Last updated: 6 October 2026
AGUN (agun.in) is an independent news organisation. We value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit our website, how we use it, when we share it, and the choices you have.
By using this website you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the website.
1. Who we are
AGUN is an independent organisation dedicated to sharp, timely and thought-provoking journalism, rooted in Bengal with a global perspective. AGUN is the data controller for the personal information collected through this website. For any privacy-related question, please reach us through our Contact Us page.
2. Information we collect
a) Information you provide to us
You can read AGUN without telling us who you are. We collect personal information only when you choose to give it to us, for example when you:
- contact us through the website, by email or by phone, including your name, email address, phone number and the content of your message;
- send us a news tip, a press release, a letter, a photograph or other material for publication;
- subscribe to a newsletter or notification service, where offered;
- apply for a job, internship or contributor position with AGUN.
b) Information collected automatically
When you visit the website our systems and the tools we use may automatically record technical information such as:
- your IP address and approximate location derived from it;
- browser type and version, operating system and device type;
- the pages and articles you view, the time and date of your visit and the time spent on each page;
- the website or search term that referred you to us;
- basic analytics and interaction data, such as which links are clicked.
c) Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies to keep the website working, remember your preferences, understand how readers use the site and, where enabled, support advertising and analytics. You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect some features of the website.
3. How we use your information
We use the information we collect to:
- respond to your enquiries, tips and feedback;
- verify, follow up and publish news stories, where you have provided material for that purpose;
- send newsletters or alerts you have asked for, which you can stop at any time;
- measure readership and improve the website, its content and performance;
- show advertisements that help fund our independent journalism;
- detect and prevent fraud, abuse and misuse of the website;
- comply with legal obligations.
4. Journalism and sources
Protecting our sources is fundamental to our work. Information you share with our journalists in confidence is handled separately from the routine website data described in this policy, and we take all reasonable steps to keep the identity of confidential sources private. If you wish to speak to us in confidence, please say so when you contact us.
Personal information that appears in our published articles is processed for journalistic purposes in the public interest. Requests concerning published content should be sent to our editorial team through the Contact Us page.
5. Comments and user submissions
Reader comments are currently disabled on this website. If comments or other interactive features are enabled in future, information you submit through them may be visible to the public. We reserve the right to moderate, edit, remove or block any submission that is spam, abusive or unlawful.
6. Third-party services
We rely on trusted third-party tools to run the website. These may include:
- website analytics providers, such as Google Analytics;
- advertising networks, such as Google AdSense;
- video and social media platforms whose content we embed, such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X and LinkedIn;
- social sharing buttons that let you share an article with others;
- email and hosting providers.
When you interact with embedded content or sharing buttons, the platform concerned may collect information about you according to its own privacy policy, even if you do not click on the content. We encourage you to review those policies.
7. Advertising
We may display advertisements through third-party networks such as Google AdSense. These vendors may use cookies to serve advertisements based on your prior visits to this and other websites. You can manage ad personalisation through Google’s Ads Settings, and you can opt out of some third-party cookies at aboutads.info or youronlinechoices.eu.
8. Sharing of information
We do not sell your personal information. We share it only when necessary:
- with service providers who help us operate the website and who are bound to protect your data;
- to comply with the law, a court order or a lawful request from a government authority;
- to protect the rights, safety and security of AGUN, our readers, our staff or the public;
- in connection with a restructuring, merger or transfer of our organisation, if that ever occurs.
9. Data retention
We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described above, or as required by law. Published journalism and the material supporting it may be kept in our archives indefinitely.
10. Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:
- know what personal information we hold about you and access it;
- have inaccurate information corrected;
- ask us to delete your information;
- withdraw consent you have given, for example to a newsletter;
- object to or restrict certain processing;
- receive a copy of your information in a portable format.
These rights may be limited where information is processed for journalistic purposes. To exercise any of them, please reach us through the Contact Us page. We will respond within a reasonable time.
11. Security
We use reasonable technical and organisational safeguards to protect your information against unauthorised access, use or disclosure. However, no transmission over the internet and no storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
12. Links to other websites
Our articles frequently link to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those websites. Please review their policies separately.
13. Children
This website is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age at which they can lawfully consent. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will remove it.
14. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The latest version will always be published on this page with the date it was last revised. Continued use of the website after a change means you accept the updated policy.
15. Contact
For any question, request or complaint about this policy or about how we handle your personal information, please reach us through the Contact Us page.