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This Website is owned and operated by AETN18 Media Private Limited ("the Company/AETN18") and contains material which is derived in whole or in part from material supplied by the Company, various agencies and/or other sources, and is protected by national as well as international copyright and trademark laws. The restrictions on use of the material and content on this Website by the Subscriber are specified below. Except where specifically authorised, the Subscriber may not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit or distribute in any way any material from this Website including code and/or software.
AETN18 has taken due care and caution in compilation of data for its Website. AETN18 does not guarantee the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of any information and is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of such information. AETN18 especially states that it has no financial liability whatsoever to any user on account of the use of information provided on its Website.
The Company shall have the right at any time to change or modify the terms and conditions applicable to Subscriber's use of the Website, or any part thereof, or to impose new conditions, including but not limited to, adding fees and charges for use. Such changes, modifications, additions or deletions shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by means including but not limited to, posting on the Website, or by electronic or conventional mail, or by any other means by which Subscriber obtains notice thereof. Any use of the Website by Subscriber after such notice shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by Subscriber of such changes, modifications or additions.
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1) REGISTRATION: By registering, you certify that all information you provide, now or in the future, is accurate. Your registration at historyindia.com is valid for ninety (90) days from the date you first login and is automatically renewed for a period of ninety (90) days every time you login thereafter. If you do not login at historyindia.com for a continuous period of ninety (90) days your registration could be automatically cancelled. historyindia.com reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to deny you access to this Website or any portion thereof without notice for the following reasons: (a) immediately by historyindia.com for any unauthorized access or use by you (b) immediately by historyindia.com if you assign or transfer (or attempt the same) any rights granted to you under this Agreement; (c) immediately, if you violate any of the other terms and conditions of this User Agreement. historyindia.com gathers the mailing addresses of users who are registered and voluntarily subscribe to the newsletters. The newsletter is free of cost unless stated otherwise. You may remove your self from this mailing list by unsubscribing; instructions for which are clearly stated on every electronic newsletter sent.
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THE CONTENTS, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, FEATURES AND SERVICES PUBLISHED ON THIS WEBSITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE CONTENTS HEREIN. HISTORYINDIA.COM AND/OR ITS RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR CHANGES IN THIS WEBSITE AT ANY TIME. THIS WEBSITE MAY BE TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE FROM TIME TO TIME DUE TO REQUIRED MAINTENANCE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERRUPTIONS, OR OTHER DISRUPTIONS. HISTORYINDIA.COM (AND ITS OWNERS, SUPPLIERS, CONSULTANTS, ADVERTISERS, AFFILIATES, PARTNERS, EMPLOYEES OR ANY OTHER ASSOCIATED ENTITIES, ALL COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS ASSOCIATED ENTITIES HEREAFTER) SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO USER OR MEMBER OR ANY THIRD PARTY SHOULD HISTORYINDIA.COM EXERCISE ITS RIGHT TO MODIFY OR DISCONTINUE ANY OR ALL OF THE CONTENTS, INFORMATION, SOFTWARE, PRODUCTS, FEATURES AND SERVICES PUBLISHED ON THIS WEBSITE.
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- Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights (such as rights of privacy and publicity) of others.
- Publish, post, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful material or information.
- Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy of publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.
- Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer.
- Conduct or forward surveys, contests, or chain letters.
- Download any file posted by another user of a Forum that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.
All Forums are public and not private communications. Chats, postings, conferences, and other communications by other users are not endorsed by historyindia.com, and such communications shall not be considered reviewed, screened, or approved by historyindia.com. historyindia.com reserves the right for any reason to remove without notice any contents of the Forums received from users, including without limitation message board postings.
In the event that there is any content including but not limited to photographs, wall papers, ringtones, etc., which is downloadable in nature, the Subscriber agrees and confirms that the same shall be used in a fair and justifiable manner.
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- your access and use of HISTORYINDIA.COM
- any non-compliance by user with the terms and conditions hereof; or
- any third party actions related to users receipt and use of the information, whether authorized or unauthorized. Any clause declared invalid shall be deemed severable and not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder. These terms may only be amended in writing signed by historyindia.com.
