Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 21 September 2026

At Crime Halchal (“we,” “us,” “our”), accessible through crimehalchal.com, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information of our visitors, readers, subscribers, and users.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit or interact with our website.

1. Information We Collect

Depending on how you use our website, we may collect the following information:

Information you provide voluntarily

You may provide information when you:

• Contact us through forms, email, or other communication channels.

• Submit news tips, feedback, comments, photographs, videos, or other content.

• Subscribe to newsletters or other website updates.

• Participate in surveys, contests, or other website activities.

Such information may include your name, email address, telephone number, location, and any other information you choose to provide.

Information collected automatically

When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:

• IP address.

• Browser type and version.

• Device type.

• Operating system.

• Pages visited and time spent on the website.

• Referring website or source.

• General website usage and interaction information.

This information may be collected through server logs, cookies, analytics tools, or similar technologies.

2. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Crime Halchal may use cookies and similar technologies to improve website functionality, understand visitor behavior, remember preferences, and measure website traffic.

Cookies are small files stored on your device by a website. You may be able to control or disable cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may affect some website features.

If third-party advertising or analytics services are used on the website, those services may also use cookies or similar technologies according to their own privacy policies.

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use collected information to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain the website.

• Publish and manage news and other content.

• Respond to enquiries, feedback, and communications.

• Process news tips and user submissions.

• Improve website content, functionality, and user experience.

• Understand website traffic and audience trends.

• Detect, prevent, and investigate fraud, abuse, unauthorized activity, or security incidents.

• Comply with applicable laws, regulations, and lawful requests.

• Send newsletters, updates, or other communications where you have requested or consented to receive them.

4. News Tips and User-Submitted Information

Crime Halchal may receive information, documents, photographs, videos, or other material submitted by users for journalistic, editorial, or informational purposes.

Users should avoid submitting confidential, sensitive, or personally identifying information about themselves or another person unless they are authorized to provide it and understand the potential consequences of doing so.

Information submitted to us may be reviewed for editorial purposes. Publication of any submitted material is at the sole discretion of Crime Halchal, subject to applicable law and our editorial practices.

5. Sharing of Information

We do not sell or rent your personal information merely for the purpose of selling or renting personal data.

We may share information where reasonably necessary with:

• Service providers who help operate, maintain, secure, or analyze our website.

• Hosting, technical, analytics, communication, or other infrastructure providers.

• Legal, regulatory, government, or law-enforcement authorities where required by applicable law or lawful process.

• Professional advisers where reasonably necessary.

• A successor or acquiring entity in connection with a merger, restructuring, sale, or transfer of all or part of our business or assets.

We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to protect our rights, users, property, security, or the integrity of our website.

6. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, social media platforms, advertisements, or other services.

Crime Halchal does not control the privacy practices of third parties. Your interactions with third-party websites and services are governed by their respective terms and privacy policies.

We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of any third-party service you access through our website.

7. Data Security

We take reasonable measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, misuse, or destruction.

However, no website, online transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted to or stored by us.

8. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including providing services, maintaining business and editorial records, resolving disputes, preventing abuse, complying with legal obligations, and protecting our rights.

The period of retention may vary depending on the type and purpose of the information.

9. Children’s Privacy

Our website is not specifically directed at children.

We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children in circumstances where such collection is prohibited by applicable law. If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us improperly, please contact us so that we can review the matter and take appropriate action.

10. Your Rights

Depending on applicable law, you may have rights concerning your personal information, which may include the right to:

• Request information about personal data we hold about you.

• Request correction of inaccurate information.

• Request deletion of information where legally applicable.

• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

• Raise a privacy-related complaint or concern.

Some requests may be subject to legal, editorial, security, or other applicable limitations.

To make a privacy-related request, please contact us using the details provided below.

11. Indian Law and Applicable Regulations

Crime Halchal operates from India and seeks to handle personal information in accordance with applicable Indian laws and regulations relating to privacy and data protection, as applicable to our activities.

Where applicable, we will take reasonable steps to comply with the rights and obligations imposed by relevant data-protection legislation.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, services, technology, legal requirements, or privacy practices.

When we make changes, the updated version will be published on this page with a revised “Effective Date.” We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, requests, or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, you may contact us at:

Crime Halchal

Office Address:

Contact Details

Crime Halchal
Office Address:
Narayan Villa
140-Sarvdharma, Sector-D,
Kolar Road, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
PIN – 462042, India

Phone no. : 9201520914

Email id: crimehalchalbpl@gmail.com

Website: www.crimehalchal.com

 

Last Updated: 21 September 2026