Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 20 August 2026

Last Updated: 20 August 2026

At The Wise Indian, we respect your privacy and are committed
to handling personal information responsibly.

This Privacy Policy explains how The Wise Indian
(“The Wise Indian”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, stores, shares,
and protects information when you visit or use thewiseindian.com
and related services, features, forms, newsletters, submissions, and other
digital services operated by us (collectively, the “Platform”).

By using the Platform, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy.

If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please discontinue use of the Platform.

1. Information We May Collect

Depending on how you interact with The Wise Indian, we may collect different categories of information.

1.1 Information You Provide Directly

You may voluntarily provide information when you:

Contact us;
Submit a story or story idea;
Use our “Pitch Your Story” feature;
Subscribe to a newsletter;
Submit an article, photograph, video, or other material;
Participate in surveys, contests, campaigns, or events;
Communicate with our editorial team;
Request information or assistance; or
Otherwise interact with us.

This information may include:

Name;
Email address;
Telephone or mobile number, where provided;
Organisation or professional information, where relevant;
Social media profile or website information, where provided;
Information contained in your message;
Story or article submissions;
Photographs and videos;
Documents or other files you voluntarily provide; and
Any other information you choose to provide.

You should not provide sensitive, confidential, or unnecessary personal
information unless it is reasonably required for the purpose for which
you are contacting us.

2. Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Platform, certain technical information may be collected automatically.
Depending on the technologies we use, this may include:

IP address;
Browser type and version;
Device type;
Operating system;
Language preferences;
Approximate location derived from technical information;
Pages visited;
Articles viewed;
Referring website;
Date and time of visits;
Time spent on pages;
General interaction information;
Website performance information; and
Other technical or usage information.

This information is generally used to operate, secure, understand,
analyse, and improve the Platform.

3. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The Wise Indian may use cookies and similar technologies.

Cookies are small files or pieces of information stored on or associated
with your device that help websites remember information and understand
how users interact with them.

We may use cookies for purposes such as:

Website functionality;
Security;
Remembering preferences;
Analytics;
Understanding website traffic;
Measuring content performance;
Improving user experience;
Advertising and campaign measurement; and
Other legitimate operational purposes.

Some cookies may be placed by third-party service providers that support
functions on our website.

Where required by applicable law, we will provide appropriate choices or
consent mechanisms for cookies and similar technologies.

You may also be able to control cookies through your browser settings.
Disabling certain cookies may affect some features of the Platform.

4. How We Use Personal Information

We may use personal information for purposes including:

Providing and operating the Platform.
Responding to enquiries and messages.
Reviewing and processing story submissions.
Communicating with contributors.
Sending newsletters where you have subscribed.
Managing events, campaigns, surveys, or other activities.
Improving our website and services.
Understanding how users interact with our content.
Measuring website traffic and performance.
Detecting, preventing, and investigating fraud, abuse, security incidents, or unlawful activity.
Protecting our legal rights and interests.
Complying with applicable laws and legal obligations.
Communicating important administrative or service-related information.
Supporting advertising, sponsorship, and commercial operations where applicable.
Performing other purposes that are reasonably connected to the purpose for which the information was provided or otherwise permitted by applicable law.

We seek to collect and use information in a manner appropriate to the
purpose for which it is obtained.

5. Story Submissions and Editorial Use

If you submit a story, article, photograph, video, interview request, tip,
or other material to The Wise Indian, the information you provide may be
accessed by members of our editorial, production, legal, technical, or
other relevant teams for purposes connected with reviewing, verifying,
editing, publishing, or managing the submission.

If your submission is published, certain information you voluntarily provide
may appear publicly.

For example, depending on the nature of the submission, this may include:

Your name;
Professional designation;
Organisation;
Photograph;
Biography;
Social media profile;
Website; or
Other information that you provide for publication.

We will not assume that information submitted privately should automatically
be published.

If you provide information specifically for editorial consideration, we may
retain and use it as reasonably necessary to evaluate or report the story,
subject to applicable law and our editorial practices.

6. Newsletter and Email Communications

If you subscribe to a The Wise Indian newsletter, we may collect information
such as your name and email address.

