Effective Date: 20/06/2025
Welcome to The Indian Writer (https://theindianwriter.com). We are committed to protecting your privacy and providing transparency about how your information is used when you visit our site.
1. Who We Are
The Indian Writer is a platform dedicated to storytelling, fiction, and folklore. We operate this website to share literary content and engage with our readers.
2. What Personal Data We Collect and Why
a. Comments
When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string (hash) from your email may be sent to Gravatar to check if you use their service. View Gravatar’s privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
b. Media
If you upload images, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site may be able to download and extract location data from images.
c. Cookies
If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.
When you log in, we set cookies to save login information and screen display preferences.
If you log out, login cookies are removed.
If you edit or publish a post, a cookie storing the post ID will be set and expires in one day.
d. Embedded Content
Articles may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles). These behave as if you visited the source website, which may collect data, use cookies, and track interactions.
3. Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. We do not sell or share personal data with third parties for commercial purposes.
4. How Long We Retain Your Data
Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely for recognition and auto-approval.
Registered users (if any) can view, edit, or delete their personal info at any time, except the username. Admins can also view and modify this data.
5. Your Rights Over Your Data
You may request an exported file of your personal data we hold, or ask us to erase it. This excludes data we’re obligated to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
6. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked by automated spam detection tools (like Akismet or reCAPTCHA).
7. Legal Compliance
We comply with applicable data protection regulations, including India’s Information Technology Act, 2000 (Sections 43A and 72A).
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or your data, please email us at: author@theindianwriter.com
Thank you for being a part of The Indian Writer community.