Last Updated: 26 September 2026
NewsAkole (“NewsAkole”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information of our readers, visitors, app users, contributors, and other users of our services.
This Privacy Policy explains how NewsAkole may collect, use, store, protect, and disclose information when you visit our website, use our mobile application, contact us, submit news or other content, or interact with our digital services.
Website: www.newsakole.com
By accessing or using NewsAkole, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
1. About NewsAkole
NewsAkole is a digital news and information platform providing local, regional, national, and international news and information.
Our content may include:
- Local news
- Maharashtra news
- India news
- International news
- Politics
- Sports
- Agriculture
- Education
- Health
- Business
- Employment
- Government schemes
- Technology
- Entertainment
- Recipes
- Events
- Photos
- Videos
- Public-interest information
NewsAkole may provide its services through its website, mobile application, social media channels, notifications, and other digital platforms.
2. Information We May Collect
Depending on how you use NewsAkole, we may collect different types of information.
Information You Provide to Us
You may voluntarily provide information when you:
- Contact us by email
- Contact us by phone or WhatsApp
- Send us a news tip
- Submit an article
- Submit photographs or videos
- Report an error or correction
- Contact us regarding advertising
- Contact us regarding business partnerships
- Send feedback or complaints
This information may include:
- Name
- Email address
- Mobile number
- Message or communication
- News or article information
- Photographs
- Videos
- Documents
- Other information that you voluntarily provide
Please avoid sending sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for your communication with us.
3. Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the NewsAkole website or use our mobile application, certain technical information may be collected automatically.
This may include:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Language preferences
- App version
- Pages or articles viewed
- Date and time of access
- Referring website
- General usage information
- Crash and diagnostic information
- Device identifiers or similar technical information
This information may be collected through server logs, cookies, analytics services, advertising technologies, or similar technologies.
4. Cookies
NewsAkole may use cookies and similar technologies to improve the website and understand how visitors use our services.
Cookies may be used to:
- Keep the website functioning properly
- Remember preferences
- Understand website traffic
- Analyze website performance
- Improve user experience
- Support advertising
- Detect security issues
- Measure advertising performance
You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings.
Disabling certain cookies may affect some website features or functionality.
5. Advertising
NewsAkole may display advertisements from third-party advertising providers, including Google and other advertising partners.
These providers may use cookies, advertising identifiers, IP addresses, or similar technologies to provide, measure, personalize, or manage advertisements, subject to their applicable policies and user choices.
If Google advertising services such as Google AdSense are used on NewsAkole, Google may process information in accordance with Google’s applicable policies.
Users can learn more about Google’s privacy practices through Google’s Privacy Policy and advertising settings.
6. Analytics
NewsAkole may use analytics services to understand how visitors and app users interact with our services.
Analytics information may include:
- Number of visitors
- Pages or articles viewed
- Device information
- Browser information
- Approximate geographic information
- Traffic sources
- General interaction information
- Application usage information
Analytics help us understand our audience, improve our content, and improve the performance of our website and application.
7. How We Use Information
NewsAkole may use information for purposes including:
- Operating and maintaining our website
- Operating and improving our mobile application
- Providing news and information
- Responding to enquiries
- Responding to news tips
- Reviewing submitted content
- Verifying information
- Communicating with users
- Sending important service notifications
- Sending news notifications where applicable
- Improving website and app functionality
- Understanding audience and content performance
- Managing advertising
- Detecting spam, fraud, and abuse
- Maintaining security
- Troubleshooting technical problems
- Complying with applicable laws
- Protecting our rights and services
8. News Submissions and User-Submitted Content
NewsAkole may allow readers and contributors to send news tips, photographs, videos, documents, and other information.
By submitting information to NewsAkole, you should ensure that:
- The information is accurate to the best of your knowledge.
- You have the necessary rights or permission to submit the content.
- You are not unlawfully disclosing another person’s private information.
- The material does not knowingly contain false or misleading information.
NewsAkole may review, verify, edit, publish, reject, update, or remove submitted material at its editorial discretion.
If your name, photograph, or other information is included in material submitted to NewsAkole, some of that information may become publicly visible if the material is published.
9. Push Notifications
The NewsAkole mobile application may send push notifications for:
- Breaking news
- Local news
- Important updates
- New articles
- Public-interest information
- App-related announcements
You can manage notification permissions through your device settings.
Turning off notifications may prevent you from receiving NewsAkole alerts.
10. Location Information
NewsAkole does not require precise location information for ordinary news reading unless a particular feature requires it.
Certain technical information, such as an IP address, may provide an approximate indication of geographic location.
If a future feature requires access to precise device location, the application may request the appropriate permission.
11. Third-Party Services
NewsAkole may use third-party services to operate, maintain, analyze, secure, and monetize our website and application.
