PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: October 24, 2026
Last Updated: October 24, 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to DD NEWS GLOBAL, the online news edition of Delhi Duniya Daily. We are committed to respecting the privacy of our readers, visitors, contributors, and other individuals who interact with our website.

This Privacy Policy explains how DD NEWS GLOBAL (“we,” “our,” or “us”) collects, uses, stores, protects, and discloses information when you visit or interact with https://ddnewsglobal.com.

As a digital news publication covering national and international news, public affairs, politics, business, health, science, technology, culture, and other subjects, we recognize the importance of protecting personal information while maintaining responsible journalism and the public’s right to information.

By using our website, you acknowledge that you have had an opportunity to read this Privacy Policy. Where applicable law requires consent for a particular activity, we will seek that consent separately. Accessing our website does not constitute consent to optional cookies, targeted advertising, or any other processing for which consent is legally required.

2. Who We Are

DD NEWS GLOBAL is the online edition of Delhi Duniya Daily, an independent news publication providing national and international news and information to a diverse readership.

Website: https://ddnewsglobal.com
Publication: DD NEWS GLOBAL
Associated publication: Delhi Duniya Samachar (Daily)
Privacy-related enquiries: Please contact us using the contact details published on our website.

For the purposes of applicable data protection laws, the entity or individual legally responsible for operating the website acts as the data controller or data fiduciary, as applicable. The precise legal identity of that entity will be provided where required by law.

3. Information We May Collect

We collect only the information reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, subject to applicable law and the actual features available on our website.

3.1 Information You Provide Voluntarily

Depending on the services you use, you may provide:

• Name or display name.
• Email address and, where relevant, telephone number.
• Information submitted through contact forms, feedback forms, reader correspondence, or complaint submissions.
• Comments, questions, suggestions, and responses.
• Information voluntarily supplied when submitting a news tip, article, photograph, video, document, or citizen report.
• Information submitted when applying to contribute to, or work with, our publication.
• Newsletter subscription preferences, where a newsletter service is available.

Please do not submit passwords, financial account credentials, government identification numbers, or other highly sensitive information unless specifically necessary and requested through an appropriate secure process.

3.2 Technical and Usage Information

When you access our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically by our hosting provider, security services, or other technologies used to operate the website. This may include:

• IP address.
• Browser type and version.
• Device type and operating system.
• Language and general browser settings.
• Pages visited, links followed, and approximate visit duration.
• Referring website or page.
• Date and time of access.
• Server logs, error reports, and security-related events.

This information may be used for website operation, performance monitoring, security, troubleshooting, traffic analysis, and prevention of abuse.

3.3 Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies, pixels, local storage, and similar technologies to maintain essential functionality, remember preferences, understand readership, and support advertising where applicable.

The technologies actually used depend on the services and integrations enabled on the website. Please refer to the Cookies section below.

4. How We Use Information

Subject to applicable law, information may be used for the following purposes:

1. To operate, maintain, and improve DD NEWS GLOBAL.
2. To respond to reader enquiries, feedback, complaints, and requests.
3. To review news tips, citizen reports, photographs, videos, and other editorial submissions.
4. To communicate with contributors, correspondents, or individuals who contact our newsroom.
5. To moderate comments and prevent spam, fraud, impersonation, and abusive activity.
6. To monitor website traffic, understand readership patterns, and improve content presentation.
7. To maintain website security, investigate technical incidents, and protect the rights and safety of our users and publication.
8. To deliver newsletters or other communications where available and lawfully requested.
9. To display advertising, measure advertising performance, or prevent invalid advertising activity where such services are enabled and legally permitted.
10. To comply with applicable legal obligations, respond to lawful requests, and establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
11. To protect journalistic integrity, editorial operations, and the legitimate interests of the publication, subject to applicable privacy and journalism laws.

We will not knowingly use personal information for purposes incompatible with the purpose for which it was collected without an appropriate legal basis or required consent.

