Privacy Policy & Data Protection Charter

Under Section 2(i) of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act), the entity determining the purpose and means of the processing of your personal data is:

Nagrik does not require general readers to register, create accounts, or provide phone numbers or email addresses to read articles, watch local video dispatches, or search community news.

To provide technical reliability, prevent DDoS attacks, and remember your manually chosen district/ward and bookmarked stories, our mobile client generates an anonymous random UUID (stored locally as x-device-id). This device ID is not linked to your real identity.

We adhere to the principle of Data Minimisation (Section 6(1) DPDP Act) and collect only information strictly necessary for operational delivery:

Because Nagrik is a hyperlocal platform, location is used to display news relevant to your community:

• Manual Selection (Default): You can manually select your district, city, or municipal ward from our directory. No GPS permission is required for this.
• Optional Precise GPS (Field Reporters): When contributors upload on-the-scene news dispatches, the app requests permission to record GPS coordinates to tag where the civic incident occurred and verify proximity.
• No Background Tracking: Nagrik does NOT track your physical location in the background when the app is closed.

In compliance with the Google Play Store User Data & Safety Policy, our mobile application only requests permissions required for specific user actions:

We process data exclusively using enterprise cloud infrastructure providers under strict Data Processing Agreements (DPAs):

We process your personal data under two lawful grounds recognized by the DPDP Act:

• Consent (Section 6): Given affirmatively when registering as a publisher, saving preferences, or opting in to push notifications. Consent may be withdrawn at any time.
• Legitimate Uses (Section 7): Fulfilling statutory payout and tax (TDS) obligations under Indian tax laws, complying with court subpoenas, and safeguarding platform security against fraud.

All data in transit is encrypted using TLS 1.3 protocols, and sensitive stored data (including publisher bank details) is protected with AES-256 encryption at rest.

Publisher account records and tax withholding data are retained for statutory periods mandated under Indian financial law (typically 7 years for taxation audits). General server logs are rotated and deleted within 90 days.

As a citizen utilizing Nagrik, you possess statutory rights enforceable under Indian law:

In compliance with Google Play Store User Data Safety rules and the DPDP Act, you can request full erasure of your account and personal data at any time:

In strict compliance with Section 9 of the DPDP Act 2023, Nagrik does not knowingly collect personal data from or process the behavioral data of children under 18 years of age without verifiable parental consent. Nagrik does not engage in targeted advertising directed at children.

Our web platform uses strictly necessary cookies and local storage tokens solely to maintain user sessions, remember theme preference (Dark/Light mode), and preserve your selected reading language. We do not use third-party tracking cookies across external websites. See our Cookie Policy.

For any inquiries, rights requests, or concerns regarding how Nagrik processes your data, please contact our compliance desk: