Last Updated: July 2026

India Commentary ("we", "our", "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, and the choices available to you when you use www.indiacommentary.com.

By accessing or using this Website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

Depending on how you use the Website, we may collect the following information:

Information You Provide

This includes information you voluntarily provide, such as:

• Your name.
• Email address.
• Mobile number (when submitting articles or contacting us).
• City and country, including full postal address
• Author biography.
• Photographs submitted with articles.
• Any information contained in emails or correspondence sent to us.

You are under no obligation to provide personal information. However, certain services, such as submitting articles or contacting the editorial team, may not be possible without it.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:

• IP address.
• Browser type and version.
• Device type.
• Operating system.
• Pages visited.
• Time spent on pages.
• Referring website.
• Date and time of your visit.

This information is primarily used for security, analytics and improving the Website.

2. Cookies

The Website may use cookies and similar technologies to:

• remember user preferences;
• improve website performance;
• analyse visitor traffic;
• maintain security.

You may disable cookies through your browser settings. Doing so may affect certain features of the Website.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use personal information only for legitimate editorial and operational purposes, including:

• responding to enquiries;
• communicating with contributors;
• reviewing submitted articles;
• publishing author biographies;
• improving the Website;
• preventing fraud and abuse;
• complying with legal obligations.

We do not sell your personal information.

4. Contributor Information

If you submit an article for publication, we may publish:

• your name;
• your author biography;
• your photograph.

Your mobile number, email address and other contact information will remain confidential unless you expressly authorise their publication.

5. Analytics

The Website may use analytics services to understand visitor behaviour and improve our content.

These services may collect anonymised information about website usage but do not provide us with information that directly identifies individual readers.

6. Third-Party Services

The Website may contain embedded content or links to external websites, including social media platforms, videos or other online resources.

These third-party services operate under their own privacy policies. India Commentary is not responsible for their privacy practices.

7. Sharing Information

We do not sell, rent or trade personal information.

We may disclose information only:

• where required by law;
• in response to a lawful order of a court or government authority;
• to protect our legal rights;
• to investigate fraud, abuse or unlawful activity;
• where disclosure is necessary to protect the safety of users or the public.

8. Data Security

We take reasonable administrative, technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction.

However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

9. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to:

• communicate with contributors;
• maintain editorial records;
• comply with legal obligations;
• resolve disputes;
• enforce our Terms of Use.

Information that is no longer required will be securely deleted or anonymised where practicable.

10. Your Rights

Subject to applicable law, you may request:

• access to personal information we hold about you;
• correction of inaccurate information;
• deletion of personal information where appropriate;
• withdrawal of consent where processing is based on consent.

Requests will be considered in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

11. Children's Privacy

India Commentary is intended for a general audience.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law.

If we become aware that such information has been collected inadvertently, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

12. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

Any changes will become effective immediately upon publication on this page.

The "Last Updated" date at the top of this Policy will indicate when revisions were made.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us:

Email: editor@indiacommentary.com

Alternate Email: editorialindiacommentary@gmail.com

Editorial Office: Kolkata, India