Privacy policy

Who we are

Rajshahi Online is a community website about the city of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. It carries information about the city alongside rental listings, classified advertisements and articles written by readers.

If you have a question about this policy, contact us using the details on our contact page.

What we collect

• Account details. When you sign in with Google we receive your name, email address and profile picture. We never receive your Google password.
• What you post. Listings, photographs, blog articles, and the contact name and phone number you attach to a listing.
• Technical information. Your IP address, browser type, and which pages you opened. This is ordinary server logging.
• Preferences. Your language choice, stored in a cookie on your own device.

Why we collect it

• To create and secure your account.
• To publish the listings and articles you ask us to publish.
• To let buyers and renters contact you about what you posted.
• To review submissions before they go live and to remove content that breaks our terms.
• To keep the site working and to investigate abuse.

What is visible to other people

Read this section carefully before you post.

When you publish a listing, the contact name and phone number you enter are shown publicly on that listing so people can reach you. Anyone visiting the site can see them, and search engines may index them.

Your blog articles are published with your name and, if you write more than one, a public author page. Your email address is never shown publicly.

Cookies

We use a small number of cookies and do not use them for advertising.

• A sign-in cookie that keeps you logged in. It is removed when you sign out.
• A language cookie that remembers whether you prefer Bangla or English.
• If website analytics are switched on, a measurement cookie that counts visits. It does not identify you by name.

Who we share it with

We do not sell your personal information to anyone.

Your information is stored on our hosting provider's servers, which is necessary to run the site. We may disclose information if a law enforcement authority in Bangladesh requires it under a valid legal process.

How long we keep it

Listings expire automatically after the period shown when you post them, and you can delete a listing at any time before that.

Account information is kept until you ask us to delete your account. Server logs are kept for a short period for security purposes.

Your choices

• You can edit or delete anything you posted from your account page.
• You can ask us to delete your account and the content attached to it.
• You can ask for a copy of the information we hold about you.
• You can disconnect this site from your Google account at any time in your Google account settings.

Children

This site is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly create accounts for them. If you believe a child has created an account, please tell us and we will remove it.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy we will update the date shown at the top of this page. Significant changes will be announced on the site.