Privacy Policy
World Eyes News — Bringing The World Closer
Your trust is essential to credible journalism. As an MSME-registered and SSL-certified digital news media platform, World Eyes News is deeply committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality, and security of our readers, subscribers, and contributors.
1. Introduction & Scope
This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which World Eyes News ("we", "our", or "us") collects, uses, maintains, and discloses information gathered from users ("Users" or "Readers") of our website and digital services.
By accessing or using our platform, you signify your acceptance of this policy. World Eyes News operates in strict adherence to applicable media and information technology laws, journalistic standards, and guidelines issued by the Press Council of India (PCI) and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB), wherever applicable.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect personal identification information from Users in various ways, including when Users visit our site, subscribe to the daily morning newsletter, submit comments on news articles, or fill out feedback forms:
- Voluntarily Provided Information: Name, email address, and comment messages submitted during public discussions or editorial tip-offs.
- Technical Log Data: Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, operating system, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamps, and referring/exit pages to ensure site reliability and prevent automated abuse.
- Usage & Reading Analytics: Aggregated statistics regarding most-read articles, categories visited, and reading durations to help refine our journalistic coverage.
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
World Eyes News uses "cookies" to enhance reader experience and analyze site traffic. Cookies are small files placed on your device's hard drive for record-keeping purposes and to retain user preferences (such as dark mode preferences or search queries).
Users may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. Note that some portions of the site may function with reduced personalization if cookies are disabled.
4. How We Use Collected Information
World Eyes News collects and uses User information solely for legitimate journalistic and operational purposes:
- To Deliver News & Editorial Briefings: Sending requested email dispatches and breaking alerts.
- To Moderate Community Discussions: Ensuring reader comments remain respectful, constructive, and compliant with hate-speech laws.
- To Improve Platform Performance: Diagnosing server bottlenecks and optimizing mobile page-load speeds.
- To Protect Platform Integrity: Mitigating spam, brute-force attacks, and distributed denial-of-service attempts.
5. Data Protection & SSL Security
We adopt strict data collection, storage, and processing practices, as well as robust security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal data.
6. Third-Party Websites & Social Media Embeds
Our articles may feature embedded content (e.g., YouTube videos, X / Twitter posts, Facebook shares) and hyperlinks to official government portals, scientific repositories, or reference material.
We do not control the privacy practices of external third-party sites. Once you leave our domain or interact directly with an external embed, their respective privacy policies will apply.
7. User Rights & Grievance Redressal
In accordance with applicable media regulations and the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, World Eyes News has appointed a dedicated Grievance Officer for handling privacy inquiries, data deletion requests, or editorial corrections.
Our Privacy Commitments
- No Data Selling: We never sell, rent, or trade reader personal data to third parties.
- SSL Secured: All browser requests and forms are protected with industry-standard encryption.
- MSME Registered: Fully recognized digital media entity adhering to statutory guidelines.
- Right to Correction: Readers may request updates or removal of their comments anytime.