Privacy Policy
Introduction
Welcome to sirlekh.com. We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, including information processed by our hosting and embedded-media services.
Information We Collect
- Personal Data: When you register on our site, subscribe to our newsletter, or contact us, we may ask for personal information such as your name, email address, and other details to enhance your experience.
- Usage Data: Our hosting and media providers may process technical information such as IP addresses, browser details and requested pages to deliver and secure the service. We also use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the site, as described below.
- Cookies: We use cookies for sign-in and language preferences. Google uses cookies and similar identifiers for advertising and analytics, as described below. Embedded media (such as YouTube) may use their own cookies or storage when accessed. You can restrict cookies through your browser, which may affect these features.
How We Use Your Information
- Provide and Maintain Services: To operate and improve sirlekh.com and personalize your experience.
- Communication: To send updates, newsletters, and other information related to our services.
- Advertising and Analytics: To fund our journalism we show advertising served by Google AdSense on article and media pages, and we use Google Analytics to measure audience and improve the site. We do not show ads on sign-in, account, search, contact, legal or error pages. Sponsored content and links are labelled as such.
Google AdSense and Advertising Cookies
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our visitors based on their visits to sirlekh.com and/or other sites on the Internet. Google AdSense may also use these cookies to limit how often you see an ad and to measure ad performance and detect fraud.
Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as pages visited, time on site and approximate location. This information is aggregated and helps us understand which content is useful. You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting data by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
You can learn how Google uses information from partner sites in Google's Privacy & Terms guidance.
You may opt out of personalized advertising through Google Ads Settings or use the advertising industry's personalized advertising opt-out tool.
Your Consent Choices
Visitors from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are shown a consent message, provided through Google's certified consent management platform, before advertising or analytics cookies are used. Until you choose, those cookies stay off. You can change or withdraw your choice at any time using the privacy settings link shown at the bottom of the page in those regions. Visitors elsewhere can opt out of personalised advertising using the links above and control cookies through their browser.
Disclosure of Your Information
- Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with trusted third-party providers who assist in operating our website or conducting our business. These providers are obligated not to use the information for any other purpose.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
Children
Sirlekh is a general-audience publication and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Data Security
We implement various security measures to protect your personal data. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the right to access, update, or delete your personal information. To exercise these rights, email contact@sirlekhtv.com or use our Contact page. We respond within 30 days.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy periodically. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date. We encourage you to review this policy regularly for any updates.
