Privacy Policy
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About the Author & Blog
Welcome to Bani's Blog. This website is officially authored, managed, and maintained by Banishwor Athokpam. Please note that Bani is the recognized professional alias, nickname, and primary brand name used by Banishwor Athokpam. Whether you know me as Bani or Banishwor Athokpam, you have arrived at the right destination. This Privacy Policy applies to all content and services offered on this blog.
1. Introduction
At Bani's Blog, accessible from https://baniat.blogspot.com/, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Bani's Blog and how we use it.
If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.
2. Information Collection & Comments
Comments: Visitors can choose to leave comments on our articles using their Google Accounts or entirely anonymously. The comment system is managed securely by the Blogger platform. We do not independently extract, store, or misuse any profile information (like names or email addresses) from the comment section.
What we do NOT collect: Bani's Blog is an informational platform dedicated to Meitei heritage. We do not have a newsletter sign-up, we do not host internal contact forms, and we do not sell products directly on this site. Therefore, we never collect personal emails, phone numbers, or financial information directly from our visitors.
3. External Links & Third-Party Platforms
Our blog includes links to external platforms for your convenience. Specifically:
- Contacting the Author: The "Contact Me" links redirect you to the author's public GitHub profile. We collect absolutely no data regarding your visit to or interactions on GitHub.
- App Downloads: Links to download our applications (such as the Yek Salai app) direct you safely to the official Google Play Store.
Once you leave our site to visit GitHub or the Google Play Store, their respective privacy policies apply. We do not transfer any of your personal data to these external sites.
4. Log Files
Bani's Blog follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.
5. Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other website, Bani's Blog uses "cookies". These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.
6. Google DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google is one of a third-party vendor on our site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to our site and other sites on the internet. However, visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
7. Third-Party Privacy Policies
Bani's Blog's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.
8. Children's Information
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
Bani's Blog does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
9. Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its Terms and Conditions.