Privacy Policy

Interpretation and Definitions

This Privacy Policy explains our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your information. It outlines how information may be handled when you use the Service.

Your privacy rights are also described in this policy. In addition, it explains how applicable laws help protect your personal information.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation

We define the meanings of words that begin with a capital letter under the conditions below.

These definitions apply consistently throughout this Privacy Policy unless the context requires otherwise.

The definitions provided below apply equally to the terms whether they are used in singular or plural form.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
An Affiliate is an entity that controls, is controlled by, or shares common control with another party. We determine control through ownership or significant influence over the entity.
A party generally exercises control by owning 50% or more of the voting shares. Equity interests or other voting securities may also establish such control.
Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to Newshots.
Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
Country refers to: Delhi, India.
Device refers to any electronic device capable of accessing the Service, including computers, mobile phones, tablets, or similar digital devices.
Personal Data refers to any information that can identify, directly or indirectly, a specific individual.
Service refers to the Website.
Service Provider refers to any individual, company, or third-party entity that processes data on behalf of the Company to support the operation of the Service.
It refers to third-party companies or individuals engaged by the Company. These parties may help facilitate and support the Service.

Some providers deliver services on behalf of the Company. Others perform tasks related to the Service or assist with usage analysis.
Usage Data refers to information collected automatically through the use of the Service or its underlying infrastructure, such as the time spent on a page or interactions with website features.
Website refers to Newshots, accessible from https://newshots.in/
You refers to the individual accessing or using the Service, or any company or legal entity represented by that individual while accessing or using the Service, where applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

When you use our Service, we may ask for certain personally identifiable information. We use this information to contact you or verify your identity when necessary.

The types of information we collect may vary. Examples include, but are not limited to, the following:

Email address
Usage Data

Usage Data

This data is collected automatically when using the Service. “Usage Data” may include information such as your device’s IP address, browser type and version, pages visited on the Service, date and time of visits, time spent on pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic information collected automatically.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use.

When accessing the Service through a mobile device, we may automatically collect information such as your device’s unique ID, IP address, operating system, mobile browser type, and other diagnostic data.

We may also automatically collect information transmitted by your browser whenever you visit the Service or access it through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies, including tags, beacons, and scripts, to monitor activity on the Service, collect relevant information, and enhance the overall user experience and performance of the website.

The technologies We use may include:

Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your device to help websites remember information about your visit and preferences. You can configure your browser to refuse cookies or notify you when a cookie is being sent. However, disabling cookies may affect the functionality of certain features of the Service. Unless your browser settings are configured to block them, the Service may use cookies to enhance your experience.
Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that enable the Company to measure website usage, track user engagement, monitor the popularity of specific sections, and help maintain the security, integrity, and performance of the Service.

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain stored on your device even after you go offline, whereas Session Cookies are automatically deleted once you close your web browser. You can learn more about cookies on the TermsFeed website article.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

Necessary / Essential Cookies

Type: Session Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of the Website and enable access to essential features and services. They help verify user identity, enhance security, and prevent unauthorized use of user accounts. Without these cookies, some features, services, and functionalities of the Website may not operate properly or may be unavailable.
Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These cookies help identify whether users have consented to the use of cookies on the Website and allow us to remember their preferences for future visits.
Functionality Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies

Administered by: Us

Purpose: These cookies allow us to remember your preferences and choices, such as login information or language settings, to provide a more personalized browsing experience and reduce the need to re-enter your preferences each time you visit the Website.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for various purposes, including providing and improving the Service, communicating with users, ensuring security, and complying with legal obligations:

To provide, operate, and maintain our Service, including monitoring its performance, functionality, and overall usage.
To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data you provide may enable access to certain features and functionalities of the Service that are available to registered users.
For the Performance of a Contract: To fulfill contractual obligations, including processing, managing, and delivering products, services, or other agreements entered into through the Service.
To Contact You: To communicate with you via email, phone calls, SMS, push notifications, or other electronic methods regarding updates, service-related information, product notifications, and security updates when necessary for the operation of the Service.
To Provide You with News, Special Offers, and General Information: To provide you with news, special offers, and information about products, services, or events similar to those you have previously purchased or inquired about, unless you choose to unsubscribe or opt out of receiving such communications.
To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
For business transfers: We may use your information when evaluating or carrying out a merger, divestiture, restructuring, or reorganization. Similar activities may also require us to review relevant business data.
In certain situations, we may transfer some or all of our assets. Personal Data associated with our Service users may form part of the transferred assets during such transactions.
For Other Purposes: We may use your information for activities such as analyzing data, identifying user behavior and usage trends, measuring the effectiveness of promotional efforts, and improving our Service, content, features, marketing strategies, and overall user experience.

