We at BFC Publications are committed to protecting the privacy and security of your
personal data. Your privacy is of utmost importance to us.
This Privacy Policy explains how “We” Collect, Use, Process and Disclose the
information you may have provided or may have registered on our
website www.bfcpublications.com , with the intention of availing the services,
products and content offered by “Us”. This data collection is an automated process
that takes place when the app and/or our website are accessed via any mobile or
device with internet connectivity, among other means.
Under this Privacy Policy, the term "User" is for the purposes referring to “You”, be it
in the capacity of an individual, a guest user, browser and/or the representative of an
entity, who visits, accesses, uses, downloads, deals with, or avails “Our” Products &
Services and/or transacts through any of our Platforms. To this effect, wherever the
context so requires, "You" or "Your" shall mean “User” and the term "We", "Us" &
"Our" shall signify “BFC Publications” (the Company).
Information You Provide – During your initial visit to our Platforms, the Company shall seek certain personal information from “You” on a voluntary basis. This information is sought at various points across the Platform. In certain cases, the information provided by “You” is not limited to registering or setting up an account (Publishing Journey). This includes entering your details on the App and/or the website to avail the services offered by “Us”, to buy any publishing package that is offered by “Us”, providing feedback & opinion about the product and services that are currently available or maybe offered in future.
Throughout “Your” Publishing Journey, “You” may be required to provide certain information mandatorily (such as bank details to deposit your royalties or other regulatory requirements). Any such information disclosed by “You”, may be disclosed willingly on a voluntary basis and without any coercion.
We use the information we collect in various ways, including to-
BFC Publications follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.
Like any other website, BFC Publications uses 'cookies'. These cookies are used to store
information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor
accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing
our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.
For more general information on cookies, please read "What Are Cookies".
Third-party ad
servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used
in their respective advertisements and links that appear on BFC Publications, which are sent
directly to users' browser. 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.
Note that BFC
Publications has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party
advertisers.
BFC Publications's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are
advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more
detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of
certain options.
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options.
To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be
found at the browsers' respective websites.
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user
is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge
you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you
believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you
believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under
certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing
of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your
personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we
have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of
these rights, please contact us.
Mr. Ashish Kumar Verma has been appointed as Data Protection Officer for the compliance of the DPDP Act 2023. She can be contacted at dtataprotectionbfc@gmail.com for any query/concern/grievance related to protection/processing/erase/correction of your personal data.
“We” may update and/or modify this “Privacy Policy” from time to time to incorporate necessary changes in technology, applicable laws, or any other variant. In any case, “We” reserve the right to change (at any point of time) the terms of this Privacy Policy. Any changes “We” make shall take effect immediately, after getting posted on our Platform. Although we will make reasonable efforts to keep you posted on any updates to this Privacy Policy, to make sure that you are aware of any changes, we advise “You” to review this policy periodically for the latest version. Continued use of “Our” Sites or Services, after such notice, will be deemed acceptance of such changes on “Your” part.