Last Updated: [December 20, 2025]
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://ranchipressclub.com. The Ranchi Press Club is an organization dedicated to the welfare, networking, and professional development of journalists and media professionals in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
2. What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It
Membership & Registration Data
If you apply for membership or renew your subscription through our website, we collect personal information including but not limited to:
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Name, Address, and Contact Details (Phone, Email).
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Professional Accreditation details (PIB Card, Press ID, Media House affiliation)Photographs for ID cards.
Purpose: This data is strictly used for administrative purposes, identity verification, issuance of Press Club ID cards, and maintaining our official registry of members.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site (if enabled), we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Media
If you upload images to the website (e.g., for profile updates or event galleries), you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact Forms
If you contact us via a form on our website, we retain your query and contact details to respond to your request. We do not use this information for marketing purposes unless you explicitly opt-in.
Cookies
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Login Cookies: If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
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User Sessions: When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks.
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Editing: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
3. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos from YouTube, tweets from Twitter/X, images). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
4. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell or trade your personal data.
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Administrative Use: Member data is accessible only to the authorized office bearers and administrative staff of the Ranchi Press Club for management purposes.
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Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
5. How Long We Retain Your Data
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Membership Records: For current and past members, we retain records indefinitely for historical archives and administrative continuity, unless a request for deletion is legally valid and approved.
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Website Accounts: For users that register on our website (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
6. What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
7. Security of Data
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the security of your personal information. However, please note that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
8. Contact Information
For privacy-specific concerns or to update your membership data, please contact us at:
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Email: [contact@ranchipressclub.com]
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Address: Ranchi Press Club, karamtoli chowk, Ranchi, Jharkhand – 834001.