Who we are
Our website address is: https://indocanadanews.com.
We have taken steps to protect the personal information we may collect, in accordance with the Privacy Act and our policy on Personal Information and Privacy Protection, such as encoding passwords and using secure protocols (HTTPS) for all communications containing personal information.
What is your data used for?
The data we collect is analyzed to develop content and products that match your interests and preferences. The data is used to optimize and enhance digital products and improve your experience using them. It may also be used to recommend content based on your interests.
Your data and privacy
We may Collect data, like your IP address, is important to us because it tells us where to send the requested information.
What data do we collect?
We may collect the following types of datas:
When you interact with our products
- Your interactions with our products (things you click on, content you share, etc.)
- Written content you read
- Video content you watch
- Audio content you listen to
- Signing up for an account on indocanadanews.com website
- Comments you write on our products
When you navigate our products (analytical data)
Examples
Your geographic location – from your IP address or GPS on your mobile device – when you access our content
- The type of device and browser you use
- Your IP address
- The time of day when you interact with us
When you create an account with indocanadanews.com (personal data)
Examples
Name, Year of birth, Postal code, Email address
Analytical data
Analytical data is obtained when you use our apps and our websites. The data we analyze about content viewed and methods of viewing helps us better understand your preferences, so we can target your interests.
How do we use this data?
The data may be used to:
- Determine the performance of our content
- Analyze behaviour in order to reduce
- points of friction on our products
- Show you relevant content using our content recommendation engines
- Show you targeted ads
Personal data
Information that you share with us when you create an account is used to offer you a service that is to be associated with your profile. It is your data and you can update it at any time by logging into your account.
The data may be used to:
- Offer you a personalized experience
- Let you comment on our content
- Send you our newsletters
- Show you targeted ads
Ad targeting
The data collected when you visit our website or click on our digital ads is used to show you future ads that match your interests. Ad targeting is used to create larger group profiles and larger audience segments made of users across Canada and India that share common interests.
For example, if we notice that a group of people (audience segment) has a keen interest in cars, we could show them content or ads about cars. We would then be able to find out how many people in the segment saw the ad or content, without identifying them personally.
Ad targeting data is anonymized to prevent a given person from being identified. Interactions with our products cannot be associated with any particular person.
If you would prefer to see random ads instead of ads that match your interests, you can opt out by disabling the cookies for targeted advertising.
How do we protect your data?
Your data is always protected. We take strict measures to protect the personal data to which you give us access. Those measures comply with privacy laws.
Are our sites and connections secure?
Secure connections
indocanadanews.com encrypts all communications containing personal information. Data transmitted is encoded to guarantee it remains confidential in data exchanges between your device and us.
Security audits
Data is kept in protected, monitored facilities to prevent any breach or intrusion. We do regular audits to ensure that these measures are robust.
Is data transmitted to third parties?
The data to which you give us access may be shared with third parties in some situations. When the data is passed on to third parties, we make sure that the data transfer is secure.
Data collected is not used for any purposes other than those authorized by us and our partners follow strict data protection rules equivalent to our own.
Analytical data
Indocanadanews.com may use partner services to facilitate data analysis. In such a case, we make sure that our partners follow strict data protection rules equivalent to our own.
Your information (indocanadanews.com account)
We pass on this data only in the following situations:
- You have asked us or given us prior consent, such as for a contest
- To provide a service you have requested, such as when we work with a partner to send out our newsletters
- For legal reasons
How does CBC protect the information I share?
We put measures in place to protect the personal information that we may collect, as set out by the privacy law.
We also only use it for the purpose you agreed to when you provided it. If we wanted to use your data in a new way, we would need to get your permission first.
Can I delete my indocanadanews.com account?
Yes. You can delete your indocanadanews.com account at any time.
Cookies
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that’s saved on your browser and stores information as you navigate the internet. They were invented to count how many web browsers visited the Internet’s first websites. For example, a cookie may contain a unique number attributed to you. This number allows us to recognize your browser without being able to establish your identity.
How do cookies work?
When you visit a website that uses cookies, your web browser stores a cookie on your device. If you come back, the cookie recognizes your unique identifier and you’re considered a repeat visitor. They become the building blocks of your browser’s memory.
Over time, the internet evolved and so did cookies. Today, they remember items in your shopping cart or your preferred settings, allowing you to log in to websites automatically or resume playing videos where you left off.
How does indocanadanews.com use cookies?
Every time you interact with indocanadanews.com, you create data and we send you data.
Cookies can tell us:
- What indocanadanews.com digital properties you visit (websites or apps) and how often
- What written, video and audio content you consume
- How you navigate our sites (what you click on and what you share)
- Your location
- What kind of device and browser you use
- Your IP address
The vast majority of the information you create doesn’t have any indicator of who you are, personally. And, when you do sign-in to our sites or apps, we think it’s important you understand how we use your data. The data you share helps us build better digital products and offer more content that’s relevant to you.
Our advertising partners use cookies to show you ads. They’ll look at the cookies you already have on your browser and decide whether and which ad they want to place on our site for you to see.
How to manage your cookies
Types of cookies
There are a few different types of cookies we rely on to help deliver content to you.
Here’s a brief overview:
Strictly necessary cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are needed for our digital services to work. If you sign in to comment on stories, for instance, our system needs a cookie to remember who you are.
Functionality cookies
Functionality cookies are needed for specific features to work. For example, saving your region allows you to see more of your local news each time you visit our site
Performance cookies
Performance cookies help us understand how our platforms are working. We need them to find out what errors are happening and to create statistical reports of our audiences. Without measuring what people are reading, watching and listening to, or if something is preventing them from doing so, we wouldn’t know how to improve.
Targeting cookies
Once our systems know your preferences, they can use targeting cookies to present the most relevant and timely content for you. Targeting cookies allow you to see personalised pages or ads that might be more interesting to you, or to avoid seeing the same items over and over again. Please note that if you would prefer to see random ads instead of ads that match your interests, you can opt out by disabling the cookies.
Cookie blockers and browser controls
If you do choose to download a cookie blocker, please note that these tools will stop some indocanadanews.com products from working properly, if not entirely, on your computer. Specifically, your access to audio and video content, location-based services, search features, registration, sign-in and commenting may be affected.
You can also control what cookies are stored through your browser. In your browser settings, you can delete cookies individually or block cookies from a specific site. You can also set notifications that allow you to accept or reject a cookie.
For more on how to control the cookies in your browser, you’ll find more here:
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Microsoft Edge
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Opera
- Apple Safari for Mac or Apple Safari on iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
Our Presence on Third-Party Platforms
We may use information that you share with us on third-party platforms, as well as limited information from your social media accounts (if you decide to share this information by using your social media credentials to log into our services) to engage with you and answer your questions, as well as for audience insights and reporting purposes.