GDPR Compliance (For Users in the European Union)
If you are located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) provides you with certain rights regarding your personal data. This section explains how IndNewsWire complies with GDPR requirements.
1. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data
IndNewsWire processes personal data under the following lawful bases as defined by GDPR:
- Consent: When you voluntarily submit information or opt in to communications
- Contractual Necessity: To provide PR, press release distribution, and related services
- Legitimate Interests: For business operations, service improvement, fraud prevention, and security
- Legal Obligation: To comply with applicable laws and regulations
2. Categories of Personal Data Processed
We may process the following categories of personal data:
- Identification data (name, company, designation)
- Contact data (email address, phone number)
- Billing and payment information
- IP address, device, and usage data
- Content included in press releases or PR materials
3. Data Subject Rights
Under GDPR, you have the right to:
- Access your personal data
- Rectify inaccurate or incomplete data
- Erase your personal data (“Right to be Forgotten”), subject to legal and contractual limitations
- Restrict processing of your personal data
- Object to processing based on legitimate interests
- Data Portability, where applicable
- Withdraw Consent at any time, without affecting prior lawful processing
Requests can be made by contacting us using the details provided below.
4. International Data Transfers
IndNewsWire may process or store personal data outside the EEA, including in India. Where such transfers occur, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as:
- Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission
- Contractual confidentiality and data protection obligations with service providers
5. Data Retention Under GDPR
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including contractual, legal, and legitimate business requirements.
6. Automated Decision-Making
IndNewsWire does not engage in automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects on individuals.
7. Supervisory Authority Complaints
If you believe that your data protection rights have been violated, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority in the EEA.