Last Updated : Thursday, 25 June 2026
The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to explain how AILensNews handles personal data and reader privacy. AILensNews recognizes that digital publishing involves interaction with readers, sources, contributors, advertisers, public representatives, institutions, agencies, and other users. These interactions may involve personal information, communication records, website activity information, cookie choices, technical logs, subscription preferences, correction requests, editorial submissions, and legal correspondence.
AILensNews aims to handle personal data with care, relevance, security, and accountability. The website does not intend to collect more personal data than reasonably necessary for website operation, reader communication, editorial activity, newsletter delivery, security, analytics, advertising management, legal compliance, dispute handling, and other lawful purposes.
This policy also explains the choices users may have regarding their personal data. These choices may include access requests, correction requests, deletion requests, consent withdrawal, cookie choices, objection requests, complaint review, and communication with AILensNews privacy contacts. The availability of each right may depend on the nature of the data, the reason it is held, the identity of the requester, and Information Technology Act, 2000; Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules.
Personal data means information that identifies, relates to, describes, or may reasonably be connected with an individual. Depending on the user’s interaction with AILensNews, personal data may include name, email address, contact details where provided, communication content, newsletter preferences, inquiry details, correction requests, privacy complaints, contributor details, source communications, advertising inquiries, account-related details where applicable, user-submitted content, cookie choices, device information, browser information, IP address, referral information, access logs, and website interaction data.
Personal data may be provided directly by the user, collected through ordinary website operation, received from service providers, or obtained from public or editorial sources where relevant to AILensNews activities.
Some information may not identify a user by itself but may become personal data when connected with other information. For example, technical logs, device identifiers, cookie identifiers, browsing activity, and analytics information may be treated as personal data where they can reasonably be linked to a user.
This policy also covers personal data contained within messages, forms, submitted articles, source material, photographs, videos, public posts, correction requests, legal notices, complaint records, and other communication with AILensNews.
AILensNews may collect personal data directly when a user interacts with the website or communicates with AILensNews. This may include data provided when a user subscribes to a newsletter, submits a form, sends an email, requests a correction, files a privacy request, sends a legal notice, provides feedback, submits content, contacts the newsroom, sends advertising inquiries, responds to an editorial request, or participates in reader communication.
The information collected may include the user’s name, email address, organization details where provided, message content, article URL referenced by the user, supporting documents, complaint details, consent preferences, subscription details, and other information the user chooses to provide.
Users should avoid sending unnecessary sensitive information unless it is required for the request. If a user sends private, sensitive, confidential, or third-party information, AILensNews may process that information only to the extent reasonably required to review the communication, respond to the request, comply with legal obligations, protect rights, or support editorial review.
When users access ailensnews.com, AILensNews may collect technical and usage information. This may include IP address, device type, browser type, operating details, access time, page views, referring page, approximate location derived from technical information, session activity, cookie identifiers, consent records, error logs, page performance data, search interactions, and other information connected with website access.
This information may be used to operate the website, improve performance, understand readership, protect security, prevent abuse, detect spam, manage traffic, resolve technical problems, support analytics, measure content engagement, and improve reader experience.
Some technical information may be collected automatically through cookies, tags, pixels, local storage, analytics tools, advertising tools, security tools, and similar technologies. Users may have choices regarding certain cookies or tracking tools depending on available website settings, browser settings, and Information Technology Act, 2000; Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules.
AILensNews may use cookies and similar technologies on ailensnews.com. Cookies may help the website function properly, remember preferences, measure article performance, understand reader behaviour, manage advertising, improve speed, support security, prevent abuse, and provide a better reading experience.
Some cookies may be necessary for core website operation. Other cookies may relate to analytics, advertising, audience measurement, embedded content, reader preferences, or third-party services. The availability of consent controls and the handling of cookies may depend on Information Technology Act, 2000; Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules and the technical setup of the website.
Users may manage cookie choices through available website settings or browser settings. Refusing or disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality, preferences, embedded media, advertising relevance, analytics accuracy, or other features.
Cookie practices may be explained further in the Cookie Policy and Cookie Settings page published on ailensnews.com.
AILensNews may receive personal data from sources other than the user. This may include contributors, public sources, agencies, advertisers, service providers, public records, public posts, official communications, event organizers, institutions, business representatives, and persons who submit information to the newsroom.
AILensNews may receive contact details, statements, documents, images, videos, public records, press materials, complaint information, source material, advertising details, contributor profiles, or other information relevant to editorial, legal, commercial, or operational activities.
