PRIVACY POLICY
In India, digital news platforms are primarily governed by the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, which outline ethical guidelines and a grievance redressal mechanism. These rules, administered by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, aim to regulate content on digital media, including news and online curated content. We vouch to comply the rules as mandated by the act, as stated. The Plurals ( www.theplurals.in ) has adopted a set of information management guidelines that serve as the basis for our relationships with our readers, contributors and other stakeholders vis-à-vis environment, climate change, public health, development and sustainability issues. Recognising the fact that Internet technologies, particularly the digital communication parts, are rapidly evolving, and that related protocols are still evolving ; guidelines are subject to change as required. If the changes represent a material departure from our current practices with respect to the use of personal
information, the changes will be posted on this page a month prior to taking effect.
We understand and appreciate how much the readers and stakeholders care about how their personal information is being used and shared; and we take their privacy issue very seriously.
Information gathered and tracked
Information submitted through all feedback forms on the website, as applicable, is stored in a database. Specifically, we store the name, e-mail address, and demographic information (address, occupation, etc) of the visitors to our website who wish to receive certain free services from DTE, including but not limited to newsletters, e-mail lists, and online discussions. In this context, we guarantee that personal information about users will not be provided to any third party without their consent.
E-mail / Mailing list policies
Using the e-mail addresses provided at registration or being made available through other channels, we construct mailing lists used for regular newsletters and occasional promotional e-mails. The e-mail addresses, that users supply to use this service, will not be used for any other purpose without their consent. Addresses provided by registered users may occasionally be used for sending
promotional materials. In addition, the address and other contact details of experts working in various fields may also be used in specialised contact directories published by The Plurals, as applicable but only with the specific consent of those included in such directories. We do not sell, rent or share our mailing list. If you do not want to receive e-mails from us, please let us know and we will immediately do the needful.
Subscription
As of now the subscription is free to the website upon provision of certain personal information as mentioned earlier; and may include your username, name, email id, phone number and place of residence.
Data security
Complete data security is maintained of all stakeholders whose contact info are with us..
Opting-out, corrections and cancellations
Upon request, we will immediately a) Remove user information from our database thereby cancelling that user’s registration; b) Correct personal information that a user states is erroneous; or c) Permit a user to “opt out” of further e-mail contact, while still allowing access to the site.
To request a correction or cancellation please send us an e-mail addressed to: theplurals.cal@gmail.com with ‘correction/cancellation ‘ in the subject.
Compliance with legal process / compelled disclosure
If we are required by law to disclose any information that you have provided to us, we will try and ensure that we give you notice (unless we are prohibited) that a request for your information has been made and give you an opportunity to object. We will send you this notice by email (if you have provided it to us) or by post. If we do not receive a reply we will supply this information, which we are bound to do so by law.
Reservation
The Plurals reserves the right to change its policy at any time in order to address new issues and reflect changes on our site. By using these services after we post changes, you indicate your acceptance to those changes.
Questions? Comments? Grievances
Please write to Jayanta Basu, Editor at jayantabasu.cal@gmail.com