Last Updated: April 24, 2026

At Antarrashtriya Patrakar Mahasangh (APM Trust), accessible from https://apmtrust.org/, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by APM Trust and how we use it.

1. Information We Collect

If you contact us directly or register for a membership, we may receive additional information about you such as:

• Personal Identification Information: Name, email address, phone number, and mailing address.

• Professional Details: Journalist credentials, organization affiliation, and job title.

• User Content: Comments, media uploads (images/videos), and forum posts.

• Technical Data: IP address, browser type, and device information collected automatically via cookies.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our website and member services.

• Improve, personalize, and expand our website features.

• Understand and analyze how you use our website.

• Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the trust, and for marketing and promotional purposes.

• Detect and prevent fraud and spam.

3. Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, apmtrust.org uses 'cookies'. These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.

4. Media and Comments

• Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site 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, 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.

5. Third-Party Privacy Policies

APM Trust's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party servers (such as Google Analytics or embedded YouTube content) for more detailed information.

6. Data Retention

• If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely.

• For users that register on our website, 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).

7. Your Data Protection Rights

Under Indian data protection laws, you are entitled to the following:

• The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.

• The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.

• The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

8. Contact Us

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us:

• Email: newsapm3@gmail.com

• Phone: +(91) 7311111857

• Address: Gomti Nagar, Patrakar Puram, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India 226010