Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to all users who visit, browse, or interact with the SarkariNews24.com website. By accessing our website, you consent to the practices described in this policy. We encourage you to read this document carefully to understand our approach to handling your information.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide Voluntarily

When you interact with certain features on our website, you may voluntarily provide personal information including:

• Contact Form Submissions: When you use our contact form, we collect your name, email address, subject, and message content to respond to your query.
• Newsletter Subscriptions: When you subscribe to our email newsletter, we collect your email address to send you news updates and notifications.
• Comments and Feedback: If you submit comments or feedback, we may collect your name and email address along with your comments.

1.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit SarkariNews24.com, certain information is collected automatically through standard internet technologies:

• Log Data: Our web servers automatically record information including your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URL, pages visited, time and date of your visit, and time spent on each page.
• Device Information: We collect information about the device you use to access our website, including device type, screen resolution, and language preferences.
• Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to enhance your browsing experience and collect analytical data. See Section 4 for detailed information about our cookie usage.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information collected for the following purposes:

• Service Delivery: To display news content, operate website features, and provide the services you request.
• Communication: To respond to your enquiries, send newsletter updates, and communicate important information about our services.
• Website Improvement: To analyse usage patterns, identify popular content, diagnose technical issues, and improve website performance and user experience.
• Advertising: To display relevant advertisements through our advertising partners, including Google AdSense. These advertisements help us maintain free access to our content.
• Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes.
• Security: To detect, prevent, and address fraud, security threats, and technical issues.

3. Third-Party Advertising

SarkariNews24.com uses third-party advertising companies, including Google AdSense, to display advertisements on our website. These advertising partners may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activity on our website and other websites to provide personalised advertisements.

Google, as a third-party advertising vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on SarkariNews24.com. Google uses the DART cookie and similar technologies to serve ads based on your visit to our website and other websites on the internet. You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings at any time.

We do not have control over the cookies and tracking technologies used by third-party advertisers. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these advertising partners for more information about their practices and your choices.

4. Cookies Policy

4.1 What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners.

4.2 Types of Cookies We Use

• Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic features such as page navigation, access to secure areas, and remembering your preferences. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
• Analytics Cookies: We use analytics cookies (such as Google Analytics) to understand how visitors interact with our website. These cookies collect information about the number of visitors, pages viewed, time spent on pages, and how visitors navigate the website. This data helps us improve our content and website design.
• Advertising Cookies: Third-party advertising partners, including Google AdSense, may place cookies on your device to deliver relevant advertisements and track advertising performance. These cookies may collect information about your browsing activity across different websites.
• Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make, such as your preferred language or region, and provide enhanced personalised features.

4.3 Managing Cookies

You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Most web browsers allow you to view, delete, and block cookies from specific or all websites. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website and limit the services we can provide.

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

SarkariNews24 does not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share information in the following limited circumstances:

• Service Providers: We may share information with trusted service providers who assist in operating our website, hosting our content, and analysing website usage, subject to confidentiality agreements.
• Advertising Partners: As described in Section 3, our advertising partners may collect certain information through cookies for advertising purposes.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose information when required by law, court order, or government regulation, or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, your safety, or the safety of others.

6. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect the personal information we collect and store. These measures include secure server infrastructure, encrypted data transmission where appropriate, regular security assessments, and access controls limiting who can access personal data. However, no method of internet transmission or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

7. Children's Privacy

SarkariNews24.com is a general news website and is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete that information promptly. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at contact@sarkarinews24.com.

8. External Links

Our website may contain links to external websites, including official government portals and other news sources. These links are provided for informational purposes and convenience. SarkariNews24 is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these external websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external website you visit through links on our platform.