Where personal data is received from third parties, AILensNews may review whether it is relevant, lawful, necessary, and suitable for the purpose for which it is used. AILensNews may reject, restrict, delete, redact, anonymize, or remove information where it is unnecessary, unlawfully provided, privacy-invasive, misleading, or not suitable for publication or retention.
AILensNews processes personal data where there is a lawful basis under Information Technology Act, 2000; Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules. The lawful basis may depend on the nature of the user relationship, the type of data, the purpose of handling, and the activity involved.
AILensNews may process personal data for purposes such as website operation, reader communication, newsletter delivery, response to requests, editorial communication, correction handling, privacy request handling, advertising inquiry management, contributor review, legal compliance, security, fraud prevention, analytics, user support, consent-based features, contractual arrangements, protection of rights, and other lawful interests.
Where consent is required, AILensNews may request consent through notices, forms, subscription choices, cookie controls, or other user actions. Where consent is withdrawn, AILensNews may stop the relevant consent-based processing unless another lawful basis permits continued processing.
AILensNews may use personal data for the following purposes:
AILensNews does not intend to use personal data in a manner that is knowingly unlawful, excessive, misleading, or unrelated to the purpose for which the data was collected, unless permitted by Information Technology Act, 2000; Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules.
Users may subscribe to newsletters, alerts, updates, or reader communications where such features are available. AILensNews may collect the email address, subscription preferences, communication history, engagement information, and unsubscribe status related to such services.
Users may unsubscribe from newsletters using available unsubscribe options or by contacting AILensNews where needed. Unsubscribing from one communication may not stop all communications if the user has separately requested other services or if AILensNews must send administrative, legal, privacy, or service-related messages.
AILensNews may use service providers to send newsletters and manage subscriptions. Such providers may process personal data on behalf of AILensNews or under their own applicable terms depending on the service arrangement.
AILensNews may process personal data in connection with editorial activity, source communication, interviews, reader tips, public-interest reporting, contributor submissions, correction requests, public statements, images, videos, documents, and other newsroom materials.
Editorial processing may involve information about individuals, organizations, public figures, private persons, sources, witnesses, contributors, experts, or persons mentioned in content. AILensNews may retain certain editorial records to support accuracy, accountability, source protection, legal defence, correction handling, and responsible publication.
Requests involving editorial content may require careful review because privacy rights may need to be balanced with public interest, accuracy, source protection, lawful reporting, recordkeeping, and editorial independence. AILensNews may correct, clarify, restrict, anonymize, update, remove, or retain editorial content depending on the facts and Information Technology Act, 2000; Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules.
Users, contributors, freelancers, guest authors, photographers, videographers, agencies, advertisers, and sources may submit content or information to AILensNews. Such submissions may include personal data, contact details, biography information, profile information, media files, documents, statements, quotes, photographs, videos, and other material.
By submitting information, the submitter represents that they have the right to provide it and that it is accurate, lawful, and not misleading. The submitter should not provide third-party personal data, private communication, confidential information, sensitive material, copyrighted works, or unlawful content unless they have a lawful basis to do so.
AILensNews may use submitted information to review, edit, verify, publish, archive, reject, communicate, investigate, or otherwise manage the submission. AILensNews may retain submission records where necessary for editorial accountability, legal review, dispute handling, contributor management, or operational purposes.
AILensNews may process personal data related to advertising inquiries, sponsored content, partner communication, agency communication, commercial proposals, campaign coordination, billing references where applicable, creative approvals, brand communication, and advertiser support.
Data may include names, email addresses, organization names, campaign details, communication history, submitted assets, payment references where applicable, and other business contact information.
AILensNews may use this data to respond to inquiries, review sponsored content, coordinate publication, manage commercial communication, verify rights, maintain records, and comply with legal or contractual obligations. Sponsored or commercial content may also be subject to editorial, advertising, copyright, and disclosure policies published on ailensnews.com.
AILensNews may process personal data where users send legal notices, copyright complaints, correction requests, privacy complaints, content objections, takedown requests, defamation concerns, rights claims, or dispute-related communications.
Such data may be used to review the claim, verify the requester, assess the issue, contact relevant personnel, seek legal review, preserve evidence, respond to the requester, update content, restrict content, reject the claim, or defend AILensNews rights.
Legal notices may be sent to legal@ailensnews.com. Privacy and data protection concerns may be sent to dpo@ailensnews.com. AILensNews may retain legal and complaint records for as long as reasonably necessary for dispute handling, compliance, audit, legal defence, and protection of rights.