5. Journalism, News Tips, and Citizen Reports

DD NEWS GLOBAL welcomes information from readers and members of the public concerning matters of public interest, including civic issues, community concerns, public services, and other newsworthy developments.

If you submit information, photographs, videos, or documents to us, we may use the information to assess a news story, verify facts, contact you for clarification, conduct editorial checks, or prepare material for publication.

Important considerations:

• Please submit only material you are legally entitled to share.
• Avoid including unnecessary personal details about yourself or other individuals.
• Obtain any permissions required for photographs, recordings, or documents you submit.
• Do not assume that an ordinary contact form or email provides confidential or anonymous whistleblower protection.
• If your identity must be protected for safety or journalistic reasons, clearly communicate your concerns before sharing sensitive material. We will consider appropriate safeguards, subject to legal requirements and practical limitations.

Where material is selected for publication, information may be edited, reproduced, quoted, or displayed as part of a news report in accordance with applicable law, editorial standards, permissions, and any agreed conditions.

We do not promise publication, anonymity, confidentiality, or removal of published material in every circumstance. We will consider legitimate privacy, safety, accuracy, and correction requests on a case-by-case basis.

Information received for editorial purposes will be handled with appropriate regard for press freedom, source protection, public-interest journalism, and applicable legal requirements. Any applicable legal exemption will be assessed according to the relevant law; it will not be assumed to apply automatically to every activity of the website.

6. Comments, Contact Forms, and Reader Interaction

If commenting or contact features are available, the information you submit may be processed to publish or moderate comments, respond to enquiries, prevent spam, and maintain a safe online environment.

Please remember that information posted publicly may be visible to other visitors, searchable by search engines, or copied by third parties.

We may remove or restrict content that violates our editorial standards, applicable law, or website rules.

If you request a response, we may retain the information needed to respond and maintain a reasonable record of the correspondence.

7. Cookies and Advertising Technologies

7.1 Essential Cookies

Certain cookies or similar technologies may be necessary for security, website functionality, session management, or delivery of a service explicitly requested by the visitor.

These technologies may operate without consent where permitted by applicable law.

7.2 Analytics

If analytics tools are enabled, they may process information about website visits, page views, device categories, traffic sources, and interactions to help us understand readership and improve the website.

Where required, non-essential analytics technologies will be activated only after obtaining appropriate consent.

7.3 Advertising and Third-Party Cookies

If we display advertisements, third-party advertising providers may use cookies or similar technologies to deliver ads, measure performance, detect invalid traffic, or personalize advertising where permitted.

Such providers may process technical identifiers, IP addresses, browser information, or information about interactions with advertisements in accordance with their own privacy policies and applicable law.

Where Google advertising products, including Google AdSense or Google Ad Manager, are used, Google’s applicable policies and consent requirements will also apply.

We will seek consent for non-essential cookies or personalized advertising wherever required. Where applicable, visitors will be offered appropriate choices regarding acceptance, rejection, and withdrawal of consent.

7.4 Managing Cookie Preferences

Where a cookie consent management tool is available, you can use it to manage optional cookies and advertising preferences. You may also adjust cookie settings in your browser.

Blocking essential cookies may affect some website features. Browser settings alone may not communicate your preferences to every advertising or analytics provider.

For more information, please consult the relevant third-party provider’s privacy and cookie documentation.

8. Third-Party Services and External Links

Our website may use or link to third-party services, including:

• Web hosting and content delivery services.
• Website security and anti-spam providers.
• Analytics and audience measurement tools.
• Advertising networks.
• Video, image, social media, and embedded content providers.
• Newsletter or email delivery services, if enabled.
• Social sharing tools and external websites.

These providers may process information necessary to deliver their services. Depending on the service, information may be processed on servers located outside your country.

Third-party websites and services operate under their own privacy policies and terms. We do not control their independent data practices and encourage you to review their policies before using them.

The inclusion of an external link does not necessarily constitute an endorsement by DD NEWS GLOBAL.

9. How We Share Information

We do not sell personal information to third parties in exchange for money.

