Privacy policy

This policy explains what information punjabtelevision.com collects when you use it, in any of its three editions, and what we do with it.

Reading the site

You don’t need an account to read our news. Like every website, our server keeps a short record of visits (internet address, browser and the page asked for) for security and to fix problems. These records are deleted after about two weeks.

Counting readers

We use Google Analytics to count how many people read each story and where they come from (country and city, device, and the site that sent them). It uses cookies. We see only totals, never who you are.

Advertising

Ads on the site are served by Google (AdSense and Google Ad Manager); some are placed by our advertising partner. Google may use cookies to show ads, measure them, and show ads that match your interests. You can change this in Google’s ad settings, or block cookies in your browser.

Videos

Our YouTube videos play in YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. When you play one, YouTube’s own privacy policy applies.

Questions during live programmes

When you send a question during a live programme, we keep the name, town or village and question you give us, and show them on the site. To stop spam we also keep a code made from your internet address, which can’t be turned back into the address. Before a question is shown, it is checked automatically by Google’s Gemini AI service. Your name and town are remembered in your own browser, so you don’t have to type them again. To have a question removed, write to us.

The election poll and discussions

When you vote in the readers’ poll on our election pages, we keep your choice, the constituency if you pick one, and two codes: one made from your internet address, and one from a random number kept in your browser. Neither can tell us who you are; they only stop the same person voting twice in a week. We publish only totals.

When you comment, we keep your comment, the name and town or village you give, and a code made from your internet address, and show the comment, name and town on the site. Before a comment is shown, it is checked automatically by Google’s Gemini AI service. Comments that break our rules, and comments several readers report, are hidden. To have a comment removed, write to us.

The forum

When you start a discussion or reply in the forum, we keep the title and text you write, the name and town or village you give, and a code made from your internet address, and show the text, name and town on the site. Before anything is shown, it is checked automatically by Google’s Gemini AI service. Posts that break our rules, and posts several readers report, are hidden. Anyone can read what you write in the forum, so please don’t include your phone number or address. To have a post removed, write to us.

What we don’t do

We don’t sell or rent anyone’s information. We don’t ask readers for phone numbers or email addresses.

Contact

For questions about this policy, write to us at the address on our Contact page.