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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 1 July 2025
Shaashada › Privacy Policy
📋 Contents
  1. Overview
  2. Information We Collect
  3. How We Use Your Information
  4. Cookies and Tracking
  5. Advertising
  6. Third-Party Services
  7. Data Retention
  8. Your Rights
  9. Children's Privacy
  10. Changes to This Policy
  11. Contact Us

1. Overview

Shaashada ("we", "us", or "our") operates the website shaashada.com (the "Service"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect information about you when you use our Service.

Summary: Shaashada does not require you to create an account. We do not sell your personal data to third parties. We use standard analytics and advertising tools that may collect anonymised usage data.

2. Information We Collect

Information you provide

We only collect personal information you choose to provide, such as when you contact us through our contact form. This may include your name and email address.

Information collected automatically

When you visit Shaashada, certain information is collected automatically by our servers and third-party tools, including:

  • IP address — used to determine approximate geographic location and prevent abuse
  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system
  • Pages visited and time spent
  • Referring website — the site you came from before visiting Shaashada
  • Device type — desktop, mobile, or tablet

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Provide, operate, and improve the Shaashada Service
  • Respond to enquiries and messages sent via our contact form
  • Understand how visitors use the Service so we can improve it
  • Detect and prevent fraudulent or abusive activity
  • Comply with legal obligations
  • Display relevant advertisements (see Advertising section below)

4. Cookies and Tracking

Shaashada uses cookies — small text files stored on your device — to improve your experience. These include:

  • Essential cookies: Required for the site to function (e.g. session state, video player preferences)
  • Analytics cookies: Help us understand visitor behaviour (e.g. Google Analytics)
  • Advertising cookies: Used by ad partners to show relevant ads (e.g. Google AdSense)

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of the site. For more information, visit aboutcookies.org.

5. Advertising

Shaashada may display advertisements served by Google AdSense and other advertising partners. These partners may use cookies and similar technologies to show you ads based on your interests and browsing activity across websites.

Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to Shaashada and other sites on the internet. You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.

We do not control the content of advertisements displayed on the site. All advertising is served in compliance with applicable laws and Google AdSense programme policies.

6. Third-Party Services

Shaashada integrates with the following third-party services, each with their own privacy policies:

  • Google Analytics — website analytics. Privacy Policy
  • Google AdSense — advertising. Privacy Policy
  • HLS.js / Cloudflare CDN — video player and content delivery
  • iptv-org (GitHub) — open-source channel playlists (no personal data shared)

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third-party services.

7. Data Retention

Contact form submissions are retained for up to 12 months and then securely deleted. Anonymised analytics data may be retained for longer periods as permitted by our analytics provider.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right of access — request a copy of the data we hold about you
  • Right to rectification — request correction of inaccurate data
  • Right to erasure — request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten")
  • Right to object — object to processing of your data for certain purposes
  • Right to data portability — receive your data in a portable format

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us. We will respond within 30 days.

9. Children's Privacy

Shaashada is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us: