Privacy Policy
This privacy policy describes how Science Focusnews ("we", "us", or "our"), located at 45 Infotech Avenue, Level 6, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560001, India, collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you use our online platform or service.
We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in a transparent manner, in compliance with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) where it applies.
Information We Collect
We collect information from you in various ways when you use our site or service:
1. **Information You Provide Directly:** We collect personal data that you voluntarily provide to us. This may include information you provide when you register for an account, create a profile, set your preferences for content or news feeds, subscribe to newsletters, participate in surveys, or contact us for support. This information may include your username, email address, profile information (such as interests or demographics if you choose to provide them), and any other information you choose to submit.
2. **Information Collected Automatically:** When you access and use our service, we automatically collect certain information about your device and usage patterns. This may include:
* **Usage Data:** Information about how you interact with our service, such as the pages or content you view, the features you use, the links you click, the time spent on certain pages, and other usage statistics.
* **Technical Data:** Information about your device and internet connection, such as your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device type, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
* **Cookies and Tracking Technologies:** We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to collect information about your browsing activities and preferences, to personalize your experience, analyze how our service is used, and for advertising purposes. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings.
3. **Information from Other Sources:** We may receive information about you from third parties if they provide services on our behalf or if you connect your account on our service with a third-party service.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes related to providing and improving our service:
* **To Provide and Maintain Our Service:** To operate, deliver, and maintain the features and functionality of our online platform, including creating and managing your account and processing your requests.
* **To Personalize Your Experience:** To develop and deliver personalized content, news feeds, and recommendations based on your preferences, interests, and usage patterns.
* **To Improve Our Service:** To understand how our service is used, analyze trends, conduct research, and gather feedback to improve the design, functionality, and performance of our platform. This includes using data analytics to optimize our algorithms and user experience.
* **To Communicate with You:** To send you service-related communications, technical notices, security alerts, updates, and support messages, and to respond to your inquiries.
* **For Security and Fraud Prevention:** To protect our service, our users, and ourselves by detecting and preventing fraud, unauthorized access, and other malicious activities.
* **To Comply with Legal Obligations:** To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes, and to respond to lawful requests from public authorities.
Legal Basis for Processing Your Personal Data
Under GDPR, we rely on the following legal bases to process your personal data:
* **Performance of a Contract:** Where the processing is necessary to perform our obligations under a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into a contract (e.g., providing the service you requested).
* **Legitimate Interests:** Where the processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided these interests are not overridden by your fundamental rights and freedoms. Our legitimate interests include improving our service, personalizing user experience, understanding user behavior, ensuring the security of our platform, and conducting our business operations.
* **Consent:** Where you have given your clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose (e.g., for sending marketing communications). You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
* **Legal Obligation:** Where the processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
Sharing Your Information
We may share your personal data with third parties in the following circumstances:
* **With Service Providers:** We engage trusted third-party companies and individuals to perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, data analytics, IT support, and customer service. These third parties have access to your personal data only to perform these tasks for us and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
* **For Legal Reasons:** We may disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).
* **Business Transfers:** In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company, your personal data may be transferred as part of that transaction.
* **With Your Consent:** We may share your personal data with third parties when we have your explicit consent to do so.
We do not sell your personal data to third parties.
International Data Transfers
Your personal data may be transferred to, and processed in, countries other than the country in which you reside. Our primary data processing and operations occur in India, where our company is located. We may also use service providers located in various countries around the world.
When transferring data outside the European Economic Area (EEA) or other regions with similar data protection standards, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data, such as relying on standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission or ensuring the recipient is located in a country deemed to provide an adequate level of data protection.
Data Retention
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location and applicable data protection laws, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data. These may include:
* **Right to Access:** The right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
* **Right to Rectification:** The right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data we hold about you.
* **Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten):** The right to request that we delete your personal data under certain conditions.
* **Right to Restriction of Processing:** The right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
* **Right to Data Portability:** The right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller.
* **Right to Object:** The right to object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions, particularly where we process data based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing.
* **Right to Withdraw Consent:** If we are processing your personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
* **Right to Complain:** The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe our processing of your personal data infringes applicable law.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below. We may need to verify your identity before responding to your request.
Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, 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 data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Third-Party Links
Our service may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties that are not owned or controlled by us. This privacy policy does not apply to third-party websites or services. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party site you visit.
Children's Privacy
Our service is not directed to individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post any changes on this page. We encourage you to review this privacy policy periodically.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us at our physical address:
Science Focusnews
45 Infotech Avenue, Level 6
Bangalore, Karnataka, 560001
India