Privacy Policy
Version 2026-10. This notice explains what we collect, why, and your rights, in line with India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
What we collect and why
| When | What | Why | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| You send news or a photo on this site | Your message, photo, and your name and phone or email if you give them | To review the item and contact you about it | Deleted within 30 days unless it becomes a published story |
| You add an event | Event details, poster, your phone number, your name if you give it | To check the event and confirm with you | Phone number deleted 30 days after the event. Unreviewed entries are deleted after 60 days |
| You sign in with Google | Name, email, profile photo, and a Google ID | To save your places and events on your devices | Until you delete your account |
| You read and react | Counts of reactions, votes and reads (not linked to you). A scrambled form of your network address is kept for a day or less to stop spam | To show popular stories and prevent abuse | Short term |
| You use the site | Settings kept on your own device: theme, text size, places you follow, events you marked | To remember your choices | On your device until you clear it |
If you send news on WhatsApp or Telegram, those apps handle your message under their own policies, and we keep it only as long as needed to report the story.
Who else sees data
- Google for sign-in, and for ads shown through Google AdSense, which may use cookies to show ads.
- Open-Meteo receives your device’s request when the weather tile loads (no account or name).
- Our web host stores the site and its data in secure servers.
We do not sell your data.
Your rights
You may ask to see, correct or delete the data we hold about you, withdraw your consent, or nominate someone to act for you. Use the account menu to delete your account, or write to us through the Contact page. We acknowledge within 24 hours and reply within 15 days.
Children
Accounts and submissions are for people aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect data from children.
Changes
When this notice changes we update the version date above.