Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 08 October 2026
Last Updated: 08 October 2026
Bhartiya Press Patrakar Media Suraksha Parishad Association (“Association”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) respects the privacy of visitors, members, journalists, media professionals, applicants, volunteers, supporters, and other individuals who interact with our website and services.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, protect, and disclose information when you visit or use bhartiyapresspmspa.com, contact us, apply for membership, participate in our activities, or otherwise communicate with the Association.
By using our website or voluntarily providing information to us, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
1. About the Association
Bhartiya Press Patrakar Media Suraksha Parishad Association works to bring journalists and media professionals together on a common platform and promotes professional development, responsible journalism, media ethics, press freedom, training, digital journalism, knowledge-sharing, collaboration, welfare, dignity, and professional participation.
Our principal office is:
Bhartiya Press Patrakar Media Suraksha Parishad Association
82, Ashish Farm House
Seondara Road, Bilari
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh – 244411
India
Email: info@bhartiyapresspmspa.com
Additional Email: ashishshankarp@gmail.com
Phone: +91 98370 78504
2. Information We May Collect
Depending on how you interact with our website and Association, we may collect information voluntarily provided by you, including:
A. Contact Information
This may include:
- Full name
- Email address
- Mobile or telephone number
- Postal address
- City, district, state and country
- Organization or publication name
- Professional designation
- Other information you voluntarily provide in an enquiry
B. Membership Information
If you apply for membership, we may collect information necessary to process and administer your application, such as:
- Name
- Contact details
- Professional information
- Publication or organization details
- Photograph
- Membership category
- Address and location
- Information submitted through membership forms
- Documents or supporting information voluntarily submitted by you
- Membership-related correspondence
The exact information requested may vary depending on the membership category and requirements applicable at the time of application.
C. Communication Information
If you contact us by email, telephone, website form, WhatsApp, post, or another communication channel, we may retain the information necessary to respond to your enquiry and maintain appropriate records.
D. Technical Information
When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically by our website, hosting provider, security tools, analytics services, or similar technologies.
This may include:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Approximate location derived from technical information
- Pages visited
- Date and time of visits
- Referring website
- Website interaction information
- Error and diagnostic information
We use such information primarily for website operation, security, troubleshooting, analytics, and improvement.
3. Information You Choose to Provide
You are generally free to browse our public website without submitting personal information.
However, certain services or activities may require information from you. For example, information may be required when you:
- Apply for membership
- Submit a contact enquiry
- Request information
- Participate in an Association activity
- Submit a journalist or media profile
- Request assistance
- Communicate with the Association
- Subscribe to communications, where applicable
- Submit information for publication or recognition
- Participate in an event, training programme, campaign, or professional activity
Please do not submit information that you are not authorized to provide.
4. How We Use Information
We may use information collected from you for legitimate organizational and operational purposes, including:
- Processing membership applications
- Managing membership records
- Responding to enquiries
- Communicating with members and applicants
- Providing requested information or services
- Maintaining organizational records
- Managing events, training programmes, meetings, and activities
- Issuing membership-related communications or documents
- Verifying information where reasonably necessary
- Maintaining website functionality
- Preventing fraud, misuse, unauthorized access, and security incidents
- Improving our website and services
- Maintaining internal administrative records
- Complying with applicable legal and regulatory requirements
- Protecting the rights, property, safety, and legitimate interests of the Association and others
- Communicating important administrative or service-related information
We do not intend to use personal information for purposes materially unrelated to the purpose for which it was collected without an appropriate basis or, where required, consent.
5. Membership Information
Membership information may be used to establish and administer your relationship with the Association.
Depending on the membership arrangement and information you provide, certain limited information may appear on membership records, certificates, directories, identification materials, event materials, publications, or other Association resources.
Where information is intended for public display, we will seek to limit the information to what is reasonably appropriate for that purpose.
Members should understand that information voluntarily submitted for publication or public recognition may become accessible to other individuals or the general public.
6. Photographs, Profiles and Published Content
The Association may conduct events, meetings, training programmes, recognition activities, campaigns, or other professional activities where photographs, videos, quotations, professional profiles, or other content may be created.
