1. Introduction

Advar News (“We”, “Our”, or “The Archive”) is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our readers, researchers, and contributors. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit advarnews.us (the “Site”). By accessing our archival records and news analysis, you agree to the practices described in this policy.

2. Information Collection

2.1. Server Logs & Analytics Like most standard website servers, we use log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.

2.2. User Comments & Contributions When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Advar News uses cookies to enhance the user experience and ensure the proper functioning of our digital archive.

• Operational Cookies: If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

• User Preference Cookies: When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices.

4. Media and Embedded Content

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos from news agencies, charts, images). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.

5. Data Retention

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile.

6. Your Data Rights (GDPR & CCPA Compliance)

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• The right to access the personal data we hold about you.

• The right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.

• The right to request that we erase your personal data (“Right to be forgotten”), under certain conditions.

To exercise these rights, please contact our administrative team at: info@advarnews.us

7. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data. However, please note that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.