Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for itnewsbd.com

This Privacy Policy outlines how itnewsbd.com collects, uses, and protects your data when you visit or interact with our website.

1. Who We Are

Our website address is: https://itnewsbd.com

We are a Bangladeshi tech-focused digital platform that provides news, articles, reviews, and resources related to information technology, innovation, and the digital economy.

2. Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string (hash) generated from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. You can read Gravatar’s Privacy Policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy

Once your comment is approved, your profile picture may be publicly visible alongside the comment.

3. Media Uploads

If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from such images.

4. Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies. These last for one year for your convenience.
When visiting the login page, a temporary cookie will check if your browser accepts cookies; it contains no personal data and is discarded after closing your browser.
Upon login, several cookies store your login credentials and display preferences:
- Login cookies last two days.
- “Remember Me” extends the login for two weeks.
- Screen options cookies last for one year.
- Logging out removes login cookies.
Editing or publishing an article will store a cookie indicating the post ID, which expires after one day.

5. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, or articles). Such content behaves as if you visited the other website directly. These third-party sites may:

Collect data about you
Use cookies
Embed third-party tracking
Monitor your interaction with the embedded content

This may include tracking even if you have an account and are logged in to that third-party site.

6. Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email to help verify identity and prevent fraud.

7. How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments and related metadata are retained indefinitely to allow automated approval of future comments.
For registered users, we store personal information provided in their user profiles. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal data at any time (except usernames). Administrators can also view and modify this information.

8. What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on itnewsbd.com or have left comments, you may request an exported file of your personal data held by us. You may also request the deletion of your personal data, except where data is retained for legal, administrative, or security reasons.