Terms & Conditions

These Terms and Conditions (“T&C’s” or “Terms & Conditions”) govern your access to and use of this website (“website” or “site”), App (in any format on various app stores currently available and/or which may be developed in future) under the name and style The Wink News Live, The Wink UP, The Wink Uttarakhand, The Wink Sport and The Wink Art & Culture, collectively referred to as “The Wink Digital Properties”.

The Wink Digital Properties are managed by The Wink News Group, having its registered Corporate Office at 29/5/1 Near Lakshmi Narayan Mandir, Alopi Bagh, Prayagraj, 211006, Uttar Pradesh.

As we update, improve and expand the Services and in light of the evolving legal and regulatory landscape in the country, this policy may undergo changes. Users are advised to refer back to these Terms & Conditions periodically.

Our products or services may include third-party products or services. When you use such products or services, for which you may have consented, there is a likelihood that they may also collect and use your information to serve you.

By accessing The Wink Digital Properties or otherwise using the Services, you consent to the collection, storage and use of the personal information you provide, including any changes thereto as provided by you, for any of the services that we offer.

In case you want to withdraw your consent or seek removal of your personal information from The Wink servers, you may do so by writing an email at thewinknewssofficial@gmail.com or supportthewinknews@gmail.com.

The Wink News Group respects the privacy of the users of the Services and is committed to reasonably protect it in all respects.

Acceptance of Terms

Any use of The Wink Digital Properties, currently existing or developed in the future, owned and managed by The Wink News Group shall be construed as your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and these Terms & Conditions.

If you do not accept the Privacy Policy or the Terms & Conditions enumerated herein, please do not proceed further to use or access the site.

A. Information Supplied by Users

Registration Data

When you register on The Wink Digital Properties for the Service, we ask that you provide basic contact information including, but not limited to, your name, photo, gender, age, address, pin code, contact number, occupation, interests and email address.

When you register using other accounts such as Facebook, Twitter or Gmail, we shall retrieve information from such account only with your permission to continue to interact with you and to continue providing the Services.

Integrated Service Provider and Linked Networks

You can elect to sign in or sign up to The Wink News Platform through a linked network such as Facebook or Twitter, and you can connect your existing The Wink News account with certain third-party networks such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

If you elect to sign up through or connect a Linked Network, we may receive certain profile and account information about you from the Linked Network.

The specific information provided to us by Linked Networks is determined by these third parties and may vary by network. In all cases, the permissions page for the Linked Network will describe information being shared.

You should consult their respective privacy policies for information about their practices. You may disconnect from the Linked Network by using the “Signing Out” option present in The Wink News Digital Properties.

Voluntary Information

We may collect additional information at other times, including but not limited to, when you provide feedback, change your content or email preferences, respond to a survey, or communicate with us.

If you apply to take part in a programme on politics, for example, we might ask about your political opinions. We do not share your personal private data with anyone.

Processing of Personal Data of Children and Persons with Disability

The Wink News Group shall, before processing any personal data of a child or a person with disability who has a lawful guardian, obtain verifiable consent of the parent of such child or the lawful guardian, as the case may be, in such manner as may be prescribed under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 (“DPDP Act”).

The Wink News Group shall not undertake such processing of personal data that is likely to cause any detrimental effect on the well-being of a child.

The Wink Group shall not undertake tracking or behavioural monitoring of children or targeted advertising directed at children.

The above provisions shall not be applicable to processing of personal data of a child by such classes of Data Fiduciaries or for such purposes, and subject to such conditions, as may be prescribed under the DPDP Act.

The Central Government may, if satisfied that a Data Fiduciary has ensured that its processing of personal data of children is done in a manner that is verifiably safe, notify the applicable age above which that Data Fiduciary shall be exempt from the applicability of all or any of the relevant obligations under the DPDP Act.

B. Information Automatically Collected / Tracked While Navigation

Cookies / Local Storage

Cookies and Local Storage are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser, if you allow, which enables the sites or service provider systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

To improve the responsiveness of the Product for our users, we may use cookies, local storage or similar electronic tools to collect information and assign each visitor a unique, random number as a User Identification (User ID) to understand the user's individual interests using the identified computer.

Unless you voluntarily identify yourself, such as through registration, we will have no way of knowing who you are, even if we assign a cookie to your computer.

The only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply. A cookie cannot read data off your hard drive.

Your Freedom to Withdraw Your Consent at Any Time

If you do not wish to accept cookies or local storage in connection with your use of The Wink News Platform, you will need to delete, block or disable cookies or local storage through your browser settings.

Please consult your web browser’s Help documentation for more information. Disabling cookies or local storage may affect the functionality of The Wink News Platform and may prevent you from accessing certain features.

Opting Out

If a user opts out using the Ads Settings, the unique DoubleClick cookie ID on the user's browser is overwritten with the phrase “OPT_OUT”. Because there is no longer a unique cookie ID, the opt-out cookie cannot be associated with a particular browser.

Log File Information

We automatically collect limited information about your computer’s connection to the Internet, including your IP address, when you visit our site, application or service.

We automatically receive and log information from your browser, including your IP address, computer name, operating system, browser type and version, CPU speed and connection speed.

We may also collect log information from your device, including your location, IP address, device name, device serial number or unique identification number, device operating system, browser type and version, CPU speed and connection speed.

We use cookies, log files, pixel tags, local storage objects and other tracking technologies to automatically collect information about your activities, such as searches, page views, date and time of your visit and other information about your use of The Wink News Platform.

Clear GIFs

We may use “clear GIFs” or Web Beacons to track the online usage patterns of our users in an anonymous manner, without personally identifying the user.

We may also use clear GIFs in HTML-based emails sent to our users to track which emails are opened by recipients.

We use this information to deliver web pages upon request, tailor our Site, Application or Service to the interests of our users, measure traffic within our Application, improve Application quality, functionality and interactivity and let advertisers know the geographic locations from where our visitors come.

Information from Other Sources

We may receive information about you from other sources, add it to our account information and treat it in accordance with this policy.

If you provide information to a platform provider or other partner whom we provide services, your account information and order information may be passed on to us.

We may obtain updated contact information from third parties in order to correct our records, fulfil the Services or communicate with you.

Information on your activities outside The Wink News, when you talk about us, may also be collected, such as when you mention us in a Twitter post.

Demographic and Purchase Information

We may reference other sources of demographic and other information in order to provide you with more targeted communications and promotions.

We use Google Analytics, among others, to track user behaviour on The Wink News Digital Properties.

Google Analytics may support display advertising to help us gain understanding of users’ demographics and interests. The reports are anonymous and cannot be associated with any individual personally identifiable information that you may have shared with us.

You can opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads using the Ads Settings options provided by Google.

Links to Third Party Sites / Ad-Servers

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our Wink Digital Properties.

We do not provide any personally identifiable information to third-party websites, advertisers or ad-servers without your consent.

The Wink Digital Properties may include links to other websites or applications. Such websites or applications are governed by their respective privacy policies, which are beyond our control.

Once you leave our servers, the use of any information you provide is governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the application you are visiting.

Advertising

When we present information to our advertisers to help them understand our audience and confirm the value of advertising on The Wink Digital Properties, it is usually in the form of aggregated statistics on traffic to various pages or content.

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Wink Digital Properties.

These companies may use information, not including your name, address, email address or telephone number, about your visits to this and other websites or applications in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

We do not share your personal information with unknown parties.

How We Use Information

Any information we collect from you may be used in the following ways:

• To personalize your experience.
• To improve The Wink Digital Properties.
• To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
• To send periodic emails.
• To measure traffic within our site and let advertisers know the geographic locations from where our visitors come.
• To respond to inquiries, requests or questions using the email address provided by you.

Publicly Available Information

Any personally identifiable information provided by you will not be considered as sensitive if it is freely available or accessible in the public domain, such as comments, messages, blogs and content available on social platforms such as Facebook and X (formerly Twitter).

Any posted, uploaded, conveyed or communicated content by users on the public sections of the Application becomes published content and is not considered personally identifiable information subject to this Privacy Policy.

Declining to Submit Personal Information

In case you choose to decline to submit personally identifiable information on the Application, we may not be able to provide certain services on the Application to you.

We will make reasonable efforts to notify you of the same at the time of opening your account.

When you register with the Application or Services, we may contact you from time to time about updating your personal information to provide users with features that we believe may benefit or interest them.

Information Sharing

The Wink News Group may disclose information when it is requested or required by law or by any court or governmental or self-regulatory agency or authority.

Such disclosure may be made for the purpose of verification of identity, prevention, detection, investigation including cyber incidents, or prosecution and punishment of offences.

The Wink News Group proposes to share such information within its group companies and officers and employees of such group companies for the purpose of processing personal information on its behalf.

The Wink News Group may present information to advertisers to help them understand our audience and confirm the value of advertising, generally in the form of aggregated statistics.

The Group may share information regarding your activities on Group Digital Properties with third-party social websites to populate your social wall that is visible to other people. You will have an option to set your privacy settings and decide what you would like to share.

We may share anonymized and aggregated data with third parties for research, marketing, analytics and other purposes, provided such information does not identify a particular individual.

How Do We Protect Your Information?

We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data.