Privacy Policy | ਪਰਾਈਵੇਸੀ ਨੀਤੀ

Data Controller & Contact

PunjabiTime.com is an independent Punjabi-language news website owned and operated by Kulbir Singh Bajwa. For the personal data processed through this website, Kulbir Singh Bajwa / PunjabiTime is the data controller. Privacy questions and data-rights requests can be sent to contact@punjabitime.com or through our Contact page.

Information We May Collect

• Technical and usage data: IP address or approximate location, browser and device type, referring page, pages visited, timestamps, security logs, and cookie or consent identifiers.
• Information you submit: your name, email address, subject and message when you contact us, request a correction, share a news tip, or enquire about advertising.
• Comments: comment text and the name, email, website, time and technical metadata supplied with a comment, where commenting is available.
• Advertising and analytics data: identifiers and interaction data processed by Google and other approved providers, subject to your consent choices and applicable law.

You do not need to create an account to read PunjabiTime news.

Why We Use Data & Our Legal Bases

Cookies, Consent & Similar Technologies

PunjabiTime uses necessary technologies for site operation and consent management. With permission where required, Google Analytics, Google AdSense, translation features and embedded media may use cookies, pixels, local storage or similar identifiers. Details, typical durations and controls are listed in our Cookie Policy.

Services, Recipients & Data Sharing

We do not sell personal information. Data may be processed only as needed by service providers that help operate the website, including:

• Hostinger for website hosting, infrastructure and related technical services.
• Google for Site Kit, Analytics, AdSense, Privacy & Messaging / Funding Choices, and translation-related services.
• Contact Form 7 and WordPress components used to deliver website forms and publishing features. Form submissions are sent to the website’s designated email account; Contact Form 7 does not itself provide a permanent message inbox.
• Embedded-content providers such as YouTube and social-media platforms when you view or interact with their content.
• Professional advisers, regulators or authorities where disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect rights, comply with law or respond to a valid legal request.

Each external provider may process information under its own privacy terms. Google explains its partner-site data use at How Google uses data from sites or apps that use its services.

International Data Transfers

Some providers may process information outside your country or outside the European Economic Area. Where data-protection law requires safeguards, the relevant provider is expected to rely on an approved transfer mechanism such as an adequacy decision or standard contractual clauses. Readers should review the linked provider policies for current locations and safeguards.

Contact Forms, News Tips & Comments

When you contact us, we use the information supplied to assess and answer your message. Please do not send passwords, payment-card details, government identification numbers, private medical records or other highly sensitive information through the general contact form. A news tip may be reviewed for possible editorial use, but sending a tip does not guarantee publication or confidentiality. Comments, where enabled, may be moderated, edited for safety or removed under our Terms of Service.

Data Retention

We keep personal data only for as long as it is reasonably needed for the purpose collected. Contact, correction, news-tip and advertising messages are retained while the matter is being handled and for any reasonable follow-up, record-keeping or legal need. Published comments and related metadata may remain while the associated discussion is available unless removal is required. Security and server records follow the hosting and backup cycle or are kept longer when needed to investigate abuse. Analytics, advertising and consent identifiers follow the provider settings and durations described in the Cookie Policy. We delete or anonymise information when it is no longer required and we have no legal reason to retain it.

Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures intended to protect information against unauthorised access, alteration, loss or misuse. No online system is completely secure, so readers should avoid sending unnecessary sensitive information through ordinary email or web forms.

Your Data-Protection Rights

Depending on the law that applies to you, you may have rights to access, correct, erase, restrict or object to processing of your personal data, and to receive eligible data in a portable format. Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time without affecting earlier lawful processing. You may also complain to your local supervisory authority. In Ireland, this is the Data Protection Commission.

To exercise a right, email contact@punjabitime.com. We may need enough information to verify the request and locate the relevant data. We aim to respond within the period required by applicable law.

Children’s Privacy

PunjabiTime is a general-audience news website and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly ask children to create reader accounts. If a parent or guardian believes that a child has submitted personal data through the site, please contact us so the request can be reviewed.

Automated Decisions

PunjabiTime does not use information submitted through the contact form to make decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects solely by automated means.

Policy Updates

We may update this policy when services, legal requirements or data practices change. Material changes will be reflected on this page and the review date below will be updated.

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