AILensNews may share personal data where necessary and lawful. Data may be shared with hosting providers, email providers, newsletter tools, analytics providers, advertising tools, security providers, technical support providers, moderation support providers, payment service providers where applicable, professional advisers, legal advisers, service providers, and other parties assisting with website operation or legal responsibilities.
AILensNews may also disclose personal data where required to comply with Information Technology Act, 2000; Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules, respond to legal notices, enforce website terms, protect rights, investigate abuse, prevent fraud, secure the website, protect users, handle disputes, or respond to appropriate legal process.
AILensNews does not intend to sell personal data in a way that violates Information Technology Act, 2000; Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules. Where data is shared, AILensNews aims to limit sharing to what is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.
AILensNews may use third-party tools and services to support website hosting, analytics, newsletters, advertising, security, content delivery, media embedding, forms, payments where applicable, comment review, spam prevention, and other website functions.
Third-party services may collect or process personal data according to their own privacy practices. AILensNews may not control every action of external services, embedded content, social media providers, analytics providers, advertising providers, or websites linked from ailensnews.com.
When users click external links or interact with embedded content, they may be subject to the privacy practices of the third-party service. Users should review the privacy information of those external services separately.
Digital publishing may involve service providers, readers, contributors, advertisers, hosting tools, communication tools, analytics providers, and technical infrastructure in different locations. As a result, personal data may be processed, stored, accessed, transferred, or reviewed across different jurisdictions where permitted by Information Technology Act, 2000; Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules.
Where international data handling occurs, AILensNews may rely on lawful transfer methods, contractual safeguards, service provider terms, user consent where required, operational necessity, legal obligations, or other permitted grounds. Data protection standards may vary depending on where data is processed.
AILensNews may take reasonable steps to work with service providers that support appropriate confidentiality, security, and data protection commitments.
AILensNews retains personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, unless a longer period is required or permitted by Information Technology Act, 2000; Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules. Retention periods may vary based on the nature of the data, user relationship, operational purpose, legal duty, dispute risk, security need, editorial value, consent record, and technical requirement.
Data that may be retained includes communication records, correction requests, privacy requests, legal notices, contributor submissions, source communication, advertising inquiries, newsletter preferences, cookie consent records, technical logs, analytics records, and security records.
AILensNews may delete, anonymize, aggregate, restrict, or archive data when it is no longer required. Some data may be retained for legal claims, compliance, audit, fraud prevention, security, dispute handling, editorial recordkeeping, or protection of rights.
AILensNews aims to apply reasonable security measures to protect personal data from unauthorized access, misuse, loss, alteration, disclosure, destruction, or unlawful handling. Security measures may include access controls, technical safeguards, service provider review, internal restrictions, secure communication practices, monitoring, backups, and administrative controls.
No website, communication channel, email service, storage tool, or digital service can guarantee complete security. Users should take care when sending confidential, private, sensitive, or third-party information through online forms, email, comments, or other communication channels.
If AILensNews becomes aware of a security concern affecting personal data, it may review the issue, take reasonable containment steps, notify relevant parties where required by Information Technology Act, 2000; Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules, and improve practices where appropriate.
Users may have rights relating to their personal data under Information Technology Act, 2000; Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules. These may include the right to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, consent withdrawal, portability where available, review of processing, complaint handling, or information about data handling.
The availability and scope of these rights depend on the type of data, purpose of processing, lawful basis, user identity, editorial context, security needs, recordkeeping duties, and Information Technology Act, 2000; Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules.
Some requests may be refused, limited, delayed, or handled differently where necessary for legal compliance, security, source protection, editorial records, protection of rights, prevention of fraud, dispute handling, public-interest publication, or the rights of another person.
Privacy and data protection requests may be sent to dpo@ailensnews.com. Legal concerns may be sent to legal@ailensnews.com.
A user may request access to personal data that AILensNews holds about them. The request should identify the user, the relevant interaction with AILensNews, and the type of data requested.
AILensNews may provide available data where the request is valid, verified, and not restricted by legal, editorial, security, or third-party considerations. AILensNews may refuse or limit access where disclosure would reveal another person’s data, confidential source information, legal advice, internal editorial notes, security logs, unpublished material, or other protected information.
AILensNews may request additional details to verify identity and locate the relevant data before responding.
Users may request correction of inaccurate or outdated personal data held by AILensNews. Correction requests should identify the information believed to be wrong and provide the correct information or supporting evidence where needed.
AILensNews may correct contact information, subscription records, user communication records, contributor details, or other personal data where appropriate. Correction of personal data is different from correction of published editorial content. Published content concerns may be reviewed under the Corrections Policy, Editorial Policy, or other relevant AILensNews policy.
