Privacy Policy

Who We Are
Our website address is: https://www.bangaloreanx.com/. We are dedicated to providing you with the most reliable and engaging news coverage.

Comments
When you leave a comment on BangaloreanX, we collect the data provided in the comment form along with your IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam. Additionally, an anonymized string (or hash) created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. You can review the Gravatar service privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture (if you use Gravatar) will be publicly visible alongside your comment.

Media
If you upload images to MangaloreanX, please ensure that these images do not include embedded location data (such as EXIF GPS information). Note that visitors can download images from the site and extract any location data they may contain.

Cookies

• Comment Cookies:
  When you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so you do not have to re-enter your details on subsequent comments. These cookies last for one year.
• Login Cookies:
  When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies; this cookie does not contain personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
  Once you log in, several cookies are set to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days (or two weeks if you select “Remember Me”), while screen options cookies persist for one year. Logging out removes these cookies.
• Editor Cookies:
  If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is stored in your browser containing the post ID of the article. This cookie contains no personal data and expires after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on BangaloreanX may include embedded content—such as videos, images, or articles—from other websites. This embedded content behaves exactly as if you had visited the external website directly. These third-party sites may collect data about you, use cookies, deploy additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content, especially if you are logged in to those sites.

Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Aside from that, we do not sell or share your personal data with third parties except as necessary to provide our services or as required by law.

How Long We Retain Your Data

• Comments:
  If you leave a comment on BangaloreanX, your comment and its associated metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and automatically approve any follow-up comments.
• User Profiles:
  For registered users, the personal information provided in your user profile is stored and maintained. You can view, edit, or delete your personal information at any time (except for your username, which cannot be changed). Website administrators may also access and edit this information as needed.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on BangaloreanX or have left comments, you may request an exported file of all personal data we hold about you, including any information you have provided. You may also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, subject to our obligations to retain certain data for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be processed through an automated spam detection service to help maintain the integrity of our website.