We use this information to:

Deliver newsletters;
Manage subscriptions;
Understand newsletter performance;
Improve our communications; and
Provide relevant administrative information.

You may unsubscribe from promotional or newsletter communications at any
time using the unsubscribe option provided in the communication.

Unsubscribing from a newsletter does not necessarily prevent us from
sending essential administrative, legal, security, or service-related
communications where reasonably necessary.

7. Contacting The Wise Indian

If you contact us by email, telephone, website form, social media, or
another communication channel, we may retain your communication and
related information so that we can:

Respond to your enquiry;
Investigate an issue;
Process a request;
Maintain appropriate records;
Improve our services; or
Protect our legal interests.

Our primary contact email is:

wiseindianofficial@gmail.com

8. Legal Basis and Consent

Where applicable, we may process personal information based on:

Your consent;
Information voluntarily provided by you for a specified purpose;
Compliance with applicable legal obligations;
Legitimate purposes permitted by applicable law; or
Other lawful grounds recognised under applicable law.

Where consent is required, we aim to obtain it in an appropriate and understandable manner.

Under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, consent-based
processing includes the ability to withdraw consent, with the ease of
withdrawal intended to be comparable to the ease of giving consent.

Withdrawal of consent may affect our ability to provide certain services
or continue particular processing activities where that processing depends on consent.

9. Your Privacy Rights

Subject to applicable law and any conditions or limitations prescribed by
law, you may have rights relating to your personal information, including
rights to:

Obtain information about personal data being processed;
Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data;
Request erasure of personal data where legally applicable;
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
Raise a grievance concerning our processing of personal data; and
Exercise other rights available under applicable law.

The DPDP Act expressly provides for rights relating to access, correction
and erasure, grievance redressal, and withdrawal of consent.

To exercise a privacy-related request, contact:
wiseindianofficial@gmail.com

We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests in
order to protect your information and prevent unauthorised requests.

10. Grievances and Privacy Complaints

If you have a concern regarding how The Wise Indian handles your personal
information, you may first contact us at:

wiseindianofficial@gmail.com

Please include:

Your name;
Contact information;
Nature of your concern;
Relevant details; and
Any supporting information that may help us investigate.

We will review and respond to legitimate privacy-related concerns in
accordance with applicable law and our internal procedures.

Where applicable, you may also have the right to approach the relevant
regulatory or adjudicatory authority in accordance with Indian law.

11. Sharing of Personal Information

We do not sell your personal information simply because you visit our website.

We may share or provide access to personal information where reasonably
necessary for purposes such as:

Operating our website;
Hosting and infrastructure;
Email and newsletter delivery;
Analytics;
Website security;
Advertising and measurement;
Customer or contributor support;
Professional services;
Legal compliance;
Fraud prevention; or
Other legitimate business and operational purposes.

Where third-party service providers process personal information on our
behalf, we seek to use appropriate contractual, technical, and organisational
safeguards as required or appropriate under applicable law.

12. Third-Party Service Providers

The Wise Indian may use third-party technologies and services to operate the Platform.

These may include services for:

Website hosting;
Content delivery;
Analytics;
Email delivery;
Newsletter management;
Advertising;
Payment processing, where applicable;
Website security;
Spam prevention;
Social media integration;
Video hosting;
Embedded content; and
Other website functionality.

These providers may process certain information according to their own
privacy policies and applicable contractual arrangements.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third-party services
when interacting with their platforms.

13. Analytics

We may use analytics tools to understand how visitors use the Platform.

Analytics information may help us understand:

Which articles are being read;
How visitors arrive at the website;
Which pages are most useful;
General audience behaviour;
Website performance;
Technical issues; and
How we can improve the Platform.

Analytics information may be collected using cookies, device information,
identifiers, or similar technologies, depending on the services we use.

14. Advertising

The Wise Indian may display advertisements from us or third-party advertising partners.

Advertising technologies may use cookies, pixels, identifiers, or similar
technologies to:

Deliver advertisements;
Measure advertising performance;
Understand campaign effectiveness;
Limit repetitive advertising; or
Provide advertising that may be more relevant to users.

The availability and nature of advertising technologies may change over time.
Where required by applicable law, appropriate consent or user choices will be provided.