Where appropriate, such material may be used for:
- Association publications
- Website content
- News and activity reports
- Social media communication
- Event documentation
- Professional recognition
- Promotional or informational purposes
Where consent is legally required for a particular use, the Association will seek appropriate consent.
If you believe that your photograph, profile, quotation, or other personal information has been published incorrectly or should reasonably be removed, you may contact us using the details provided in this Privacy Policy.
7. Legal Basis and Consent
We may process personal information based on one or more lawful grounds applicable under Indian law, including:
- Your consent
- Your request for a service or membership
- Performance of an arrangement with you
- Compliance with a legal obligation
- Legitimate organizational or operational purposes, where permitted
- Protection of rights, safety, security, or property
- Other lawful grounds available under applicable law
Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent where applicable. Withdrawal of consent may not affect processing that was lawfully carried out before withdrawal or processing that can otherwise be undertaken on a lawful basis.
8. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies may be used to:
- Keep the website functioning properly
- Remember preferences
- Improve website performance
- Understand website usage
- Provide security
- Analyze traffic and visitor behaviour
- Improve website content and user experience
You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.
Third-party services used on the website may also use their own cookies or similar technologies according to their respective policies.
9. Third-Party Services and Websites
Our website may contain links, embedded content, payment facilities, social media features, analytics services, hosting services, communication services, or links to websites operated by third parties.
Examples may include:
- Payment service providers
- Email service providers
- Website hosting providers
- Security and spam-prevention services
- Analytics providers
- Social media platforms
- Video, image, map, or other embedded-content providers
When you interact with a third-party service, that third party may process information according to its own privacy policy and terms.
We do not control the privacy practices of independent third parties and are not responsible for their policies or practices.
We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of third-party services before submitting information to them.
10. Payments
Where membership fees, event fees, donations, services, or other payments are accepted through a third-party payment provider, payment information may be processed directly by the relevant payment service provider.
We generally do not need to store complete payment-card information on our own systems.
Payment providers may collect and process information according to their own terms, privacy policies, security practices, and applicable laws.
11. Sharing and Disclosure of Information
We do not intend to sell or rent your personal information to third parties.
We may disclose information where reasonably necessary to:
- Provide requested services
- Process membership applications
- Operate and maintain our website
- Provide technical, hosting, communication, security, or administrative services
- Process payments
- Organize Association activities
- Respond to lawful requests from government authorities or law-enforcement agencies
- Comply with applicable laws, regulations, court orders, or legal processes
- Protect the Association, its members, users, or the public from fraud, abuse, threats, or security risks
- Establish, exercise, or defend legal rights
- Complete organizational or administrative processes where legally permissible
Where third-party service providers process information on our behalf, we expect them to handle such information appropriately and in accordance with applicable contractual, security, and legal requirements.
12. Data Security
We take reasonable organizational and technical measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, disclosure, loss, or destruction.
However, no website, online transmission, database, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Accordingly, while we make reasonable efforts to protect information, we cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted or stored electronically.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any account credentials, passwords, or access information associated with your use of our website.
13. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including:
- Membership administration
- Organizational records
- Legal and regulatory requirements
- Accounting and financial records
- Dispute resolution
- Security and fraud prevention
- Enforcement of agreements
- Protection of legal rights
When information is no longer reasonably required, we may delete, anonymize, archive, or otherwise securely dispose of it, subject to applicable legal or legitimate record-retention requirements.
14. Your Responsibilities
When submitting information to the Association, you agree that:
- The information provided by you is accurate to the best of your knowledge.
- You will not knowingly provide false, misleading, fraudulent, or unauthorized information.
- You have the right or authority to provide information belonging to another person, where applicable.
- You will notify us if important information needs correction.
- You will not submit confidential information belonging to another person without appropriate authorization.
- You will not misuse our website or attempt unauthorized access to our systems.
The Association may take appropriate action where information appears fraudulent, misleading, unlawful, abusive, or materially inaccurate.
15. Children’s Privacy
Our website and Association activities are not specifically directed toward children.
We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children where such collection is prohibited by applicable law.
If a parent, guardian, or other authorized person believes that a child has provided personal information to us in circumstances where it should not have been collected, please contact us so that we can review the matter and take appropriate action where required.
