Privacy Policy

Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how Rajatheertha handles information connected with the public website at https://www.rajatheertha.com. The publication covers news, technology, business, money, health, education, entertainment, sports, science, guides and other useful reader topics.

This policy describes current reader-facing features and how optional analytics or advertising technologies may operate when they are enabled.

Information We Collect

We collect information that readers choose to provide and limited technical information needed to operate the website. The site does not require readers to create a public account to read articles.

• Contact form information: name, email address, selected reason for contact, optional subject and message text.
• Newsletter information: email address, source label and the page URL submitted through the newsletter form.
• Push notification information: if a reader deliberately enables browser notifications, the browser push endpoint and public encryption keys are stored so the notification service can send optional editorial alerts. Readers can turn this off from the browser or site control.
• Privacy choices: optional consent preferences stored in the browser so the site can remember reader choices.
• Reader interactions: when you like an article, the site remembers that choice in local browser storage. Submitted comments include your display name, email address, comment text and article reference. Comment records also include hashed request information for moderation and duplicate or abuse prevention.
• Article views: the article identifier and a view event are sent to the site when an article is opened, including before analytics consent or when it is declined. This counter does not use a browser session identifier or browsing history.
• Optional engagement analytics: with analytics consent, a browser session identifier, page paths and titles, recently viewed article paths, referring page, elapsed time before measurement, device type, browser language and article category are sent to the site.
• Technical records: hosting, security and server logs may include request details such as IP address, browser information, requested URLs and timestamps.

How We Use Information

• To respond to editorial feedback, correction reports, advertising enquiries and general messages.
• To process newsletter subscriptions through the Rajatheertha website service.
• To deliver optional browser notifications about newly published editorial content when a reader has explicitly subscribed.
• To maintain, troubleshoot, secure and improve the website.
• To respect saved privacy choices for analytics, advertising and preference categories.
• To measure article views and, with analytics consent, send engagement information to the analytics service.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

The site uses browser storage to remember privacy choices and session storage for optional article engagement analytics only after analytics consent. Optional Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager scripts load only after analytics consent and only when enabled on the site.

Advertising technologies, when enabled, may use cookies or similar technologies. The site requires advertising consent before loading its Google advertising scripts. See the Cookie Policy.

Analytics

Optional Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager scripts require analytics consent before loading. These tools may be used to understand visits and reader interactions when enabled.

Article view measurement operates separately and can run before analytics consent or when it is declined. Only the article identifier and view event are needed to increment the counter. The site does not forward the reader's IP address or browser headers to the article counter. Ordinary hosting and security logs may still contain request details.

With analytics consent, session storage holds an analytics identifier and up to 25 recently viewed article paths. Engagement information is forwarded to the analytics service, which stores session and interaction records and derives engagement scores and interest indicators. The service may derive approximate location from available request information. Turning off analytics clears this browser session storage and stops subsequent engagement submissions; it does not erase records already received.

Advertising and Google Advertising Services

Rajatheertha may use third-party advertising services. When enabled, the site requires advertising consent before loading its Google advertising scripts.

Where Google advertising services are used, Google and other third-party vendors may use cookies or similar technologies to serve, measure and limit ads. Readers can review Google advertising controls at Google My Ad Center and Google's advertising technology explanation at Google Ads technologies.

Affiliate Links

Affiliate relationships, when present, should be disclosed near the relevant content or links. See the Affiliate Disclosure.

External Links and Service Providers

Articles and policy pages may link to external websites for attribution, reader convenience or official resources. External websites control their own privacy practices.

Service providers may process information for hosting, security, analytics, email or newsletter routing, website operation and similar technical purposes.

Retention and Security

For questions about the retention or deletion of information you have provided, contact the publication contact page.

No website or transmission method can be guaranteed completely secure.

User Choices

• Use the footer privacy choices control to review optional analytics, advertising and preference choices.
• Use browser controls to delete or block cookies and local storage.
• Use browser notification settings or the site notification control to disable push notifications after subscribing.
• Contact the publication contact page for privacy questions or requests connected with messages sent to the publication.

Audience and Contact

The site is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children. Visitors may access the site from outside India.

Questions can be sent to the publication contact page.