Pratham Media Ventures Privacy Policy

This privacy policy describes how Pratham Media Ventures collects, uses, and protects your information when you use our online platform and services. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in a transparent and secure manner, in compliance with applicable data protection laws.

Information We Collect

We collect information in various ways when you interact with our site and services. This may include:

Information you provide to us directly: This includes information you submit when contacting us, subscribing to newsletters, commenting on content, or using specific features. This might include your name, email address, and any other information you choose to share.
Information collected automatically: When you visit our site, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage. This can include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, time spent on pages, and other similar usage data. This information is collected through cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies.
Information from other sources: We may receive information about you from third parties, such as partners or service providers, consistent with their privacy policies.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

To provide, operate, and maintain our site and services, including news reporting, blog content, and facilitating interviews.
To improve, personalize, and expand our site and services.
To understand and analyze how you use our site and services.
To develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
To communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the site and services, and for marketing and promotional purposes.
To send you emails or other communications you have requested or subscribed to.
To find and prevent fraud and other illegal activities.
To comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms.

Legal Basis for Processing (for users in regions requiring a legal basis, such as the European Economic Area)

We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:

Consent: Where you have given your explicit consent for specific processing purposes.
Performance of a contract: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract.
Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or those of a third party, provided these interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.
Legal Obligation: Where processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.

Sharing Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information with third parties in the following circumstances:

Service Providers: We may share information with third-party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as website hosting, data analysis, payment processing, customer service, and marketing assistance.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
Business Transfers: In connection with or during negotiations of any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.
With Your Consent: We may share your information with your explicit consent.

Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures designed to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, please be aware that no security system is impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data transmission over the internet or its storage.

Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it.

Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location and applicable data protection laws, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

The right to access, update, or delete the information we have on you.
The right to rectify any information that is inaccurate or incomplete.
The right to object to our processing of your personal information.
The right to request restriction of the processing of your personal information.
The right to data portability, allowing you to receive a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
The right to withdraw consent at any time where we rely on your consent to process your personal information.
The right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below.

International Data Transfers

Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ. By using our service, you understand and agree to such transfers. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

Third-Party Links

Our service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children's Privacy

Our service is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from anyone under the age of 18 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page. You are advised to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this privacy policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact Pratham Media Ventures at:

Unit 501,
Building No. 10, Pinnacle Business Park,
Next to MMRDA Grounds,
Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC),
Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400051
India
Email: info@
Phone: +91-22-67891234