Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 2026 | Effective Date: October 2026

Welcome to Flairius News (www.flairiusnews.com). Specifically, this Privacy Policy explains how our team collects, uses, stores, and protects your personal information. Generally, we do this when you visit our website, subscribe to our newsletter, or interact with our content. Therefore, by using Flairius News, you agree to the practices described in this policy.

1. Who We Are

Flairius News is an independent digital news publication. Specifically, we cover business, startups, artificial intelligence, and entrepreneurship in India and globally. Furthermore, we proudly base our headquarters in Gurugram, Haryana, India (Delhi NCR).

For privacy-related questions, contact us at: privacy@flairiusnews.com

2. Information We Collect

We collect two types of information. First, we collect information you provide directly. Second, we collect information automatically.

Information you provide:

• First, we collect your name and email address when you subscribe to our newsletter.
• Second, we collect your name, email, and message when you contact us via our contact form.
• Third, we collect the comments or feedback you submit directly on our articles.

Information collected automatically:

• Specifically, we track your IP address and approximate location (city or country level).
• Additionally, we record your browser type, device type, and operating system.
• Moreover, we log the pages you visit, the time spent on pages, and your referring URLs.
• Finally, we utilize cookies and similar tracking technologies (see Section 5).

Importantly, we never collect sensitive personal data like financial information, government ID numbers, or health data.

3. How We Use Your Information

We actively use the information we collect to:

• First, deliver our newsletter and the editorial updates you requested.
• Second, improve our website, our content quality, and your overall user experience.
• Third, analyze traffic and readership trends using aggregated, anonymized data.
• Fourth, respond directly to your queries or editorial feedback.
• Fifth, serve relevant advertisements through third-party ad networks (see Section 6).
• Lastly, strictly comply with applicable laws and our legal obligations.

Crucially, we never sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their own marketing purposes.

4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR & Indian IT Act)

For users in the European Union, we process personal data under specific legal bases defined by GDPR. Specifically, these include your consent, our legitimate interests, and our legal compliance obligations.

Similarly, for users in India, we process data in strict accordance with the Information Technology Act, 2000. Furthermore, we follow the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act).

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Flairius News uses cookies to significantly enhance your experience. Basically, cookies are small text files stored on your device. We use:

• Essential cookies: These are strictly required for the website to function correctly.
• Analytics cookies: These help our team understand how visitors use our site.
• Advertising cookies: Our ad partners place these to serve highly relevant ads.

Importantly, you can easily control or disable cookies through your browser settings at any time. However, disabling certain cookies may negatively affect website functionality.

6. Third-Party Services and Advertising

We work closely with trusted third-party services that may collect data on our behalf. Specifically, these include:

• Google Analytics: We use this for website traffic analysis.
• Google AdSense: We use this for programmatic display advertising.
• Mailchimp / ConvertKit: We use these for reliable newsletter delivery.
• Cloudflare: We use this for website security and overall performance.

These third parties maintain their own independent privacy policies and data practices. Therefore, we strongly encourage you to review them. Ultimately, Flairius News cannot control the privacy practices of third-party services.

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary. Consequently, we follow these strict timelines:

• First, we retain newsletter subscriber data until you explicitly unsubscribe.
• Second, we retain contact form submissions for a maximum of 12 months.
• Lastly, we retain analytics data purely in an anonymized, aggregated form.

Furthermore, you may request the deletion of your data at any time. Simply contact us at privacy@flairiusnews.com.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your geographic location, you may legally have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to access: You can request a complete copy of the data we hold about you.
• Right to correction: You can quickly request that we correct any inaccurate data.
• Right to deletion: You can demand that we permanently erase your data.
• Right to withdraw consent: You can effortlessly unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time.
• Right to data portability: You can directly receive your data in a portable format.
• Right to object: You can formally object to our data processing methods.

To exercise any of these rights, simply email us at privacy@flairiusnews.com. Following this, our team will respond within 30 days.

9. Data Security

We take highly reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data. Specifically, our website utilizes strict HTTPS encryption. However, no method of transmission over the internet remains 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Children’s Privacy

Flairius News is not directed at children under the age of 13. Consequently, our team does not knowingly collect personal data from children. However, if you believe a child provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately. Following this, we will delete the data promptly.

11. Links to External Websites

Our articles frequently contain links to third-party websites, news sources, and publications. However, Flairius News is not responsible for the privacy practices of those external sites. Therefore, we encourage you to read their unique privacy policies before sharing personal information.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may periodically update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices. Whenever we make significant changes, we will clearly update the date at the top of this page. Ultimately, continued use of Flairius News constitutes your full acceptance of the updated policy.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please reach out to our team:

• Email: privacy@flairiusnews.com / contact@flairiusnews.com
• Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India (Delhi NCR)

This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected directly by Flairius News.