Prothom Khobor is committed to protecting your personal information when you are using any of the websites or applications from Prothom Khobor. This Privacy Policy relates to use of any personal information that it collects from visitors/readers via following, among other, services:
- any Prothom Khobor website that links to this privacy policy;
- social media or official Prothom Khobor content on other websites;
- mobile and web applications (“Apps”)
In all the above services, the “Privacy Policy” shall apply only when the application, website or contents therein are truly & genuinely generated by Prothom Khobor. Provided that, no application, website or contents therein are generated or presented at any false or fake website, page or group in the name( or with false logo) of Prothom Khobor, won’t get this protection.
Prothom Khobor collects or receives information about its users for many purposes; for instance, to provide services designed to serve the user, to monitor and improve the services offerings, for marketing or targeting advertisement etc. Such information may include your name, address, phone number, email address, age, social network account etc. (“the Information”).
There may be other privacy policies that apply to certain services provided by Prothom Khobor. Visitors are requested to read these while registering or subscribing to these services on these sites. Prothom Khobor respects the privacy of its visitors/readers and makes use of its best effort to ensure that the information collected is used for the limited purpose for which it was received.
Special Precaution
There lies, in the name of Prothom Khobor/ প্রথম খবর, multiple fake websites and facebook pages and unauthorized/ unwanted facebook groups in online. Prothom Khobor shall hold no responsibility for any content generated, published or shared in those fake websites, unauthorized pages & groups in social media.
How Prothom Khobor collects the information
Prothom Khobor collects the information on a user upon the user’s access to the Prothom Khobor website – (i) by registering to the site or Apps, (ii) subscribing to the newsletter, (iii) responding to a survey or participating in a competition, (iv) logging-in to a site or page, etc.
Disclosure of Information Collected
Prothom Khobor does not sell, trade or otherwise provide personally identifiable information to any other parties except for those that assist Prothom Khobor in operating its website, conducting the business and serving the users. It may share visitor’s/readers personal information internally to understand the user base, promote the number of users and increase user engagement.
In the event that Prothom Khobor desires to use personal information in a different way than that described above it shall seek consent of the individual. Prothom Khobor may release personally identifiable information if it is required to comply with the laws of India.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Privacy Policy, Prothom Khobor may disclose or share information collected including personal information to service providers, affiliate companies, consultants or advisors or Partners that it has engaged to perform business related functions on its behalf. Prothom Khobor may also share the information in response to legal process, or protect its interest in any forum. The information may be used for investigating or preventing potentially illegal activities, or situations involving potential threats to any person, us, or the services, or violations of our policies, the law or our “Terms of Use” as well as to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our Services. The information may as well be shared to offer market products or services to the visitors/readers. However, in all these events or any other event when a personal information is shared or disclosed, Prothom Khobor shall use its best endeavors to control the share or disclosure and shall only share to such extent as it is required to meet the purpose.
Data Retention
We shall hold visitors/readers personal information if your account exists with Prothom Khobor. Notwithstanding, Prothom Khobor may retain data for a further period as per its own internal data retention policy. Visitor’s/reader’s personal information shall be deleted upon expiry of your Prothom Khobor account. Please note that there may be events when the erasing/deleting of information may take more time than usual, and Prothom Khobor shall not hold any responsibility in such events.
Advertisement
The advertisements included in the Prothom Khobor website and Apps, are by third-party companies & ad networks through independent ad tags, which may collect information about users for which Prothom Khobor shall bear no responsibility that may arise as a result of collecting and/or sharing the information with any other party.
Prothom Khobor shall not accept any liability that may arise as a result of any content of any advertisement that may appear on the Prothom Khobor website.
Third Party Advertisements and links
At the discretion of Prothom Khobor, the website or application may display or allow advertisements of third party services or products. These third-party sites may have separate and independent privacy policies. Prothom Khobor accepts no responsibility or liability for the content of advertising material, including, without limitation, any error, omission or inaccuracy therein..
Prothom Khobor does not hold any responsibility for information leakage due to the visitor/reader accessing a separate link, application or website, whether through a link in the website or contents of Prothom Khobor.
Use of Cookies
Prothom Khobor does not collect any user data based on cookies, nor does it store any sort of user information that may be personal to the user.
If a third party associated with the Prothom Khobor website collects user cookies upon your visit to the Prothom Khobor website, Prothom Khobor does not control the use of these cookies therefore you should check the relevant third-party website.
Demographic and purchase information:
We may reference other sources of demographic and other information to provide you with more targeted communications and promotions. We use Google Analytics, among others, to track the user behavior on our website. You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads using the Ads Settings options provided by Google.
Communication by Prothom Khobor
From time to time, Prothom Khobor may contact its users via e-mail, phone or SMS for invitation for participation in campaigns/competitions organized by Prothom Khobor, feedback, survey etc, based on the information it has received from the users.
Accessing the website from outside India
All personal information submitted by users outside India will be processed in accordance with these Terms of use and “Privacy Policy”.
Governing Law
The laws that govern “Privacy Policy” of Prothom Khobor and its relationship with the user is the laws of India and any dispute regarding the use, retention, disclosure, leakage or dissemination of the information or date can only be raised before the courts of India which shall have exclusive jurisdiction on this matter. The entire “Privacy Policy” shall apply to all who enter the website, receive service or use an application from Prothom Khobor regardless of their nationality, location, residence or place of business.
Modification of Privacy Policy
Prothom Khobor reserves the right to amend, modify, alter, or omit any terms in the “Privacy Policy” at any time but the changed policy shall be immediately uploaded or updated in the website. By continuing to use our services after any changes are made, you accept those changes and will be bound by them. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this policy so that visitors/readers will always know what information we collect, how we use it, and with whom we share it.
Opt-out
If, at any time, the users prefer not to receive email containing marketing information from us, then the user can simply follow the unsubscribe options at the bottom of each email.
If the users no longer wish to have a registered account, the user may terminate the account by sending an email to info@prothomkhobor.in
