1. Who we are

banglaarbhumi.in is an independent, privately owned informational guide website about West Bengal land records. We are not affiliated with the Government of West Bengal or any government body. The official land records portal is banglarbhumi.gov.in.

For questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us at contact@banglaarbhumi.in.

2. What information we collect

We collect only the minimum information necessary to operate this website effectively.

Information we do NOT collect:

• Your Khatian number, Dag number, or any land record details
• Your Aadhaar number, PAN, or any government identification
• Your bank details or payment information
• Your passwords or login credentials for any portal
• Any sensitive personal data as defined under the IT Rules 2011

Information we may collect automatically:

• IP address (anonymised) — to understand which regions visitors come from
• Browser type and version — to ensure the website displays correctly
• Pages visited and time spent — to understand which guides are most useful
• Referring website — to understand how visitors find us
• Device type (mobile/desktop) — to improve mobile experience

3. Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser. banglaarbhumi.in may use the following types of cookies:

• Analytics cookies: Used by Google Analytics or similar tools to understand visitor behaviour anonymously. These cookies do not identify you personally.
• Functionality cookies: Used to remember basic preferences such as your last visited page, to improve your browsing experience.
• Advertising cookies: If we display advertisements, third-party ad networks may place cookies to serve relevant ads. We do not control these cookies directly.

You can disable cookies in your browser settings at any time. Disabling cookies may affect some functionality of this website but will not prevent you from reading our guides.

4. How we use information

The limited, anonymised information we collect is used only for:

• Understanding which guides and topics are most helpful to visitors
• Improving the website's design, navigation, and content
• Detecting and preventing technical errors and security issues
• Understanding the geographic reach of the website

We do not use your information for marketing, profiling, or any purpose other than improving this free guide website.

5. Third-party services

We may use the following third-party services on this website, each of which has its own privacy policy:

• Google Analytics: We may use Google Analytics to track anonymised website usage data. Google's privacy policy is available at policies.google.com/privacy.
• Google AdSense: We may display ads through Google AdSense. Google may use cookies to serve relevant ads based on your browsing history. You can opt out at adssettings.google.com.
• WordPress hosting provider: Our hosting provider may log basic server access data for security and performance purposes.

We do not share your data with any other third parties for commercial purposes.

6. External links

This website contains links to external websites including banglarbhumi.gov.in, wbregistration.gov.in, and other government portals. When you click these links, you leave banglaarbhumi.in and are subject to the privacy policies of those external websites.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites, including the official government portal.

7. Data retention

We retain anonymised analytics data for up to 26 months, after which it is automatically deleted. We do not retain any personally identifiable information.

If you contact us by email, we will retain your email address and the contents of your message for as long as necessary to respond to your query, after which it will be deleted.

8. Your rights under Indian law

Under the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011, you have the right to:

• Know what information we hold about you
• Correct any inaccurate information we hold
• Withdraw consent for us to use your information
• Request deletion of your information

Since we collect only anonymised aggregate data, we are unlikely to hold any personally identifiable information about you.

9. Children's privacy

This website is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us and we will delete it immediately.

10. Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect this website and any data processed through it. Our website uses HTTPS encryption. However, no method of internet transmission is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated date at the top of this page will reflect the most recent revision. Continued use of this website after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

12. Contact us

For any questions, concerns, or requests related to this Privacy Policy or your data, contact us at:

Email: contact@banglaarbhumi.in

We aim to respond to all privacy-related queries within 5 working days.