Privacy Policy

Last Updated: December 21, 2025

At usatoday.in, accessible from https://usatoday.in/, the privacy of our visitors is one of our top priorities. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of information we collect and record, and how we utilize it to improve your experience.

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Information Collection and Use

We collect several types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our service to you:

• Personal Data: While using our site, you may provide us with certain personally identifiable information, such as your name and email address (e.g., when leaving a comment).
• Log Data: Like most websites, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our site. This includes your IP address, browser type, browser version, the pages you visit, and the time/date of your visit.

Comments and Media

• Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string to assist in spam detection. An anonymized string (hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check for usage.
• Media: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included, as other visitors can download and extract this data.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience:

• User Preference Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your details in cookies for your convenience.
• Authentication Cookies: Temporary cookies are set on our login page to determine if your browser accepts them. Login cookies typically last for two days, while screen options cookies last for a year.

Google AdSense and Third-Party Advertising

This website uses Google AdSense to serve advertisements.

• Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site based on your prior visits to our website or other websites on the internet.
• Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
• Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.

Third-Party Links and Content

Our articles may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor has visited the source website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.

Data Retention

• If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
• For users that register on our website, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. Users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except their username).

Your Data Rights

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you have the right to:

• Request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
• Request the erasure of any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Data Security and Spam Protection

We take the security of your data seriously; however, please note that no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service to maintain the integrity of our platform.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

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