Privacy Policy

info1. Introduction

Welcome to Lok Circle ("https://lokcircle.in"). We are an independent digital media platform committed to transparent, public service journalism. Respecting your privacy and securing your personal data is fundamental to maintaining user trust.

This Privacy Policy explains how Lok Circle collects, uses, discloses, and safeguards your information when you visit our website, submit public administrative complaints, interact with our video reports, or engage with our news services.

ads_click2. Google AdSense & Third-Party Advertising Disclosures

Please read this section carefully regarding Google AdSense and third-party advertising cookies:

• Google Ad Serving:Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to Lok Circle or other websites on the Internet.
• Advertising Cookies (DART Cookie):Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• Opting Out of Personalized Advertising: Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, users can opt out of third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
• Third-Party Ad Networks: Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Lok Circle. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

database3. Information We Collect

cookie4. Cookies and Web Beacons

Lok Circle uses cookies to store information about visitors' preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user accesses or visits, and customize web page content based on visitors' browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. Detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers' respective websites.

gavel5. Data Protection Rights & GDPR / CCPA Compliance

Under applicable data privacy regulations (including GDPR, CCPA, and the Information Technology Act 2000 of India), users possess the following rights:

• Right to Access: Request copies of your personal data held by us.
• Right to Rectification: Request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data under certain conditions.
• Right to Restrict Processing: Request restriction of processing your personal data.

child_care6. Children's Information

Lok Circle does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you believe that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately, and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.