Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 25, 2026 • Last Updated: January 25, 2026

I. Introduction

Punjabi Mania ("we," "us," or "our"), operating from Ludhiana, Punjab, India, respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and share information from users of punjabimania.com. By using our services, you consent to the data practices described in this policy.

II. Information We Collect

1. Information Provided by You
Through our use of Google OAuth 2.0, we collect:

Identity Data: Full name and profile picture.
Contact Data: Email address.

2. Automatically Collected Data

Technical Identifiers: IP address, browser type, and login timestamps.
Geolocation: Approximate location (City, State, and Country) derived from your IP address to provide localized content.

3. User-Generated Content
We store any comments, ratings, likes, or dislikes you contribute to the platform. Please be aware that comments are publicly visible.

III. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies to maintain your session and improve site performance:

Essential: PHPSESSID (Temporary session token).
Persistence: pm_remember (Maintains login for 30 days).
Integrity: ratings_user_id (Used to prevent duplicate voting; expires after 365 days).

Third-Party Analytics: We use Microsoft Clarity (Project ID: 8q7sciaamr) to record user interactions (clicks and heatmaps) and Google Analytics for traffic statistics.

Advertising: Google AdSense (ca-pub-4160264347703625) sets cookies to serve personalized ads based on your visits to this and other websites.

IV. Data Processing & Third Parties

We do not sell your personal data. We disclose data to the following service providers:

Google: For authentication (OAuth) and advertising (AdSense).
Microsoft: For UI/UX behavior analysis (Clarity).
AI Services: We use the Google Gemini API for backend content generation. While we provide news topics to the API, your personal identity data is not shared with this AI service.

V. Data Retention & Deletion