1. Introduction
Welcome to thagamehub.com (referred to as “we,” “us,” or “our”). We publish blog articles about Tech, Finance, and Insurance topics. We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors and users (“you”).
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal information when you visit our website, thagamehub.com. It also outlines your privacy rights under applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and India’s Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011.
By using thagamehub.com, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect information about you in several ways:
- Personally Identifiable Information (PII): This is information you voluntarily provide to us, such as your name and email address when you subscribe to our newsletter, leave a comment, or contact us through our contact form.
- Non-Personally Identifiable Information (Log Data): Like most website operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit thagamehub.com. This Log Data may include:
- Your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address
- Browser type and version
- The pages of our site that you visit
- The time and date of your visit
- The time spent on those pages
- Other statistics
We use Google Analytics to collect, monitor, and analyze this type of information to improve our website’s functionality and user experience. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but it does not share other personal information with us.
3. How We Use Collected Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes:
- To provide and maintain our website: Ensuring our site is operational and accessible to you.
- To improve our website: Understanding how users interact with our content (Tech, Finance, and Insurance articles) to enhance it.
- To personalize your experience: Serving relevant content and advertisements.
- To communicate with you: Responding to your comments or inquiries and sending you newsletters or marketing communications (if you have opted-in).
- To serve advertisements: We use Google AdSense and other third-party advertisers to display ads. This is detailed further in Section 5 and 6.
- To prevent fraud and ensure security.
4. Cookies Policy
A cookie is a small file placed on your device. We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our site and store certain information.
- What are cookies? Cookies are small text files stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website.
- How we use them: We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits, keep track of advertisements, and compile aggregate data about site traffic and interaction.
- Third-party cookies: We use third-party services like Google Analytics and Google AdSense, which also use cookies (see Section 6).
- Your choices: 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 site.
5. Third-Party Links and Ads
thagamehub.com contains links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third-party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
We also use third-party advertising companies, including Google AdSense, to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
6. Google AdSense and DoubleClick DART Cookie
We use Google AdSense to publish ads on thagamehub.com. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site.
- Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and other sites on the Internet.
- Users may opt-out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
7. Data Security
We take the security of your data seriously and use commercially acceptable means to protect it. However, please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
8. Your Rights (GDPR & CCPA Compliance)
We respect your rights to your data. Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:
- GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation – for EU/EEA residents):
- The right to access: You can request copies of your personal data.
- The right to rectification: You can request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
- The right to erasure: You can request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing: You can request that we restrict the processing of your data.
- The right to object to processing: You can object to our processing of your data.
- The right to data portability: You can request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you.
- CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act – for California residents):
- The right to know: You have the right to request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected.
- The right to delete: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information.
- The right to opt-out: We do not “sell” personal information in the traditional sense. However, as we use advertising services, you have the right to opt-out of ad personalization as described in Section 6.
- The right to non-discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights.
- Indian Privacy Laws (IT Rules, 2011):
- Residents of India have the right to access and correct their personal information and to have their grievances addressed.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact our Grievance Officer at the email address provided in Section 11.
9. Children’s Information
Our website, thagamehub.com, is not intended for anyone under the age of 13 (or 16 in the European Economic Area). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from a child without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
10. Updates to This 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 at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
11. Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or if you wish to exercise your rights or file a grievance, please contact us:
Email: contact@thagamehub.com