GDPR Policy

Last Updated: August 17, 2025

1. Introduction and Scope

This GDPR Policy outlines the commitment of BDNewsLife (“we,” “us,” or “our”) to the principles of data protection as mandated by the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“GDPR”). This policy applies specifically to individuals residing in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) who visit our website, bdnewslife.com (the “Site”).

BDNewsLife acts as the Data Controller for the personal data processed through our Site. This policy supplements our main Privacy Policy and provides detailed information regarding the rights of data subjects under GDPR. Our commitment is to ensure that your personal data is processed lawfully, fairly, and transparently.

Our contact for data protection inquiries is: admin@bdnewslife.com

2. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

We only process your personal data when we have a lawful basis to do so. The lawful bases we rely on include:

  • Consent: We will process your personal data when you have given us clear consent to do so for a specific purpose. This includes, for example, consenting to the use of non-essential cookies or subscribing to a newsletter. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is necessary for our legitimate interests, or the legitimate interests of a third party, provided those interests are not outweighed by your rights and interests. These legitimate interests include:
    • Operating and improving our Site and services.
    • Ensuring the security of our Site.
    • Analyzing website traffic and user behavior to provide relevant content and a better user experience.
    • Displaying advertisements from our partners like Google AdSense.

3. Your Data Protection Rights under GDPR

As a resident of the EEA, you have comprehensive rights regarding your personal data. We are committed to facilitating the exercise of these rights. They are:

  • The Right to Be Informed: You have the right to be provided with clear, transparent, and easily understandable information about how we use your personal data and your rights. This is why we are providing you with the information in this policy.
  • The Right of Access: You have the right to obtain access to your personal data (if we are processing it). This allows you to be aware of and verify the lawfulness of the processing. You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • The Right to Rectification: You are entitled to have your personal data corrected if it is inaccurate or incomplete. If we have shared your personal data with others, we will let them know about the rectification where possible.
  • The Right to Erasure (The “Right to be Forgotten”): This right enables you to request the deletion or removal of your personal data where there is no compelling reason for us to keep using it. This is not a general right to erasure; there are exceptions.
  • The Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to ‘block’ or suppress further use of your personal data in certain circumstances. When processing is restricted, we can still store your data, but may not use it further.
  • The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to obtain and reuse your personal data for your own purposes across different services. It allows you to move, copy, or transfer personal data easily from one IT environment to another in a safe and secure way, without affecting its usability.
  • The Right to Object: You have the right to object to certain types of processing, including processing for direct marketing and processing based on our legitimate interests.
  • Rights in Relation to Automated Decision Making and Profiling: You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing (including profiling) that produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. BDNewsLife does not currently engage in such automated decision-making.

4. How to Exercise Your Rights

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us at admin@bdnewslife.com. To protect your privacy and security, we may take reasonable steps to verify your identity before providing access or making corrections. We will respond to your request within one month, as required by law.

5. International Data Transfers

BDNewsLife operates from a location outside the EEA. As such, the information we collect may be processed and stored on servers located in countries outside of the EEA. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country.

When we transfer your personal data to a third party or country outside the EEA, we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your personal data, such as using Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission, or by ensuring the third party is certified under an approved mechanism like the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.

6. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. For example, comments and their associated metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically. Analytics records are typically retained for a shorter period.

7. Complaints

If you are an EEA resident and you feel that we have not addressed your requests or concerns satisfactorily, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local Data Protection Authority.

8. Contact Us

For any questions or concerns regarding this GDPR Policy or our data protection practices, please contact our data protection representative:

  • By Email: admin@bdnewslife.com