Privacy Policy

At Ground Zero News ("we," "our," or "us"), we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled in a safe and responsible manner. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the website, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, or otherwise contact us. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the website, the choices you make, and the products and features you use.

• Personal Data: Names, email addresses, usernames, passwords, and contact preferences.
• Automatically Collected Data: IP addresses, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, and information about how and when you use our website.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use personal information collected via our website for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests, in order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations.

• To facilitate account creation and logon process.
• To send administrative information to you, such as updates to our terms, conditions, and policies.
• To fulfill and manage your requests, subscriptions, and payments.
• To deliver targeted advertising and personalized news content to you.
• To request feedback and to contact you about your use of our website.
• To protect our services (e.g., fraud monitoring and prevention).

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice. We use these technologies to analyze trends, administer the website, track users' movements around the website, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.

4. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations. We may process or share your data that we hold based on the following legal basis:

• Vendors and Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf.
• Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.
• Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

5. Your Privacy Rights (GDPR & CCPA)

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or California, you have specific rights under the GDPR and CCPA respectively:

• The right to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information.
• The right to request rectification or erasure of your personal data.
• The right to restrict the processing of your personal information.
• The right to data portability (if applicable).
• The right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information (CCPA).

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.

6. Policy Updates

We are committed to keeping this policy current. We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Last Updated" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

7. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this notice, or if you wish to exercise your privacy rights, you may email our Data Protection Officer at:

support@groundzeronews.in