COOKIE POLICY
Effective Date: 11/05/2026
Last Updated: 11/5/2026
The Company ARCHA MEDIA PRIVATE LIMITED is incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 and operates a digital news media platform through its website and mobile application. The Platform is operated under the trademark “NEWS NEXT”, which is legally owned by the Company through a valid Assignment Deed transferring full rights, title, and interest.
This Cookie Policy (“Policy”) is published and implemented by ARCHA MEDIA PRIVATE LIMITED, The Platform is operated under the trademark “NEWS NEXT”, which is legally owned by the Company through a valid Assignment (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”, “Platform”, “Website”, “We”, “Us”, or “Our”), for the purpose of informing users, readers, subscribers, visitors, advertisers, contributors, journalists, and all other persons accessing or using the news media website, mobile application, digital publication platform, or associated services (collectively referred to as the “Platform”) regarding the manner in which cookies, trackers, tags, pixels, analytics technologies, and similar automated data collection technologies are used, stored, processed, and managed.
This Policy shall be read together with the Privacy Policy, Terms and Conditions, Disclaimer, Data Retention Policy, Advertising Policy, Community Guidelines, and all other applicable legal documents published by the Company on the Platform.
The use of cookies and similar technologies by the Company shall be governed by applicable laws including but not limited to the provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000, the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, applicable intermediary guidelines, consumer protection laws, advertising regulations, cybersecurity standards, and any applicable international privacy regulations including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), ePrivacy Directive, California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and other global data protection frameworks wherever applicable.
- DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Policy, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the meanings assigned to them below.
The term “Cookie” shall mean a small text file, identifier, script, pixel, tag, code fragment, software development kit (SDK), browser object, or similar technological tool that is downloaded, stored, or placed on a user’s browser, computer, mobile device, smart television, wearable device, or any internet-enabled device when such user accesses or interacts with the Platform.
The term “User” shall mean any natural person, legal entity, organization, institution, agency, or representative accessing, browsing, reading, subscribing to, interacting with, commenting on, sharing, or otherwise using the Platform.
The term “Personal Data” shall mean any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person including but not limited to name, email address, IP address, location data, device identifiers, browsing behaviour, preferences, user account information, login credentials, and online identifiers.
The term “Third-Party Cookie” shall mean cookies or tracking technologies placed by external service providers, advertisers, analytics providers, social media platforms, content delivery networks, embedded content providers, or business partners other than the Company.
The term “Session Cookie” shall mean temporary cookies that remain active only during a user’s browsing session and are automatically deleted once the browser is closed.
The term “Persistent Cookie” shall mean cookies that remain stored on a user’s device for a specified duration until manually deleted or automatically expired.
The term “Analytics Technologies” shall include tools and systems used for traffic measurement, audience analysis, engagement monitoring, behavioural analysis, campaign tracking, performance reporting, readership analytics, and statistical reporting.
The term “Consent” shall mean a freely given, specific, informed, unconditional, unambiguous, and affirmative indication of a user’s agreement to the processing of data through cookies and similar technologies.
- PURPOSE OF THIS COOKIE POLICY
This Policy is intended to provide transparent and comprehensive information regarding the collection, storage, processing, sharing, retention, and management of user-related information through cookies and related technologies.
The Company recognizes and acknowledges the importance of digital privacy, informational autonomy, user consent, and cyber security compliance in the operation of online news media services.
The Company further acknowledges that users have a legal and legitimate right to understand how their browsing information is collected and processed.
Accordingly, this Policy explains the categories of cookies used by the Platform, the purpose of such cookies, the legal basis for processing, the duration of storage, the rights available to users, and the methods through which users may control or disable cookies.
- APPLICABILITY OF THIS POLICY
This Policy shall apply to all visitors, users, subscribers, advertisers, journalists, guest authors, contributors, commentators, registered members, and all other individuals or entities accessing or interacting with the Platform.
This Policy shall apply irrespective of the geographical location of the user and shall apply to access through desktop browsers, mobile browsers, tablets, mobile applications, smart devices, APIs, embedded widgets, newsletters, advertisements, and all digital communication interfaces associated with the Platform.
This Policy shall also apply to all subdomains, affiliated portals, archived news sections, multimedia pages, live-streaming services, podcasts, forums, comment sections, and third-party integrations operated or controlled by the Company.
- CONSENT TO USE OF COOKIES
By accessing, browsing, subscribing to, registering on, or otherwise using the Platform, the user expressly acknowledges, understands, and agrees that cookies and similar technologies may be placed on the user’s device in accordance with this Policy.
Wherever legally required, the Company shall obtain valid consent before placing non-essential cookies on the user’s device.
The user shall have the right to accept, reject, customize, withdraw, or modify cookie preferences at any time through the cookie consent manager, browser settings, or other mechanisms provided by the Platform.
