Privacy Policy
Effective Date: May 2, 2020
Last Updated: August 28, 2026
At Daily Tamilnadu, accessible from https://www.dailytamilnadu.com, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of information that is collected and recorded by Daily Tamilnadu and how we use it.
If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, please contact us.
This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regard to the information shared and/or collected on Daily Tamilnadu. This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.
1. Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
2. Information We Collect
The personal information you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we request it.
User Accounts: When you register for an Account on Daily Tamilnadu, we collect personal information required for registration and authentication, such as your name, username, email address, password, and optional profile details.
Direct Contact: If you contact us directly (e.g., via email or contact forms), we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of your message, attachments, and any other information you choose to provide.
User Comments & Submissions: If you submit comments, feedback, or news tips on our articles while logged in or via public comment forms, the information provided in those forms will be collected.
(Note: We do not operate a email newsletter subscription service or collect email addresses for routine newsletter mailings.)
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:
Provide, operate, maintain, and manage user accounts on our news portal.
Authenticate user logins and enable profile-based features (e.g., commenting, saving articles, managing account settings).
Improve, personalize, and expand our website’s content and user experience.
Understand and analyze how you interact with our news articles and features.
Develop new features, services, and media content.
Communicate with you regarding account administration, security updates, customer service, or responses to your queries.
Monitor for security, prevent fraud, and protect against unauthorized access.
4. Log Files
Daily Tamilnadu follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites—a standard analytics practice for web hosting services.
The information collected by log files includes:
Internet Protocol (IP) addresses
Browser type and version
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Date and time stamps
Referring/exit pages
Click counts
This data is not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of this information is to analyze trends, administer the site, track users’ movement on the website, and gather broad demographic information.
5. Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other website, Daily Tamilnadu uses “cookies”. These cookies store information including visitors’ preferences, user session authentication state (for logged-in accounts), and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the user experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser types and other information.
6. Google DoubleClick DART Cookie & Third-Party Advertising
Google is a third-party vendor on our site. It uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to www.dailytamilnadu.com and other sites on the internet.
Visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network Privacy Policy at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Advertising Partners
Some of the advertisers on our site may use cookies and web beacons. Our advertising partners include:
Google AdSense
Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Daily Tamilnadu, which are sent directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and personalize the advertising content you see.
Note: Daily Tamilnadu has no access to or control over these cookies used by third-party advertisers.
7. Third-Party Privacy Policies
Daily Tamilnadu’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or third-party websites. Thus, we advise you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for detailed information on their practices and instructions on how to opt-out of certain options.
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. Detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found on the browsers’ respective websites.
8. Data Rights & Protection Frameworks
Depending on your location, you may have specific privacy rights regarding your personal data:
GDPR Data Protection Rights (EU/EEA Visitors)
If you reside in the European Economic Area, you are entitled to the following rights:
Right to access: Request copies of your personal data or account information.
Right to rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
Right to erasure: Request the deletion of your personal data and account, under certain conditions.
Right to restrict/object to processing: Request that we restrict or cease processing your data.
Right to data portability: Request transfer of your data to another organization or directly to you.
US State Privacy Rights (e.g., CCPA/CPRA)
If you are a resident of California or other US states with applicable privacy laws, you have the right to:
Know what personal data is collected, used, or shared.
Request deletion of personal data collected.
Opt-out of the sale or sharing of personal information.
Non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights.
If you submit a request under any of these rights, we have one month to respond. To exercise these rights, please contact us.
9. Children’s Information
Protecting children online is a core priority for us. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and monitor their children’s online activity.
Daily Tamilnadu does not knowingly collect any Personally Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13 (or under 16 in certain jurisdictions). If you believe your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately, and we will make our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
10. Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Compliance
For visitors in India, Daily Tamilnadu processes personal data in accordance with applicable Indian data protection laws. We collect personal data lawfully, with consent where required, and solely for specified news publishing, user account management, analytics, and operational purposes. Users retain rights to correct, update, or request the erasure of their account and personal data.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately after they are posted on this page.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions, feedback, or data privacy requests regarding your account, please contact us:
Email: admin@dailytamilnadu.com
Contact Page: https://www.dailytamilnadu.com/contact-us/