Privacy Policy

Introduction

Hetauda.net is an independent local information website for Hetauda, Makwanpur, and nearby parts of Bagmati Province. It is not an official government website. It is not operated by, or affiliated with, Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan City, the Government of Nepal, or any ministry, office, or department. The website is operated by [ADMIN TO COMPLETE: name of the individual, team, or registered organisation that operates Hetauda.net].

This Privacy Policy explains what information may be handled when you read Hetauda.net or write to us, why it may be used, which outside services may be involved, and what choices you have. It applies only to https://www.hetauda.net/. It does not cover other websites that we link to.

Most people come here to read a notice, check a vacancy, or look at the weather, and that needs very little personal information. Still, every website handles some technical data, and many of our readers use shared family phones, office computers, or cyber cafes, so we think it is worth explaining plainly what happens. Where a technical term is unavoidable, we explain it in ordinary language.

Information We Collect

Two kinds of information may be involved when you use Hetauda.net. The first is what you choose to send us, for example a message through the Contact page. The second is technical information that your phone or computer sends automatically each time it opens a web page. This is how the internet works, and it happens on almost every website.

You can read the public articles on Hetauda.net without creating an account. The website does not currently offer registration, membership, newsletters, or public comments. If any of these are added later, this policy will be updated.

The information that may be handled includes your name and email address if you write to us, the content of your message, your IP address (a number that identifies your internet connection), details of your browser and device, the pages you open, the website or link that brought you here, and cookies or similar identifiers. Not every item is necessarily collected at all times. What is collected depends on how the website, its hosting, and its plugins are set up, and we have marked below the places where those details are still to be added.

Information You Provide Voluntarily

If you contact us through https://www.hetauda.net/contact/, we receive what you choose to include, usually your name, email address, and message. The same applies when you ask us to correct a mistake in an article, raise a concern about published content, or ask a question about this policy. If you prefer to write in Nepali, you are welcome to do so, and we will do our best to understand your message.

Please share only what we need to help you. In Nepal, people are often asked for identity details by offices, banks, and employers, and it can feel natural to include them everywhere. Please do not send us your citizenship certificate number, national identity number, PAN, passport details, bank account or card details, eSewa, Khalti, or other wallet information, passwords, or one-time codes (OTPs) sent to your phone. We will never need these to answer a question about a notice or an article. If your message is about an error, the link to the article and a short description of the problem are normally enough.

We use what you send only to read and respond to your message, to look into correction requests, and to keep a reasonable record of the exchange. [ADMIN TO COMPLETE: how contact form messages are delivered and stored, for example by email or within the WordPress dashboard, and who can read them.]

Automatically Collected Information

When you open a page, your browser asks the server that hosts Hetauda.net to send it. That request normally includes your IP address, the page requested, the date and time, and details such as your browser type and phone model. Hosting companies commonly keep this information in records called server logs.

Server logs are not the same as analytics. Logs are a basic record kept by the hosting system, and they are usually used to keep the website running, to find the cause of errors, and to spot abuse or attempted attacks. Analytics tools are optional additions that summarise how visitors use a website. We discuss them separately below.

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How Information Is Used

We use information for the following purposes, so far as they apply to how Hetauda.net actually works:

• To read and reply to messages and to look into correction requests.
• To keep the website working and to find and fix technical problems.
• To protect the website against spam, abuse, and unauthorised access.
• To understand how the website performs and which sections readers find useful, if analytics are in use.
• To make the website easier to read and use, especially on mobile phones and slower connections.
• To meet legal obligations that apply to the website or its operator.

We do not use contact messages to build profiles of individual readers.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves in your browser. It lets the site remember something between page views, such as a setting or the fact that a security check has already been passed. Similar technologies, such as local storage and tracking pixels, do comparable jobs.

Some cookies are essential. They support basic functions, security, and the way WordPress and its plugins operate. Others are optional, for instance those used for analytics or advertising, and the website can be read without them. WordPress itself, the hosting service, or an installed plugin may set cookies depending on the configuration. [ADMIN TO COMPLETE: list or describe the cookies that Hetauda.net actually sets, and say whether a cookie notice is displayed.]

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers let you view stored cookies, delete them, or block them for all sites or for particular ones. The steps differ between Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and other browsers, so the browser’s own help pages are the best guide. If you use a shared computer, a cyber cafe, or a phone that other family members use, it is sensible to clear your browsing data when you finish. Blocking some cookies may cause parts of a website to work differently or stop working.

Analytics and Website Performance

Analytics tools can show a website operator how many people visit, which pages are opened, how visitors arrive, what kind of device they use, and roughly which area they are in. Some tools use cookies or other identifiers to do this, and some do not.

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Advertising and Third-Party Ads

Hetauda.net may introduce advertising in the future as a way to support the website. This policy is written on the basis that no advertisements are displayed at the time of publication.

If advertising is added, the advertising provider may use cookies or other identifiers to show ads, limit how often an ad appears, measure results, or, depending on the provider and your choices, personalise ads. The provider may receive technical information from your browser when an ad loads. When advertising is enabled, this section will be updated to name the provider, explain what it collects, and describe how you can manage ad personalisation. [ADMIN TO COMPLETE when advertising is enabled.]

Third-Party Services

Hetauda.net may depend on outside organisations for some of its functions. We describe only categories that are relevant to the website.

Hosting and infrastructure providers store the website and handle the requests that visitors’ browsers make. [ADMIN TO COMPLETE: hosting provider.] Security or content delivery services, if used, may filter harmful traffic and in doing so may see IP addresses and request details. [ADMIN TO COMPLETE: name any such service, or state that none is used.]

