Purpose and Scope:
In Insights Timeline Stories (βInsights Timeline Storiesβ), we highly value your trust and are committed to maintaining strict privacy standards to protect the information you share.
This privacy policy explains how we use the information collected by Insights Timeline Stories, its subsidiary companies, and affiliates (collectively, the βCompanyβ). The Company operates various websites, mobile apps, and services, and provides information through mobile devices, the internet, and other platforms (collectively, the βServicesβ). We comply with this policy in accordance with applicable laws and may provide additional data privacy information for specific services or regions.
Insights Timeline Stories, https://insightstimelinestories.site, is owned by Insights Timeline Stories Limited and operates under the Companies Act, 1956. Our goal is to enrich your online experience by providing a variety of services. For more information, please see the ‘About Us’ section. When using the services of Insights Timeline Stories, make sure to review this privacy policy as well as the applicable terms of use.
Policy Coverage:
This policy explains how we manage your personal information collected from website and app interactions. It applies to current and former website and app users, registrants, and those who provide information to Insights Timeline Stories.
I. Personal Information Collection and Use:
Definition of Personal Information: Any data related to an identifiable individual, which can often be identified by name, ID, location data, or other factors under applicable laws.
Privacy Commitment: At our company, protecting your privacy is our steadfast commitment.To ensure a seamless experience, we collect the following information:
A. Information you share with us:
Name Mailing address Profile picture Contact number Email Home/Current city Gender Address City State Zip code Year Platform Alerts Contact us Time B. Enhancing mobile experience: When you connect via our mobile application, we are dedicated to improving your experience. The data we collect to do this is as follows: Device ID Device location Microphone access Name Email Contact number Date of birth Citizenship/Residence Gender Photo Access to camera or photo album Your privacy matters, and we are committed to making your journey with us pleasant and secure.
Information provided voluntarily:
When you provide feedback, make changes to content, send email preferences, respond to surveys, participate in competitions, or interact with us through comments, questions, or emails, additional data is collected.
This may include your name, email, mobile number, comments, mailing address, and much more.
B. Automatically collected information:
Cookies: To enhance the responsiveness of the service, we use cookies and similar electronic devices. These devices collect data on website and mobile application activities, provide unique user IDs, and help understand user interests. Some advertisers may also use their own cookies, over which we have no control. You can manage your cookie preferences but blocking them may affect certain website or app features.
Log file information: When you access our website, app, or services, we automatically collect limited data about your device’s internet connection, IP address, browser type, operating system, clickstream patterns, and timestamps.
They can also be used in emails to determine which emails are being opened. We also collect data passively using Google Analytics and Google Search Console to understand your use of the website.
C. Information inferred from usage and log data: We collect and track information based on your behavior on Insights Timeline Stories services to better understand our users’ demographics, interests, and behaviors. This information is used for internal research and analysis.
D. Information obtained from other sources: We may obtain information about you from other online sources, integrate it into our system, and use it in accordance with this policy. If you provide information to a platform provider or a partner working with us, they may provide your account information (such as name, email) to us.
We may also receive updated contact information from third parties for record correction, communication, or sharing with third parties.
E. Third-party services: If you connect the Insights Timeline Stories services to a third-party service like Google or Facebook, they may share information such as your registered email and public profile details with us.
F. Effect of refusing to provide personal information: If you choose not to provide personal information, we may not be able to offer certain services on our application/website. We will inform you during account setup. However, we will not be liable for the refusal of services due to insufficient personal information.
II. Processing of personal information:
We collect and process personal data on a lawful basis. This includes obtaining explicit consent or processing it for ‘legitimate interests’ necessary to provide services. We use various information-gathering methods to improve user experience and the quality of our service. When displaying personalized ads, personal information is not associated with sensitive categories such as race, religion, sexual orientation, or health.
We send alerts, newsletters, and notifications, communicate about services, improve our website and content, conduct research, prevent and detect crimes, and do much more. We may share information with customer support to address questions and concerns related to your rights or services.
III. Third-party services: Third parties provide services on our behalf, and we may share personal information with them to deliver programs, products, and services. These third-party service providers are required to secure this information. We do not wish to transfer personal information to any third party without consent unless required by law or relevant services. We do not sell personal information collected online without consent. Your personal information may be transferred within the European Economic Area (EEA) or outside the EEA for the purposes mentioned. Transfers comply with standard data protection laws.
We share information with advertisers to help them understand the importance of our audience, generally in the form of aggregated statistics. We may contact you for content updates. We use third-party advertising companies that may use your information to show ads relevant to your interests. We do not store this data. Insights Timeline Stories app includes a third-party SDK to target relevant content and advertisements based on device data and media consumption. Users can opt out of this service. Please note that information shared on third-party sites or platforms linked to our applications is subject to their privacy policies. Our sites and applications may contain links to other sites, and we are not responsible for their privacy policies. We encourage you to read their privacy policies.
All undefined terms follow the terms of use. Insights Timeline https://insightstimelinestories.site does not provide advertisers with personal information when interacting with targeted ads. However, advertisers may assume that you meet their targeting criteria by interacting with an ad.