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13) TERMINATION: This User Agreement and the license rights granted hereunder shall remain in full force and effect unless terminated or canceled for any of the following reasons:
- immediately by historyindia.com for any unauthorized access or use by you;
- immediately by historyindia.com if you assign or transfer (or attempt the same) any rights granted to you under this Agreement;
- immediately, if you violate any of the other terms and conditions of this User Agreement. Termination or cancellation of this Agreement shall not effect any right or relief to which historyindia.com may be entitled, at law or in equity. Upon termination of this User Agreement, all rights granted to you will terminate and revert to historyindia.come xcept as set forth herein, regardless of the reason for cancellation or termination of this User Agreement, the fee charged if any for access to historyindia.com is non-refundable for any reason.
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Privacy PolicyAETN18 Media Private Limited, having its registered office at First Floor, Empire Complex, 414, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400013, India (“we”, “us”, “our”, “AETN18”, “HistoryTV18”) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data, your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) applies to all products and/or services offered by us to all individuals (“you”, “your”, “user”).
This Policy explains how we collect, receive, store, disclose, share, and use your personal data for the purpose of your participation and consumption of our products and/or services offered by us through our website and/or software application (collectively, “Platform”) or during any interaction with us, and how you can exercise your privacy rights.
Before using our Platform or availing any of our products and/or services, you are advised to carefully read this Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Policy, please do not access this Platform. By visiting and/or using our Platform, you are consenting to process your personal data in the manner as set forth in this Policy.
The scope of this policy is limited to the product and/or services provided by us within the territory of India and applies to users who request for these products and/or services within the Indian territory.
2. WHAT PERSONAL DATA DO WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU?When you interact with us, we collect different types of information from you based on the type of interaction.
“Personal Data” means any data about an individual who is identifiable by or in relation to such data.
“Processing”, “Processed”, “Process” in relation to personal data, means a wholly or partly automated operation or set of operations performed on digital personal data, and includes operations such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation, retrieval, use, alignment, or combination, indexing, sharing, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, restriction, erasure, or destruction.
We endeavor to collect only such personal data that is reasonably necessary to perform our services for you. When you interact with our Platform or otherwise with us, we may collect the following personal data from you directly:
- General Data – your first name, last name, email, mobile number, address, gender, age or date of birth, as well as your preferred language;
- Government Identification Data – data that enables us to identify you, e.g. your Aadhaar card and PAN card;
- Technical and Network Activity Data – data about your device and your usage of our Platform, including your IP address, device ID, hardware model and version, mobile network information, operating system and other online identifiers, type of browser, browsing history, search history, access time, pages viewed, URLs clicked on, forms submitted, and physical location;
- Financial Data – your bank details, including account name, account number.
You may choose to provide us with the data, which is essential for us to deliver the products and/or services you request. Without this data, we may not be able to provide you with all the requested products and/or services;
- Use our Platform;
- Share or use your social media profile to contact us;
- Enter a contest or competition organised by us;
- Engage with one of our sales representatives;
- Get in touch for support or to provide feedback;
- Attend an online as well as on ground event.
Information you provide to us voluntarily:
If you send us personal correspondence, such as emails or letters, or if other users or third parties send us correspondence about your activities or postings on the Platform, we may collect and store such data.
We may collect additional data at other times, when you provide feedback(s), modify your content or email preferences, respond to surveys, or communicate with us. This data may include your name, e-mail id, mobile number, etc.
Information we collect automatically:We collect data about you, your interactions with us, as well as data regarding your computer or other devices used to access our Platform. This source may include, but is not limited to:
- Activities on the Platform such as type of pages viewed, time spent on pages, search queries etc.;
- Your interactions with our email, customer care and contact us Platform;
- Geo-location data through IP addresses;
- Device information like device id, device model etc. and other unique identifiers;
- Data collected via the use of cookies.
Information we collect from other sources:
We may collect or receive data about you from third-party sources and process this data in accordance with this policy. The sources may include, but is not limited to:
- Publicly accessible sources;
- Marketing vendors;
- Event management agencies;
- Social media Platforms.
If you connect your social media account to our Platform, you will share certain personal data from your social media account with us. This may include your name, email address, photo, list of social media contacts, and any other data you make accessible to us.
