PRIVACY POLICY

Vistara Media Private Limited

We at Vistara News (We, Our, the Company or Us)  have a new genesis of transforming the way a news channel functions. Giving Accurate and Pro-people news is the main objective of our news channel. Upholding the truth is our promise to the society at large and our viewers in particular. We are the one of our kind and soon stand as India’s most trusted news publishers.

At Vistara News, accessible from https//:vistaranews.com/, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected, and recorded by vistaranews.com and how we use it.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website and app with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in vistaranews.com website or on vistara news app. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website and app.

Consent

By using our website and app, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

Information we collect

The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information. The Personal Information that we collect is used for providing and improving our Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

A form pops up to collect users information in vistara news app, which is not mandatory and users may enter the details or close the popup to use vistara news app.

How we use your information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our website and app
• Improve, personalize, and expand our website and app
• Understand and analyze how you use our website and app
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
• Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website and app, and for marketing and promotional purposes
• Send you emails and newsletters
• Find and prevent fraud
• Survey for betterment of platform

Security

We take reasonable technical and administrative precautions to ensure that the information collected from you is secure and safeguarded. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Log Files

Vistaranews.com follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit website and apps. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website and app, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website and app, vistaranews.com uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website and app that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.

Google Double Click DART Cookie

Google is one of the third-party vendors on our site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to www.vistaranews.com and other sites on the internet. However, visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

Our Advertising Partners

Some of the advertisers on our site may use cookies and web beacons. Our advertising partners are listed below. Each of our advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their policies on user data. For easier access, we hyperlinked to their Privacy Policies below.

Google

https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

Taboola

Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of vistaranews.com

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on vistaranews.com and vistara news app, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on website and apps that you visit.

Note that vistaranews.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third Party Privacy Policies

vistaranews.com’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or website and apps. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective website and apps.

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.

Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.

Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Compulsory sharing of Information

Vistara shares your information with third parties without obtaining your prior consent in the following circumstances:

1. When it is required by law, any court, government agency, or authority to disclose for the purpose including but not limited to verification of identity, prevention and investigation of cyber-attacks or prosecution or punishment of offences.
2. Vistara may share the information collected to its group companies, affiliates, and subsidiaries for the purposes of processing such information on its behalf.

Limitation of Liability

We do not warrant that the Service provided shall be uninterrupted and free from malware. You expressly agree and acknowledge the use of our Service at your own risk, and you may be exposed to content from varied sources.

Indemnification

You agree to defend and indemnify us from all third-party claims, liabilities, assessments, losses, costs or damages arising out of (a) your breach of the Terms, (b) your infringement or violation of any intellectual property rights, other rights or privacy of a third party.

Jurisdiction

The terms are governed by the LAWS OF INDIA, the courts at Bengaluru shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of your use of our Service.

Dispute Resolution

Any dispute, claim, controversy arising out of or relating to your use of our Service shall be first settled through amicable negotiation. If negotiation between the parties fail, the dispute, claim or controversy shall be settled through arbitration governed by the Arbitration and the Conciliation Act, 1996. We in consultation with you shall appoint a sole arbitrator, the venue of arbitration shall be Bengaluru and the proceedings shall be conducted in English.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.

The right to rectification You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Video Sharing, Document and Comments at our Platform

We have an option ’janasamparka’ for users to share their problems or issues by making a selfie video or a written document to communicate with us. After the issues are sent to us, according to the seriousness of the issue, our team will cover it as a news in vistaranews.com, or social media platforms to help them solving their problems bringing it to everyone’s eyesight.

We have an option ಕುಂದು ಕೊರತೆ’ section for users to share their problems or issues faced by making a selfie video or a written content in document form to communicate with us. After the issues are sent to us, according to the seriousness of the issue, our team will cover it as a news in vistaranews.com, or social media platforms to help them solving their problems bringing it to everyone’s eyesight.

We have an option ರೀಡರ್ಸ್ ನ್ಯೂಸ್ ಅಪ್ಲೋಡ್ section for users to share any NEWS seen or witnessed by them, a written content in document form to communicate with us. After the issues are sent to us, according to the seriousness of the issue, our team will cover it as a news in vistaranews.com, or social media platforms to help them solving their problems bringing it to everyone’s eyesight.

We have an option comments section for users to share their thoughts about the published article. These comments will be reviewed by vistaranews.com team and made public if it is feasible.

Children’s Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

Vistaranews.com does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13 (Thirteen). If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website and app, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Contact Us

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at

Office Address

NO 1, 2nd and 4th Floor
Indian Express Building Queens Road
Bangalore Karnataka 560001

E-mail ID :- Contact@vistaranews.com

Phone No :- +91 96069 42037