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Prothoma.com is committed to protecting your personal information when you are using the website of Prothoma.com or an application developed by Prothoma. This Privacy Policy relates to using any personal information that it collects from visitors/readers via the following, among other, services: any Prothoma.com website that links to this privacy and cookies policy; social media or official Prothoma.com content on other websites; mobile device and/or applications (“Apps”)
In all the above services, the Privacy Policy shall apply only when the application, website, or contents therein are generated by Prothom.com
Prothoma.com collects or receives information about its users for many purposes; for instance, to provide services designed to serve the user, to monitor and improve the services offerings, for marketing or targeting advertisement, etc. Such information may include your name, address, phone number, email address, age, social network account, etc. (“the Information”).
There may be other privacy policies that apply to certain services provided by www.prothoma.com Visitors are requested to read these while registering or subscribing to these services on these sites. It is Prothoma’s endeavor to protect the information received from its visitors/readers. Prothoma.com respects the privacy of its visitors/readers and makes use of its best effort to ensure that the information collected is used for the limited purpose for which it was received.
How Prothoma.com Collects the Information
Prothoma.com collect information on a user upon the user’s access to the Prothoma.com website – (i) by registering to the site or application, (ii) subscribing to the newsletter, (iii) responding to a survey or participating in a competition, (iv) logging in to a site or page, etc.
Disclosure of Information Collected
Prothoma.com does not sell, trade, or otherwise provide personally identifiable information to any other parties except for those that assist Prothoma.com in operating its website, conducting the business, and serving the users. It may share visitor's/reader and readers ' personal information internally to understand the user base, promote the number of users, and increase user engagement.
In the event that Prothoma.com desires to use personal information in a different way than that described above, it shall seek the consent of the individual. Prothoma.com may release personally identifiable information if it is required to comply with the laws of Bangladesh.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Privacy Policy, Prothoma.com may disclose or share information collected including personal information to service providers, affiliate companies, consultants or advisors, or Partners that it has engaged to perform business-related functions on its behalf. Prothoma.com may also share the information in response to the legal process, or protect its interest in any forum. The information may be used for investigating or preventing potentially illegal activities, or situations involving potential threats to any person, us, or the services, or violations of our policies, the law or our Terms of Use as well as to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our Services. The information may as well be shared to offer market products or services to the visitors/readers. However, in all these events or any other event when a piece of personal information is shared or disclosed, Prothoma.com shall use its best endeavors to control the share or disclosure and shall only share to such extent as it is required to meet the purpose.
Data Retention
We shall hold visitors/reader's personal information if your account exists with Prothoma. Notwithstanding, Prothoma.com may retain data for a further period as per its own internal data retention policy. Visitor's/reader's personal information shall be deleted upon expiry of your Prothoma.com account. Please note that there may be events when the erasing/deleting of information may take more time than usual, and Prothoma.com shall not hold any responsibility for such events.
Advertisement
The advertisements included in the Prothoma.com website and mobile apps are by third-party companies & ad networks through independent ad tags, which may collect information about users for which Prothoma.com shall bear no responsibility that may arise as a result of collecting and/or sharing the information with any other party. Prothoma.com shall not accept any liability that may arise as a result of any content of any advertisement that may appear on the Prothoma.com website.
Third-Party Advertisements and Links
At the discretion of Prothoma, the website or application may display or allow advertisements of third-party services or products. These third-party sites may have separate and independent privacy policies. Prothoma.com accepts no responsibility or liability for the content of advertising material, including, without limitation, any error, omission, or inaccuracy therein.
Prothoma.com does not hold any responsibility for information leakage due to the visitor/reader accessing a separate link, application, or website, whether through a link in the website or contents of Prothoma.
Use of Cookies
Prothoma.com does not collect any user data based on cookies, neither does it store any sort of user information that may be personal to the user.
If a third party associated with the Prothoma.com website collects user cookies upon your visit to the Prothoma.com website, Prothoma.com does not control the use of these cookies therefore you should check the relevant third-party website.
Demographic and Purchase Information
We may reference other sources of demographic and other information to provide you with more targeted communications and promotions. We use Google Analytics, among others, to track the user behavior on our website. You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads using the Ads Settings options provided by Google.
Communication by Prothoma
From time to time, Prothoma.com may contact its users via e-mail, phone, or SMS for the invitation for participation in campaigns/competitions organized by Prothoma, feedback, survey, etc., based on the information it had received from the users.
Accessing the Website from Outside Bangladesh
All personal information submitted by users outside Bangladesh will be processed in accordance with these Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Governing Law
The laws that govern the Privacy Policy of Prothoma.com and its relationship with the user is the laws of Bangladesh and any dispute regarding the use, retention, disclosure, leakage, or dissemination of the information or data can only be raised before the courts of Bangladesh which shall have exclusive jurisdiction on this matter. The entire Privacy Policy shall apply to all who enters the website, receives service, or uses applications from Prothoma.com regardless of their nationality, location, residence, or place of business.
Modification of Privacy Policy
Prothoma.com reserve the right to amend, modify, alter, or omit any terms in the Privacy Policy at any time but the changed policy shall be immediately uploaded or updated on the website. By continuing to use our services after any changes are made, you accept those changes and will be bound by them. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this policy so that visitors/readers will always know what information we collect, how we use it, and with whom we share it.
Opt-out
If at any time, the users prefer not to receive an email containing marketing information from us, then the user can simply follow the unsubscribe options at the bottom of each email.