Last Updated: November 2026
Welcome to onlinevarthakal.com, an online Malayalam news and literary portal. The Website is operated and managed by a team based in Australia. We publish news, articles, stories, poems, and other literary works in the Malayalam language for Malayalam-speaking users living in Australia and globally.
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our Website.
By using our Website, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Website includes:
Personal Data: Personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, and contact details, that you voluntarily give to us when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Website, such as:
- Subscribing to newsletters or updates.
- Submitting stories, poems, articles, or letters to the editor.
- Leaving comments on published posts.
- Contacting us via email or contact forms.
Derivative Data: Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Website, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Website.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Website to help customize the Website and improve your experience.
2. Third-Party Analytics and Advertisements
To keep our portal running, we may work with third-party vendors. These third parties may use cookies or other tracking technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites.
- Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to monitor and analyse web traffic and track user behaviour. This helps us understand what content (news, stories, or poems) our readers enjoy the most.
- Advertising Networks (e.g., Google AdSense): We may display advertisements on our portal. Ad vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our Website or other websites on the Internet.
3. Use of Your Information
Having accurate information about you allows us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Website to:
- Operate, maintain, and update the news portal.
- Publish your contributed articles, stories, or poems (with your explicit consent and attributed name).
- Respond to user submissions, comments, and customer service requests.
- Send you newsletters, cultural updates, or promotional materials (which you can opt-out of at any time).
- Monitor and analyse usage and trends to improve user experience.
- Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.
4. Disclosure of Your Information
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations, including:
- By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others.
- Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, and customer service.
- Writer Attribution: If you submit a poem, story, or article for publication, your chosen pen name or real name will be publicly displayed alongside your submission.
5. International Data Transfers
As our operations team is located in Australia but our target audience is global, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in countries outside of your home country (including Australia and India). By using the Website, you consent to the transfer of information to countries outside of your country of residence.
6. User Rights and Choices
Depending on where you reside (such as Australia under the Privacy Act 1988 or the European Union under GDPR), you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- The right to access the personal information we hold about you.
- The right to request that we correct any inaccurate information.
- The right to request the deletion of your comments, user data, or published literary submissions.
- The right to opt-out of receiving newsletter emails by clicking the “unsubscribe” link.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the email address provided below.
7. Security of Your Information
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any changes by updating the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
9. Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, or if you wish to request the removal of any data or submissions, please contact us at:
https://onlinevarthakal.com/
Email: news@onlinevarthakal.com
Location: Australia
