Privacy Policy for Krishi Guide
Effective Date: 01 January 2025
This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, Krishi Guide (https://krishiguide.in). We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information in a secure and responsible manner. Please read this policy carefully to understand how we manage your data.
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://krishiguide.in.
At Krishi Guide, we are dedicated to providing the latest agricultural news, farming tips, government schemes, and sustainable farming resources. This privacy policy outlines how we protect and manage any personal data we collect from you.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of personal information when you visit or interact with our website:
Personal Identification Information: When you leave comments, subscribe to newsletters, or contact us, we may collect your name, email address, phone number, and any other details you provide.
Non-Personal Identification Information: We may collect information such as your IP address, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), and referring/exit pages. This helps us analyze trends, administer the site, track users’ movement, and gather demographic information.
Cookies: Please see the “Cookies” section for more details.
3. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, including the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
4. Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the site.
5. Cookies
Our website uses cookies to enhance your experience. Cookies are small files stored on your device that help us track your preferences and ensure a personalized experience.
Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies will last for one year.
Login Cookies: 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.
Persistent Cookies: When you log in, we will set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. These login cookies will last for two days, and screen options cookies will last for one 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.
Post Editing Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.
6. Embedded Content from Other Websites
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. How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect in the following ways:
- To improve the functionality and content of our website
- To personalize your experience and respond to your requests
- To process transactions and manage orders
- To send periodic emails regarding updates, new content, and services
- To prevent fraud and protect the security of our website
8. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal data to third parties. However, we may share your data with trusted third parties for the purposes of:
Spam detection: We use services like Akismet to help detect and block spam in the comments section.
Email Services: If you subscribe to our newsletter, we may use email service providers like MailChimp to send you updates. These services may store your email address for sending you the requested content.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
9. How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
10. Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
11. How We Protect Your Data
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information. However, please note that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
12. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. We take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is processed securely.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update this privacy policy at any time. Any changes will be reflected on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes.
14. Contacting Us
If you have any questions regarding this privacy policy, or if you would like to request information or make a complaint, please feel free to contact us at:
Email: info@krishiguide.in
Phone: 9699320899
This Privacy Policy was last updated on 15 January 2025.
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