Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Welcome to The Crosscurrent. We value your trust and are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, mobile applications, or use our digital journalism services.

Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

Personal Data

Personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, and demographic information, that you voluntarily give to us when you subscribe to our newsletters or premium content, leave comments on articles, register for an account or contact our news desk.

Derivative and Log Data

Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, browser type, and operating system, your access times and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site, device information if you access our services via a mobile device.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies to help customize the Site and improve your experience. You can choose to accept or decline cookies through your browser settings.

2. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to deliver independent news, articles, and investigative journalism, manage newsletter subscriptions and administrative communications, respond to product and customer service requests or editorial feedback, Analyze trends and usage to improve our website infrastructure and content delivery, protect against fraudulent or illegal activity and ensure the security of our platform.

3. Disclosure of Your Information

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal identification information to others. We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations:

• By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others.
• Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, such as data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, and customer service.
• Advertisers and Analytics: We may use third-party advertising companies and analytics tools (like Google Analytics) to serve ads and measure traffic when you visit the Site. These companies may use information about your visits to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

4. Data Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

5. Third-Party Websites

The Site may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including advertisements and external services. Once you have used these links to leave the Site, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices of any third parties.

6. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data, including:

• The right to access or update the personal information we hold about you.
• The right to request the deletion of your personal data.
• The right to opt-out of receiving promotional emails or newsletters by clicking the “unsubscribe” link.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting the updated Privacy Policy on the Site.

8. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact the editorial team or management at:

The Crosscurrent

Email: thecrosscurrent.ghy@gmail.com

Guwahati, Assam, India