🔒 Data Protection Notice • Updated October 2026
This Privacy Policy details how Praman (shrikant.praman.blog) collects, processes, and protects visitor data in full compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 (India), the General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR), and global digital privacy standards.
1. Data Controller Information
The data controller responsible for the processing of personal data on this website is:
Shrikant Bhosale (Editor & Publisher, Praman)
Government Medical College Campus, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra, India.
Email for Privacy Enquiries: ishrikantbhosale@gmail.com
2. Categories of Information Collected
Praman is structured as an informational knowledge portal and strictly minimizes data collection:
- Automated Technical & Analytics Data: IP address (anonymized), browser type, operating system, referring URL, pages visited, and session duration collected via standard analytics to monitor server performance and identify high-demand student resources.
- Voluntarily Submitted Contact Data: When you send an email to our editorial desk, we store your name, email address, and correspondence history solely to respond to your academic inquiry.
- No Sensitive Health Data: We do NOT collect patient records, medical histories, or biometric data.
3. Cookie Usage & Third-Party Advertising
This website utilizes standard browser cookies to optimize reader experience:
- Google AdSense & Advertising Partners: Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies (such as the DoubleClick DART cookie) to serve advertisements based on a user's prior visits to this website or other sites on the internet. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ad Settings.
- Amazon Associates Program: Praman participates in the Amazon Associates program, an affiliate advertising system designed to provide a means for websites to earn advertising fees by linking to relevant medical tools (e.g. stethoscopes, diagnostic kits, textbooks) on Amazon. Cookies track referrals to credit appropriate qualifying purchases at zero added cost to the student.
- Performance & Cache Cookies: LiteSpeed caching cookies assist in rapid delivery of compressed web pages.
4. Legal Basis & Purposes of Processing
We process non-sensitive digital data under the legal bases of Legitimate Interests (maintaining website performance, security, and editorial relevance) and Explicit Consent (for optional cookie categories and direct email correspondence).
5. User Rights Under DPDP Act 2023 & GDPR
Under applicable data protection laws, you retain the following rights:
| Statutory Right | Description & How to Exercise |
|---|---|
| Right to Access | You may request a copy of any personal data we hold relating to you by emailing our data desk. |
| Right to Rectification | You may request immediate correction of inaccurate or incomplete contact records. |
| Right to Erasure (“To Be Forgotten”) | You may request deletion of all correspondence history at any time. |
| Right to Opt-Out | You can configure your browser to reject all cookies or notify you when a cookie is placed. |
6. Security Measures & Data Retention
All traffic between your browser and Praman is encrypted using 256-bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL / TLS) protocols. Server logs and analytics data are stored on secure host servers with automatic data purge cycles every 14 months.
7. Updates to This Policy
This policy is effective as of October 2026. Material revisions reflecting statutory updates will be published with an updated timestamp on this URL.