LAST UPDATED: November 20, 2021
INTRODUCTION
- Pakistan Radar is a private limited company, which operates the website www.pakistanradar.com and provides news-related content and other services including but not limited to delivery of information and content via any internet-connected device or otherwise (collectively referred to as “Services”).
- For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, wherever the context so requires “you”, “your” or “user” shall mean any natural person who uses the services provided by Pakistan Radar. The term “we”, “us”, “our” shall mean the Company.
- This “Privacy Policy” explains how Pakistan Radar collects, use, disclose, transfer, and protects your personal information in the context of the services it provides. It also provides information about how we handle your information, your rights, and how you can contact us if you have questions regarding this privacy policy. This policy applies to those users who use our services through our website or our social media pages. This policy does not apply to the information that you provide or that is collected by any third party for the purposes of tracking user behavior. We encourage you to consult directly with such third parties about their privacy practices.
- We care about the privacy of our users, such as yourself, and respect the information that you provide to us, and are committed to reasonably protect it in all respects as the privacy of our users is of extreme importance to us. We want to be sure that you fully understand exactly how we use that information. By accepting to access our website at www.pakistanradar.com, you are also agreeing to this privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as “Privacy Policy”).
INFORMATION RECEIVED, COLLECTED, AND STORED BY THE COMPANY
- INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY USERS
Voluntary information
We may collect certain information when you provide feedback, change your content or email preferences, subscribe to newsletters, respond to a survey or communicate with us.
- INFORMATION IS AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED/TRACKED WHILE NAVIGATION
Cookies
To improve the responsiveness and effectiveness of the website for our users, we may use cookies or similar technologies to collect information to understand the user’s individual interests, preferences or for providing tailored content based on the user’s interests and browsing history. We will have no other way of finding who you are unless you voluntarily identify yourself either through registration, by communicating with us through email, subscribing for newsletters, or comments. The only information which a cookie can store is the information you provide other than that a cookie cannot access personal data from your hard drive. Suck kind of cookies are intended to be automatically cleared or deleted when the user quits the browser application. You are encouraged to use the “clear cookies” functionality of your browser to ensure such kind of clearing or deletion since it is impossible for us to guarantee or predict the behavior of your system. Some of our advertisers like Google AdSense which serve ads on our website may also assign their own cookies to your browser and we have no access to or control over these cookies that are used by the third-party advertisers. We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us via the website through your internet-connected device. You can customize Google Display Network ads using the Ads Settings options provided by Google.
Log File Information
We may collect limited information about your device connection to the internet i.e., your IP (Internet Protocol) address when you visit our website. Your IP address is a number that lets devices connected to the internet communicate with each other such as different pages of a website you view through an internet-connected device. We automatically get this information from your browser, including your IP address, we get information about your operating system, browser type, and version, screen resolution, referring website, CPU speed, and connection speed, etc.
Web Beacons
We may use clear GIFs to analyze the usage patterns and activities of users on our website (search terms you have looked up and the results you have selected, how much time you have spent on different pages of our website, which features you have used and clicked on, pages you have viewed and which advertisements you have clicked on) in an anonymous manner, without personally identifying the user. We may also use clear GIFs in our email marketing campaigns for sending marketing and promotional emails to our users to track which emails have been opened by the recipients and on which links they have clicked. We use this information to tailor our website content according to the interests of our users, to measure traffic within our website, to improve the website quality, functionality, and interactivity, and let advertisers know the geographic locations from where our visitors come.
Information from Other Sources
We may receive information about you from other sources for example our partners whom we provide services and to whom you have provided your information, therefore information related to you may be passed on to us through our partners.
Demographic Information
We may use other types of demographic information provider technologies in order to provide you with a more personalized experience. We use Google Analytics to track user behavior on our website. Google Analytics specifically has been enabled on our website to support display advertising which helps us in understanding our user’s demographics and interests. The reports are anonymous and cannot be associated with any specific individual’s personal information that you may have shared with us.
LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES
The website may include links to other websites or apps. Such websites or apps are governed by their respective privacy policies which are beyond our control and we have no access to them. Once you leave our website by following a link to some other website or app then the use of any information you will provide to them will not be governed by our privacy policy rather it will be governed by the respective privacy policy of the third party. When we provide information to our advertisers to help them get an understanding of our audience and confirm the value of advertising on our website, it is usually in the form of aggregated statistics on traffic to various pages within our website. We use third-party advertising such as Google AdSense to serve ads when you visit our website. These third-party advertising companies may use information about your visits to our website, in order to provide advertisements about goods and services according to your interest and browsing history. We do not provide any personally identifiable information to third-party websites or advertisers without your consent.
USE OF THE INFORMATION BY THE COMPANY
The information which will be provided to us by the users enables us to maintain, protect and improve the services and experience we provide to users, for diagnosing technical problems and developing new services. We may use your email address or other personally identifiable information in our email campaigns to send marketing and promotional emails to you (with an option to subscribe/unsubscribe), for sending notifications to you regarding major changes or updates and for customer service purposes, etc.
SHARING OF THE INFORMATION
The Company will share your information with any third party without obtaining the prior consent of the User only in the following limited circumstances:
- When it is requested or required by a law enforcement agency or governmental agency or any court or authority to disclose. These disclosures are made in good faith and belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary for complying with the applicable laws and regulations in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding possible illegal activities or to comply with the legal process.
- The Company may present information to the third-party advertisers like Google AdSense to help them understand our audience and confirm the value of advertising on our website which is usually in the form of aggregated statistics on traffic to various pages within our site.
- If the Company becomes involved in a merger, acquisition, or any form of sale of some or all of its assets then the personal information will be transferred to the new entity.
UPDATES/CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right at our sole discretion to change, update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time and this change will become effective immediately upon its publication on the website and your continued use of the website and/or the services constitutes your agreement to such changes, so please periodically review the current version of the privacy policy for any change or update. By continuing to access our website and using its services, you consent to the collection, storage, and use of the personal information you provide for any of the services that we offer according to the updated, amended, or modified privacy policy. If you do not agree with the terms of the updated or modified privacy policy, you must immediately cease your use of our website and the services it provides.
INFORMATION SECURITY
Please note that appropriate physical, technological, and managerial procedures, in compliance with accepted industry standards, have been implemented to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access to your information and to maintain privacy and confidentiality of your information. These safeguards are subjected to the sensitivity of the information that is collected, processed, and stored and the current state of technology.
We assume no legal liability or responsibility for disclosure of your information due to errors in transmission, unauthorized third-party access, or other causes which are beyond our control. You play an important role in keeping your personal information secure. You should not share your personal information with anyone. If we receive instructions using your personal information, we will consider that the instructions have been authorized by you.
QUESTIONS/COMPLAINTS
Complaints, abuse, or concerns in relation to the processing of information provided by you can be made by sending an email at info@pakistanradar.com.
We request you to please provide the following information in your complaint: –
- Identification of the type of information which has been provided by you
- Clearly mention whether the information is personal information or sensitive personal information
- Your address, contact number, or email address
- A statement confirming that the information has been processed incorrectly or disclosed without authorization and the said information which is being complained about belongs to you
You may also contact us in case you have any questions/suggestions about the Privacy Policy using the contact information mentioned above.