IV. YouTube Integration Details In the Insights Timeline Stories service, we use YouTube API services and an unbranded version of the YouTube embedded player, collectively referred to as ‘YouTube Components,’ to enhance your experience. Your use of the Insights Timeline Stories service, especially when interacting with YouTube Components, is governed by the Google Privacy Policy, which you must comply with.
Please take some time to review the following documents and familiarize yourself with them: Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy By accessing, using, or continuing to use the Insights Timeline Stories service with YouTube components, you agree to be bound by the terms and policies outlined in the above documents. Your privacy and data security are important to us, and we are committed to providing a seamless and secure experience.
If you have any questions or concerns about this integration, please contact us at admin@insightstimelinestories.site.
V. By using the website/mobile application, you agree that you are at least the minimum age (as described in the paragraph below) or older. The minimum age requirement for these purposes in countries other than India is 16 years. However, if local laws set a higher age for providing services legally through the website or mobile application for Insights Timeline Stories, that higher age will apply.
In all regions outside the European Union, if you are under 18 years of age or under the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you must use Insights Timeline Stories under the supervision of a parent, legal guardian, or a responsible adult.
VI. Sharing Information We restrict access to your personal information to those employees whom we believe need to know that information or require it to perform their job to provide, operate, develop, or improve our products or services. Insights Timeline Stories does not rent, sell, or share your personal information with other people or unrelated companies, except to provide products or services you have requested, when we have your consent, or in the following circumstances: We provide this information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with ‘JPL’ under confidentiality agreements.
These companies may use your personal information to help communicate with you about Insights Timeline Stories, Insights Timeline Stories, and offers from our marketing partners. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information. We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal processes, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims; we believe sharing information is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to someone’s physical safety, violations of the terms of use of ‘Insights Timeline Stories,’ or as otherwise required by law. If ‘Insights Timeline Stories’ is acquired by another company or merged with one, we transfer your information. In such a case, ‘Insights Timeline Stories’ may transfer your information and be subject to a different privacy policy.
Insights Timeline Stories works with vendors, partners, advertisers, and other service providers across various industries and business categories. For more information about providers of products or services, please refer to the βThird-Party Servicesβ section of this policy.
VII. Retention of Personal Information The personal information processed by Insights Timeline Stories will be retained in such a way that your identity is not kept longer than necessary, as determined by the specific purposes for which the data is processed, and in accordance with applicable legal, regulatory, contractual, or statutory obligations. Once these determined periods have passed, your personal information will either be deleted or stored in accordance with legal and contractual requirements or statutory limitation periods. Our retention of your personal data is limited to the duration necessary for the original purposes of collection. The retention period for various records depends on the type of record, the nature of the associated activity, and related factors.
We will retain your information on our platform for as long as necessary to fulfill your requests, during which we will continue to comply with relevant laws and statutory requirements.
VIII. Monitoring In accordance with applicable law, Insights Timeline Stories reserves the right to record and monitor our interactions with you, primarily for the purpose of maintaining our legal and regulatory responsibilities as well as our internal policies. This monitoring may include activities such as recording telephone conversations. It is important to note that this monitoring and tracking is not intended for children.
IX. Your Controls and Choices
A. Accessing and Correcting Your Personal Information When you use services on our website/application (or any of its sub-sites), we make reasonable efforts, upon your request, to provide access to your personal information and also ensure that any personal information or sensitive personal data or information found to be incorrect or incomplete is corrected or modified to the extent possible. We request individual users to verify their identity and identify the information they are requesting access to or correction of before we process such requests. We may refuse to process requests that are unduly repetitive or systematic, require excessive technical effort, jeopardize the privacy of others, are manifestly impractical (for example, requests related to information on backup tapes), or for which access is otherwise unnecessary. In any case where we provide access to and correction of information, we provide this service free of charge, except where it requires disproportionate effort. You can make such requests by sending us an email.
B. Right to Correction You have the right to update any incorrect or incomplete data we hold about you. You have the right to have your inaccurate personal information corrected on Insights Timeline Stories without any delay.
C. Data Portability You have the right to obtain copies of the personal information you have provided to us. You may also be entitled to request your data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and where possible, you also have the right to transmit it to another controller.
D. Deleting Data We keep your personal information secure as long as it is necessary to provide you with services or until you request us not to retain your data. If you do not want us to use your information, you can request us to delete your personal information and close your Insights Timeline Stories Services account. Please note that if you request the deletion of your personal information, we may retain some of your personal information as necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as detecting fraud, preventing it, and enhancing security. For example, if we suspend an Insights Timeline Stories Services account due to fraud or security reasons, we may retain some information from that account to prevent the user from opening a new account in the future. We fulfill our legal obligations
You may also be entitled to request your data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and where possible, you also have the right to transmit it to another controller. D. Deleting Data We keep your personal information secure as long as it is necessary to provide you with services or until you request us not to retain your data. If you do not want us to use your information, you can request us to delete your personal information and close your Insights Timeline Stories Services account. Please note that if you request the deletion of your personal information, we may retain some of your personal information as necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as detecting fraud, preventing it, and enhancing security. For example, if we suspend an Insights Timeline Stories Services account due to fraud or security reasons, we may retain some information from that account to prevent the user from opening a new account in the future.