We may disclose or make information available in the following circumstances, where appropriate and lawful:

1. Service providers: To hosting providers, security services, analytics providers, email services, and other vendors acting on our behalf.
2. Advertising partners: Where advertising services are enabled and such disclosure is permitted by law and any required consent has been obtained.
3. Editorial publication: When information is intentionally submitted for publication and is selected for use in a news report, subject to applicable law and any agreed restrictions.
4. Legal obligations: Where disclosure is required by a valid legal obligation, court order, or lawful governmental request.
5. Security and legal protection: Where reasonably necessary to investigate fraud, protect users, enforce our rights, or address security incidents.
6. Business changes: In connection with a merger, restructuring, transfer, or other change in ownership, subject to applicable legal safeguards.
7. With your direction or consent: Where you request or authorize a particular disclosure.

We aim to limit disclosures to what is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.

Some advertising or analytics activities may constitute “sharing” or “targeted advertising” under certain privacy laws even when no money is exchanged for the personal information itself. Where such laws apply, we will provide the required choices and rights.

10. International Data Transfers

DD NEWS GLOBAL serves readers in India and other countries. Depending on the hosting infrastructure and third-party services used, personal information may be processed or stored in countries other than the country in which you reside.

International transfers will be handled in accordance with applicable legal requirements, including any required safeguards, contractual protections, restrictions, or consent requirements.

Privacy protections and access rights may differ between countries. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that information is handled appropriately when international processing occurs.

11. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this Policy, subject to legal, editorial, security, and operational requirements.

Retention periods may vary according to the type of information:

• Contact enquiries: For the time reasonably needed to respond and maintain relevant records.
• Comments and editorial correspondence: For as long as necessary for moderation, editorial records, dispute resolution, or other legitimate purposes.
• News tips and submissions: For as long as reasonably necessary for editorial assessment, verification, publication, and related records, subject to source-protection considerations.
• Technical and security logs: For the period required for security monitoring, troubleshooting, and incident investigation.
• Newsletter records: Until you unsubscribe or the information is no longer required, subject to necessary suppression and compliance records.
• Legal and compliance records: For the period required by applicable law or reasonably necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

Where information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to delete it, anonymize it, or otherwise dispose of it securely, unless retention is legally required or a legitimate exception applies.

12. Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, and misuse.

Depending on the website’s infrastructure, these measures may include secure connections (HTTPS), access controls, software updates, security monitoring, backups, anti-spam protections, and restricted administrative access.

No website, internet transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot promise absolute security, but we will take appropriate steps to address identified risks and comply with applicable legal obligations concerning personal data breaches.

If a breach occurs, we will assess it and provide any notifications required by applicable law.

13. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your country of residence and the laws applicable to the relevant processing, you may have the right to:

• Request access to personal information we hold about you.
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Request deletion of personal information where legally available.
• Withdraw consent for processing that relies on consent.
• Request information about how your personal data is processed.
• Object to or restrict certain processing activities where applicable law provides such rights.
• Request a copy or transfer of information where a legal right to portability applies.
• Opt out of certain targeted advertising, sale, or sharing activities where required by applicable law.
• Lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority.
• Exercise other rights available under applicable law.

These rights are not absolute and may be subject to legal exceptions, including lawful recordkeeping, freedom of expression, journalism, public-interest reporting, and the protection of legal claims.

To submit a privacy request, contact us using the contact information published on our website. Please describe your request clearly enough for us to understand it. We may request reasonable information to verify your identity before responding.

We will respond within the time limits prescribed by applicable law. We will not unlawfully discriminate against you for exercising a privacy right.

Where permitted by law, you may also authorize an agent to submit a request on your behalf, subject to appropriate verification.

14. India-Specific Privacy Information

For visitors in India, we aim to handle digital personal data in accordance with applicable Indian law, including the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, and the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, to the extent and from the dates those provisions apply to our activities.

Where applicable, individuals may exercise rights relating to access to information about processing, correction, completion, updating, erasure, withdrawal of consent, and grievance redressal, subject to the conditions and exceptions provided by law.

