Privacy Policy
Last Updated: April 10, 2025
India.com.au Melbourne Edition ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how your personal information is collected, used, and disclosed by India.com.au Melbourne Edition when you subscribe to our newsletter.
This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect when you sign up for our newsletter, access or use our website, or otherwise interact with us.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By subscribing to our newsletter or using our website, you agree to this Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect
Information You Provide to Us
We collect information you provide directly to us. For example, we collect information when you:
- Subscribe to our newsletter
- Respond to surveys or communications
- Contact us with questions or feedback
The types of information we may collect include:
- Email address
- Name (if provided)
- Survey responses
- Any other information you choose to provide
Information We Collect Automatically
When you access or use our website, we may automatically collect information about you, including:
- Log Information: We collect log information about your use of our website, including the type of browser you use, access times, pages viewed, and your IP address.
- Device Information: We collect information about the device you use to access our website, including information about the device's software and hardware, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
- Cookies and Similar Technologies: We may use cookies, pixel tags, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you interact with our website, emails, or advertisements.
How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect about you for various purposes, including to:
- Provide, maintain, and improve our newsletter and website
- Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support messages
- Respond to your comments, questions, and requests
- Communicate with you about products, services, offers, promotions, and events, and provide other news or information about India.com.au and our partners
- Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our website
- Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect our rights and property
- Personalize and improve your experience with our newsletter and website
- Facilitate contests, sweepstakes, and promotions and process and deliver entries and rewards
- Carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected
Advertising and Analytics Services
We may allow third parties to provide analytics services and serve advertisements on our behalf across the Internet and in our newsletters. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, and other technologies to collect information about your use of our website and newsletters, including your IP address, web browser, pages viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked, and conversion information. This information may be used by us and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver advertising and content targeted to your interests, and better understand your online activity.
We want to be clear that while our newsletters may contain advertisements, we do not sell your personal information to advertisers or other third parties. Advertisements in our newsletters are based on the content of the newsletter, not on your personal data.
Data Retention
We store the information we collect about you for as long as is necessary for the purpose(s) for which we originally collected it or for other legitimate business purposes, including to meet our legal, regulatory, or other compliance obligations.
Australian Privacy Act Compliance
We comply with the Australian Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). The APPs regulate how personal information is handled by Australian and Norfolk Island government agencies and some private sector organizations.
Under the Privacy Act, you have the right to:
- Know why your personal information is being collected, how it will be used, and whether it can be disclosed to a third party
- Have the option of not identifying yourself, or of using a pseudonym in certain circumstances
- Ask for access to your personal information
- Stop receiving unwanted direct marketing
- Ask for your personal information that is incorrect to be corrected
- Make a complaint about an entity covered by the Privacy Act if you consider that they have mishandled your personal information
Your Choices
Account Information
You may update, correct, or delete information about you at any time by emailing us at privacy@india.com.au. If you wish to delete or deactivate your subscription, please email us, but note that we may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes.
Cookies
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our website.
Promotional Communications
You may opt out of receiving promotional emails from us by following the instructions in those emails. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the policy and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our website or sending you a notification). We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you access our website or subscribe to our newsletter to stay informed about our information practices and the choices available to you.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Email: privacy@india.com.au