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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: May 21, 2026
Site Address: https://devmanuals.net
Contact Email: contact@devmanuals.net
Location of Site Owner: Bangalore, India

This Privacy Policy describes how devmanuals.net (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and shares your personal information when you visit our website (the “Site”) or interact with our content related to education, skills, and career.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information in the following ways:

a) Information you provide to us directly:

  • Comments/Forum Posts: When you leave comments on articles, we collect the data shown in the comments form (name, email address, comment text), your IP address, and browser user agent.
  • Contact Form: When you email us at contact@devmanuals.net or use a contact form, we receive your name, email address, and any message you send.
  • Newsletter/Signups: If you subscribe (via a plugin like Mailchimp, Newsletter, etc.), we collect your name and email address.

b) Information collected automatically (via WordPress & plugins):

  • Usage Data: Pages visited, time spent, clicks, scroll depth.
  • Technical Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs.
  • Cookies: Small text files stored on your device (see Section 6).

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

  • Provide, operate, and improve our educational articles on education, skills, and careers.
  • Respond to your comments, questions, or emails (contact@devmanuals.net).
  • Analyze site traffic and user behavior (e.g., popular articles).
  • Prevent spam and abuse (via Akismet or similar).
  • Send occasional newsletters if you opted in (you may unsubscribe anytime).

3. Legal Basis for Processing (Under Indian & GDPR standards)

Because we are based in Bangalore, India, we follow the Information Technology (Reasonable Security and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 under the Indian IT Act. For visitors from the EU/UK, we rely on:

  • Legitimate interests: Running an educational website, improving content, preventing fraud.
  • Consent: For optional cookies and email subscriptions.

4. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell your personal data. We may share it only with:

  • Service Providers (hosting company, email service, analytics like Google Analytics) who process data on our behalf.
  • Legal authorities if required by Indian law or to protect our rights.
  • Plugins/Third parties inherent to WordPress: Comment spam detection, caching, security.

5. Data Retention

  • Comments: Retained indefinitely (to recognize follow-ups).
  • Contact form emails: Retained for 1 year, then deleted.
  • Analytics data: Retained for 14–26 months (depending on settings).
  • Newsletter subscribers: Until you unsubscribe.

You may request deletion of your data by emailing contact@devmanuals.net.

6. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

Our WordPress site uses cookies to:

  • Remember commenter details (name/email) for convenience.
  • Track anonymous analytics (e.g., Google Analytics).
  • Manage site security and caching.

You can disable cookies via your browser settings, but some site features may break.

7. Your Rights (for all visitors)

Depending on your location (India, EU, UK, California), you may have rights to:

  • Access – Request a copy of your data.
  • Rectification – Correct inaccurate data.
  • Erasure – Request deletion (“right to be forgotten”).
  • Object – Opt out of analytics or marketing.

To exercise these rights, email contact@devmanuals.net with “Privacy Request” in the subject line.

8. Third-Party Links

Our articles may link to external educational or career sites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices. Please review their policies.

9. Children’s Privacy

devmanuals.net does not knowingly collect data from children under 13 years (or under 16 for EU users). If you believe a child has provided us personal information, contact us immediately.

10. Data Security

We take reasonable precautions (SSL encryption, secure WordPress hosting based in India) but no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy. Changes will be posted on this page with a new “Effective Date.” Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance.

12. Grievance Officer (As required under Indian IT Rules)

In compliance with the Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules made thereunder, the Grievance Officer for devmanuals.net is:

Name: Site Owner / Admin
Email: contact@devmanuals.net
Address: Bangalore, India
Response time: Within 48 hours (business days).

13. Contact Us

For any privacy-related questions, complaints, or data requests:

📧 Email: contact@devmanuals.net
📍 Based in: Bangalore, India
🌐 Site: https://devmanuals.net