Where consent is the applicable basis for processing, we will provide the required information and a means to withdraw consent as required by law. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal, and certain information may still be retained where legally permitted or required.

Privacy grievances may be submitted using the contact information published on our website. We will handle grievances in accordance with the applicable legal framework and its relevant implementation timelines.

Any exemption or special treatment for journalistic or editorial activity will be relied upon only to the extent it is available under the applicable law.

15. European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Other Jurisdictions

If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction with applicable data protection laws, additional rights and requirements may apply to our processing of your information.

Where applicable, we will provide required information concerning the purposes and legal bases of processing, categories of recipients, retention periods, international transfers, and available privacy rights.

Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, processing may be based on consent, performance of a requested service, compliance with a legal obligation, legitimate interests, or another lawful basis.

Where required, you may withdraw consent, object to certain processing, request access or erasure, and lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority.

Non-essential cookies and similar technologies will be handled according to the consent requirements applicable to the visitor and the relevant technology.

We will assess the territorial scope of applicable laws and any relevant journalistic or freedom-of-expression provisions rather than assuming that one set of rules applies identically to all visitors.

16. Children’s Privacy

DD NEWS GLOBAL is a general-audience news website and is not specifically directed at children.

We do not knowingly seek to collect children’s personal information beyond what is permitted by applicable law. Where a feature requires parental or guardian consent or additional safeguards, we will implement those requirements as applicable.

If you believe a child has provided personal information to us in circumstances that are not permitted, please contact us. We will review the matter and take appropriate action in accordance with applicable law.

17. Publicly Available Information and Published News

News reporting may involve information obtained from public records, official statements, press releases, public events, interviews, documents, or other lawful sources.

Where personal information is included in published reporting, its use will be assessed in light of editorial purpose, accuracy, public interest, privacy expectations, applicable law, and relevant journalistic standards.

Requests concerning inaccuracies, personal safety, sensitive personal information, or other legitimate privacy concerns may be submitted for editorial review.

A request to remove personal information does not automatically require removal of a lawful news report, archive, or public-interest record. We will assess each request on its merits and applicable legal obligations.

18. Automated Processing and Profiling

We may use basic automated tools to detect spam, identify security threats, measure website performance, or analyze aggregate readership.

If analytics or advertising partners use profiling or automated processing, their practices may be governed by their own policies and applicable law.

We do not claim that the website uses automated decision-making with legal or similarly significant effects unless such a feature is actually implemented. Where applicable law requires additional disclosures or rights relating to such processing, we will provide them.

19. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Signals

Some browsers provide privacy signals or “Do Not Track” settings. Their technical meaning and legal effect vary.

We will honor legally recognized opt-out preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control, where required by applicable law and where relevant to the processing in question.

A general browser signal may not control all cookies, services, or third-party processing. Where necessary, please use the website’s cookie preference controls or contact us.

20. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in law, technology, website features, editorial practices, advertising arrangements, or data protection requirements.

The revised version will be published on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date. Where required by law, we will provide additional notice or seek consent before implementing a material change.

We encourage visitors to review this Policy periodically.

21. Contact and Privacy Complaints

If you have questions, concerns, requests, or complaints relating to this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact DD NEWS GLOBAL through the contact details published on our official website:

Website: https://ddnewsglobal.com
Contact page: https://ddnewsglobal.com/contact/

Please include “Privacy Request” or “Privacy Complaint” in the subject line of your communication where appropriate.

If a dedicated privacy contact, grievance officer, or data protection officer is required under applicable law, the relevant contact details will be published on this page or through another legally compliant notice.

You may also contact the competent data protection authority where you are legally entitled to do so.

22. Final Statement

DD NEWS GLOBAL is committed to responsible journalism, respect for personal privacy, secure website operations, and transparent information practices.

We aim to balance the legitimate privacy interests of individuals with the principles of press freedom, editorial independence, and the public’s right to receive reliable news and information.

Thank you for visiting DD NEWS GLOBAL, the online edition of Delhi Duniya Daily.

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