The continued use of the Platform after the display of a cookie notice, banner, consent popup, or preference center shall constitute deemed acknowledgment of this Policy to the extent permissible under applicable law.
The Company reserves the right to restrict certain functionalities, services, features, or access privileges where cookies essential to the functioning of the Platform are disabled.
- TYPES OF COOKIES USED
5.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are essential for the technical operation, accessibility, security, stability, authentication, and functionality of the Platform.
Such cookies may enable secure login sessions, fraud prevention, page navigation, load balancing, subscription management, article accessibility, and security verification.
These cookies cannot ordinarily be disabled because they are necessary for the legitimate functioning of the Platform.
The legal basis for the use of strictly necessary cookies shall include legitimate interest, contractual necessity, cybersecurity obligations, fraud prevention requirements, and operational necessity.
5.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies
Performance and analytics cookies are used to understand how users interact with the Platform.
These cookies may collect information relating to page visits, readership behaviour, article popularity, time spent on pages, bounce rates, referral sources, geographic regions, click behavior, user engagement metrics, and technical performance indicators.
The Company may use analytics services including but not limited to Google LLC, Adobe Inc., and similar analytics providers.
The information collected through analytics cookies may be aggregated, anonymized,, or processed for statistical reporting and service improvement purposes.
5.3 Functional Cookies
Functional cookies enable the Platform to remember user preferences and personalized settings.
Such cookies may store language preferences, font settings, dark mode selections, location settings, news category preferences, saved articles, subscription status, and other customization features.
Functional cookies improve user experience and personalization across browsing sessions.
5.4 Advertising and Marketing Cookies
Advertising cookies are used to deliver advertisements that may be relevant to the interests, preferences, browsing behavior, and engagement history of users.
Such cookies may track users across websites, applications, devices, and digital services for the purpose of audience profiling, ad targeting, retargeting, campaign attribution, sponsored content optimization, and advertising performance measurement.
The Company may work with advertising networks, demand-side platforms, programmatic advertising partners, sponsored content providers, affiliate marketers, and ad exchanges.
Advertising cookies may also be used to limit repetitive advertisements and to measure advertisement effectiveness.
5.5 Social Media Cookies
The Platform may integrate social media plugins, widgets, feeds, sharing buttons, embedded posts, and video content from third-party social media services.
Such integrations may place cookies capable of collecting browsing activity and interaction information.
These third parties may independently process user data in accordance with their own privacy policies and cookie policies.
The Company shall not be responsible for the data handling practices of independent third-party platforms.
5.6 .Video and Multimedia Cookies
The Platform may publish embedded video content, podcasts, audio streams, live broadcasts, news clips, webinars, and multimedia features.
Embedded media services may place cookies to monitor playback behavior, quality preferences, streaming performance, device compatibility, user engagement, and advertising metrics.
Users accessing embedded media acknowledge that external media providers may independently process technical and behavioral information.
- INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH COOKIES
Cookies and similar technologies may collect and process the following categories of information:
IP address and approximate geo location data;
Browser type and version;
Device identifiers and operating system details;
Internet service provider information;
Referring URLs and exit pages;
User interaction behaviour and clickstream data;
Session identifiers and authentication details;
News reading patterns and content preferences;
Subscription and account-related settings;
Search history within the Platform;
Advertisement interactions and campaign responses;
Device performance and error logs;
Time zone settings and language preferences;
Scroll activity, engagement duration, and interaction metrics.
The Company shall process such information only for lawful, legitimate, and proportionate purposes.
- LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING
The Company may process cookie-related information on one or more of the following legal grounds:
User consent;
Contractual necessity;
Compliance with legal obligations;
Legitimate business interests;
Fraud prevention and cyber security protection;
Audience measurement and analytical reporting;
Service optimization and operational continuity;
Advertising and monetization activities;
Compliance with regulatory requirements.
Where consent is relied upon as the legal basis, users shall have the right to withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.
- THIRD-PARTY COOKIES
The Platform may permit selected third parties to place cookies or tracking technologies for analytics, advertising, embedded content, social media integration, video hosting, cybersecurity, payment processing, subscription management, and audience measurement.
Such third parties may independently collect and process information subject to their own contractual terms, privacy notices, and legal obligations.
The Company does not control the operational mechanisms of third-party cookies and cannot guarantee the accuracy, legality, security, or compliance practices of third-party providers.
Users are advised to review the cookie policies and privacy practices of such third-party services independently.
- CROSS-BORDER DATA TRANSFERS
Cookie-related information collected through the Platform may be transferred, stored, processed, or accessed in jurisdictions outside the user’s country of residence.
Such international transfers may occur through cloud infrastructure providers, analytics services, advertising networks, data processors, content delivery networks, and technology vendors.
