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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 12 June 2026

Great Digital India (“we”, “us”, “our”) operates the website greatdigitalindia.com (the “Site”). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information when you use our Site or interact with our services.

What we collect

From visitors to the Site:

  • Standard server logs (IP address, user agent, requested URL, timestamp) — retained for 30 days for security and traffic analysis.
  • If you subscribe to our newsletter: your name and email address, stored in our self-hosted Newsletter plugin database.
  • If you submit a contact form: your name, email address, and the content of your message, sent to our editorial inbox.

From our own services (internal):

  • We use the Google Search Console API to read our own site’s performance data (impressions, clicks, queries, page URLs) for greatdigitalindia.com. This data is about our own site and does not involve any visitor’s personal information.

What we do NOT collect

  • We do not sell or share visitor data with third parties for advertising purposes.
  • We do not track visitors across other sites.
  • We do not collect biometric, financial, or government ID information.
  • We do not have user accounts; the Site is read-only for visitors.

How we use what we collect

  • Newsletter subscribers receive monthly editorial updates only. You can unsubscribe at any time via the link in every email.
  • Contact form submissions are read by the editorial team and used only to respond to you.
  • Search Console data is stored in our private database and used internally to decide which articles to refresh — never shared.

Third-party services

  • Google Search Console (Search Analytics API, read-only): we read our own site’s performance data. OAuth tokens are stored server-side and only the editorial team has access.
  • Google AdSense: serves advertising on our service pages (not on mission-anchor content). Subject to Google’s privacy policy at policies.google.com/privacy. You can opt out of personalised advertising via adssettings.google.com.
  • Amazon Associates Programme: we participate in the Amazon Associates India Programme. When you click an Amazon product link, your purchase journey is governed by Amazon’s privacy policy at amazon.in privacy notice.
  • The Newsletter Plugin (self-hosted): subscriber emails are stored only in our own database, never shared.

Cookies

  • Strictly-necessary cookies for session and security.
  • Optional cookies for analytics and advertising (set only after consent).

Your rights

You have the right to:

  • Request a copy of any personal information we hold about you.
  • Request correction or deletion of your data.
  • Withdraw consent for newsletter or any other communication.

To exercise any of these rights, email [email protected]. We respond within 14 days.

Data retention

  • Server logs: 30 days
  • Newsletter subscribers: until you unsubscribe
  • Contact form submissions: 12 months
  • Search Console snapshots: 24 months (daily); aggregated trends retained indefinitely
  • Aggregated analytics (no personal information): indefinite

Children

The Site is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from them.

Indian DPDP Act 2023 compliance

We operate under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023. For grievances, contact our designated Data Protection Officer at [email protected]. You may also file complaints with the Data Protection Board of India.

Updates to this policy

We may update this policy. Material changes will be announced on the Site and the “Last updated” date above will be revised.

Contact

For any privacy questions or data requests: [email protected].

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