4. LAWFUL BASIS FOR PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATAWe will collect personal data by lawful and fair means and, where appropriate, with the knowledge of the individual concerned. We only collect and process personal data about you where we have a lawful basis. Lawful basis on which we would process data from you includes:
- Obtaining explicit consent from you,
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Processing for legitimate uses where processing is necessary in order to provide you with our products and/or services, such as:
(i) To enforce our terms and conditions;
(ii) To ensure compliance with our legal obligations and to also comply with our obligations towards public authorities;
(iii) To enforce any legal right or claim;
(iv) For responding to a medical emergency involving a threat to your health or life or that of any other individual;
(v) For taking measures to ensure safety of, or provide assistance or services to any individual any disaster, or any breakdown of public order;
(vi) For legal and compliance reasons, such as the prevention, detection, or investigation of a crime, loss prevention or prevention of fraud;
(vii) As otherwise described to you at the time of collection of your personal data.
5. HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
We use your personal data for the purposes we have described below in this privacy notice, or for purposes which are reasonably compatible to the ones described.
To manage our relationship with you.We will use your personal data to:
- Verify your identity; to help provide our products and/or services and to administer those products and/or services;
- Communicate with you concerning our service (for example by email, push notifications text messaging, and online messaging channels), so that we communicate news regarding the Platform to you, details about new features and content available on the Platform;
- For marketing (where you have agreed to this) and for market research purposes, including internal demographic studies, to provide, optimize and personalize our products and/or services and to send you newsletters and data (where you have agreed to this) about our products and/or services;
- Provide online or offline products and/or services such as contests and employment opportunities;
- Identify you and authenticate your access rights access to our Platform;
- Invite you to provide feedback, surveys or attend events;
- Personalize your experience when interacting with us;
- To respond to your queries and provide you with data when you request it or when we believe our products and/or services may be of interest to you. If we intend to share electronic marketing with you, we will ask for your consent where required and you can opt out at any time;
- Perform analytics, market research and segmentation to understand your preferences, improve our products and/or services and our communications to you.
To manage and improve our processes and our business operations.
We will use your personal data to:
- Manage our network and information systems security;
- Manage our workforce effectively;
- Perform data analyses, auditing and research to help us deliver and improve our digital Platform, content and products and/or services;
- Monitor and analyse trends, usage and activities in connection with our products and/or services to understand which parts of our products and/or services are of the most interest and to improve them accordingly.
We shall also use your personal data for legal and regulatory purposes, such as:
- For our internal and external audit requirements and for information security purposes;
- To gain insights and feedback on our products and/or services in order to correct or improve them, by analysing data from external sources such as Google, Facebook and Twitter (and others).
6. HOW DO WE USE PERSONAL DATA WHEN YOU VISIT OUR OFFICES?
When you visit our offices, we process your personal data in accordance with this privacy statement and some specific information regarding the use of visitor data and the potential use of CCTV in our offices is provided in the reception area.
7. HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA?We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures in relation to the data and personal data that is processed by us. We take reasonable measures to protect all personal data from unauthorized processing or accidental disclosure, alteration, misuse, destruction or loss or unauthorized access and modification that compromises the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of such data.
While we endeavor to always protect our Platform, operations and data against unauthorized access, use, modification, and disclosure, due to the inherent nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that any data, during transmission or while stored on our systems, will be safe and secure from intrusion by others.
8. YOUR RIGHTS IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR PERSONAL DATAWe respect your right to access and control your personal data, and we will respond to requests to exercise your rights under applicable laws and, where applicable, will correct, update, or erase your personal data.
You have the following rights:- Right to access data: At any point, you can contact us for a summary of your personal data we hold about you, the processing activities undertaken with respect to such personal data, the identities of all those persons with whom your personal data has been shared by us along with the description of the personal data so shared, and any other data related to your personal data and its processing.
- Right to request correction: If your personal data is incomplete, inaccurate, misleading, or out of date, you can inform us about the same and your personal data will be corrected, completed, or updated.
- Right to request erasure: If you believe that we should discontinue the use of your personal data, you have the option to request the deletion of your personal data, unless retention is necessary for compliance with any law for the time being in force.
