Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy: The VET News

Last Updated: May 6, 2025

Welcome to The VET News (accessible at https://thevetnews.com). This Privacy Policy outlines how The VET News (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, maintains, and discloses information collected from users (“you” or “user”) of our website. This policy applies to the Site and all products and services offered by The VET News.

Your privacy is of utmost importance to us. We are committed to safeguarding your personal information and being transparent about how we handle it, in compliance with applicable data protection laws, including the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA) of India, and other relevant regulations.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect personal identification information and non-personal identification information from users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to:

  • Information You Provide to Us:

    • Contact Information: When you contact us via email or a contact form, subscribe to our newsletter (if applicable), or participate in surveys or promotions, you may provide us with personal information such as your name, email address, and any other information you choose to provide. 
    • Comments: If you leave comments on our site (if applicable), we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also your IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: [https://automattic.com/privacy/](https://automattic.com/privacy/). After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

  • Information We Collect Automatically (Non-Personal Identification Information):

    • Log Data: Like most website operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Site. This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics. 
    • Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Site and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site. 

2. How We Use Your Information

The VET News uses the collected data for various purposes:

  • To Provide and Maintain Our Service: To operate our website and deliver the content you request.
  • To Improve Our Service: To understand how our users interact with our Site and to enhance user experience and our offerings.
  • To Communicate With You: To respond to your inquiries, comments, questions, and/or other requests. If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will use your email address to send you news updates and other relevant information.
  • For Analytics: To monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Site with the help of third-party services like Google Analytics.
  • To Personalize User Experience (where applicable): We may use information in the aggregate to understand how our Users as a group use the services and resources provided on our Site. 
  • For Advertising Purposes: To display advertisements on our Site, some of which may be targeted based on your Browse history. This is further detailed in the “Third-Party Advertisers and AdSense” section.
  • To Prevent Fraud and Ensure Security: To protect the security and integrity of our Site and to prevent spam and abuse.
  • To Comply with Legal Obligations: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or governmental requests.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies for several purposes:

  • Essential Cookies: Some cookies are essential for the operation of our Site.
  • Performance and Analytics Cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously (e.g., Google Analytics). 
  • Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
  • Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. However, disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our Site. 

4. Third-Party Advertisers and Google AdSense

The VET News uses third-party advertising companies, including Google AdSense, to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

  • Google AdSense: Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on The VET News. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our Site and/or other sites on the Internet. 
  • Opting Out of Personalized Advertising: Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings: https://www.google.com/search?q=https://www.google.com/settings/ads. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/. 

Please note that these third-party services have their own privacy policies governing their use of information. We encourage you to review their policies:

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

The VET News does not sell, trade, or rent users’ personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates, and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.

We may disclose your personal information in the following circumstances:

  • With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party companies and individuals that provide services on our behalf (e.g., website hosting, data analysis, email delivery, customer service). These service providers will only have access to your information to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
  • For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency), or if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to:
    • Comply with a legal obligation.
    • Protect and defend the rights or property of The VET News
    • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service.
    • Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public.
    • Protect against legal liability.
  • Business Transfers: If The VET News is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred.

6. Data Security

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information, and data stored on our Site.  

However, please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

7. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Non-personal identification information may be retained for internal analysis purposes indefinitely.

8. Children’s Privacy

Our Service is not directed to individuals under the age of 18 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

9. Your Data Protection Rights (especially under India’s DPDPA)

Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data. Under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA), and as a matter of good practice, we respect the following rights:

  • The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
  • The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
  • The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions. 
  • The right to withdraw consent: If we are processing your personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
  • The right to grievance redressal: You have the right to have your grievances addressed and to lodge a complaint with a Data Protection Board (once established under DPDPA) if you are not satisfied with our response.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.

10. Links to Other Websites 

Our Site may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

The VET News has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

12. Your Acceptance of These Terms

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Site. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.

13. Contact Us 

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, or if you wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us at: [email protected] or [email protected]