1. Introduction
Welcome to Gyanoflife.com (“Website”, “We”, “Us”, or “Our”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting any personal data you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, safeguard, and disclose information when you visit our website.
By accessing or using Gyanoflife.com, you agree to the practices outlined in this policy in accordance with the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) of India.
2. Information We Collect
- Information Provided Directly by You:
- Comments & Feedback: When you leave a comment on our articles, we collect the details shown in the comments form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string to prevent automated spam.
- Gravatar Service: An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to verify usage. The Gravatar privacy policy is available at
[https://automattic.com/privacy/](https://automattic.com/privacy/). Once approved, your profile picture becomes visible alongside your comment. - Inquiries & Newsletter: If you contact us via our contact form or subscribe to our updates, we may collect your name and email address.
- Information Collected Automatically (Log Data & Cookies):
- Device & Usage Details: We automatically collect standard technical data, including your IP address, browser type, operating system version, referring URLs, pages viewed, and time spent on our website.
- Analytics Tools: We use trusted web tools such as Google Analytics and Google Search Console to monitor overall site performance and understand reader interests.
3. Cookies and Web Beacons
We use cookies to enhance user experience, save your preferences, and serve relevant content.
- Comment Cookies: If you post a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These exist for your convenience so you don’t have to re-enter them for subsequent comments. These cookies last for one year.
- Google AdSense & DoubleClick Cookies: Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve personalized or contextual ads to our visitors. Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings (
[https://www.google.com/settings/ads](https://www.google.com/settings/ads)).
4. How We Use Your Information
We use collected data solely for legitimate business and publishing purposes:
- To maintain, operate, and optimize our digital content.
- To detect, prevent, and mitigate security threats, comment spam, and fraudulent activity.
- To respond to your questions, suggestions, or editorial feedback.
- To analyze reader behavior and develop engaging content around science, history, and mysteries.
- To comply with legal obligations under applicable Indian laws.
5. Third-Party Links & Embedded Content
Articles on Gyanoflife.com may include embedded content (e.g., YouTube videos, images, social media widgets) and links to external websites. Embedded content behaves identically to a direct visit to the originating website. These external websites may collect data about you, utilize their own cookies, or monitor your interaction. We hold no control or responsibility over the privacy policies of third-party websites.
6. Data Protection and Security
We implement strict technical and organizational safeguards—including industry-standard SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption—to keep your personal information secure. We never sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.
7. User Rights Over Personal Data
Under the DPDP Act, 2023, you retain full rights regarding your personal information:
- You may request an exported copy of any personal data we hold regarding you (such as past comments or newsletter records).
- You may request the correction, updating, or complete deletion of your personal data.(This excludes any data we are legally obligated to maintain for administrative, security, or legal recordkeeping.)
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to revise or update this Privacy Policy at our discretion. Any modifications will be posted directly to this page with an updated revision date. Continued usage of Gyanoflife.com following changes indicates your acceptance of the revised terms.
9. Grievance Officer & Contact Details
If you have any questions, privacy concerns, or wish to exercise your data rights, please reach out to our designated Grievance Officer:
- Name / Grievance Officer: Dharmendra Singh
- Entity: Gyanoflife.com
- Official Address: Dhanwahi, Post: Umaria Dhirha, Tehsil: Majholi, District: Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh — 483336, India
- Official Email:
admin@gyanoflife.comordst.deve@gmail.com - Turnaround Time: Within 48 business hours.