This Privacy Policy outlines KDC's practices and procedures with respect to use of cookies, collection, storage and use of Personally Identified Information (PII) and aims at informing users on how we manage the information we collect and receive. This Privacy Policy applies to any KDC website that linked to this Privacy Policy, KDC apps on your mobile device, Social media or official KDC content on other websites, Information you provide to us by phone, SMS, email, in letters and other correspondence and in person and information gathered through sign-in via a third-party service such as Facebook, Twitter.
I. DEFINATIONS :
- Affiliates: An "affiliate" is any company that is controlled by or under common control with Kantipur Digital Corp Private Limited (KDC).
- Cookie: A “cookie” is a small piece of information that we use to assign each visitor’s computer a unique, random numerical identification code that resides in a designated file on his or her computer.
- Device Identifiers: Device identifiers are strings of letters and numbers that can be used to distinguish one device from other devices.
- Internet Protocol (IP) Address: An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to user's computer whenever they access the Internet, which web servers use to identify where to send the information user's computer requests.
- Personally Identifying Information (PII): Personal information is information that identifies a specific person. It includes name, address, telephone number, email address, payment card number, and government-issued identification number.
- Non-Personally Identifiable Information: Non-personally identifiable information is every kind of information except for personal information.
II. GENERAL :
Kantipur Digital Corp Private Limited (Hereinafter referred as KDC) owns and operates www.ekantipur.com and other sites (i.e. sub-sites and micro-sites) therein, which is an online news platform. As used herein, “we,” “us” and “our” refers to Kantipur Digital Corp Private Limited and its Affiliates. Any individual accessing or using 'Services' is referred as 'You' or 'User' and hereby agrees to be bound by these Terms and the other policies listed on the website.
III. SCOPE :
This Privacy Policy applies to all KDC services that link to or refer to this Privacy Policy. These services include ekantipur.com or any other affiliate websites, mobile apps, digital services, applications or other online services and anything else that links to or refers to this policy. All these Services are also refereed as "Services" at appropriate place. This Policy also applies to use of all the computers or device of the 'Users' that used to access our Services. This Privacy Policy also applicable to any additional information about the privacy practices of some of KDC Services'.
IV. DEEMED ACCEPTANCE :
YOU AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES IS SUBJECT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY AS THEN IN EFFECT. THIS PRIVACY POLICY MAY BE MODIFIED AT ANY TIME AND FROM TIME TO TIME; THE DATA OF THE MOST RECENT REVISION WILL APPEAR ON THIS PAGE SO CHECK BACK PERIODICALLY. CONTINUED ACCESS TO THE SERVICES BY YOU FOLLOWING MODIFICATION IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY WILL CONSTITUTE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY AS MODIFIED. PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY AND REVIEW OUR TERMS OF SERVICE THAT GOVERNS YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS SET FORTH BELOW, DO NOT USE ANY SERVICES. BY USING THIS WEBSITE OR THE SERVICE DESCRIBED IN THIS POLICY, YOU CONSENT TO THE DATA COLLECTION, USE, DISCLOSURE AND STORAGE PRACTICES DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
V. COLLECTED INFORMATION :
VI. POSSIBLE USE OF INFORMATION :
- Authorized Purposes and Special Offers : PII that you voluntarily submit may be used for the purposes authorized when it was submitted. You may pick and choose which email newsletters you wish to receive (including not to receive any email newsletters) by clicking the "unsubscribe" link included on the bottom of every email newsletter you receive from us. In addition, we, our advertisers, or third parties selected by us may send you special offers and information. If you do not wish to receive such special offers and information sent by email, you may follow the instructions for unsubscribing included within any of such special offers or informational emails.
- Administrative Purposes : We may use PII you submit to contact you for internal administrative purposes such as site administration, troubleshooting, or processing of e-commerce transactions, or relating to your use of the Services or content you post on the Services, or in our discretion to notify you of major changes to the Services or this Privacy Policy.
- Sweepstakes, Contests and Promotions :If you win a sweepstakes or contest, your PII may be disclosed on a winners list as required by law. In addition, by entering a contest or sweepstakes on the Services, you consent to the use of your PII by us and our service providers providing services in connection with such sweepstakes or contest for purposes of prize fulfillment and/or for marketing, such as to notify you of a product or promotion that may be of interest to you. If you no longer wish to receive emails about products or promotions that may be of interest to you, you can always opt out of receiving further information by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link included in such emails.
