Your Privacy.
Our Responsibility.

Welcome to MangaloreDiary — Mangalore's trusted local digital news platform. This Privacy Policy explains how MangaloreDiary ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, stores, and protects the information you provide or that we gather when you visit and use our website at mangalorediary.in (the "Platform").

We are an independent news and blog platform based in Mangalore, Karnataka, India. We take your privacy very seriously — not because a law tells us to, but because we believe every person's personal information is their own property and should be treated with respect.

By using MangaloreDiary, you agree to the practices described in this policy. If you don't agree with any part of this policy, you are welcome to stop using the Platform. If you have questions at any point, we are always reachable at editor@mangalorediary.in.

We only collect information that is genuinely needed to run our platform and serve you better. We do not collect more than we need. Here is a clear breakdown:

We collect information through the following means — all of which are industry-standard practices for news and content platforms:

• Contact Form: When you fill our contact form at mangalorediary.in/pages/contact.php, we collect the information you submit directly.
• Newsletter Subscription: When you enter your email to subscribe to our newsletter, we store your email address to send you updates.
• Contributor Registration: When you create a contributor account to write for us, we collect your registration details.
• Cookies & Browser Storage: Our website uses cookies (small text files stored in your browser) to remember preferences, enable analytics, and serve ads. See Section 6 for full details.
• Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to understand how readers use our website. This tool collects anonymised usage data including pages viewed, session duration, and geographic location at the city level.
• Google AdSense: We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google may use cookies to serve ads relevant to your interests. See Section 7 for details.
• Social Media Plugins: If you interact with social sharing buttons on our articles, the respective social media platforms (Facebook, X/Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp) may collect data as per their own privacy policies.
• WhatsApp/Email Communications: If you contact us directly via email or WhatsApp, we retain that conversation for response and record-keeping purposes.

We use the information we collect strictly for the following purposes — and nothing else:

• To operate and improve MangaloreDiary: Understanding how readers navigate the site helps us create better content and a better reading experience.
• To respond to your queries: When you contact us via the contact form, email, or WhatsApp, we use your information to respond and assist you.
• To send you our newsletter: If you have subscribed, we use your email to deliver MangaloreDiary news updates. You can unsubscribe at any time with one click.
• To publish contributor articles: If you contribute articles, your author name and bio may be displayed publicly on the article page.
• To manage advertising campaigns: For advertisers, we use your contact and billing details to manage your campaign and issue invoices.
• To display relevant advertisements: We use Google AdSense to serve ads. Google uses cookies for this purpose. We do not ourselves sell your data to advertisers.
• To detect and prevent spam and abuse: We use IP addresses and form data to identify and block spam submissions, bots, and abusive behaviour.
• To comply with legal obligations: If required by Indian law, court order, or government authority, we may need to disclose certain information. We will always notify you where legally permitted.

We do not sell, trade, rent, or give away your personal information to any third party for commercial purposes. Full stop. However, to run a modern website, we do use certain trusted third-party services that may process data on our behalf:

We may also share information if required by Indian law, including under the Information Technology Act, 2000, the DPDP Act 2023, or valid court orders. In such cases, we will share only what is legally required and will notify you where possible.

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently and to provide useful information to website owners. MangaloreDiary uses the following types of cookies:

• Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the website to function. They enable core features like page navigation and access to secure areas. The website cannot function properly without these.
• Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics): These help us understand how visitors interact with our website — which pages are popular, how long people spend reading, and where traffic comes from. All data is anonymised and aggregated.
• Advertising Cookies (Google AdSense): These are set by Google to serve ads that may be relevant to your interests based on your browsing behaviour. You can opt out of personalised advertising at any time.
• Preference Cookies: These remember choices you make on the site — like your newsletter subscription status — to improve your experience on future visits.

MangaloreDiary uses Google AdSense to display advertisements that help fund our journalism and keep the platform free for all readers.

Google AdSense is a service provided by Google LLC. When ads are served on MangaloreDiary, Google may use cookies and web beacons to collect data about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements tailored to your interests. This is called "interest-based advertising" or "personalised advertising."

• MangaloreDiary does not control which specific ads Google serves on our platform.
• MangaloreDiary does not share your personal information directly with advertisers.
• Google's use of advertising cookies is governed by Google's Privacy Policy.
• You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings.
• You can also opt out of third-party vendor use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

For direct advertising partnerships with MangaloreDiary (sponsored articles, banner placements, newsletter slots), please see our Advertise With Us page. All sponsored content is clearly labelled and separate from editorial content.