The website shows Hetauda weather conditions and Nepal gold and silver reference prices, which come from outside sources. [ADMIN TO COMPLETE: name the weather and price sources, and state whether the information is fetched by the website’s server or loaded directly in the visitor’s browser. In the second case, the source may receive the visitor’s IP address.] Gold and silver prices are shown for general reference only and should be confirmed with a jeweller or the relevant authority before any purchase or sale.

The website also uses artificial intelligence services in its publishing process, explained in the next section. Analytics and advertising services will be named only if they are enabled.

Artificial Intelligence and Automated Publishing

Hetauda.net uses automated systems and artificial intelligence to help find, sort, summarise, and prepare articles from publicly available information. This includes municipality and government notices, job vacancies, tenders, education and examination updates, and similar public material. The AI services used include those provided by OpenAI.

It helps to separate two different things. The first is public notices and published sources, which is what these tools are meant to process. The second is personal information that visitors send to us, such as a contact message. [ADMIN TO COMPLETE: state clearly whether any visitor data, such as contact messages, IP addresses, or browsing records, is sent to AI services. Do not publish a statement either way until this is verified.]

Public notices in Nepal often contain names. Examination results, vacancy shortlists, tender awards, and similar lists may include the names, roll numbers, or addresses of real people. Our automated tools may process this material as part of the notice. If you are named in a published article and believe that your information has been reproduced inaccurately or should not appear, please contact us using the details below, and we will look at the request.

The editorial approach, the limits of accuracy, and the responsibilities connected with AI-assisted articles are explained on our Terms, Disclaimer & AI Policy page: https://www.hetauda.net/terms-disclaimer/

Data Sharing and Disclosure

We share information with others only in the situations described here.

Service providers, such as hosting, security, and email or form services, may process information on our behalf so that the website can run. Information may also be disclosed where we reasonably believe that a law, court order, or lawful request from a competent authority requires it, or where disclosure is needed to protect the website, its readers, or others from fraud, abuse, or harm. If the website or its operator changes, related information may be passed on as part of that change, and this policy would be updated.

Data Retention

We keep information only for as long as it is reasonably needed for the purpose it was collected for, or for as long as the law requires. The period differs between types of information. [ADMIN TO COMPLETE: replace each placeholder below with a confirmed period, or with a plain description of how the period is decided.]

• Contact messages and correction requests: [ADMIN TO COMPLETE]
• Server logs kept by the hosting provider: [ADMIN TO COMPLETE]
• Security records: [ADMIN TO COMPLETE]
• Analytics data, if enabled: [ADMIN TO COMPLETE]
• Website backups, which may hold older copies of stored data: [ADMIN TO COMPLETE]

Some information may remain in backup copies for a time after it has been removed from the live website.

Information Security

We try to apply reasonable technical and organisational safeguards that suit a small independent website. No website, internet connection, or storage system is completely free of risk, and we cannot promise absolute security.

You can also reduce risk on your side. Avoid sending sensitive details by email or through a contact form, be careful on public Wi-Fi, and log out or clear your browsing data on shared devices. If you believe information you sent us has been misused, please tell us through the Contact page so that we can look into it.

External Links and Government Websites

Many of our articles point readers to official sources, such as government and municipality websites, examination bodies, employers, and application portals, so that you can read the original notice or apply directly. Those websites are run by other organisations and have their own privacy practices. Hetauda.net does not control them.

A link in an article does not mean that the linked site receives information about you from us before you open it. Once you leave Hetauda.net and use another website, that website may collect information under its own rules. If an external site asks you for personal details, for example on a vacancy application or a tender portal, please read its privacy statement first and check that you are on the genuine official website.

Children’s Privacy

Hetauda.net is a general information website and is not designed specifically for children. We have not set a minimum age for reading it. Students and young readers often look for examination updates and school notices here, and we want parents, guardians, and teachers to know how to raise a concern.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a child has sent personal information to us, or that information about a child appears on the website, please contact us through the Contact page and tell us what you would like us to look into.

Your Privacy Rights and Choices

You may contact us to ask what personal information we hold about you, to ask for inaccurate information to be corrected, to ask for information to be deleted where that is appropriate, to ask questions about how your information is handled, or to withdraw consent where we have relied on it.

We will consider each request carefully, but we cannot promise that every request can be fulfilled. We may need to keep certain information because the law requires it, because it is needed to settle a dispute, or because it is necessary for security. We may also ask you to confirm who you are before acting on a request involving personal information.

This policy takes into account privacy and electronic information laws that apply in Nepal, including the Privacy Act, 2075 (2018). It does not claim that Hetauda.net meets the requirements of the privacy laws of any other country. Visitors from outside Nepal may have rights under their own local laws, and those laws differ from place to place.

International Data Processing

Some of the services that support Hetauda.net, such as hosting, security, and AI services, may be provided by companies that process data in other countries. Information connected to your visit may therefore be handled outside Nepal. [ADMIN TO COMPLETE: the countries or regions where each provider processes data, if known. If unknown, keep the wording above as it stands.] We do not claim that information stays within Nepal.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy when the website, its technology, its services, or the relevant legal requirements change. This is especially likely if analytics or advertising is introduced. The updated text will be published on this page and the date below will change. Please look at this page from time to time. We do not promise to notify each visitor individually.

Contact About Privacy

For privacy questions, correction requests, or concerns, please use the Contact page: https://www.hetauda.net/contact/

Say in your message that it concerns privacy. If you are writing about a particular article, include its link, so that we can find it quickly. Please do not include identity numbers, bank details, or other sensitive information in your first message.