their consent [with an option to subscribe / unsubscribe (where feasible)]. We may, however, use email address of the viewers and readers without further consent for non-marketing or administrative purposes (such as notifying the viewers and readers of major changes, for customer service purposes, billing, etc.).

b/ Any personally identifiable Information provided by the writers, contributors, viewers and readers will not be considered as sensitive if it is freely available and/ or accessible in the public domain like any comments, messages, blogs, scribbles available on social platforms like facebook, twitter etc.

c/ Any content posted/uploaded/conveyed/communicated by Users on the public sections of Kalimpong News becomes published content and is not considered personally identifiable Information subject to this Privacy Policy.

d/ In case the viewers and readers choose to decline to submit personally identifiable Information on Kalimpong News, We may not be able to provide certain services on Kalimpong News to the viewers and readers. We will make reasonable efforts to notify the viewers and readers of the same at the time of opening account of the viewers and readers. In any case, We will not be liable and or responsible for the denial of any Services to them for their failure to provide the necessary personal Information.

e/ When the viewers and readers register with Kalimpong News, We contact the viewers and readers from time to time about updation of their personal Information to provide them with such features that We believe may benefit / interest them.

5. INFORMATION SHARING

a/ The Kalimpong News may share Information of the viewers and readers with a third party without obtaining prior consent of the viewers and readers in the following limited circumstances:

b/ When it is requested or required by law or by any court or governmental agency or authority to disclose, for the purpose of verification of identity, or for the prevention, detection, investigation including cyber incidents, or for prosecution and punishment of offences. These disclosures are made in good faith and belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary for enforcing the terms of this Privacy Policy or Terms of Use (TOU) or for complying with the applicable laws and regulations;

c/ The Kalimpong News may share such Information within its group companies and officers and employees of such group companies for the purpose of processing personal Information on its behalf. We also ensure that these recipients of such Information agree to process such Information based on Our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures;

d/ The Kalimpong News may present Information to its advertisers – to help them understand Our audience and confirm the value of advertising on Kalimpong News – however it is usually in the form of aggregated statistics on traffic to various pages within Kalimpong News without identifying any specific User;

e/ The Kalimpong News may share Information regarding activities of the viewers and readers on Kalimpong News with third party social websites to populate social wall of the viewers and readers that is visible to other people however the viewers and readers will have an option to set their privacy settings, where the viewers and readers can decide what they would like to share or not to share with others.

6. ACCESSING AND UPDATING PERSONAL INFORMATION

When the viewers and readers use the Kalimpong News (or any of its sub sites), We make good faith efforts to provide to the viewers and readers, as and when requested by the viewers and readers, with access to personal Information of and shall further ensure that any personal Information or sensitive personal data or information found to be inaccurate or deficient shall be corrected or amended as feasible, subject to any requirement for such personal Information or sensitive personal data or information to be retained by law or for legitimate business purposes. Before processing requests by a User pertaining to access, correction or removal of any Information related to such User, we may ask each User to identify themselves initially and thereafter, the Information requested to be accessed, corrected or removed . We may decline to process requests that are unreasonably repetitive or systematic, require disproportionate technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others, or would be extremely impractical (for instance, requests concerning Information residing on backup tapes), or for which access is not otherwise required. In any case, where We provide Information access and correction, 

7. INFORMATION SECURITY

We take appropriate security measures to protect Kalimpong News and Information of the viewers and readers against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. These include internal reviews of Our data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, including appropriate encryption and physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems where We store personal data. All Information gathered on is securely stored within the Kalimpong News controlled database on a best-effort basis. The database is stored on servers secured behind a firewall; access to the servers is password-protected and is strictly limited. However, We cannot guarantee the security of our database, nor can we guarantee that Information the viewers and readers supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to Us over the Internet. Further, the viewers and readers agree and confirm that any Information the viewers and readers include in a posting to the discussion areas on Kalimpong News is available to anyone with Internet access.

8. GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL

a/ Any complaints, abuse or concerns with regards to the processing of Information provided by the viewers and readers or breach of these terms shall be immediately informed to the us in writing or through email.

b/ We request the viewers and readers to please provide the following Information in the complaint:

c/ Identification of the Information provided by the viewers and readers;

d/ Clear statement as to whether the Information is personal information or sensitive personal information;

e/ Address, telephone number or e-mail address of the viewers and readers;

f/ A statement that the viewers and readers have a good-faith belief that the Information has been processed incorrectly or disclosed without authorization or any other grievance, as applicable;

g/ A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate, and that the Information being complained about belongs to the viewers and readers;

h/ The Portal publishing agency shall not be responsible for any communication, if addressed, to any non-designated person in this regard.

i/ The process is explained at Grievance Redressal of this portal Kalimpong News at Grievance Redressal FORM (https://kalimpongonlinenews.blogspot.com/p/grievance-redressal.html)

9. Governing Law

This Privacy Policy shall be governed by the Laws of India. The Courts of law within the state shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes arising in relation to these TOU.

10. General Terms

a. This Privacy Policy and the TOU constitute the entire agreement between the viewers and readers and the Kalimpong News with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matter.

b. By using Kalimpong News and Services provided thereunder, the viewers and readers signify their acceptance of the TOU and this Privacy Policy. If the viewers and readers do not agree or are not comfortable with any policy described in the TOU and/ or the Privacy Policy, only remedy of the viewers and readers is to discontinue use of Kalimpong News. We reserve the right, to modify the TOU and/ or the Privacy Policy at any time.