The Company shall endeavor to implement reasonable safeguards, contractual protections, technical security measures, and lawful transfer mechanisms in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
- RETENTION OF COOKIE DATA
Cookie-related data shall be retained only for such duration as may be reasonably necessary for the purposes specified in this Policy unless a longer retention period is required by law, regulatory obligation, dispute resolution requirements, cyber security investigations, evidentiary purposes, or contractual necessity.
Session cookies shall ordinarily expire automatically upon closure of the browser session.
Persistent cookies shall remain stored for durations determined by operational requirements, legal compliance obligations, advertising cycles, analytical needs, or user preference settings.
- USER RIGHTS
Subject to applicable law, users may have the following rights:
The right to access information regarding cookie usage;
The right to withdraw consent;
The right to object to processing;
The right to request deletion of cookie-related data;
The right to restrict processing;
The right to data portability;
The right to complain before a regulatory authority;
The right to disable cookies through browser controls;
The right to reject targeted advertising cookies;
The right to modify consent preferences.
The exercise of such rights may be subject to identity verification, legal limitations, technical feasibility, and operational requirements.
- MANAGING OR DISABLING COOKIES
Users may manage, disable, reject, delete, block, or customize cookie preferences through browser settings, operating system controls, mobile application permissions, privacy plugins, or cookie management interfaces provided by the Platform.
Most browsers permit users to delete existing cookies, reject future cookies, block tracking technologies, or receive notifications when cookies are placed.
Disabling certain cookies may adversely affect user experience, website functionality, subscription access, login persistence, content personalization, and multimedia performance.
- SECURITY MEASURES
The Company shall implement commercially reasonable technical, organizational, administrative, and cyber security measures to protect cookie-related information from unauthorized access, misuse, disclosure, alteration, destruction, loss, or unlawful processing.
Such measures may include encryption, secure socket layer protection, access controls, audit logs, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, data minimization practices, and periodic cyber security assessments.
However, no method of internet transmission, digital storage, or electronic processing can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Accordingly, the Company does not warrant absolute security of data transmitted through the Platform.
- CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
The Platform is not intentionally directed toward children below the age prescribed under applicable law.
The Company does not knowingly use cookies to collect personal information from minors without lawful authorization or parental consent wherever required.
If the Company becomes aware that information relating to a child has been collected unlawfully, reasonable steps may be taken to delete such information.
- NEWSLETTER AND SUBSCRIPTION TRACKING
The Platform may use tracking technologies in newsletters, email communications, subscription services, push notifications, and digital campaigns to monitor delivery status, open rates, click-through rates, reader engagement, subscription behavior, and communication effectiveness.
Such technologies may include tracking pixels, embedded identifiers, campaign tags, and analytical scripts.
Users may unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time through the unsubscribe mechanisms provided in such communications.
- CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
The Company reserves the absolute right to amend, revise, modify, update, replace, or remove any portion of this Policy at its sole discretion and without prior notice unless otherwise required by applicable law.
Updated versions of this Policy shall become effective immediately upon publication on the Platform unless otherwise specified.
Users are encouraged to periodically review this Policy to remain informed regarding the Company’s data handling and cookie practices.
The continued use of the Platform following modifications to this Policy shall constitute deemed acceptance of the revised Policy.
- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, the Company shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, exemplary, punitive, special, or collateral damages arising out of or relating to the use of cookies, third-party trackers, analytics technologies, advertising systems, browser vulnerabilities, device configurations, cyber security incidents, or unauthorized access occurring beyond the reasonable control of the Company.
Users acknowledge that internet-based services inherently involve technical risks, cyber security threats, tracking technologies, and third-party dependencies.
- GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
This Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India.
Any dispute arising out of or relating to this Policy, the use of cookies, data processing activities, privacy practices, or digital services shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts located at [Insert Jurisdiction], India.
Nothing contained herein shall limit the Company’s right to seek injunctive relief, equitable remedies, or interim protection before any court or regulatory authority having competent jurisdiction.
- CONTACT DETAILS
For any questions, complaints, grievances, concerns, notices, or requests relating to this Cookie Policy, users may contact:
Grievance Officer / Data Protection Contact
ARUN
Grievance Officer.
Door No:2/19(6),Kanchan complex.NH 66,Giliyar Village,Kota Post,Brahmavara -TQ,Udupi-Dist,Karnataka-576221
Email:newsnextdotlive@gmail.com
Contact Number: 7975523349
The Company shall endeavor to address lawful grievances and complaints within the timelines prescribed under applicable law.
- ACKNOWLEDGMENT
By accessing or using the Platform, the user acknowledges that the user has read, understood, and agreed to this Cookie Policy and consents to the use of cookies and similar technologies in accordance with applicable laws and this Policy.
