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Privacy Policy

Effective date: 18 October 2026
Last updated: 18 October 2026

1. Who we are and what this policy covers

The Indian Idiot and TheWhatup are operated by TII Media Private Limited. This policy covers theindianidiot.com and communications sent to the contact channels listed here. It explains what information we handle, why, and how to contact us about it.

Privacy enquiries: charansh@theindianidiot.com, with “Privacy request” in the subject. Grievance contact: Charansh Juneja, at the same email address.

Independent websites and social networks linked from our pages have their own policies. This notice covers our handling of information, not their independent services.

2. Information you provide

If you contact us by email or phone, we receive the contact details and information you choose to provide, such as your name, email address, subject, message and links.

We use correspondence to understand your enquiry, review relevant material, respond where appropriate and keep the information needed to handle the matter. Please share only what is necessary. Do not send passwords, payment details, identity documents, medical records or unnecessary private information about yourself or someone else.

3. Website and security information

Cloudflare hosts and protects this website. Requests pass through its network, which processes information such as IP addresses, browser information, requested URLs, timestamps and security or error events to deliver pages, maintain reliability and prevent misuse. Request processing is separate from information retained in service logs.

The website application does not keep a visitor-profile database or write contact details and message contents into ordinary application-error logs. Worker log export is disabled. Cloudflare’s infrastructure and security processing still applies; this does not mean that no infrastructure records exist.

4. How we use information

We use information to deliver and maintain the website; handle enquiries, story tips and correction requests; respond to privacy and copyright concerns; detect misuse; diagnose technical problems; and meet applicable legal obligations or handle disputes. Contacting us does not subscribe you to a mailing list. We do not use enquiries for marketing without a separate appropriate choice.

5. Your choices and consent

You choose what to include when contacting us. We use the information you send for the enquiry you raise; visiting the site is not unlimited consent to unrelated processing or marketing.

Where processing relies on consent, you can contact us to withdraw it. This may prevent us from continuing an enquiry that needs the information. Withdrawal does not automatically invalidate earlier lawful processing. We may retain information where applicable law requires it or where it is needed for a legal claim.

6. Cookies, analytics and embedded content

The public website application does not set cookies or use browser local storage. It has no reader accounts, newsletter sign-ups, advertising trackers, affiliate tracking or automatically loaded social-media and video embeds. There is no optional-tracking consent banner because the application does not load those optional trackers.

Cloudflare Web Analytics is configured for this domain. However, the public pages checked for this update did not load its browser analytics code, and the site’s security policy blocks external scripts. Cloudflare’s infrastructure traffic and security measurements are separate. We do not describe all infrastructure information as anonymous or claim that IP addresses are never processed.

Social-profile and article-source links are ordinary links. They do not embed the destination’s content. Following a link lets that service process your visit under its own notice. See Cloudflare’s analytics information.

7. Service providers and sharing

Cloudflare supplies website hosting, content storage and network security. Google provides the destination email service for charansh@theindianidiot.com. Correspondence sent to that address is handled through the mailbox.

Read Cloudflare’s Privacy Policy, Google’s Privacy Policy and Google’s Cloud Privacy Notice for provider information.

Access to correspondence is for handling the enquiry and related operational or legal needs. Information may be disclosed when required by a valid legal obligation, to address a security incident, or to establish, exercise or defend legal rights, subject to applicable law.

8. Story tips and correspondence

Sending a message does not make it public. We do not automatically publish correspondence or send correspondence to an AI model. Any editorial use of private correspondence or identifying information requires a separate assessment and any permission or other basis required by the circumstances.

Ordinary email is not a confidential or anonymous whistleblowing channel. If a matter is sensitive, make an initial enquiry without including confidential documents or details that could put someone at risk.

9. Retention

Correspondence remains in the email mailbox while needed to deal with an enquiry, document its resolution, meet a legal obligation or handle an active dispute. A deletion request prompts a review of whether that need remains. We do not promise automatic deletion after a fixed number of days.

The public website’s database stores published article content and cover images, not correspondence or a list of visitors.

Provider logs, mailbox retention and backup copies follow the applicable service settings and retention processes. We have not established a single deletion period covering every provider system. Deletion from an active mailbox does not necessarily remove a provider’s backup immediately.

10. Security and international processing

The website uses HTTPS, limits the public application to its intended functions and keeps private newsroom access separate from public pages. No email-provider credentials are placed in browser code. These safeguards reduce risk but cannot guarantee complete security.

Cloudflare and Google operate international services, so processing may take place outside India. We do not promise India-only storage. Applicable restrictions and safeguards must be considered when service arrangements or uses of information change.

11. Children’s information

This is a general-audience news website. We do not invite children to submit personal information. If you believe a child has provided information that should not have been collected, contact us so we can assess it and take appropriate action. Please do not send identity documents with an initial request.

12. Requests and complaints

To ask about access, correction, deletion or withdrawal of consent, email charansh@theindianidiot.com and explain what you need. Grievance contact: Charansh Juneja. Use “Privacy request” or “Privacy complaint” in the subject.

We may ask for proportionate information to verify your identity or authority before disclosing or changing information. We will not routinely request identity documents where a less intrusive method is sufficient. Requests can be limited by applicable law, legal claims or record-keeping requirements; where relevant, we will explain why information must be retained.

We review requests under the law applicable to the information and processing involved. India’s Digital Personal Data Protection framework has phased commencement. This notice does not represent every provision or remedy in that framework as already in force.

13. Changes and contact

We may update this policy when services, data practices or legal obligations change. The date above identifies this version. Where further notice or a new choice is required, updating this page alone does not replace it.

Operator: TII Media Private Limited
Website: theindianidiot.com
Privacy and grievance contact: Charansh Juneja
Email: charansh@theindianidiot.com
General phone: +91 8384011071

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