GDPR Policy

Last Updated: August 23, 2025

1. Introduction and Scope

This GDPR Data Protection Policy (“Policy”) outlines the commitment of BD News Pro (“we,” “us,” or “our”), accessible at https://bdnewspro.com, to the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

This policy applies to all processing of personal data of data subjects residing in the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland. The purpose of this policy is to ensure that we process personal data in a manner that is compliant with the GDPR, transparent to our users, and protective of their fundamental rights and freedoms.

This policy should be read in conjunction with our main Privacy Policy, which provides broader details on our data handling practices.

Key Definitions:

  • Personal Data: Any information related to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘Data Subject’).
  • Data Subject: An individual whose personal data is processed.
  • Processing: Any operation performed on personal data, such as collection, recording, storage, use, disclosure, or erasure.
  • Data Controller: The entity that determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. For the purposes of this policy, BD News Pro is the Data Controller.

2. Data Controller Details

  • Website: BD News Pro
  • URL: https://bdnewspro.com
  • Contact for Data Protection Inquiries: dpo@bdnewspro.com (Note: It is a best practice to create a dedicated email for Data Protection Officer inquiries)

3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

We only process personal data where we have a lawful basis to do so. The legal bases for processing personal data by BD News Pro include:

  • Consent: Where you have given us clear and explicit consent for a specific purpose, such as subscribing to a newsletter or accepting non-essential cookies. You have the right to withdraw consent at any time.
  • Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, such as for administrative purposes, to improve our service, for network security, or to prevent fraud. We conduct a balancing test to ensure our legitimate interests do not override your rights and freedoms.
  • Legal Obligation: Where we need to process your personal data to comply with a legal or statutory obligation.

4. Your Data Protection Rights Under GDPR

If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the following data protection rights. BD News Pro is committed to facilitating the exercise of these rights.

  • The Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data that we hold and to receive information about how we process it.
  • The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete information you believe is incomplete.
  • The Right to Erasure (The ‘Right to be Forgotten’): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions. For example, if the data is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, or if you withdraw your consent.
  • The Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions, such as if you contest the accuracy of the data or if the processing is unlawful.
  • The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, under certain conditions.
  • The Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data where it is based on legitimate interests. You also have an absolute right to object to your data being processed for direct marketing purposes.
  • Rights in Relation to Automated Decision Making and Profiling: We do not engage in automated decision-making that has a legal or similarly significant effect on you. If this changes, we will update this policy and provide you with the right to obtain human intervention.

5. Data Collection, Use, and Retention

We collect and process various types of personal data to provide and improve our Service. This includes, but is not limited to, IP addresses, cookie identifiers, email addresses (when provided via contact forms), and names.

The specific purposes for data collection are detailed in our main Privacy Policy. We are committed to the principle of data minimization and only collect data that is necessary for the stated purpose.

We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy. We will retain and use your data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

6. Data Security and International Transfers

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure, or access.

As our operations may involve servers located in different countries, your personal data may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction. For data subjects in the EEA, this means your data may be transferred outside the EEA.

In such cases, we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data, such as using Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission, or by transferring to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of data protection.

7. How to Exercise Your Rights

To exercise any of your rights under the GDPR, please submit a verifiable request to us by emailing dpo@bdnewspro.com.

Your request must:

  • Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal data.
  • Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.We will respond to your request within one month of receipt. This period may be extended by two further months where necessary, taking into account the complexity and number of the requests.

8. Lodging a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

If you believe that our processing of your personal data infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your habitual residence, your place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement.