Effective Date: 9 October 2026
1. Introduction
Welcome to The CapTop (https://thecaptop.com/), a premium business and startup media platform covering business, entrepreneurship, technology, finance, and innovation.
The CapTop is part of IndyaStory, founded by Prosenjit Barman, Founder and CEO of IndyaStory.
We respect your privacy and are committed to handling personal information responsibly. This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, stored, disclosed, and protected when you visit our website, contact our team, or interact with our content and services.
By using our website, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy. Where consent is legally required, we will request it separately.
2. Information We Collect
Depending on how you interact with our website, we may collect the following categories of information.
2.1 Personal Information You Provide
You may voluntarily provide personal information when you:
- Contact our editorial or business teams.
- Submit news tips, press releases, or story suggestions.
- Send advertising or partnership enquiries.
- Submit information through a contact form.
- Subscribe to a newsletter, if available.
- Participate in surveys, promotions, or other interactive features, if offered.
This information may include your name, email address, organisation, job title, message content, and any other details you choose to provide.
Please avoid sending sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for your enquiry.
2.2 Information Collected Automatically
When you access The CapTop, certain technical information may be collected automatically by our website infrastructure or third-party services. Depending on the tools in use, this may include:
- Internet Protocol (IP) address.
- Browser type and version.
- Device and operating system information.
- Pages visited and links accessed.
- Referring website or source.
- Approximate location derived from technical information.
- Visit timestamps and website interaction data.
- Diagnostic, performance, and security logs.
This information may be used to maintain website functionality, understand readership, troubleshoot technical issues, and protect against malicious activity.
2.3 Cookies and Similar Technologies
The CapTop may use cookies, pixels, local storage, and similar technologies to support website functionality, remember preferences, measure audience engagement, and support advertising where applicable.
Cookies may be used for purposes such as:
- Essential website functionality.
- Analytics and performance measurement.
- Preference management.
- Advertising measurement and personalisation, where enabled.
You can manage cookies through your browser settings. Where required by applicable law, we will obtain consent before using non-essential cookies or similar technologies.
Disabling certain cookies may affect some website features.
3. How We Use Information
Information collected through The CapTop may be used to:
- Operate, maintain, and improve the website.
- Respond to enquiries, feedback, and requests.
- Review news tips, press releases, and editorial submissions.
- Evaluate advertising and partnership enquiries.
- Understand readership patterns and improve content.
- Monitor website performance and diagnose technical problems.
- Detect fraud, spam, abuse, and security incidents.
- Comply with applicable legal obligations.
- Enforce our website terms and protect our legal rights.
We aim to collect and use information only for appropriate purposes and to the extent reasonably necessary.
4. Legal Bases for Processing
Where applicable data protection law requires a legal basis for processing personal information, we may rely on one or more of the following, depending on the circumstances:
- Your consent.
- The performance of a contract or steps requested before entering into a contract.
- Compliance with a legal obligation.
- Legitimate interests, where permitted by law and where those interests are not overridden by your rights.
- Other lawful grounds recognised by applicable legislation.
Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent, subject to applicable law. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
5. Cookies, Analytics, and Third-Party Services
We may use third-party services to support website hosting, security, audience analytics, embedded content, advertising, and other website functions.
Depending on the services actually installed, these providers may process technical information or use cookies and similar technologies in accordance with their own privacy policies and applicable law.
Examples of services that a publisher might use include:
- Website analytics platforms.
- Advertising networks.
- Content delivery and website security providers.
- Embedded video or social media services.
- Email delivery and newsletter platforms.
The inclusion of these examples does not mean that The CapTop currently uses every listed service.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of relevant third-party providers. We do not control the independent privacy practices of external websites and services.
6. Advertising and Sponsored Content
The CapTop may publish advertising, sponsored articles, branded content, or other commercial material.
Advertising services, if enabled, may use cookies, device information, or browsing-related data to measure advertising performance, limit repeated advertisements, or personalise advertisements where permitted.
Sponsored articles and paid promotions should be appropriately identified so readers can distinguish commercial content from independent editorial coverage.
Where required by applicable law, we will provide appropriate information and obtain consent for advertising-related data processing.
7. When We Share Information
We do not sell personal information to third parties in exchange for money.
We may disclose information in limited circumstances, including:
- Service providers: To vendors that provide hosting, security, analytics, communications, or technical services on our behalf.
- Business operations: To relevant teams or service providers supporting The CapTop and IndyaStory.
- Legal compliance: Where disclosure is required by law, a valid legal process, or a competent authority.
- Protection and security: Where reasonably necessary to investigate fraud, protect users, safeguard our website, or establish or defend legal claims.
- Business changes: In connection with a merger, restructuring, transfer, or other business transaction, subject to applicable legal requirements.
- With your direction or consent: Where you ask us to share information or otherwise authorise disclosure.
We expect service providers handling personal information on our behalf to apply appropriate safeguards and use the information for authorised purposes.
8. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer period is required or permitted by law.
Retention periods may depend on the type of information, the nature of the enquiry, operational requirements, legal obligations, and the need to resolve disputes or enforce agreements.
When information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to delete it, anonymise it, or otherwise dispose of it appropriately, subject to applicable legal and technical requirements.
9. Data Security
We use reasonable technical, organisational, and administrative measures designed to protect information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, loss, or misuse.
However, no website, internet transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We therefore cannot guarantee absolute security.
If a personal data breach occurs, we will take appropriate steps in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
10. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and the laws applicable to your information, you may have rights to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Request deletion of personal information, subject to legal exceptions.
- Withdraw consent where processing relies on consent.
- Object to or request restrictions on certain processing.
- Request a copy of information in a portable format, where applicable.
- Opt out of certain marketing communications.
- Raise a complaint with a competent privacy or data protection authority.
To exercise an applicable right, contact us using the details in the Contact Information section.
We may need to verify your identity before responding. We will handle requests in accordance with applicable law and explain where a request cannot be fulfilled.
11. Children’s Privacy
The CapTop is a general-audience business and media website and is not specifically directed at children.
We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children in circumstances where doing so would violate applicable law. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us inappropriately, please contact us so that we can review the matter and take appropriate action.
12. External Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, publications, social media platforms, and other external resources.
These external websites operate independently and may have their own privacy policies, cookies, and data collection practices. We are not responsible for their content, security, or privacy practices.
Please review the relevant privacy policy before providing personal information to an external website.
13. International Data Transfers
Some of our service providers may process or store information in countries other than the country where you reside.
Where personal information is transferred across borders, we will take steps required by applicable law to ensure that the transfer is appropriately protected.
14. Privacy in India
The CapTop operates as part of IndyaStory in India. We aim to handle personal information in accordance with applicable Indian laws and regulations, including relevant provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, and applicable rules and notifications to the extent in force and applicable.
The rights, obligations, exemptions, and implementation requirements applicable to a particular processing activity depend on the relevant law and its effective provisions.
If you are located in another jurisdiction, additional privacy rights or requirements may apply to you.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, services, data practices, or applicable laws.
Any revised version will be published on this page with an updated revision date. Where required by law, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent for material changes.
We encourage you to review this page periodically.
16. Contact Information
For questions, requests, or concerns relating to this Privacy Policy or the handling of personal information, you can contact us at:
The CapTop — Part of IndyaStory
General Enquiries: [email protected]
Editorial & Newsroom: [email protected]
Founder’s Office: [email protected]
Office Address:
IndyaStory
Dhaloguri No. 5, Bokalir Math
Cooch Behar, West Bengal – 736133
India
Website: https://thecaptop.com/
Please include “Privacy Request” in the subject line of your email to help us identify your enquiry.
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