AILensNews may decline correction requests that are unsupported, misleading, unverifiable, abusive, or intended to alter a lawful editorial record improperly.
Users may request deletion of certain personal data where permitted by Information Technology Act, 2000; Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules. AILensNews may delete data where the request is valid and there is no continuing lawful reason to retain it.
Deletion may not be available where data is required for legal compliance, security, fraud prevention, dispute handling, consent records, audit records, editorial records, source protection, public-interest publication, contractual duties, or legal claims.
A deletion request does not automatically require removal of published editorial content. Published articles, images, captions, corrections, public-interest records, and archive materials may require editorial and legal review before any action is taken.
Where AILensNews relies on consent for processing, users may withdraw consent. Consent withdrawal may apply to newsletters, optional communication, certain cookies, preference-based features, or other consent-based activities.
Withdrawal does not affect processing completed before withdrawal. It may also not stop processing where another lawful basis permits continued handling, including legal compliance, dispute handling, security, editorial recordkeeping, or requested services.
Users may manage newsletter preferences through unsubscribe options where available. Privacy-related consent concerns may be sent to dpo@ailensnews.com.
Users may object to certain processing or request restriction where permitted by Information Technology Act, 2000; Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules. AILensNews may review whether the objection applies and whether processing should stop, continue, or be limited.
Processing may continue where AILensNews has a valid reason, including editorial responsibility, source protection, legal defence, security, recordkeeping, public-interest publication, dispute handling, contractual need, or protection of rights.
Requests should clearly identify the data and the processing activity being challenged. AILensNews may request additional information before deciding the request.
AILensNews is intended for a general audience. The website does not knowingly seek to collect unnecessary personal data from children or young users. Where content or communication involves children, students, family matters, safety, education, healthcare, or sensitive public-interest topics, AILensNews may apply additional care.
If a parent, guardian, or authorized person believes that a child’s personal data has been submitted to AILensNews inappropriately, they may contact dpo@ailensnews.com with details of the concern.
AILensNews may review, restrict, delete, retain, or take other appropriate action depending on the nature of the issue, verification, editorial need, safety concern, and Information Technology Act, 2000; Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules.
Privacy requests may sometimes involve published articles, photographs, captions, videos, public statements, source material, comments, or user submissions. Such requests may require careful review because editorial content may involve public interest, factual accuracy, recordkeeping, source protection, freedom of reporting, reader access, and legal considerations.
AILensNews may review whether content is accurate, fair, current, necessary, harmful, private, outdated, or legally sensitive. Depending on the issue, AILensNews may correct, clarify, anonymize, update, restrict, remove, or retain the content.
AILensNews does not guarantee removal of editorial content merely because a person requests it. Each request will be reviewed based on the content, context, privacy impact, editorial responsibility, and Information Technology Act, 2000; Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules.
Users may contact AILensNews if they believe their personal data has been handled incorrectly, unfairly, insecurely, unlawfully, or inconsistently with this policy. A privacy complaint should include the user’s name, contact details, relevant page or interaction, description of the concern, supporting material where available, and the requested action.
Privacy complaints may be sent to dpo@ailensnews.com. Legal concerns may be sent to legal@ailensnews.com. AILensNews may review the complaint, verify identity, request additional information, check relevant records, correct data, restrict processing, delete data, update practices, reject unsupported complaints, or take other appropriate action.
AILensNews may keep records of complaints, responses, decisions, and supporting material for compliance, audit, dispute handling, and legal review.
Privacy and data protection requests may be sent to dpo@ailensnews.com. Legal notices may be sent to legal@ailensnews.com. Formal correspondence may be directed to Ground Floor, 1554, Pearl Madurdaha, Kolkata, West Bengal 700107, India. where required.
Users should include enough information to help AILensNews identify the request, verify the requester, locate the relevant data, and respond appropriately. A request may include the user’s name, email address, article URL where applicable, communication date, type of request, supporting evidence, and preferred response method.
AILensNews may route privacy matters to privacy, legal, editorial, support, technical, advertising, or compliance personnel depending on the nature of the issue.
AILensNews may update this Privacy Policy from time to time due to changes in Information Technology Act, 2000; Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules, website operations, privacy practices, cookie use, service providers, advertising tools, reader services, editorial process, data protection expectations, security needs, or internal policy review.
Updated versions may be posted on this page. Continued access to or use of ailensnews.com after an update means the user has had the opportunity to review the revised policy. Users with privacy concerns may contact dpo@ailensnews.com. Legal notices may be sent to legal@ailensnews.com.
