Effective Date: 01 Jun 2025
Welcome to Headline Adda. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit our website: https://headlineadda.com.
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://headlineadda.com. We are a digital news platform delivering national, international, and local news to our readers.
2. Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string (also called a hash) created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you use it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy. After your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public alongside your comment.
3. Media
If you upload images to our website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from such images.
4. Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience. Here’s how:
- If you leave a comment, you may opt to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience and last for one year.
- A temporary cookie is set when you visit our login page to check if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
- When you log in, we set cookies to save your login information and screen display choices:
- Login cookies last 2 days.
- Screen options cookies last 1 year.
- If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for 2 weeks.
- If you log out, the login cookies will be removed.
- If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved. It contains the post ID and expires after 1 day.
5. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you visited that other site directly.
These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with their embedded content — especially if you are logged in to their site.
6. Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties, except:
- As required by law
- For spam protection (e.g., automated spam detection services)
- For website functionality and analytics
7. How Long We Retain Your Data
- Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely.
- For registered users, we store personal data in their user profile. Users can see, edit, or delete their information at any time (except the username).
- Website administrators can also see and edit user information.
8. What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to:
- Receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you
- Request the deletion of your personal data (excluding any data we are required to retain for legal, administrative, or security reasons)
To request access or deletion of your data, please contact us at: contact@headlineadda.com
9. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at:
📧 Email: contactl@headlineadda.com
🌐 Website: https://headlineadda.com