Privacy Policy & Data Governance Charter

Last Updated: October 2026 • Compliant with Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) and Information Technology Act, 2000 (Section 43A)

1. Identity of the Data Fiduciary

This privacy policy governs data practices across the digital domains of Pixeen Digital Media Private Limited (CIN: U72200KA2021PTC148291), having its principal office at 584, 100 Feet Road, Koramangala 4th Block, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560034, India (hereinafter referred to as "Data Fiduciary").

2. Categories of Digital Personal Data Processed

In operating our news and policy publishing platform, we process minimal personal data exclusively for verified legitimate purposes:

• Voluntary Reader Communications: Name, professional email, phone number, and organization submitted via editorial inquiry forms.
• Newsletter Subscriptions: Verified email address provided voluntarily by users with explicit opt-in consent.
• Technical Diagnostic Logs: Anonymized IP addresses, browser user-agent tokens, and timestamp data for cybersecurity auditing.

3. Consent Framework and Withdrawal Rights

In accordance with Section 6 of the DPDP Act 2023, data processing is conditioned upon explicit, informed, and unambiguous consent. Any registered subscriber or reader possesses the unfettered legal right to withdraw consent at any time by contacting our designated privacy officer at contact@pixeen.net.

4. Data Retention, Security Safeguards and Grievances

Personal data is retained only for the duration necessary to satisfy the stated operational purpose or statutory archiving obligations. We maintain reasonable security practices under the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011.