Privacy Policy
Effective Date: August 14, 2026
Last Updated: August 14, 2026
Northeast Update, a digital news publication of Knight Entertainment, respects the privacy of visitors, readers, sources and other users of NortheastUpdate.com.
This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected through our website, how that information may be used, the role of cookies and third-party services, and the choices available to users.
By using our website, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy. Where applicable law requires consent for a particular type of data processing, we will seek consent through an appropriate mechanism.
1. Who We Are
Northeast Update
A digital news publication of Knight Entertainment
Silchar, Assam, India
Website: https://northeastupdate.com/
For privacy-related enquiries, please use the contact information provided at the end of this policy.
2. Information We May Collect
The information we collect depends on how you use our website.
Information You Provide Voluntarily
We may receive information that you voluntarily provide when you:
- Contact us through a contact form
- Send us an email
- Submit a news tip
- Request a correction or clarification
- Subscribe to our newsletter
- Submit a comment
- Participate in other website services
This information may include your name, email address, telephone number and any other information you choose to provide.
Please avoid submitting unnecessary sensitive personal information through public forms or email.
Automatically Collected Technical Information
When you visit NortheastUpdate.com, certain technical information may be processed automatically by our website, hosting provider, security services, analytics services or advertising partners.
Depending on the services in use, this may include:
- IP address
- Browser and device information
- Operating system
- Date and time of access
- Referring and exit pages
- Approximate location derived from technical information
- Pages viewed and interaction information
- Information relating to cookies or similar technologies
This information may be used for website operation, security, analytics, performance measurement, advertising and troubleshooting.
3. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Northeast Update may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Maintain website functionality
- Remember preferences
- Improve website performance
- Understand how visitors use the website
- Measure audience and content performance
- Support advertising and advertising measurement
Users can manage or disable cookies through their browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.
Where applicable law requires consent before cookies or similar technologies are used, we will provide an appropriate consent mechanism.
4. Google AdSense and Advertising
Northeast Update may use Google AdSense and other Google advertising technologies to display advertisements and support the operation of our free news service.
Google and its advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses or similar technologies to serve, measure and improve advertising.
Google may use information about a user’s visits to this and other websites to provide advertising that may be relevant to the user’s interests, subject to the user’s privacy choices and applicable requirements.
Users can manage advertising personalization through Google’s advertising settings.
For more information about how Google uses data when you use partner websites and applications, please visit Google’s relevant privacy information.
Where applicable, third-party advertising vendors may also use cookies or similar technologies. The services and vendors used on the website may change over time, and this Privacy Policy may be updated when material changes occur.
Advertising helps support Northeast Update’s ability to provide news content to readers without requiring payment for ordinary news articles.
5. Analytics and Website Measurement
We may use analytics or website-measurement services to understand website traffic, content performance, technical performance and how visitors interact with NortheastUpdate.com.
Where third-party analytics services are used, those services may process technical information such as IP address, device information, browser information, pages visited and interaction data according to their own privacy policies.
We use such information to improve the website, understand readership and maintain the quality and performance of our digital services.
6. Contact Forms and News Tips
Information submitted through our contact forms or directly to our editorial team may be used to:
- Respond to enquiries
- Evaluate news tips
- Investigate corrections
- Verify information
- Communicate with sources
- Respond to business or advertising enquiries
- Provide requested services
Information submitted as part of a news tip may be reviewed by our editorial team for legitimate journalistic purposes.
We do not intentionally publish a source’s private contact information without an appropriate editorial or legal reason.
7. Newsletter
If you subscribe to a Northeast Update newsletter, we may collect your email address and other information necessary to deliver the newsletter.
Newsletter information may be used to:
- Send requested newsletters
- Provide relevant publication updates
- Manage subscriptions
- Monitor delivery and engagement where the newsletter service supports such measurement
You may unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe mechanism provided in our emails.
If a third-party email delivery service is used, that service may process subscriber information on our behalf.
8. Comments and User-Generated Content
If commenting functionality is available, information submitted with a comment may be processed for:
- Publishing the comment
- Moderation
- Spam prevention
- Website security
- Abuse prevention
Comments may be moderated, edited or removed in accordance with our Terms & Conditions and community standards.
Users should avoid publishing personal or sensitive information in public comments.
9. Third-Party Services and External Links
NortheastUpdate.com may use or link to third-party services, including advertising platforms, analytics providers, social-media services, video platforms, payment or communication services and external websites.
Third-party services may collect or process information according to their own privacy policies.
Northeast Update does not control the privacy practices of external websites and encourages users to review the privacy policies of third-party services before providing personal information.
10. How We Use Personal Information
Depending on the circumstances, information may be used to:
- Provide and maintain our website
- Respond to enquiries
- Process news tips and corrections
- Deliver newsletters
- Moderate comments
- Prevent spam and abuse
- Maintain website security
- Analyse website performance
- Improve our services and content
- Display and measure advertising
- Comply with applicable legal obligations
- Protect the rights and legitimate interests of Northeast Update and its users
We do not intentionally sell personal information submitted directly to us through contact forms or editorial communications.
11. Data Sharing
We may share information with service providers that help us operate the website and provide services, including hosting, security, analytics, email delivery, advertising and technical services.
We may also disclose information where required by law, legal process, court order or a lawful request from an appropriate authority.
Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to protect the security, rights or property of Northeast Update, our users or others.
12. Data Retention
We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including providing requested services, maintaining business and editorial records, preventing abuse, resolving disputes and meeting legal obligations.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type and purpose of the information.
13. Data Security
We use reasonable technical and organisational measures intended to protect information against unauthorised access, misuse, loss, alteration or disclosure.
However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
14. Privacy Rights and Applicable Laws
Northeast Update seeks to comply with applicable privacy and data-protection laws, including India’s applicable data-protection framework.
Depending on the applicable law and circumstances, users may have rights relating to their personal information, including rights to request access, correction, deletion or withdrawal of consent where such rights apply.
Requests may be submitted using the contact information below.
We may need to verify the identity of a requester before processing certain requests.
15. Children’s Privacy
Northeast Update does not knowingly solicit personal information from children.
Where applicable law requires parental or verifiable consent for processing a child’s personal data, we will follow the applicable requirements.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us in circumstances where it should not have been collected, please contact us so that we can review the matter and take appropriate action.
16. Journalism, Sources and Privacy
Northeast Update may receive information from sources, witnesses, officials and members of the public in connection with legitimate journalistic activities.
Editorial communications may contain information that is relevant to news reporting.
We seek to handle such information responsibly and avoid publishing unnecessary personal information when it is not relevant to the public interest.
Nothing in this Privacy Policy should be interpreted as a guarantee of absolute confidentiality where disclosure is required by law or where other legitimate legal obligations apply.
17. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, services, technology, advertising partners, legal requirements or data-processing practices.
When we make material changes, we may update the effective or last-updated date displayed at the beginning of this policy.
Users are encouraged to review this page periodically.
18. Contact and Privacy Enquiries
For questions about this Privacy Policy or requests relating to personal information, please contact:
Northeast Update
A digital news publication of Knight Entertainment
Silchar, Assam, India
Privacy / General Enquiries:
northeastupdate24x7@gmail.com
Grievance Officer:
Anupam Mandal
For editorial corrections, news tips or reporting-related enquiries, please use the Contact Us page.
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