Privacy Policy for Great Trivandrum

Effective Date: 01.01.2025

Great Trivandrum (“we”, “us”, “our”) operates as a news portal providing local updates about Trivandrum, Kerala, India. This Privacy Policy describes how information is handled in connection with the website greattrivandrum.com (the “Site”).

1. Information We Collect

We believe in keeping user privacy simple and transparent. As of this policy:

• Personal data: We do not collect personally identifiable information (PII) from visitors simply browsing or reading content. We do not require registration, login, or voluntary submission of user data (name, email, phone number, etc.) for most of our content.

• Automatically Collected Non-Personal Data: Like many websites, certain non-identifying technical data may be collected automatically by standard web server logs and Google services. These may include:

  • IP address (used only in anonymized / aggregated form by service providers, not stored by us in personally identifying way)

  • Browser type and version

  • Device type

  • Operating system

  • Referring / exit pages

  • Timestamps of visits

  • Pages viewed / URLs visited

  However, we do not use this data to identify specific individuals, and we do not combine it with personal data because we do not collect any personal data from users.

2. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Even though we do not collect personal data, we and our service providers may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to help with:

• Serving content correctly (layout, display)

• Analyzing traffic and usage patterns (to understand which content is popular, technical issues, etc.)

• Displaying advertisements (Google Ads)

These cookies may be “first-party” (set by us) or “third-party” (set by Google or other ad partners). Some cookies may persist after you close your browser, others may expire at the end of the session.

You can usually manage or disable cookies through your browser settings, but doing so may affect how parts of the Site work (e.g. ad display, performance, etc.).

3. Advertising

We display advertisements through Google Ads. This involves the following:

• Google (or its advertising partners) may use cookies or similar technologies to serve ads based on your previous visits to our Site or other websites (interest-based advertising).

• Google may collect aggregated or anonymized information about your interactions with the ads (for example, whether you clicked an ad, impressions, etc.).

• We do not have access to personal data used by Google to target ads (for example, demographic interests), and we do not provide any personal data to Google for that purpose.

4. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party content, services or tools, including but not limited to:

• Ad networks (Google Ads)

• Analytics services (if any)

• Plugins, embedded content, or external feeds

These third parties may collect or receive non-personal technical data (as described above) when you interact with or click on their content or ads. Their practices are governed by their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those external services.

5. Children’s Privacy

Our website is intended for a general audience. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of 13 (or local legal equivalent). If a parent or guardian becomes aware that their child has provided us personal data without consent, please contact us. We will take steps to remove such information.

6. Data Retention

Since we collect very minimal data, we retain any automatically collected, aggregated, non-personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes described (e.g. for analytics, performance monitoring, or legal obligations). We do not store personally identifiable user data since we do not collect it.

7. Security

We take reasonable steps to ensure the Site is secure and protected from unauthorized access or disclosure. However, no internet communication or data storage can be completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of any data transmissions; use of the Site is at your own risk.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or how we operate. When we make significant changes, we will post a prominent notice on the Site and update the “Effective Date” above. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

9. Your Choices

Even though we don’t collect personal data, you still have control in some respects:

• Cookies: You can disable or block cookies via your browser settings. Note this may affect site functionality or how ads are displayed.

• Ad settings: You may consult Google’s advertising settings / preference tools to manage what ads you see.

• Browser privacy tools/add-ons: Using incognito/private-browsing, disabling tracking, etc.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, or want to request that any collected non-personal data be deleted/forgotten (if applicable), you can contact us at:

Great Trivandrum

By using this Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.