Privacy Policy
Your privacy and trust are important to us
This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use, protection, and disclosure of Your information when You use the Website. It also explains Your privacy rights and how Your information may be handled.
We use limited information to operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Website. By using this Website, You acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Interpretation and Definitions
Website Operator
This Website is independently operated under the name Time Yaan ("We", "Us", or "Our"). Time Yaan is a digital news, local information, and public-interest content platform.
Time Yaan does not claim to be a government department, government agency, official government news service, or officially recognized press organization. The Website independently publishes and shares local news, public-interest information, updates, reports, and other informational content.
Website
Refers to Time Yaan, accessible from https://www.timeyaan.in
You
Means the individual accessing, browsing, or using the Website.
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using Our Website, You may voluntarily provide certain personally identifiable information when contacting Us, submitting feedback, sending a local news tip, reporting a public issue, requesting a correction, or using available Website features.
This information may include:
- Name
- Email address
- Information included in Your message or inquiry
- Location or contact details voluntarily provided by You
- Information submitted for news tips, corrections, suggestions, advertisements, or collaboration
Please do not submit passwords, OTPs, bank account details, payment credentials, or other highly sensitive personal information through the Website.
Usage Data
Usage Data may be collected automatically when You access or use the Website. This may include information such as Your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, device type, operating system, pages visited, date and time of visits, time spent on pages, referring pages, and other diagnostic or technical information.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We and Our third-party service providers may use cookies and similar technologies to operate Website features, remember preferences, understand Website traffic, improve user experience, measure performance, prevent misuse, and display relevant advertisements.
You may manage, block, or delete cookies through Your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the availability or functionality of some Website features.
Advertising Partners
We may use third-party advertising services, including Google AdSense, to display advertisements on the Website. Google and other advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, device information, or similar technologies to serve, personalize, limit, and measure advertisements in accordance with their own policies and applicable consent requirements.
Google may use advertising cookies to show advertisements based on a visitor's activity on this Website or other websites. Where required, visitors may be provided with options to manage or decline certain advertising choices.
You can review or manage Google advertising preferences by visiting: https://adssettings.google.com
Analytics Services
We may use Google Analytics or similar analytics services to understand Website traffic and how visitors interact with Our content. These services may collect information such as pages visited, approximate location, device information, traffic source, and time spent on the Website.
The information collected through analytics services may be processed according to the privacy policies of the respective service providers.
You may learn about the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Blogger Platform
Our Website is hosted on Blogger, a platform provided by Google. Blogger and Google may automatically process certain technical information, including IP addresses, browser information, device information, cookies, security data, and Website usage information as part of their hosting, security, analytics, and related services.
The collection and processing of information by Google services are also governed by Google's applicable privacy policies and terms.
How We Use Your Information
- To operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Website
- To provide local news, public-interest information, and Website content
- To understand Website traffic and improve user experience
- To respond to messages, inquiries, suggestions, feedback, and correction requests
- To review voluntarily submitted news tips or information
- To detect spam, fraud, misuse, or technical problems
- To display, manage, personalize, and measure advertisements where applicable
- To comply with applicable legal obligations
User-Submitted News, Information and Content
Users may voluntarily send local news tips, photographs, videos, public-issue information, suggestions, or correction requests. Please submit only information that You are legally permitted to share and avoid unnecessarily disclosing private or sensitive information about any person.
Submitting information does not guarantee that it will be published. We may review, verify, edit, reject, remove, or request additional information before publication. We may also remove personal details when reasonably necessary for privacy, safety, accuracy, or legal reasons.
News Sources and Public Information
Some content may be prepared using information received from local sources, users, public statements, press releases, official websites, government portals, public records, social media, field information, or other publicly available sources.
We make reasonable efforts to present information accurately. However, information may change over time or may contain unintended errors. Readers are encouraged to verify important information through the relevant official department, authority, organization, or original source before making legal, financial, medical, educational, employment, or other important decisions.
Data Sharing
We do not sell or trade Your personal information.
Information may be processed or shared with trusted service providers that support Website hosting, analytics, advertising, security, communication, or technical operations. These may include services provided by Google, such as Blogger, Google Analytics, and Google AdSense.
We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, legal processes, lawful government requests, protect Our rights, investigate misuse, or protect the safety and security of users and the Website.
Data Retention
We may retain voluntarily submitted messages and related information only for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to inquiries, review news tips, process correction requests, maintain Website records, prevent misuse, or comply with legal obligations.
Data Security
We take reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect information. However, no method of transmission, electronic storage, or communication over the Internet is completely secure. Therefore, absolute security cannot be guaranteed.
Children's Privacy
This Website is intended for a general audience and is not specifically directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly request or collect personal information from children under 13.
If You believe that a child has provided personal information through the Website, please contact Us so that We can review the request and take appropriate action where necessary.
External Links
Our Website may contain links to government websites, news sources, social media platforms, advertisers, or other third-party websites. We do not control and are not responsible for the content, security, availability, or privacy practices of external websites.
We encourage You to review the privacy policy and terms of every external website You visit.
Your Privacy Choices
Depending on applicable law and the services available on the Website, You may contact Us to request correction or deletion of personal information that You voluntarily submitted. We may require reasonable information to verify and process such requests.
You may also manage cookies through Your browser settings and control certain Google advertising preferences through Google's advertising settings.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in Website features, services, advertising practices, legal requirements, or operational needs.
Any changes will be posted on this page, and the “Last updated” date will be revised. You are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
Contact Us
If You have any questions, privacy concerns, correction requests, or requests related to information You submitted through the Website, You can contact Us through Our Contact Page: