Last updated: October 24, 2026
Welcome to OdishaBuzz (“we,” “our,” or “us”). OdishaBuzz is an online information and publishing website providing Odisha news, local updates, public information, government schemes, jobs and career information, education updates, business information, culture, travel, and other useful content.
This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, stored, and shared when you visit or interact with https://odishabuzz.info/.
1. Information We Collect
Depending on how you use our website, we may collect information such as:
- Your name and email address when you voluntarily submit them through a contact form or other communication feature.
- Information you provide when submitting comments or other content.
- Your IP address, browser type, device information, approximate location, and other technical information automatically provided by your browser.
- Website usage information, such as pages visited, links clicked, and approximate time spent on the website.
- Information collected through cookies and similar technologies.
We do not ask visitors to provide sensitive personal information unless it is specifically necessary for a particular service.
2. Comments
If comments are enabled on our website, we may collect the information shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user-agent information to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you use it. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy is available on its website.
After your comment is approved, your profile image may be visible publicly alongside your comment if you use a Gravatar service.
3. Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images that contain embedded location information, such as EXIF GPS data.
Visitors may be able to download images from the website and extract location information contained in those images.
4. Cookies
OdishaBuzz may use cookies and similar technologies to improve website functionality, remember preferences, understand website usage, and support security.
Cookies may be used for purposes such as:
- Remembering user preferences.
- Maintaining login sessions for authorized users.
- Understanding how visitors use the website.
- Improving website performance and content.
- Supporting advertising and measurement services when such services are enabled.
You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.
5. Analytics
We may use analytics services to understand how visitors find and use OdishaBuzz.
These services may collect information such as pages visited, approximate location, device type, browser information, referral sources, and interactions with the website.
We will update this Privacy Policy if we add specific analytics services that require additional disclosures.
6. Embedded Content
Articles on this website may include embedded content such as videos, images, social-media posts, maps, or other content from third-party websites.
Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website directly.
These third-party websites may collect information about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.
Their privacy practices are governed by their own privacy policies.
7. How We Use Information
Information collected through OdishaBuzz may be used to:
- Operate and maintain the website.
- Provide and improve our content and services.
- Respond to questions, feedback, and contact requests.
- Detect and prevent spam, fraud, abuse, and security problems.
- Understand website traffic and usage.
- Improve website performance and user experience.
- Comply with applicable laws and legal requirements.
- Support advertising or other website monetization services when they are enabled.
We do not sell personal information simply for the purpose of selling it to third parties.
8. Who We Share Information With
We may share limited information with service providers that help us operate the website, such as hosting, security, analytics, email, spam detection, advertising, and technical service providers.
We may also disclose information where required by law, legal process, government request, or where reasonably necessary to protect the rights, safety, security, or property of OdishaBuzz, our users, or others.
9. Data Retention
We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including legal, security, administrative, and operational requirements.
Comments and other publicly submitted content may remain on the website unless they are removed or we are required to remove them.
10. Your Rights
Depending on applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate information.
- Request deletion of certain personal information.
- Object to or restrict certain processing.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
To make a privacy-related request, please contact OdishaBuzz through the contact information provided on our website.
11. Children’s Privacy
OdishaBuzz is not specifically directed at children under the age required by applicable law to provide consent for online services.
We do not knowingly request or collect personal information from children for purposes that are prohibited by applicable law.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so that we can review and take appropriate action.
12. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, services, government websites, news sources, or other external resources.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites. We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of those websites before providing personal information.
13. Advertising
OdishaBuzz may display advertisements from third-party advertising providers in the future.
If advertising services such as Google AdSense are enabled, those providers may use cookies or similar technologies to provide, measure, and personalize advertisements according to their own policies and applicable laws.
This Privacy Policy will be updated when advertising services are introduced to provide additional information about the specific providers and technologies used.
14. Security
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information handled through our website.
However, no website, online service, or method of transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, services, technology, legal requirements, or privacy practices.
When we make changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.
16. Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the privacy practices of OdishaBuzz, please contact us through our Contact page.
Website: https://odishabuzz.info/
By using OdishaBuzz, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.