Last updated: June 21, 2026
Welcome to Shehr-e-Farid — the City Portal of Kot Mithan (mithankot.com). We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled in a safe and responsible manner. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data.
1. Who We Are
Shehr-e-Farid is the official city portal for Kot Mithan, providing information about local news, events, businesses, personalities, tourism, and community resources. Our website address is: https://mithankot.com. For any privacy-related queries, you may contact us through our Contact page.
2. What Information We Collect
We collect information in the following ways:
Information you provide directly: When you use our contact form, you may provide your name, email address, and message. This information is used solely to respond to your inquiry.
Automatically collected information: When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain technical information including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and the date and time of your visit. This data is collected through cookies and analytics tools to help us understand how visitors use our site.
Business listing submissions: If you submit a business or listing to our directory, we collect the information you provide such as business name, address, contact details, and category. This information may be published on the site as part of the directory.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
To operate and maintain the website; to respond to your contact form inquiries; to improve the website’s content, design, and functionality; to publish community-submitted listings and content; to monitor site performance and detect technical issues; and to comply with applicable legal obligations.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.
4. Cookies
Our website uses cookies — small text files placed on your device — to enhance your browsing experience. We use the following types of cookies:
Essential cookies: Required for the website to function properly, such as session management and security features.
Analytics cookies: We use Google Analytics (via Google Site Kit) to collect anonymized data about how visitors interact with our site. This helps us understand which pages are most visited and improve our content accordingly. Google’s privacy policy applies to data collected through this service.
Preference cookies: These cookies remember your settings and preferences to provide a more personalized experience.
You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the website.
5. Third-Party Services
Our website may use the following third-party services, each with their own privacy policies:
Google Analytics / Google Site Kit: Used to track and analyze website traffic. Data is anonymized and aggregated. (Google Privacy Policy)
Embedded content: Pages on this site may include embedded content (such as maps, videos, or social media posts). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you visited those websites directly, and those sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with that content.
6. How Long We Retain Your Data
Contact form submissions are retained for as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry, typically no longer than 12 months. Analytics data is retained according to Google Analytics’ default retention settings. Business listing information submitted by users is retained for as long as the listing is active on the directory.
7. Your Rights
You have the right to request access to any personal data we hold about you, request correction of any inaccurate data, request deletion of your personal data, and withdraw consent for data processing at any time (where processing is based on consent). To exercise any of these rights, please contact us through our Contact page.
8. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration. Our website uses SSL encryption (HTTPS) and is protected by security plugins to safeguard your data.
9. Children’s Privacy
This website is a general-purpose city information portal and is not directed specifically at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us and we will take steps to delete such information.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable laws. When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us through our Contact page at https://mithankot.com/contact/.