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Your privacy and trust are of utmost importance to us. This detailed Privacy Policy outlines how Kovai Foundation (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, protects, and shares your personal information. By using our website and services, you consent to the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy.
At Kovai News, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the confidentiality and security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy aims to provide you with comprehensive details about our data practices, your rights, and how we strive to create a transparent and trustworthy online experience.
1. Information We Collect
Personal Information
When you register on our website or app, we collect personal information such as legal names, phone numbers, and home addresses. This data is used for creating and managing your user ID, personalizing your feeds, providing a seamless user experience, and facilitating business communication.
Comments and Media
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
If you upload images, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included.
Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal data based on various legal grounds, including the necessity for our legitimate interests, compliance with legal obligations, and occasionally, with your explicit consent for marketing communications. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us.
2. Cookies and Technologies
Cookie Policy
Our website utilizes cookies to enhance user experience. Cookies are small files downloaded to your computer, improving your interaction with the site. By using Kovai.app, you agree to accept our cookie policy.
Types of Cookies
We use both first-party and third-party cookies for various purposes, including analytics, personalization, and targeted advertising. You have the option to disable cookies in your web browser, but this may affect the functionality of the website.
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
Third-Party Analytics
In addition to our first-party analytics, we may use trusted third-party analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, to analyze user behavior. This information helps us understand how you use the site, allowing us to continually improve content and services.
3. Data Sharing Practices
Third Party Services
We do not share, disclose, sell, rent, or otherwise provide your personal data to other companies for their marketing purposes. Kovai News does not sell your personal information to third parties.
Limited Third-Party Services
On occasion, we may engage third-party companies to provide specific services, such as email processing, transaction handling, or statistical analysis. These companies receive only the user information necessary to deliver the service, and strict confidentiality agreements are in place.
4. Data Security
Security Measures
Kovai News platform employs a range of security practices, procedures, and technical controls to protect your data from unauthorized access. While we implement industry-standard security measures, no method of transmission over the internet is entirely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Breach Notification
In the event of a data breach involving loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access, personal data transmission, storage, or otherwise processed, we commit to notifying affected users immediately upon awareness.
5. Your Data Rights
Under data protection laws, you have specific rights regarding your personal data:
Right to Access
You have the right to request access to your personal data. This enables you to receive a copy of the information we hold about you and verify its lawfulness.
Right to Correction
You can request correction of incomplete or inaccurate personal data we hold about you. We may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide.
Right to Erasure
You can request the deletion or removal of your personal data when there is no legitimate reason for us to continue processing it.
Right to Object
If processing is based on legitimate interests, and there is something about your situation that makes you want to object, you have the right to do so. You also have the right to object to processing for direct marketing purposes.
Right to Restriction of Processing
You can request the suspension of processing your personal data in specific scenarios, such as when you contest its accuracy, the processing is unlawful, or you object to processing.
Right to Withdraw Consent
If we rely on your consent for processing your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing before consent is withdrawn. To exercise any of these rights, please contact our data privacy manager.
6. Disclaimer of Liability
At Kovai News, we believe in transparency and want you to have a clear understanding of our stance on liability. Please read the following carefully:
General Disclaimer
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim any responsibility for the content provided on Kovai News (“Kovai News Platform”). For absolute clarity, we shall not be held liable for any losses incurred as a result of actions taken or not taken based on your interpretation of, or interaction with, the Kovai News Content or any of its components. Do not post any abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful material or SPAM. Kovai News platform reserves the right to block/ remove without notice any content received from users. For more details, check our disclaimer page.
Modification and Access
We retain the right to modify, alter, or restrict access to the Kovai News Content at our sole discretion. This allows us to ensure the quality, relevance, and security of the information provided. Any changes made will be done with due consideration to our users and the overall enhancement of the Kovai News platform experience.
External Links
You may find links to other websites on Kovai News, provided by us for your convenience. It’s important to note that these external sites are beyond our control, and we accept no responsibility for their content. Your interaction with these linked sites is at your own discretion and risk. We encourage you to review the privacy policies and terms of use of any external sites you visit through links on Kovai News.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
7. Updates to Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes in our data practices. Users will be notified of significant changes, and continued use of the website constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
8. Modification and Notification
We reserve the right to bring necessary modifications to this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes or additions will be published on this page, with major updates communicated through newsletters.
Thank you for taking the time to review our privacy policies. We appreciate your willingness to understand how we handle your information and aim for transparency in our operations. If you have any questions or issues, please feel free to contact us. Your privacy is very important to us, and we value your trust.
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