- Service Providers and Third Parties :PII may be shared with third parties as disclosed in this Privacy Policy or at the time you provide your information. Third parties that provide support for the operation of the Services or features thereof may also have access to such information. We may also share PII we have about our users with third parties so that the third parties can send you information and special offers, unless you choose to opt out from such sharing by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link included in such emails. We may also share your PII with third parties to accomplish the purposes for which it was submitted.
- Customizing Content, Advertising and Offers : We may use information collected from cookies and other technology to recognize your browser when you visit the Service and to attempt to personalize the Service for each user, to sequence ads and offers in a series, and to track page usage and paths. We may also use collected information to allow editorial content and/or advertising on the Services to be targeted to groups of users for whom it is most pertinent. This means that users see editorial content and/or advertising most likely to interest them. In connection with these uses, we may disclose information to third parties.
- Third Party Advertisements :We also use third party companies to serve advertisements on the Services. These companies may use cookies and other tracking information to collect information about your visits to the Services and other websites, so that they can measure the effectiveness of ads, to track page usage and paths followed during visits, and to provide advertisements about goods and services they think will be of interest to you based on your usage.
- Statistical Analysis :We may use collected information to create aggregate statistics about activity on and visitors to the Services, including the number of return visits to the Services or our advertisers’ websites, the number of unique visitors that have viewed or “clicked” a particular ad or visited a particular web page and how much time is spent on each page of the Services. We may also create aggregate demographic statistics. We may use these aggregate statistics to measure interest in various areas of the Services, to better design the Services and to improve our marketing strategy and product offerings. We may share the aggregate statistical information with third parties.
VII. SHARING AND DISCLOSURES :
We may disclose collected information in the good faith belief that we are required to do so by law, or when doing so is reasonably necessary to:
- comply with the law or legal process;
- respond to any claims;
- protect and defend the rights, property or personal safety of the Newspaper, its subsidiaries and affiliates, as well as our customers, users or the public; or
- protect against misuse or unauthorized use of the Daily News Services. In addition, collected information may be disclosed as part of any bankruptcy, merger, sale, and transfer of company assets or acquisition. To service providers, affiliates or Partners: We may share or disclose your information to service providers, affiliates or Partners that we have engaged to perform business-related functions on our behalf. This may include service providers that:
- conduct research and analytics;
- create content;
- provide customer, technical or operational support;
- conduct or support marketing (such as email or advertising platforms);
- fulfill orders and user requests;
- handle payments;
- host our Services, forums and online communities;
- administer contests;
- maintain databases;
- send or support online or mobile advertising; and
- otherwise support our Services.
VIII. THIRD PARTY SITES AND CONTENT :
During your visit to the Services you may view as part of a frame that includes our content, certain content and websites that are actually created, operated, owned and/or hosted by a third party or third parties. You may also see links on the Services to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of third parties. You should check the applicable privacy policies of those third parties when providing PII. In addition, certain sections of the Services may have their own, specialized privacy policies, may be because they are part of a social network or hosted by a third party. You should check the applicable privacy policies of those sections and/or of such social networks.
IX . DATA SECURITY :
- We use reasonable administrative, technical, personnel and physical measures to safeguard PII against loss, theft and unauthorized use, disclosure or modification.
- As effective as our security measures are, no security system is impenetrable. Moreover, we cannot guarantee that information that you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us.
- PII may also be stored on computers of third parties that provide technical support for the operation of the Daily News Services or who otherwise have access to your PII as disclosed in this Privacy Policy. We do not control the security measures used by such third parties.
- We have put in place physical, electronic, and managerial procedures designed to help prevent unauthorized access, to maintain data security, and to use correctly the Information we collect online. These safeguards vary based on the sensitivity of the Information that we collect and store.
- Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of Information, we cannot assure you that Information will never be disclosed, altered or destroyed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.
X. OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
- Linked Services : Some of the Services contain links to or integrations with other services such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other media services and platforms whose information practices may be different than ours. Visitors should consult these other services' privacy notices as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.
- International Transfer: This Service is governed by and operated in accordance with laws of Nepal. If you are located outside of the Nepal, you use this Service at your own risk. Your Information will be transferred to and processed in the Nepal where many of our central databases operate.
XI. DATA DELETION
- We store personal data of users in Cookies and Sessions only just for the purpose of recognizing users. The data are automatically cleared when user logs out of our system. Users can easily delete browser cookies and session to delete their data. However, there is no need to delete personal information as we don't save them in our server.
Questions: If you have any more questions write to :
Kantipur Digital Corp Private Limited
Central Business Park, Thapathali
POB NO. 8559
Kathmandu, Nepal
Last Updated 9th March 2022.