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Privacy policy
What we collect, why we collect it, and how to make us stop.
The Rising Story is a Data Fiduciary under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. This page explains what personal data we process and the rights you have over it.
What we collect
Through the newsletter form:
- Your email address
Why: Sending you the newsletter you asked for. Nothing else.
How long: For as long as you are subscribed. When you unsubscribe we keep a minimal record of the withdrawal, so we can show we honoured it and so we do not accidentally add you back.
Through the pitch form:
- Your name and email address
- Your company, its website and the city it is in
- Its stage and sector
- What you write in the three questions — the hardest thing, what is still broken, and one number
Why: Reading the pitch, deciding whether we can write the story, and replying to you either way.
How long: While we are considering it, and afterwards as a record of what was pitched and what we decided. Ask us and we will delete it.
Basic analytics about how pages are used — which pages are read, roughly where visitors come from, which device type. Only if you agree to it, and it is not used to identify you.
We do not sell personal data, and we do not share our subscriber list with anyone.
Consent
We ask for your consent separately from these terms, in plain language, at the point where you give us your email. Consent is not bundled into anything else, and nothing on this site is conditional on giving it.
We record what you agreed to and when, so that we can show the basis on which we hold your data.
Subscription uses double opt-in: after you sign up we email you a confirmation link, and you are not added to the list until you click it. This means an address cannot be added by someone else.
Withdrawing consent
Every email we send carries a one-click unsubscribe link. Using it removes you immediately — no reason required and no confirmation step. You can also write to us and we will do it for you.
Your rights
Under the DPDP Act you may ask us to:
- Tell you what personal data of yours we hold and what we have done with it
- Correct anything inaccurate or incomplete
- Erase your data where we no longer need it
- Nominate someone to exercise these rights if you are unable to
Write to desk@therisingstory.com and we will respond within the statutory period.
Grievance officer
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your data, raise it with Ajit Kumar, our grievance officer, at grievance@therisingstory.com. You get an acknowledgement within 24 hours and a decision within 15 days. If we do not resolve it, you may complain to the Data Protection Board of India.
The full route, including what to send and what happens at each stage, is on the grievance officer page.
Cookies and analytics
Essential storage — remembering your theme and your cookie choice — is kept in your browser and never leaves it.
Beyond that, nothing non-essential loads until you agree. If you decline, those scripts are never requested at all, not merely hidden, so no third party is contacted on your behalf.
Where we use privacy-preserving analytics, they set no identifiers and collect no personal data — only which pages were read and roughly where readers came from. Analytics that do identify a browser run only with your consent.
You can change your choice at any time using the cookie settings link in the footer. Reopening it clears the previous decision and starts with everything switched off.
Children
This site is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18. If you believe we have, tell us and we will delete it.
Changes
If we change this policy materially we will say so on this page and, where the change affects how we use your email address, tell subscribers directly.