16. Communications
If you provide your contact information, we may contact you regarding:
- Your membership
- Your enquiry
- Association activities
- Events or training
- Administrative matters
- Important service information
- Other communications reasonably related to your relationship with the Association
Where applicable, you may request that certain non-essential communications be discontinued.
However, administrative, legal, security, membership, or other necessary communications may still be sent where reasonably required.
17. Accuracy and Correction of Information
We aim to maintain accurate information.
If you discover that personal information held by the Association is inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated, you may contact us and request appropriate correction.
We may ask for reasonable information to verify your identity before making changes to personal records.
18. Requests Concerning Personal Information
Subject to applicable law, you may contact us regarding:
- Access to personal information held by us
- Correction of inaccurate information
- Withdrawal of consent, where applicable
- Deletion or erasure requests, where legally permissible
- Questions regarding the processing of your information
- Complaints concerning privacy
Certain requests may be subject to legal, regulatory, security, contractual, or record-retention limitations.
We may need to verify your identity before processing a request.
19. Data Breach and Security Incidents
If we become aware of a personal-data security incident affecting information under our control, we may take reasonable steps to investigate, contain, mitigate, and address the incident.
Where notification is required under applicable law, we will make such notifications in accordance with the applicable legal requirements.
20. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:
- Our activities
- Website functionality
- Technology
- Applicable law
- Regulatory requirements
- Data-processing practices
The updated version will be published on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.
You should periodically review this page for the latest version.
21. No Guarantee Regarding Third-Party Platforms
The Association may use or link to external platforms and services that are independently operated.
We cannot guarantee the availability, security, privacy practices, content, or policies of third-party websites and services.
Your use of third-party services is subject to the terms and privacy policies of those providers.
22. Intellectual Property and Website Content
Unless otherwise stated, content created and published by the Association on its website, including original text, branding, graphics, photographs, documents, designs, and other materials, is intended to be protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.
Nothing in this Privacy Policy grants a visitor a right to reproduce, copy, modify, distribute, commercially exploit, or republish Association-owned material without appropriate authorization.
Third-party names, trademarks, logos, photographs, or materials appearing on the website remain the property of their respective owners where applicable.
23. No Unauthorized Use of Personal Information
Users must not use information obtained from this website or Association resources to:
- Harass another person
- Conduct unauthorized marketing
- Commit fraud
- Impersonate another person
- Send unsolicited communications
- Attempt unauthorized access
- Create misleading records
- Conduct unlawful activities
The Association reserves the right to take appropriate action where misuse is identified.
24. Limitation of Privacy Statement
This Privacy Policy describes our intended privacy and information-handling practices. It does not create rights or obligations beyond those required under applicable law.
Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to exclude or restrict any right or remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded or restricted under applicable law.
25. Governing Law
This Privacy Policy shall be interpreted in accordance with the applicable laws of India.
Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to override any mandatory rights or protections available under applicable Indian law.
26. Jurisdiction
Subject to applicable law and any mandatory jurisdictional requirements, courts having competent jurisdiction at Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India shall have jurisdiction in relation to disputes arising from or relating to this Privacy Policy, the Association’s website, or the processing of information by the Association.
Where applicable law requires a dispute to be brought before another competent authority, tribunal, court, or forum, nothing in this clause shall prevent such proceedings.
27. Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, requests, or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or the way we handle personal information, please contact us.
Bhartiya Press Patrakar Media Suraksha Parishad Association
Main Office:
82, Ashish Farm House
Seondara Road, Bilari
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh – 244411
India
Email: info@bhartiyapresspmspa.com
Alternate Email: ashishshankarp@gmail.com
Phone: +91 98370 78504
Office Hours: Monday – Saturday, 09:00 AM – 06:00 PM
Founder & National President:
Ashish Shankar Pandey
We encourage you to contact us first regarding any privacy concern so that we can review and address the matter appropriately.
Important Notice
This Privacy Policy is intended to provide general information about the Association’s privacy practices. It should be read together with any applicable website terms, membership terms, disclaimers, consent notices, and other policies published by the Association.
The Association reserves the right to modify its privacy practices when reasonably necessary to reflect changes in its activities, technology, services, or applicable legal requirements.
