Our Privacy Commitment
Your privacy and data security are our top priorities. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, protect, and manage your personal data when you use BlogThread.
Interpretation and Definitions
Interpretation
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
Definitions
- Account: A unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service, including blog posting and profile management.
- Company: (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to BlogThread, based in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India.
- Cookies: Small files placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history.
- Country: India (specifically Chhattisgarh for jurisdictional purposes).
- Device: Any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
- Personal Data: Any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual, including blog-related data like usernames and post metadata.
- Service: Refers to the Website.
- Usage Data: Data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself.
- Website: Refers to BlogThread, accessible from https://blogthread.in/.
- You: The individual accessing or using the Service.
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. This may include:
- Email address
- First name and last name
- Usage Data
- Blog post content
- Profile information
- Comment data
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. This may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. The technologies We use may include:
- Cookies or Browser Cookies: A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent.
- Web Beacons: Small electronic files known as web beacons that permit the Company to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email.
We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the following purposes:
- Necessary / Essential Cookies: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website.
- Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
- Functionality Cookies: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website.
- Analytics Cookies: These Cookies help us understand how users interact with our platform, including blog reading patterns.
Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
- To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
- To manage Your Account and registration as a user of the Service.
- For the performance of a contract for the products, items or services You have purchased.
- To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication.
- To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events.
- To manage Your requests to Us.
- For business transfers in case of merger, divestiture, restructuring, or other sale.
- For data analysis, identifying usage trends, and improving our Service.
Retention of Your Personal Data
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
For blogging data, we may retain post history indefinitely unless deleted by you.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. We prioritize GDPR-compliant transfers for international users.
Delete Your Personal Data
You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You. You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account and visiting the account settings section. Full account deletion removes associated blog posts and comments.
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
Business Transactions
If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred.
Law Enforcement
Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
Security of Your Personal Data
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We implement advanced encryption, regular security audits, and two-factor authentication for accounts.
Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. We also prohibit children under 13 from creating accounts or posting content.
Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top.
Your Data Rights Under Indian Law
In addition to global standards, we comply with India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act. You have rights to access, correct, port, or erase your data. Contact us for any requests, and we will respond within the legally required timeframe.
Blog-Specific Privacy Practices
When you post blogs or comments, certain data like your username and timestamp becomes public. We do not share private drafts or unpublished content without consent. Analytics on your posts are used to provide insights but not sold to third parties.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:
- By email: mail.blogthread@gmail.com
- By visiting our contact page: Contact Us