At Bengaluru Weekly, we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you interact with our website, blrweekly.com.

1. Who We Are

Bengaluru Weekly is your premier guide to exploring and enjoying the best of Bengaluru. Our website address is https://blrweekly.com.

2. Information We Collect

• Comments: When you leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as your IP address and browser user agent string to aid in spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

• Media: We recommend avoiding uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) to the website. Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

• Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies will last for one year. When you log in, we set up cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login persists for two weeks. Upon logging out, login cookies are removed. If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser, containing no personal data and indicating the post ID of the article you edited. It expires after 1 day.

3. Embedded Content

Articles on Bengaluru Weekly may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you have visited the other website directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.

4. Data Sharing and Retention

• Who We Share Your Data With: We do not share your personal data with third parties, except when required by law or for essential website operations.

• How Long We Retain Your Data: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to facilitate automatic approval of follow-up comments. For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username).

5. Your Data Rights

You can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including data you have provided. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, subject to any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

6. Data Protection

Visitor submissions and comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service to ensure the safety and integrity of our platform.

7. Contact Information

For any privacy-related concerns or to exercise your data rights, please contact our support team at help@blrweekly.com or visit blrweekly.com/contact.

8. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Please review it periodically to stay informed about how we protect your personal information.

By using Bengaluru Weekly, you agree to the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to reach out to us.

Last updated: [August 15, 2024]