Privacy Policy

At Dinesh Picks we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting any personal data that you give us.
Dinesh Picks is an editorial website with guides, artificial intelligence tools and workflows, and prompts. Therefore, we dedicate ourselves to collecting, using, and protecting your data responsibly.

This Privacy Policy describes our privacy practices relative to the information collected from you when visiting Dinesh Picks. Please read this Privacy Policy, as it will help you better understand our practices.

1. Information Collected

We collect information about you in two (2) ways:

A. Information You Provide

We collect any personal information you provide us with through any contact form on our website, including your name, email, and the contents of your inquiry.
We also collect your email if you subscribe to our weekly editorial newsletter.
We collect any information you give us through our feedback form or report an error on our website, and any optional contact details you choose to give us.

B. Information Automatically Collected

As a website, certain information may be collected automatically through our application such as:

• Your browser, OS, preferred languages, and device category.
• Your activity and interaction with our site, including pages you viewed, time you spent on pages, the page you came from, links you clicked, and any search queries performed.
• Additional technical information, such as IP address or timestamps collected by our hosting provider to prevent abuse or for diagnostic purposes.

2. Information Usage

The information we collect is used for:

• Operating, maintenance, and improvement of our application
• Contacting you to reply to your emails, support requests, or other communications
• Emailing you our weekly newsletter if you've subscribed
• Processing and analyzing trends and patterns to help guide our editorial strategy and produce content you might find useful.
• Detecting, resolving, and preventing spam or abuse on the site.
• Complying with applicable laws and regulations.

3. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Like all modern websites, Dinesh Picks uses cookies and similar technologies to store or retrieve information from your browser.
In particular:

• Necessary Cookies and Storage: These cookies enable you to navigate our site, ensure its security, or remember your preferences (e.g. theme choice).
• Analytics Cookies: These cookies let us know how visitors interact with our site by collecting anonymous aggregate statistics.
• Advertising Cookies: If advertising services are enabled on our site, advertising platforms may use cookies to tailor ads to your browsing habits.
• To control how cookies are placed on your browser, you may adjust your cookie preferences at any time. To view our cookie policy and instructions on adjusting your cookie settings, you can read our Cookie Policy.

4. Newsletter

When you subscribe to our newsletter (namely, the weekly edit or other updates emailed from our email address), your email is collected and stored securely within our database.
Your email is used to send you updates and newsletters relative to this blog. We never sell or share our mailing list with third parties, and you can unsubscribe at any time via the email itself. You also have the option to contact us directly to remove your subscription.

5. Contact Form

When you submit any messages, reports, or support requests via our contact page, the information you provide will be used to reply to your message or review your submission, if you've sent in a recommendation for features.

Your information will be held for as long as necessary to process your request.

6. Advertising and Analytics Technologies

Dinesh Picks displays advertisements and monitors site usage through third-party services, including Google AdSense and Google Analytics.

• Third-Party Vendor Cookies: Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites on the internet.
• Google Advertising Cookies: Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our visitors based on their visits to Dinesh Picks and other sites across the web.
• Personalized Advertising Opt-Out: Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or by visiting aboutads.info.
• How Google Uses Data: For more information on how Google manages and protects data from sites that use its services, read Google's Partner Sites Policy.

Tools & Services Used on This Platform

• Google Analytics 4 (GA4): Privacy-conscious site traffic analytics. Cookies for analytics load only after the visitor accepts the cookie consent banner.
• Vercel Analytics: Privacy-friendly, cookieless performance metrics and real-time page telemetry.
• Google AdSense: Advertising network serving contextually relevant or personalized ads.
• Meta Pixel: Only loaded if specifically configured in site settings, and strictly gated behind user cookie consent.

If you have questions about our advertising practices or privacy choices, contact us at dinesh29ad@gmail.com.

7. Retention and Deletion

We retain your data for as long as necessary to provide you our services, or as required by law.

Additionally, we use appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure that the information collected is protected against unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or processing. Nevertheless, we cannot guarantee absolute security since information sent on the internet or stored electronically cannot be 100% secure.

8. Your Privacy Rights and Choices

You have certain rights relative to your personal data in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, including the ability to: make a data subject access request, and access or update your personal information; request correction or deletion of your personal information; object to or restrict the processing of your personal information.

If you wish to make any such requests concerning the processing or deletion of your personal information, you may contact us at dinesh29ad@gmail.com, and we'll review your request. Note that requests to delete information might not always be possible due to legal obligations or technical limitations, but we'll do our best to assist you.

9. Children's Privacy

Dinesh Picks is intended for visitors of legal age. Therefore, we do not knowingly collect or request personal information from anyone younger than 13 years of age.
If you believe that a child has provided us with their personal information without parental consent, you may contact us at dinesh29ad@gmail.com, and we'll take steps to delete the information as soon as possible, or we'll contact the parent or guardian directly.

10. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is subject to change from time to time, and changes will be reflected on this page (with an updated "Last modified" date). We encourage you to check the page periodically for any updates. You accept the most recent version of our Privacy Policy by continuing to use our website and services.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests about our Privacy Policy, you can contact us via the links below:

• Email: dinesh29ad@gmail.com
• Online: Contact page