BazaarBaazi

BazaarBaazi · Editorial

Privacy Policy

What BazaarBaazi collects, why, how long we keep it, and the rights Indian readers have under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023.

Last updated

BazaarBaazi is independent media operated by the editor, Aditya Sharma. This policy explains what data the site handles when you read articles, subscribe to alerts, talk to the Telegram bot, or pay for an Insider subscription. It is written to comply with India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 (DPDP Act) and with the standards Google AdSense expects of publishers running its ad code.

What we collect

Reader analytics. When you load a BazaarBaazi page, our Cloudflare Web Analytics beacon records a pseudonymous page-view (URL, referrer, country, device class). Google Analytics 4 records a page-view event with a randomly assigned client identifier (the _ga cookie). Neither system stores your name, email, IP address in plain text, or any other directly identifying field.

Email opt-ins. If you join the BazaarBaazi newsletter or the NIFTY-NUMBER prediction tournament, we store the email address or phone hash you submit, the date of submission, and the source page. These records are kept in our PocketBase database, hosted on infrastructure we control.

Telegram bot. The @bazaarbaazi_bot stores your numeric Telegram user ID, your chat ID, and the tickers you have subscribed to via the /alert command. It does not store your Telegram username, display name, or message contents.

WhatsApp Channel. If you follow our WhatsApp Channel, Meta holds the relationship under their privacy policy. BazaarBaazi receives only aggregate channel statistics (follower count, view count, forward count). We do not see your phone number.

Payment data. If you subscribe to a future BazaarBaazi Insider tier, payment is processed by Razorpay. We receive only the payment reference, status, and the email address you used at checkout. Card numbers and bank details never touch our systems.

How we use it

We do not sell personal data. We do not run lookalike advertising on a list of our readers. We do not share newsletter lists with any third party.

Third-party services

BazaarBaazi sits on top of services run by other companies. Each one has its own privacy policy that governs the data it handles.

Cookies

BazaarBaazi itself sets no functional cookies. Third-party cookies set by AdSense, Google Analytics, and Cloudflare are described in our cookie policy, including how to opt out at the provider level.

Data retention

Your rights under the DPDP Act 2023

Indian readers have the right to access the personal data we hold about them, correct it if it is wrong, erase it on request, and nominate someone to act on their behalf if they cannot. To exercise any of these rights, write to the Grievance Officer below. We respond within 30 days, as required by the Act.

Grievance Officer

Aditya Sharma, Editor and Operator, BazaarBaazi. Email: [email protected]. Postal address available on request.

Children

BazaarBaazi is not directed at users under 18 years of age and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has submitted personal information through this site, write to the Grievance Officer and we will delete it.

International readers

BazaarBaazi serves readers globally but our data is held on infrastructure in India and the EU. If you are reading from outside India and have privacy questions, the contact above is the right starting point.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be announced on the BazaarBaazi home page for at least 30 days. The version date is at the top of this page.