Welcome to Brief India’s Privacy Policy. Brief India is committed to protecting the privacy and personal data of our readers who access our national news website, mobile applications, and digital news services. As India’s trusted newspaper website covering comprehensive national news, politics, business, sports, and entertainment, we recognize the importance of safeguarding your personal information.
This Privacy Policy explains how Brief India collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects your personal data when you visit our news platform, subscribe to newsletters, create accounts, or interact with our news content. We comply with applicable Indian data protection laws including the Information Technology Act, 2000 and related rules.
Information We Collect
Personal Information You Provide
When you use Brief India’s news services, we may collect the following personal information:
Account Registration: Name, email address, phone number, date of birth, gender, and password when you create a Brief India account for personalized news feeds and commenting features.
Newsletter Subscriptions: Email address, news preferences, and interests when you subscribe to our daily news updates, breaking news alerts, or specialized newsletters covering politics, business, technology, or regional news.
User Comments and Interactions: Username, profile information, comments, opinions, and content you post on news articles, discussions, and community forums on Brief India’s platform.
Contact Forms: Name, email address, phone number, subject matter, and message content when you contact our editorial team, submit news tips, report errors, or send inquiries through our contact forms.
Survey and Feedback: Responses to reader surveys, polls, news preference questionnaires, and feedback forms about our national news coverage and journalism quality.
Automatically Collected Information
Brief India automatically collects certain technical and usage data when you access our news website:
Device and Browser Information: IP address, device type, operating system, browser type and version, screen resolution, device identifiers, and mobile network information.
Usage Data and Analytics: Pages visited, news articles read, time spent on content, click patterns, search queries on Brief India, news categories browsed, reading history, scroll depth, and navigation paths through our news platform.
Location Data: General geographic location (city and state level) derived from your IP address to provide localized national news coverage and regional news recommendations. We do not collect precise GPS location without explicit consent.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies: Information collected through cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, and similar technologies to remember preferences, analyze news consumption patterns, deliver relevant content, and improve user experience.
Third-Party Information
We may receive information about you from third-party sources including:
- Social media platforms when you link your Brief India account with Facebook, Google, or Twitter
- Analytics service providers who help us understand news readership and engagement
- Advertising partners who provide demographic and interest-based data for targeted news recommendations
- Public sources and databases for verification purposes in investigative journalism
How We Use Your Information
Brief India uses your personal data for the following purposes:
News Service Delivery
- Providing access to national news content, breaking news updates, investigative reports, and multimedia journalism
- Personalizing your news feed based on reading history, interests, and geographic location
- Delivering customized news recommendations and trending stories relevant to your preferences
- Enabling user accounts, saved articles, bookmarks, and reading lists
Communication and Newsletters
- Sending daily news digests, breaking news alerts, and specialized newsletters on politics, business, sports, entertainment, and technology
- Providing updates about new features, editorial initiatives, and Brief India’s journalism projects
- Responding to reader inquiries, feedback, news tips, and correction requests
- Notifying you about replies to your comments and community interactions
Platform Improvement and Analytics
- Analyzing news consumption patterns and readership trends to improve content strategy
- Understanding which national news topics resonate with different audience segments
- Testing new features, layouts, and news presentation formats
- Conducting reader surveys and research to enhance journalism quality
- Identifying technical issues and improving website performance
Advertising and Monetization
- Displaying relevant advertisements based on news consumption behavior and interests
- Measuring advertising effectiveness and campaign performance
- Providing demographic insights to advertising partners (without identifying individuals)
- Supporting Brief India’s journalism through sustainable revenue models
Security and Legal Compliance
- Preventing fraud, unauthorized access, and misuse of Brief India’s news platform
- Detecting and preventing spam, fake accounts, and malicious activities
- Enforcing our Terms and Conditions and community guidelines
- Complying with legal obligations, court orders, and regulatory requirements under Indian law
- Protecting Brief India’s intellectual property and editorial content from copyright infringement
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Brief India uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance your news reading experience:
Essential Cookies: Required for core functionality including account login, security features, and accessing subscriber-only content. These cannot be disabled.
Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how readers engage with our national news content using services like Google Analytics to measure page views, session duration, bounce rates, and popular news categories.
Advertising Cookies: Enable personalized advertisements based on your browsing behavior across Brief India and partner websites. These cookies track ad impressions, clicks, and conversions.
Preference Cookies: Remember your settings including language preferences, news category selections, reading mode (light/dark), font size, and notification preferences.
Social Media Cookies: Allow sharing of Brief India news articles on Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, and other platforms, and display social sharing counts.
You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may limit functionality and personalization on Brief India’s news platform.
