CricThugs (“CricThugs,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide to us or that is collected when you use our website.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use and protect it, when we may share it, and the choices and rights available to you.
By accessing or using the CricThugs website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Who We Are
CricThugs is a cricket-focused digital media platform providing cricket news, analysis, opinions, entertainment, facts, features, and other cricket-related content.
CricThugs is owned and operated by Lokesh Raina a cricket fan, a corporate employee.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal information is handled, you can contact us using the details provided in the Contact Us section below.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect information in different ways depending on how you interact with CricThugs.
Information You Provide
You may voluntarily provide personal information when you:
- Contact us
- Submit an inquiry or feedback
- Otherwise communicate or interact with CricThugs
This information may include your name, email address, and any other information you choose to provide.
You are not required to provide personal information simply to browse publicly available content on CricThugs, unless that information is necessary for a particular feature or service.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit CricThugs, certain technical and usage information may be collected automatically.
Depending on the technologies and services used on our website, this may include:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type
- Operating system
- Pages and content viewed
- Date and time of visits
- Referring website or page
- Approximate location information
- Website interaction and usage information
- Other technical information generated through your use of the website
This information may be collected through cookies, analytics tools, server logs, pixels, and similar technologies.
3. How We Use Your Information
We may use information collected through CricThugs for purposes including:
- Providing, operating, and maintaining our website
- Publishing and improving our content
- Understanding how visitors use our website
- Improving website functionality and user experience
- Responding to questions, requests, and feedback
- Sending newsletters or other communications where you have requested or permitted them
- Measuring website traffic and content performance
- Displaying and measuring advertising
- Detecting and preventing fraud, abuse, spam, and security issues
- Protecting the rights, property, and security of CricThugs and its users
- Complying with applicable legal and regulatory requirements
We will use personal information only for legitimate purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy and applicable law.
4. Cookies and Similar Technologies
CricThugs may use cookies and similar technologies to help operate the website, understand visitor activity, remember preferences, analyze traffic, and support advertising or other website functionality.
Cookies are small files that may be stored on your device when you visit a website.
Depending on their purpose, cookies may include:
Essential Cookies
These cookies may be necessary for certain website functions and basic operation.
Analytics Cookies
These technologies may help us understand how visitors interact with CricThugs, including which pages are viewed and how visitors navigate the website.
Advertising Cookies and Technologies
Advertising partners may use cookies, pixels, or similar technologies to deliver, personalize, measure, or improve advertisements.
You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality or user experience of the website.
Where required by applicable law, we may also provide additional controls for managing cookie or tracking preferences.
5. Analytics and Advertising
CricThugs may use third-party analytics and advertising services to understand website traffic, improve our content, and support the operation of the website.
These third-party providers may collect information about your device, browser, website activity, or interactions with advertisements through cookies, pixels, identifiers, or similar technologies.
Third-party advertising providers may use information collected through their technologies to provide, personalize, measure, or improve advertising, subject to their own privacy policies and applicable law.
Where applicable, you may be able to manage personalized advertising preferences through the settings provided by the relevant advertising provider.
CricThugs does not control the privacy practices of third-party advertising, analytics, or technology providers. We encourage you to review their privacy policies for more information about how they process information.
6. How We Share Information
We do not share personal information indiscriminately.
We may share information with third parties where reasonably necessary to operate CricThugs or provide services to you. These parties may include:
- Website hosting and infrastructure providers
- Analytics providers
- Email and communication service providers
- Advertising and marketing technology providers
- Website security and fraud-prevention providers
- Technology and service providers that support our website
- Professional advisers where reasonably necessary
We may also disclose information when required or permitted by applicable law, including in response to legal processes, court orders, government requests, or other lawful requests.
Information may also be disclosed where reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property, safety, or security of CricThugs, our users, or others.
7. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including providing our services, maintaining business and technical records, resolving disputes, preventing abuse, and complying with legal obligations.
The period for which information is retained may vary depending on the type of information and the purpose for which it was collected.
Where personal information is no longer required, we may delete, anonymize, or otherwise dispose of it in accordance with applicable law.
8. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, misuse, loss, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
However, no method of transmitting information over the internet or storing information electronically can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
For this reason, while we take reasonable steps to protect information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. Your Privacy Rights and Choices
Depending on applicable law, you may have rights concerning the personal information we hold about you.
These may include the right to:
Access Your Information
You may request information about the personal information we hold about you and how it is being processed, subject to applicable law.
Correct or Update Your Information
You may request correction, completion, or updating of personal information that is inaccurate or incomplete.
Request Deletion
You may request deletion of your personal information, subject to circumstances where we are required or permitted by law to retain it.
Withdraw Consent
Where we process your personal information based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent by contacting us.
Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing that took place before consent was withdrawn.
Opt Out of Marketing Communications
If you receive marketing or newsletter emails from us, you may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link provided in the email or by contacting us.
After you unsubscribe, we will take reasonable steps to stop sending the relevant marketing communications, subject to any communications that we are required to send for legitimate or legal purposes.
Manage Cookies
You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings and, where available, through the cookie or privacy controls provided on our website.
Depending on the technology involved, disabling cookies may affect certain website functions.
To exercise applicable privacy rights, you can contact us using the information provided below.
10. Children’s Privacy
CricThugs is intended for a general audience and is not specifically directed at children.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children in circumstances where applicable law requires parental or guardian consent unless the required consent has been obtained.
For purposes of applicable Indian data protection law, a child is an individual under 18 years of age.
We do not knowingly use personal information for practices involving children that are prohibited under applicable law.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to CricThugs in a manner that may violate applicable law, please contact us. We will review the matter and take appropriate steps where necessary.
11. Third-Party Websites and Services
CricThugs may contain links to third-party websites, platforms, social media services, advertisers, or other external services.
These third-party websites and services operate independently from CricThugs and may have their own privacy policies and terms.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites or services.
We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third-party website or service before providing personal information.
12. Social Media and Embedded Content
CricThugs may include links, widgets, embeds, videos, or other content provided by third-party platforms such as social media or video-sharing services.
When you interact with third-party content or platforms, those services may collect information according to their own privacy policies and terms.
Your interactions with those third-party services are governed by the policies of the relevant provider.
13. International Data Transfers
Some of the third-party service providers used by CricThugs may process or store information in countries outside India.
Where personal information is transferred or processed across jurisdictions, we will take reasonable steps to handle such information in accordance with applicable privacy and data protection requirements.
Third-party providers may also have their own policies concerning international data processing.
14. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, services, technology, business practices, or applicable legal requirements.
Where required by applicable law, we may provide additional notice or obtain consent before implementing material changes.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how CricThugs handles personal information.
15. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to exercise an applicable privacy right, or wish to raise a privacy-related concern or grievance, please contact us:
CricThugs
Owned and operated by: Lokesh Raina
Email: contact@cricthugs.com