Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for punjabkafalat.com

Last Updated: 20-08-2025

Welcome to punjabkafalat.com (the “Blog”). Your privacy is critically important to us. This Privacy Policy document is designed to help you understand how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information.

By accessing or using our Blog, you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to our collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information in the following ways:

a) Information You Voluntarily Provide:

  • Comments: When you leave a comment on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

  • Contact Forms: If you contact us directly via a contact form, we will collect your name, email address, and the contents of your message.

  • Newsletter Subscription: If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address.

b) Information Collected Automatically:

  • Log Data: When you visit our Blog, our servers automatically record information (“Log Data”) sent by your browser. This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Blog that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.

  • Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Blog and hold certain information. Please see our “Cookies” section below for more details.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes:

  • To operate and maintain the Blog.

  • To create your account, identify you as a user, and customize the Blog for your account.

  • To send you promotional information, such as newsletters, if you have opted-in. Each email will provide an easy way to opt-out.

  • To respond to your comments or inquiries.

  • To track and measure advertising and analytics on the Blog.

  • To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.

3. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR Compliance)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information depends on the data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

We may process your personal data because:

  • You have given us permission to do so (e.g., by subscribing to a newsletter).

  • The processing is in our legitimate interests (e.g., for administrative purposes, to analyze traffic, and to secure our Blog) and is not overridden by your rights.

  • To comply with the law.

4. Cookies and Web Beacons

We use cookies to:

  • Remember your preferences and settings.

  • Understand how you interact with our Blog to improve the user experience.

  • Serve personalized advertisements through Google AdSense and other third-party vendors.

Types of Cookies We Use:

  • Essential Cookies: Necessary for the operation of the Blog.

  • Functionality Cookies: Allow the Blog to remember choices you make.

  • Analytics and Performance Cookies: Collect information about how you use the Blog.

  • Advertising Cookies: Used by third-party advertisers to serve ads that are relevant to your interests.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Blog.

5. Third-Party Disclosure

We may share your information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy policy.

a) Third-Party Service Providers:
We employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Blog (“Service Providers”), such as:

  • Google Analytics: To analyze web traffic and user behavior.

  • Google AdSense: To serve advertisements on our Blog.

  • Email Marketing Services: To manage and send newsletters.

These third parties have access to your Personal Information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

b) Required by Law:
We may disclose your Personal Information where required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.

6. Advertising and Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our Blog.

  • Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website or other websites.

  • Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to our Blog and/or other sites on the Internet.

  • Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

In compliance with Google AdSense policies, we ensure:

  • Transparency: This policy clearly discloses our use of third-party advertising and data collection.

  • User Consent: We use a consent management platform (or a clear cookie banner) to obtain legally required consents from users in the EEA and other regions.

  • We do not use hidden or misleading tracking mechanisms.

7. Your Data Protection Rights

We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

  • Access and Rectification: You have the right to know what personal data we hold about you and to request that it be updated or corrected.

  • Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): You can request that we erase your personal data.

  • Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.

  • Data Portability: You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable format.

  • Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

  • Opt-Out of Sale (CCPA): The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) grants California residents the right to opt-out of the “sale” of their personal information. While we do not sell information in the traditional sense, you can opt-out of any potential sharing for advertising purposes by using the opt-out links provided in the “Advertising” section.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@punjabkafalat.com. We will respond to your request within one month.

8. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

9. Children’s Privacy

Our Blog does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your data, or your rights, please do not hesitate to contact us: