Who we are
Our website address is: https://thecronica.com.
thecronica.com is a site that is committed to providing safe, secure and fun information to people of all ages, including children.
We take special care to protect the personal information of its users. We are dedicated to helping our visitors learn how to exercise control over personal information while exploring the Internet.
As we continue to offer our visitors new and different types of content and services, thecronica.com may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. To help ensure a rewarding and safe online experience for our users, we provide you with this summary of our information practices:
Site Features and Monitoring
All content sent in by users and displayed on the site is rigorously screened by moderators to ensure that no personal contact information about a user is inadvertently revealed. All site content is also monitored by moderators to ensure that it is appropriate for children.
Information Collected
When visitors come to our site, we automatically collect some non-personally identifiable technical information, such as the type of computer operating system (Example: Windows or Mac), the user’s IP Address, the web browser (Example: Internet Explorer) being used and information regarding the Internet service provider. We may sometimes use the information collected to improve site design and content, to personalise a user’s experience and to offer products, programmes and services of interest to users.
When a user submits material through E-mail / ‘Subscribe to The Lighter Side’ / ‘Buy the Travel Journal’, we directly collect personal information from the user (Example: first name, e-mail address, shipping address). We ask for this only to communicate with the user about support, security, privacy or administrative issues.
All the information that we collect about our users is stored in a secure data facility and is only available to authorised personnel at thecronica.com. Content contributed by users is visible to other users of thecronica.com along with the contributing user’s name. User content that is on display on the site is screened by thecronica.com moderators to ensure that no personal contact information (Example: e-mail address, shipping address, telephone number) is revealed to other users, thus ensuring a safe environment.
We also use cookies, which are stored on the user’s computer to enhance the online experience. These cookies track user preferences, their online/offline status and user activities and interactions while on our site. Users may choose to reject these cookies, but if they do, they may be unable to take advantage of all the features and services of our site.
The financial information that a user enters to subscribe to any of our products is not stored by us, but only by our payment gateway service provider for the purpose of processing debit/credit card payments made to us. This information is safeguarded with extremely high, bank-level security and all debit/credit card processing is done using completely secure, industry standard encryption to secure and encrypt your credit card transaction and other personal information.
Content submitted to thecronica.com, may be used across all of Cronica Media’s different platforms and derivatives, versions, editions and adaptations, both physical and digital, across all territories. The content will be suitably credited depending on the use.
If the parent or guardian of an under-18 user of thecronica.com objects to any content or information posted by their child, they may contact Cronica Media and we will delete it. They can do this by sending an email to hello@wsnt.in
Security and Protection of Information
We take additional precautions to secure and protect the information we collect. However, no information collected over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure. If we become aware of a security breach that may affect a user’s personal information, we will immediately notify the user via the e-mail address provided. thecronica.com does not rent or sell personal information to any third party.
To ensure functionality of the website and execution of promotions, we will provide information to affiliated companies or other businesses or persons who provide web site hosting, maintenance and security services, fulfill delivery of physical merchandise (Example: prizes) or create new site features. We require that these parties process such information in compliance with this Privacy Policy. We authorise only a limited use of such information and we require these parties to use appropriate confidentiality measures. If you have any questions or concerns about how thecronica.com secures personal information, contact hello@wsnt.in