How we collect, use, and protect your data.
This Privacy Policy explains how The AP Top News ("we", "us") collects, uses and protects information when you visit aptopnews.com. We comply with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act).
Information we collect: we do not require you to create an account to read the news. We collect information you choose to give us, such as your email address if you subscribe to our newsletter or contact us. We also automatically collect standard technical data such as your browser type, device, approximate location (city level), pages visited and referring site, through cookies and similar technologies.
How we use information: to deliver and improve the website, understand which stories readers find useful, send newsletters you have signed up for, respond to your messages, keep the site secure, and show advertising that helps fund our journalism.
Cookies: cookies are small text files stored on your device. We use essential cookies (for example, to remember your cookie choice and language), analytics cookies (Google Analytics) to measure readership in aggregate, and advertising cookies as described below. You can accept or reject non-essential cookies using the consent banner, and you can delete or block cookies at any time in your browser settings.
Advertising and Google AdSense: we use Google AdSense to display ads. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings at https://adssettings.google.com, or opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at https://www.aboutads.info/choices. If you reject cookies in our consent banner, we request non-personalised ads only. Learn more about how Google uses data at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
Google Analytics: we use Google Analytics to understand how readers use the site. Google Analytics collects information such as pages visited and time spent, which is reported to us in aggregate. You can opt out by using the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Third-party content: some articles include embedded content such as YouTube videos or social media posts. These services may set their own cookies and collect data under their own privacy policies.
Sharing: we do not sell your personal data. We share data only with service providers who help us run the site (such as hosting, analytics, advertising and email delivery), or when required by law.
Data retention and security: we keep personal data only as long as needed for the purposes above and use reasonable technical measures to protect it. No method of transmission over the Internet is completely secure.
Your rights: under the DPDP Act you may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data, withdraw consent, and raise a grievance. Newsletter subscribers can unsubscribe at any time using the link in any email.
Children: this website is a general news service and is not directed at children under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
Changes: we may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top shows when it was last revised.
Contact and grievances: for any privacy question, data request or complaint, write to aptopnews999@gmail.com. Address: The AP Top News, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