9. Your Rights

As a user of our website, you have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• Access: You have the right to request information about the personal data we hold about you.
• Correction: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
• Deletion: You have the right to request deletion of your personal data, subject to legal retention requirements.
• Opt-Out: You may opt out of our newsletter at any time by using the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us directly.
• Cookie Preferences: You may manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings as described in Section 4.3.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact our designated Grievance Officer:

• Grievance Officer: Editorial Team, SarkariNews24
• Email: contact@sarkarinews24.com
• Response Time: Within 72 hours of receiving the complaint

If you are not satisfied with our response, you may approach the Data Protection Board of India as established under the DPDPA 2023.

9A. Rights for Users in the European Economic Area (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you have additional rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). SarkariNews24 processes your personal data based on the following lawful bases: your consent (for cookies and advertising), our legitimate interests (for analytics and site improvement), and legal obligations.

Under the GDPR, you have the right to:

• Right of Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
• Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten"), subject to legal retention obligations.
• Right to Restrict Processing: Request limitation of how we process your personal data.
• Right to Data Portability: Request transfer of your personal data to another service provider in a commonly used, machine-readable format.
• Right to Object: Object to processing of your personal data based on our legitimate interests, including profiling and direct marketing.
• Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent at any time where processing is based on your consent, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before withdrawal.
• Right to Lodge a Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in your country of residence if you believe our processing of your data violates the GDPR.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@sarkarinews24.com. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

EU Representative (Article 27 GDPR): As SarkariNews24 is based in India and offers services accessible to EEA residents, our designated point of contact for GDPR-related enquiries is the Data Protection Team, reachable at contact@sarkarinews24.com. All GDPR requests will be handled within the 30-day statutory period.

International Data Transfers: Our use of Google Analytics and Google AdSense involves the transfer of personal data to servers located in the United States. These transfers are protected by Google's Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) as approved by the European Commission, ensuring an adequate level of data protection.

9B. Rights for California Residents (CCPA)

If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA):

• Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources of that information, the business purposes for collecting it, and the categories of third parties with whom we share it.
• Right to Delete: You have the right to request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions provided by law.
• Right to Opt-Out of Sale: SarkariNews24 does not sell your personal information. However, certain advertising cookies used by our third-party partners (including Google AdSense) may constitute a "sale" or "sharing" under the CCPA. You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or by using the "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" option in our cookie preferences.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights. You will not receive different pricing, quality of service, or be denied services for exercising your rights.
• Right to Correct: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate personal information.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@sarkarinews24.com. We will verify your identity and respond within 45 days as required by law.

9C. Rights for Indian Users (DPDPA 2023)

If you are a resident of India, you have rights under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA):

• Right to Access: You have the right to obtain a summary of your personal data being processed and the processing activities undertaken.
• Right to Correction and Erasure: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate or misleading personal data and erasure of personal data that is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
• Right to Grievance Redressal: You have the right to register a grievance with us, and if unsatisfied with our response, you may approach the Data Protection Board of India.
• Right to Nominate: You have the right to nominate another person to exercise your rights in the event of your death or incapacity.

SarkariNews24, as a Data Fiduciary under the DPDPA, processes your personal data only for the purposes stated in this policy, with your consent where required. We retain your data for the following specific periods: analytics data (Google Analytics) is retained for 14 months; contact form submissions are retained for 12 months; newsletter subscriptions are retained until you unsubscribe; cookie consent preferences are retained for 180 days; server access logs are retained for 90 days. Data is securely deleted after the applicable retention period expires. To exercise any of these rights, please contact our designated Grievance Officer:

• Grievance Officer: Editorial Team, SarkariNews24
• Email: contact@sarkarinews24.com
• Response Time: Within 72 hours of receiving the complaint

If you are not satisfied with our response, you may approach the Data Protection Board of India as established under the DPDPA 2023.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

SarkariNews24 reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. When we make changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the bottom of this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information. Your continued use of our website after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Consent

By using our website, you consent to the collection and use of your information as outlined in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any part of this policy, we advise you to discontinue use of our website.

12. Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:

• Email: contact@sarkarinews24.com
• Website: Contact Page

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 19 March 2026.