- Right of grievance redressal: In case of any grievance, you can also raise a request to alter your consent choices at dpo@nw18.com
- Right to nominate: In the event of death or incapacity to exercise these rights, you can nominate any other individual to exercise such rights.
- Right to withdraw your consent: You can withdraw your consent easily by emailing us on dpo@nw18.com. The withdrawal of consent previously granted for the processing of personal data does not affect the lawfulness of the processing until the withdrawal. However, opting out will result in cessation of the respective services.
For exercising any of your rights, you can contact us using dpo@nw18.com. We will need you to furnish proof of your identity before you can exercise these rights. We may not be able to process any requests made in the event you fail to establish your identity, or if we are unable to authenticate your identity.
9. SHARING/DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATAAs far as this is necessary for the purposes set out above, we will share your personal data with the following recipients who either have a need to know and who will process it for us based on our instructions and for no other purpose:
General Disclosure:We may disclose your personal data will include:
- Our related companies;
- All our employees and contractors are required to follow our data protection and security policies when handling personal data;
- We’ll share or disclose your personal data outside of the Platform when we have your consent. For example, providing SMS and E-mail related services such as marketing newsletters, promotions and offers;
- Your personal data might also have to be shared in the event of a merger, sale, restructure, acquisition, joint venture, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets, or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).
Occasionally, to provide our products and/or services, it is necessary to collaborate with external service providers. We may use these service providers to assist us with some features or functions of our Platform. These external service providers shall process your personal data on our behalf subject to appropriate safeguards only insofar as it is necessary for them to provide their products and/or services to us. Our prior authorization is required before they are permitted to transfer responsibility for processing personal data to a third party.
Business Transfers:We provide personal data to our affiliates and other trusted businesses or persons to process it for us, based on our instructions and in compliance with our Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
In the event if we merge with or acquired by another company or in case of re-organization or re-structuring of business, we and our affiliates may share your personal data, wholly or in part, with another business entity.
Courts and public authorities:We will share personal data when required for the following purposes:
- To comply with legal obligations and respond to requests from government agencies, including law enforcement agencies and other public authorities;
- To prevent or detect or investigate offences or cyber incidents or for the prosecution or punishment of offences;
- To raise or defend against legal claims;
- To protect our users, systems, and products and/or services.
We only share your personal data with recipients that have an adequate level of data protection by implementing appropriate technical and organizational security measures, or we take measures to ensure that all recipients provide an adequate level of data protection as prescribed by applicable law. We do not sell your personal data to anyone.
10. PERSONAL DATA TRANSFER, STORAGE AND PROCESSING GLOBALLYWe operate globally and may transfer your personal data to our affiliates or third parties in territories outside India for the purposes described in this Policy in accordance with applicable data protection laws, provided that no such restriction is notified by the Government/ appropriate authority.
11. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA?We will retain your personal data which we have collected for as long as we reasonably consider it necessary for achieving the abovementioned purposes and as is permissible under applicable law. This is determined on a case-to-case basis.
We will delete your personal data whenever you request us to do so. However, we may archive and/or retain your personal data for as long as there are statutory retention obligations or potential legal claims are not, yet time barred.
12. SAFEGUARDING THE PRIVACY OF CHILDRENWe do not knowingly collect or solicit personal data from minors. Our products and/or services are not designed for any person who is under 18 years of age, and we do not knowingly permit such persons to register for products and/ or services or share data through any of the web forms without verifiable consent from minors’ parents or lawful guardians. Further, we do not undertake tracking or behavioral monitoring of children or targeted advertising directed at children.
If we learn that we have collected personal data from a minor without verified parental consent, we will erase such personal data.
If you believe that a child under 18 years may have provided us their personal data, please contact us on dpo@nw18.com
13. CONTACT INFORMATIONIf you have questions or comments regarding this Policy or want to exercise any of your rights or express your grievances regarding the processing of your personal data, please contact us using the contact details given below:
AETN18 Media Private Limited
Data Protection OfficerApurv Narula
dpo@nw18.com
If you are not satisfied with the resolution provided you may log your complaint with the Data Protection Board of India following the procedure prescribed by them.
14. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICYWe reserve the right to change this Policy at our sole discretion at any time. Any material changes to this Policy will be posted on this page. We encourage you to review this Policy regularly for such changes. The updated Privacy Policy will take effect as soon as it has been updated.
This Policy was last updated as of 6th November 2024.
COOKIE POLICYAETN18 Media Private Limited, having its registered office at First Floor, Empire Complex, 414, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai - 400013, India (“we”, “us”, “our”, “AETN18”) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data, your privacy is important to us. We are committed to being transparent about the technologies we use while making the website (“Website”).
This Cookie Policy (“Policy”) applies to the Website that links to this Policy offered by us to all individuals (“you”, “your”, “user”). We use cookies to provide you our services (“Services”) and improve your experience of the Website.
This Policy explains how and why we use cookies and the choices you have. This Policy describes the usage of the data captured using cookies which we collect from you when you access or use the Website.
Before using our Website or availing any of our products and/or services, you are advised to carefully read the Privacy Policy of our Website. Except otherwise stated in this Policy, the Privacy Policy shall govern the way we collect and process data via cookies. By visiting and/or using our Website, you are consenting to the collection, use and storage of cookies in the manner as set forth in this Policy.
A cookie is a small text file that the Website saves on your computer or mobile, tablet or any other devices (“Device”) when you visit the Website, to the extent you agree to the same. It enables the Website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, location, and other display preferences) over a period, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you re-visit the Website or browse different pages, thereby making your next visit easier and to identify and learn more about your interests. This allows our Website to uniquely identify your device from those of other users of the Website.
WHY DO WE NEED COOKIES?We use cookies to offer you a more tailored experience by understanding and remembering your browsing preferences. We use cookies for various purposes such as:
- To provide you with our services and offer better browsing experience;
- Make this Website and its content available to you and to further optimize & develop it;
- Identify and distinguish between a human and bot;
- To identify Your browser and device;
- To perform analytics and research based on aggregate data;
- For fraud detection and prevention;
- To detect unauthorized access to Website and minimize blocking of legitimate users.
We do not store data for longer than is necessary to fulfil the purposes covered herein. A number of cookies we use last only for the duration of your web session and expire when you close your browser or exit the Website. Others are used to remember you when you return to the Website and will last depending on the purpose.
TYPES OF COOKIES1. First–Party Cookies:
These cookies are set by the Website and only that Website can read them. They are also called internal cookies. For example, first-party cookies can keep you logged in as you navigate through different pages or remember your language settings.
Some of these cookies are necessary for proper functioning of our Website. You can opt-out of these cookies through your browser settings. If you choose to opt-out of these cookies, then we may not be able to provide you an optimum Website experience.
Others are used for purposes such as analytics and performance. We identify these cookies before they are used so that you can decide whether you wish to accept them or not through the cookie banner that is provided when you visit the Website (for the first time and when the consent should be renewed) or through the cookie settings page at the bottom of every page of the Website.
2. Third–Party Cookies:
These cookies are set by third parties when you access or use our Website and have a different domain to that of the Website you are visiting and they enable certain Website functionality, such as perform analytics, deliver personalized content to the users, etc.
We identify these cookies before they are used so that you can decide whether you wish to accept them or not through the cookie banner that is provided when you visit the Website (for the first time and when the consent should be renewed) or through the cookie setting page at the bottom of every page of the Website.
WHAT CATEGORIES OF COOKIE DO WE COLLECT?We use the following categories of cookies to provide our services when you access our Website:
| Sr. No. | Cookie Catrgories | Description | Example Parameters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Strictly Necessary | Essential for Website operation, enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas | Session ID, Session Tokens, etc. |
| 2 | Performance | Collect data on how users interact with a Website, used to improve performance | Time to first byte, Response Time, etc. |
| 3 | Functional | Allow Website to remember user choices and provide personalized features | User Language, User Preferences, etc. |
| 4 | Targeting | Used to deliver relevant ads to users, track ad campaign performance and limit ad exposure. | Tracking ID, AdSense Linking Number, Join ID for DoubleClick, etc. |
| 5 | Analytics | Help Website owners understand visitor interactions with the site by collecting data anonymously. | Client ID, Usage Info, Event Name, etc. |
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