These services may include providers for:
- Website hosting
- App hosting
- Analytics
- Advertising
- Push notifications
- Crash reporting
- Security
- Content delivery
- Social media
- Video and multimedia services
Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy policies.
NewsAkole does not control the privacy practices of independent third-party services.
12. Social Media
NewsAkole may provide links to or integrations with social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, WhatsApp, and other platforms.
If you interact with these platforms, they may collect information according to their own privacy policies.
NewsAkole is not responsible for the privacy practices of independent social media platforms.
13. External Links
NewsAkole articles may contain links to external websites or services.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of external websites.
You should review the privacy policy and terms of any external website before providing personal information.
14. How We Share Information
NewsAkole does not sell your personal information simply for the purpose of selling personal information.
Information may be shared with service providers or third parties where reasonably necessary to:
- Operate our website and application
- Provide hosting services
- Provide analytics
- Deliver notifications
- Display advertising
- Maintain security
- Process communications
- Comply with legal requirements
- Protect our rights and users
We aim to limit information shared with service providers to what is reasonably necessary for the relevant service.
15. Legal Disclosure
NewsAkole may disclose information where reasonably necessary to:
- Comply with applicable law
- Respond to lawful government or law-enforcement requests
- Investigate fraud or abuse
- Protect the security of our services
- Protect users or other individuals
- Protect our legal rights
- Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims
16. Data Security
NewsAkole takes reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information against unauthorized access, misuse, loss, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure.
Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted over the internet.
17. Data Retention
We may retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, for legitimate business or editorial requirements, or as required by applicable law.
Information may be retained longer when necessary for:
- Legal compliance
- Security
- Fraud prevention
- Dispute resolution
- Enforcement of agreements
- Maintaining appropriate business records
When information is no longer reasonably required, it may be deleted, anonymized, or otherwise disposed of as appropriate.
18. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on applicable law, you may have rights relating to your personal information.
These may include the right to:
- Request information about personal data we process about you
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion where applicable
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Raise a privacy complaint
- Request information about how your personal data is used
To make a privacy-related request, please contact us using the details provided below.
19. Withdrawal of Consent
Where we process personal information based on your consent, you may withdraw your consent by contacting us or by using an available privacy control.
Withdrawal of consent does not affect processing that occurred before the withdrawal.
Some features may not be available if certain information or permissions are necessary for their operation.
20. Children’s Privacy
NewsAkole is a general-audience news and information platform.
We do not knowingly request unnecessary personal information from children.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us and that information should be reviewed or removed, please contact us.
We will handle such requests in accordance with applicable law.
21. Information You Should Not Send
For your own security, please do not send sensitive information through ordinary NewsAkole email, phone, WhatsApp, or news-submission channels, including:
- Passwords
- OTPs
- Bank account passwords
- Credit card numbers
- Debit card numbers
- Internet banking credentials
- Aadhaar numbers unless specifically required for a legitimate legal purpose
- Login credentials
- Other unnecessary sensitive information
NewsAkole will not normally require passwords, OTPs, or banking credentials for ordinary news submissions or general enquiries.
22. Privacy of Published Content
NewsAkole may publish information contained in news submissions where appropriate for legitimate editorial purposes.
Published news may contain names, photographs, locations, statements, or other information about individuals.
If you believe that an article improperly contains your personal information or violates your privacy rights, you may contact us with the relevant article URL and details.
We will review legitimate requests and take appropriate action where required by applicable law.
23. Copyright and Personal Information
NewsAkole respects intellectual-property and privacy rights.
If you believe that content published on NewsAkole violates your copyright, privacy, or other legal rights, please contact us with sufficient details so that we can review the matter.
24. Data Breaches
If a personal data breach occurs and applicable law requires notification, NewsAkole will take reasonable steps to investigate, contain, and address the incident and provide notifications where required.
25. Changes to This Privacy Policy
NewsAkole may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
Changes may be made because of:
- New website or app features
- Changes in technology
- Changes in third-party services
- Changes in our data practices
- Changes in applicable laws or regulations
When changes are made, we may update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.
We recommend reviewing this Privacy Policy periodically.
26. Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, privacy requests, or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact us.
NewsAkole
Email: newsakole101@gmail.com
Phone / WhatsApp: +91 85519 12585
Website: www.newsakole.com
Location: Akole, Maharashtra, India
27. Privacy Complaints and Requests
For privacy-related complaints, correction requests, deletion requests, or other privacy concerns, please contact us using:
Email: newsakole101@gmail.com
Phone / WhatsApp: +91 85519 12585
Please provide enough information for us to understand and respond to your request.
Where applicable, you may also have rights to approach the relevant statutory authority under applicable Indian data-protection law.
NewsAkole
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NewsAkole brings you important developments from Akole and Maharashtra, along with significant news from India and around the world.
Website: www.newsakole.com
Email: newsakole101@gmail.com
Phone / WhatsApp: +91 85519 12585
Location: Akole, Maharashtra, India
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