15. Sponsored and Commercial Content

The Wise Indian may work with advertisers, sponsors, brands, agencies,
and commercial partners.

Information relating to commercial campaigns may be processed for purposes such as:

Managing campaigns;
Measuring performance;
Communicating with commercial partners;
Delivering sponsored content;
Managing events or promotions; and
Fulfilling contractual or legal obligations.

Commercial relationships do not automatically mean that a partner has
access to personal information collected through our Platform.

16. Social Media and Embedded Content

The Platform may include social-media buttons, feeds, videos, posts,
widgets, or other embedded content from third-party platforms.

When you interact with such content, the relevant third party may collect
information according to its own privacy policy.

For example, viewing or interacting with an embedded social-media feature
may result in information being transmitted to the relevant platform.

We do not control the privacy practices of third-party social-media services.

17. External Links

The Platform may contain links to third-party websites.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or
policies of external websites.

You should review the privacy policy of any external website before
providing personal information to it.

18. Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to
protect personal information against unauthorised access, misuse, loss,
alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

Depending on the circumstances, security measures may include:

Access controls;
Authentication mechanisms;
Secure hosting;
Encryption where appropriate;
Monitoring;
Backups;
Security updates; and
Other reasonable safeguards.

However, no internet transmission or digital storage system can be
guaranteed to be completely secure.

19. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary
for the purposes for which it was collected or as required or permitted by applicable law.

Retention periods may depend on:

The nature of the information;
The purpose for which it was collected;
Whether an ongoing relationship exists;
Legal or regulatory requirements;
Security or fraud-prevention requirements;
Dispute resolution; and
Legitimate business needs.

When personal information is no longer reasonably required, we may delete,
anonymise, or otherwise dispose of it in accordance with applicable law
and our operational practices.

20. International Data Transfers

Depending on the service providers and technologies used by The Wise Indian,
personal information may be processed or stored outside India.

Where personal information is transferred or processed outside India,
we will seek to do so in accordance with applicable Indian law and any
restrictions or requirements that may apply.

The DPDP Act contains provisions addressing processing of personal data
outside India, including restrictions that may be prescribed by the
Central Government.

21. Children’s Privacy

The Wise Indian is a general-audience digital publication.

We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children
except where permitted and handled in accordance with applicable law.

Where the Platform includes features that may involve children or where
we become aware that personal information of a child has been collected
in circumstances requiring additional protections, we will take appropriate
steps consistent with applicable law.

The DPDP Act contains specific provisions concerning processing of
children’s personal data.

22. User Responsibility

You are responsible for ensuring that information you provide to The Wise
Indian is accurate and that you have the necessary authority to provide it.

You should not submit:

Passwords;
Banking credentials;
Credit or debit card information;
Government identification documents;
Confidential business information; or
Other highly sensitive information

unless specifically requested for a legitimate purpose and through an
appropriate secure process.

23. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect:

Changes in our services;
Changes in technology;
Changes in data-processing practices;
Changes in applicable law; or
Other operational or legal requirements.

When we make changes, we may update the “Last Updated” date at the beginning
of this Policy.

For material changes, we may provide additional notice where appropriate.

You should periodically review this page to stay informed about how we
handle personal information.

24. Relationship With Other Policies

This Privacy Policy should be read together with our:

Terms & Conditions;
Cookie Policy;
Editorial Policy;
Submission Guidelines; and
Other policies published on the Platform.

If a specific service has additional privacy terms, those terms may also apply.

25. Contact Us

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

The Wise Indian
Website: thewiseindian.com
Email: wiseindianofficial@gmail.com

For privacy requests, please use the subject line:

“Privacy Request – The Wise Indian”

We may request reasonable information to verify your identity before
processing certain privacy requests.

26. Legal Notice

This Privacy Policy is intended to explain The Wise Indian’s general
approach to privacy and personal-data handling.

The Policy should be interpreted in accordance with applicable Indian law,
including the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023,
applicable rules and regulations, and other applicable legal requirements.
The DPDP Rules, 2025 were notified by the Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology on 14 November 2025 and provide the implementation
framework for the Act.

Where applicable law provides a higher level of protection or additional
rights, those legal requirements will prevail.

Last Updated: 20 August 2026