We may retain and use your personal information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations. For example, we may keep certain information for tax, legal reporting, and auditing purposes. Information you share with others (such as reviews, forum postings) may remain publicly visible on Insights, Timeline, and Stories services even after your account is deactivated. However, such information will not be credited to you. Additionally, some copies of your information (such as log records) may remain in our databases, but they will be separated from personal identifiers. Due to the way some of our services are maintained, it may take some time for residual copies to be removed from our active servers after you delete your information, and they may remain in our backup systems. E. Withdrawing Consent and Restriction on Processing: During your use of our services, you can withdraw your consent at any time by sending us an email.
We will review your request and may ask you to verify your identity. After verification, we will withdraw the consent you requested and stop any further processing of your personal information.
F. Right to object to processing Except in specific cases provided by law, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data based on your particular situation. Such rights can be exercised at any time when your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes.
G. Right to object to decisions based solely on automated processing, including profiling. You have the right to object to any decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you, except in specific cases provided by law. Insights Timeline Stories Information about actions taken in response to any request related to the above rights will be provided without undue delay and, in any case, within one month of receiving the request. Considering the complexity and number of requests, this period may be extended by an additional two months if necessary. Insights Timeline Stories will inform the data subject of any such extension, including the reasons for the delay, within one month of receiving the request.
H. Complaints If you have any complaint regarding the processing of your personal information, you can contact our Privacy Officer at contactus@InsightsTimelineStoriesnewmedia.com. You have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authorities regarding the data processing activities carried out by Insights Timeline Stories. To exercise your data subject rights, please click here.
X. Security and Legal Compliance We adopt appropriate security measures to protect data from unauthorized access, unauthorized alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
These include internal reviews of our data collection, storage, and processing practices, as well as security measures, including appropriate encryption and physical security measures to prevent unauthorized access to the systems where we store personal data. All information collected is securely stored in databases controlled by the company. The databases are stored on firewall-protected servers in the cloud; access to the servers is password-protected and strictly limited. However, no security system is impenetrable, no matter how effective our security measures may be. If you know or have reason to believe that your Insights Timeline Stories Services account credentials have been lost, stolen, altered, or otherwise compromised, or in the case of any actual or suspected unauthorized use of your account, please contact our customer support team. XI. Cross-Border Data Transfer Considering our global presence, there may be several instances where we need to process the data as described in this privacy policy.
It is important to emphasize that such transfers will only occur if we ensure that these third parties can provide an adequate and appropriate level of data protection, and that the transfer of information complies with all relevant provisions of the Digital Data Protection Act 2025. Our unwavering commitment involves fulfilling our legal and regulatory obligations regarding your personal information. This includes establishing a legitimate basis for the transfer of personal data and necessary safeguards to ensure that your information receives an adequate level of protection. Additionally, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that the recipient in the recipient country is bound by a commitment to maintain your information at a level of security consistent with standards set by applicable laws. Our justification for such transfers will be based either on the content of the data or the legally supported security measures.
XII. Social Media Insights Timeline Stories operate channels, pages, and accounts on some social media sites to inform you, assist you, and connect with you. Insights Timeline Stories monitor and record comments and posts made on these channels about Insights Timeline Stories to improve their products and services. Please note that you should not share the following information with Insights Timeline Stories through these social media sites: sensitive personal data, including –
(i) special categories of personal data, meaning racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and processing of genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, health-related data, or data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation and
(ii) other sensitive personal data such as criminal convictions and offenses and national identification numbers; any extremist or inappropriate behavior toward an individual.
Insights Timeline Stories Apart from the information posted by its employees, it is not responsible for any information posted on those sites. Insights Timeline Stories is only responsible for its own use of personal data obtained through such sites.
XIII. Changes to the Policy Insights Timeline Stories reserves the right to update, modify, or amend this policy at any time. This policy will be effective from the date of such update, modification, or amendment.
XIV. Complaint Resolution If you need information, clarification regarding the use of your personal information, or have any complaint related to the use or deletion of your personal information, please contact us using any of the following methods: Email: admin@insightstimelinestories.site
XV. Disclaimer Insights Timeline Stories is not responsible for any inadvertent or deliberate disclosure of user account information, or details related to online transactions associated with credit cards, debit cards, and their verification processes.
This disclaimer applies to any errors, omissions, or inaccuracies in such disclosed information, whether such disclosure is the result of legal procedures or any other circumstance. Any personal information voluntarily provided by you, which Insights Timeline Stories did not explicitly request during registration, whether mandatory or optional, will be considered voluntarily and knowingly provided. Insights Timeline Stories cannot be held responsible for any violations related to such voluntarily shared information.