How We Share Your Information
Brief India respects your privacy and limits data sharing to the following circumstances:
Service Providers and Partners
We share information with trusted third-party service providers who assist in operating Brief India’s news platform:
- Cloud hosting and content delivery networks for website infrastructure
- Analytics providers (Google Analytics, Chartbeat) for readership measurement
- Email service providers for newsletter distribution and communication
- Payment processors for subscription and donation processing
- Advertising networks and demand-side platforms for ad delivery
- Customer support and feedback management tools
These service providers are contractually obligated to use your data only for providing services to Brief India and must maintain appropriate security measures.
Business Transfers
In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of Brief India’s assets, your personal information may be transferred to the acquiring entity. We will notify users of any ownership changes affecting data handling.
Legal Requirements
We may disclose your information when required by Indian law, legal process, court orders, government requests, or to:
- Comply with Information Technology Act, 2000 and related regulations
- Respond to lawful requests from law enforcement or regulatory authorities
- Protect Brief India’s legal rights, property, and safety
- Prevent fraud, security threats, or illegal activities
- Enforce our Terms and Conditions and community guidelines
Aggregated and Anonymized Data
We may share aggregated, anonymized statistics about Brief India’s readership, news consumption trends, demographic insights, and usage patterns with advertisers, partners, and researchers. This data cannot identify individual users.
With Your Consent
We will share your personal information with third parties when you explicitly provide consent, such as participating in co-branded promotions, contests, or special editorial projects with partner organizations.
Data Security
Brief India implements robust security measures to protect your personal information:
- Industry-standard encryption (SSL/TLS) for data transmission
- Secure server infrastructure with regular security audits
- Access controls limiting employee access to personal data on a need-to-know basis
- Regular security updates and vulnerability assessments
- Secure password storage using encryption and hashing
- Monitoring systems to detect and prevent unauthorized access
Despite our security efforts, no internet transmission is completely secure. Users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their account credentials.
Data Retention
Brief India retains your personal information for as long as necessary to provide news services and fulfill purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy:
- Active account data is retained while your account remains open
- Inactive accounts may be deleted after extended periods of non-use
- Newsletter subscriber data is retained until you unsubscribe
- Comments and user-generated content may be retained as part of our news archive
- Analytics and usage data may be retained in aggregated form indefinitely
- Legal records are retained as required by Indian law
You can request account deletion at any time, subject to legal retention requirements.
Your Privacy Rights
As a Brief India user, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
Access and Portability: Request a copy of personal information Brief India holds about you in a structured, commonly used format.
Correction and Updates: Update or correct inaccurate personal information through your account settings or by contacting us.
Deletion: Request deletion of your account and associated personal data, subject to legal obligations and legitimate business needs.
Opt-Out of Communications: Unsubscribe from newsletters and promotional emails using unsubscribe links or account settings. Note that we may still send essential service-related communications.
Cookie Management: Control cookie preferences through browser settings and opt out of interest-based advertising through industry opt-out tools.
Withdraw Consent: Withdraw previously given consent for data processing where consent is the legal basis.
To exercise these rights, contact our Data Protection Team at briefindiatv@gmail.com with specific details of your request.
Children’s Privacy
Brief India’s primary audience is adults and general readers. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years of age without parental consent. If you believe a child has provided personal information to Brief India, please contact us immediately so we can delete such information.
Third-Party Websites and Services
Brief India’s news articles may contain links to external websites, government sources, research papers, and third-party content for reference purposes. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites. Users should review the privacy policies of third-party sites before providing personal information.
Social media sharing features on Brief India connect to third-party platforms with their own privacy policies. When you share news articles or interact with social features, your activity is governed by those platforms’ terms.
International Data Transfers
Brief India primarily serves readers in India. However, some service providers may process data on servers located outside India. We ensure appropriate safeguards and data transfer mechanisms comply with Indian law when data is transferred internationally.
Updates to Privacy Policy
Brief India may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our news operations, legal requirements, industry standards, or data practices. We will post the revised policy with an updated “Last Updated” date on this page.
Significant changes affecting your privacy rights will be communicated through prominent notices on our website, email notifications, or in-app messages. Continued use of Brief India after policy updates constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.
Contact Information
For questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or Brief India’s data practices, please contact:
Brief India Data Protection Team
Email: briefindiatv@gmail.com
Address: Brief India – Shop No. 29, 3rd Floor , Nehru Shopping Complex, Amritsar
Phone: 9988390082
For editorial inquiries, news tips, or general feedback, visit our Contact Us page.
Brief India – Committed to Your Privacy
Thank you for trusting Brief India as your source for national news coverage. We are dedicated to protecting your privacy while delivering quality journalism that keeps you informed about India and the world.