We may share your personal information under certain circumstances, including the following situations:

With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.
For business transfers: We may share or transfer your personal information as part of a merger, acquisition, sale of company assets, financing arrangement, or any business transaction involving all or a portion of our operations.
With Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliated entities, including parent companies, subsidiaries, joint ventures, and other organizations under common ownership or control, provided they comply with this Privacy Policy.
With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
With other users: When you share personal information in public areas of our Service, other users may be able to view it. Public interactions can make your information visible to a wider audience. Others may also share or distribute this information outside the Service. For this reason, we encourage you to use caution when posting personal details publicly.
With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for purposes not covered in this Privacy Policy, but only after obtaining your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain your Personal Data only for as long as necessary. This retention period depends on the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

In some cases, we may keep your data to comply with legal obligations. Applicable laws may require us to retain certain information for specific periods.

We may also use retained data to resolve disputes. Additionally, information may be kept to enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company may retain Usage Data to support internal operations, including website analytics, performance evaluation, security monitoring, and ongoing service enhancements.

Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period. This information is usually kept only as long as needed.

In some cases, Usage Data may be retained to improve the security of our Service. It may also be used to enhance functionality and user experience.

We may be legally required to keep certain data for longer periods. Such retention will be carried out in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

We process your information, including Personal Data, at our operational facilities and in other locations where the parties involved in data processing are located. We may also process information in other locations involved in providing our services.

Different parties may participate in these processing activities. Their locations can vary depending on the services they perform.

This means we may transfer and store your information on computers located outside your state, province, or country.

Different jurisdictions may apply different data protection laws. We take appropriate measures to protect your information regardless of where we process it.

By submitting your information and accepting this Privacy Policy, you acknowledge and agree to the transfer, processing, and storage of your information as described herein.

The Company will take reasonable steps to ensure your data is handled securely. All processing activities will follow the requirements outlined in this Privacy Policy.

We carefully evaluate data protection measures before any transfer occurs. Your Personal Data will not be transferred without adequate security controls and safeguards in place.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to request the deletion of your Personal Data, and we will make reasonable efforts to assist in removing the information we have collected about you, subject to applicable legal requirements. Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service. You may review, update, or remove your information at any time by accessing your account settings, if available. You may also contact us to request access to, updates to, corrections of, or deletion of any personal information you have shared with us. Please note that we may retain certain information where required by law or when we have a legitimate legal basis to do so.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company takes part in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, we may transfer your Personal Data as part of that transaction.

We will provide notice before any transfer of information takes place. A different Privacy Policy may apply after the transfer is completed.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, we may disclose your Personal Data. We do so only when legal requirements or specific situations make disclosure necessary.

Courts, government agencies, or other public authorities may submit valid requests. We may also share information when applicable laws require us to do so.

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose your Personal Data when it reasonably believes that such disclosure is necessary to:

Comply with a legal obligation
Protect the rights, property, and interests of the Company from unauthorized use, misuse, or legal claims.
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
Protect the safety and well-being of users, visitors, and the general public when necessary.
Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of your Personal Data is important to us. We implement reasonable security measures to help protect the information you provide from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or misuse.

However, no method of transmitting data over the Internet is completely secure. Likewise, no electronic storage system can guarantee absolute protection against all risks.

Although we take reasonable steps and use industry-standard practices to safeguard your Personal Data, no method of data transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Children's Privacy

Our Service is not intended for individuals under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 13.

If you are a parent or legal guardian and believe that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us so that we can take appropriate steps to review and remove the information if necessary.

We take children’s privacy seriously and regularly review our data collection practices.

If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from a child under the age of 13, we will take prompt steps to investigate the matter and remove the information where required.

When parental consent is missing, we remove the information from our servers as quickly as possible.

If we rely on consent as the legal basis for processing your information, and your country requires parental consent, we may seek permission from your parent or guardian.

We may require parental consent before collecting or using your information.

This requirement helps us comply with applicable laws and regulations.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may include links to websites operated by third parties. When you click one of these links, the third party will direct you to its website. We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy of every website you visit to understand how your information may be collected, used, and protected. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may revise or update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or website functionality. Any updates will be posted on this page so users can review the latest version.

We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we handle personal information and any changes to our practices.

The updated Privacy Policy will become effective when it is published on this page.

Advertising Partners

Newshots may use third-party advertising services, including Google AdSense, to display advertisements on the website.

These advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to collect information about user interactions with the Website and its content.
They may use similar technologies to collect information about how users interact with the website. This data helps deliver advertisements that are more relevant to users’ interests and browsing activity across different websites.

Google may act as a third-party advertising vendor and use cookies on this website. These cookies may help serve ads based on a user’s previous visits to this and other websites.

Users can manage or opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings and adjusting their advertising preferences.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

By email: contact@newshots.in

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