MangaloreDiary offers a free newsletter that delivers Mangalore's latest news, event alerts, and community stories directly to your inbox. Subscribing to our newsletter is entirely optional.

• Consent-based: We only send newsletters to people who have explicitly subscribed. We do not add email addresses to our list without your clear opt-in consent.
• What we send: News digests, breaking news alerts, event listings, and occasional information about new features on MangaloreDiary. We do not send spam.
• Unsubscribe anytime: Every newsletter we send contains a clear, one-click unsubscribe link at the bottom. You can also email us at editor@mangalorediary.in to be removed.
• No sharing of subscriber list: We do not share, sell, or rent our newsletter subscriber list to any third party under any circumstances.
• Open/click tracking: Our newsletter service may track whether you open our emails or click links, to help us understand what content our readers find useful. This data is used only to improve our newsletter — never for profiling or selling.

MangaloreDiary is a general news and information platform intended for adults and young adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child under 13 has provided us with personal information — such as by subscribing to our newsletter or submitting a contact form — please contact us immediately at editor@mangalorediary.in. We will promptly delete that information from our records.

We take the security of your information seriously and implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect it. Here is what we do to keep your data safe:

• HTTPS Encryption: Our website uses SSL/TLS encryption (HTTPS) to protect data transmitted between your browser and our server. You will see a padlock icon in your browser's address bar when visiting MangaloreDiary.
• Secure Hosting: Our website is hosted on a managed cPanel server with regular security updates, firewalls, and access controls.
• Limited Access: Only authorised members of the MangaloreDiary team have access to personal data, and only to the extent needed to do their jobs.
• No Storage of Payment Details: We do not store credit card numbers or full payment details on our servers. Payment processing (where applicable for advertising) is handled through secure, standard channels.
• Regular Review: We periodically review our security practices and update them to address new threats and vulnerabilities.

We do not keep your personal data longer than necessary. Here is how long we retain different types of information:

• Contact form submissions: We retain messages for up to 2 years for record-keeping and follow-up purposes, after which they are permanently deleted.
• Newsletter subscriptions: We keep your email on our list for as long as you remain subscribed. Once you unsubscribe, we delete your email within 30 days.
• Contributor accounts: Your account and published articles remain on record as long as your account is active. If you request deletion, we will remove your personal data within 30 days, though published articles may remain with the author name anonymised.
• Analytics data: Google Analytics data is retained as per Google's retention settings (typically 14 months of user-level data). We do not control this independently.
• Server logs: Standard server access logs (including IP addresses) are retained for up to 90 days for security and technical diagnostic purposes.
• Advertising records: Business contact and campaign information for advertisers is retained for 5 years for financial and legal compliance purposes.

Under the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 and the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, you have the following rights regarding your personal data held by MangaloreDiary:

To exercise any of these rights, please email us at editor@mangalorediary.in with the subject line "Privacy Rights Request". We will respond within 48 hours and fulfil your request within 30 days.

MangaloreDiary articles and pages may contain links to external websites, social media platforms, government portals, business websites, and other online resources. These links are provided for your information and convenience.

We have no control over the content, privacy practices, or data collection methods of external websites. Once you click a link and leave MangaloreDiary, this Privacy Policy no longer applies. We strongly recommend reading the privacy policies of any external websites you visit.

This includes links to social media platforms such as Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, YouTube, and WhatsApp. These platforms have their own privacy policies and data practices that are independent of MangaloreDiary.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. This is normal for any digital platform and we handle it responsibly.

When we make significant changes, we will:

• Update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page.
• Post a notice on the MangaloreDiary homepage or send an email to newsletter subscribers if the changes are substantial.
• Archive the previous version of the policy, accessible on request.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of MangaloreDiary after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy. If you disagree with a change, please stop using the platform and contact us to request deletion of your data.

If you have any questions, concerns, complaints, or requests related to this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please don't hesitate to reach us. We are a Mangalore-based team and we respond personally — not through automated bots.

We aim to resolve all privacy concerns within 30 days. If you are unsatisfied with our response, you have the right to approach the Data Protection Board of India once it is fully constituted under the DPDP Act, 2023.

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