• any BP News website that links to this privacy policy;
• social media or official BP News content on other websites;
• mobile and web applications (“Apps”)

In all the above services, the “Privacy Policy” shall apply only when the application, website, or contents therein are truly & genuinely generated by BP News Provided that, no application, website, or contents therein are generated or presented at any false or fake website, page or group in the name( or with false logo) of BP News, won’t get this protection.

BP News collects or receives information about its users for many purposes; for instance, to provide services designed to serve the user, to monitor and improve the services offerings, for marketing or targeting advertisement, etc. Such information may include your name, address, phone number, email address, age, social network account, etc. (“the Information”).

There may be other privacy policies that apply to certain services provided by BP News. Visitors are requested to read these while registering or subscribing to these services on these sites. BP News respects the privacy of its visitors/readers and makes use of its best effort to ensure that the information collected is used for the limited purpose for which it was received.

Special Precaution

There lies, in the name of BP News’, multiple fake websites and Facebook pages and unauthorized/ unwanted Facebook groups online. BP News shall hold no responsibility for any content generated, published, or shared in those fake websites, unauthorized pages & groups in social media.

How BP News collects the information

BP News collects the information on a user upon the user’s access to the BP News website – (i) by registering to the site or Apps, (ii) subscribing to the newsletter, (iii) responding to a survey, or participating in a competition, (iv) logging-in to a site or page, etc.

Disclosure of Information Collected

BP News does not sell, trade, or otherwise provide personally identifiable information to any other parties except for those that assist BP News in operating its website, conducting the business, and serving the users. It may share visitor’s/reader’s personal information internally to understand the user base, promote the number of users and increase user engagement.

In the event that BP News desires to use personal information in a different way than that described above it shall seek the consent of the individual. BP News may release personally identifiable information if it is required to comply with the laws of Bangladesh.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Privacy Policy, BP News may disclose or share information collected including personal information to service providers, affiliate companies, consultants, or advisors, or Partners that it has engaged to perform business-related functions on its behalf. BP News may also share the information in response to the legal process, or protect its interest in any forum. The information may be used for investigating or preventing potentially illegal activities, or situations involving potential threats to any person, us, or the services, or violations of our policies, the law, or our “Terms of Use” as well as to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our Services. The information may as well be shared to offer market products or services to the visitors/readers. However, in all these events or any other event when personal information is shared or disclosed, BP News shall use its best endeavors to control the share or disclosure and shall only share to such extent as it is required to meet the purpose.

Data Retention

We shall hold visitors/readers’ personal information if your account exists with BP News. Notwithstanding, BP News may retain data for a further period as per its own internal data retention policy. Visitor’s/reader’s personal information shall be deleted upon expiry of your BP News account. Please note that there may be events when the erasing/deleting of information may take more time than usual, and BP News shall not hold any responsibility for such events.

Advertisement

The advertisements included in the BP News website and Apps, are by third-party companies & ad networks through independent ad tags, which may collect information about users for which BP News shall bear no responsibility that may arise as a result of collecting and/or sharing the information with any other party.

BP News shall not accept any liability that may arise as a result of any content of any advertisement that may appear on the BP News website.

Third-Party Advertisements and links

At the discretion of BP News, the website or application may display or allow advertisements of third-party services or products. These third-party sites may have separate and independent privacy policies. BP News accepts no responsibility or liability for the content of advertising material, including, without limitation, any error, omission or inaccuracy therein…

BP News does not hold any responsibility for information leakage due to the visitor/reader accessing a separate link, application, or website, whether through a link in the website or contents of BP News.

Use of Cookies

BP News does not collect any user data based on cookies, nor does it store any sort of user information that may be personal to the user.

If a third party associated with the BP News website collects user cookies upon your visit to the BP News website, BP News does not control the use of these cookies therefore you should check the relevant third-party website.

Demographic and purchase information:

We may reference other sources of demographic and other information to provide you with more targeted communications and promotions. We use Google Analytics, among others, to track the user behavior on our website. You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads using the Ads Settings options provided by Google.

Communication by BP News

From time to time, BP News may contact its users via e-mail, phone, or SMS for the invitation for participation in campaigns/competitions organized by BP News, feedback, survey, etc, based on the information it has received from the users.

Accessing the website from outside Bangladesh

All personal information submitted by users outside Bangladesh will be processed in accordance with these Terms of use and “Privacy Policy”.

Governing Law

The laws that govern the “Privacy Policy” of BP News and its relationship with the user is the laws of Bangladesh and any dispute regarding the use, retention, disclosure, leakage or dissemination of the information or data can only be raised before the courts of Bangladesh which shall have exclusive jurisdiction on this matter. The entire “Privacy Policy” shall apply to all who enter the website, receive service, or use an application from BP News regardless of their nationality, location, residence, or place of business.

Modification of Privacy Policy

BP News reserves the right to amend, modify, alter, or omit any terms in the “Privacy Policy” at any time but the changed policy shall be immediately uploaded or updated in the website. By continuing to use our services after any changes are made, you accept those changes and will be bound by them. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this policy so that visitors/readers will always know what information we collect, how we use it, and with whom we share it.

Opt-out

If at any time, the users prefer not to receive an email containing marketing information from us, then the user can simply follow the unsubscribe options at the bottom of each email.

If the users no longer wish to have a registered account, the user may terminate the account by sending an email to [email protected].