Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2 July 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Tech Lens Media collects, uses, shares, stores, and protects personal information when you visit or use techlensmedia.com, subscribe to our newsletter, contact us, submit a startup, submit an AI tool, submit an agency, submit an event, inquire about paid coverage, interact with our content, or use any related features.

By using Tech Lens Media, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1.  Who We Are

Tech Lens Media is a digital media brand operated from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, “Tech Lens Media,” “TLM,” “we,” “us,” or “our” refers to the operator of the Tech Lens Media website and related media properties.

Contact email: hello@techlensmedia.com

2.  Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information.

2.1  Information You Provide Directly

You may provide information when you:

• Contact us through a website form
• Subscribe to our newsletter
• Submit a startup, company, AI tool, agency, product, or event
• Request paid PR, sponsored content, advertising, listing, or event promotion
• Request corrections, updates, or removal of content
• Communicate with us by email or social media
• Participate in comments, surveys, campaigns, or other interactive features if enabled

This information may include:

• Name
• Email address
• Phone number, if provided
• Company name
• Role or designation
• Website URL
• Social media links
• Startup, tool, agency, event, or product details
• Funding, acquisition, launch, traction, customer, investor, pricing, or business information you submit
• Logos, images, files, screenshots, or media assets
• Message content and communication history
• Billing or payment-related information if paid services are used

Please do not submit sensitive personal information unless it is strictly necessary.

2.2  Information Collected Automatically

When you visit Tech Lens Media, we may automatically collect information such as:

• IP address
• Browser type
• Device type
• Operating system
• Approximate location
• Pages viewed
• Referring URLs
• Time spent on pages
• Clicks and interactions
• Search terms
• Newsletter and campaign engagement
• Cookies, pixels, tags, and similar tracking data

We may use tools such as Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Google Search Console, LinkedIn Insight Tag, Google AdSense, advertising networks, and social media embeds.

2.3  Information from Third Parties

We may receive or collect information from:

• Publicly available sources
• Company websites
• Press releases
• Startup databases
• Event websites
• Social media platforms
• PR agencies
• Founders, investors, company representatives, or submitters
• Analytics, advertising, newsletter, payment, and hosting providers

3.  How We Use Information

We may use personal information to:

• Operate, maintain, and improve Tech Lens Media
• Respond to your messages, requests, submissions, and inquiries
• Review startup, tool, agency, and event submissions
• Publish or update articles, listings, directories, event pages, and sponsored content
• Send newsletters, updates, marketing communications, and editorial emails
• Process advertising, sponsored content, paid listing, PR, event promotion, or lead generation requests
• Analyze website traffic, audience behavior, performance, and engagement
• Personalize or measure advertising and sponsored campaigns
• Prevent spam, abuse, fraud, security incidents, and unauthorized activity
• Comply with legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, or dispute-related obligations
• Manage payments, invoices, refunds, and commercial relationships where applicable
• Protect our rights, users, website, editorial integrity, and business interests

4.  Legal Bases for Processing

Depending on your location and the applicable law, we may process personal information based on:

• Your consent
• Our legitimate interest in operating and improving a media website
• Performance of a contract or pre-contractual request
• Compliance with legal obligations
• Protection of our rights, users, systems, and business interests

Where consent is required, you may withdraw consent where applicable.

5.  Newsletter and Marketing Emails

If you subscribe to our newsletter or request updates, we may send you editorial, promotional, sponsored, or marketing communications.

You can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us at
hello@techlensmedia.com.

We may still send non-promotional messages related to your submissions, inquiries, paid services, legal notices, or account/service matters where applicable.

6.  Submissions and Public Information

If you submit a startup, AI tool, agency, event, product, company update, funding announcement, or other information for publication, we may publish some or all of the submitted information on Tech Lens Media or related channels.

Published information may be visible to the public, indexed by search engines, shared on social media, included in newsletters, or archived.

Do not submit confidential, private, sensitive, or unauthorized information unless we have specifically agreed in writing to receive it as confidential.

7.  AI-Assisted Processing

Tech Lens Media may use AI-assisted tools to support research, drafting, summarization, editing, categorization, listing review, content formatting, internal workflows, and productivity.

We aim to use such tools responsibly and may apply human editorial review before publication. However, you should avoid submitting highly confidential, sensitive, or proprietary information through public forms unless necessary and agreed in writing.

8.  Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, and similar technologies to operate the website, understand audience behavior, improve content, measure performance, support advertising, and enable social media or embedded content features.

For more details, please see our Cookie Policy below.

9.  Sharing of Information

We may share information with:

• Website hosting, infrastructure, security, and cloud service providers
• Analytics providers such as Google Analytics
• Tag management tools such as Google Tag Manager
• Advertising and retargeting platforms such as LinkedIn Insight Tag, Google AdSense, and other ad networks
• Newsletter and email service providers
• Payment processors such as Razorpay, Stripe, PayPal, or similar providers if payments are enabled
• Contractors, editors, writers, designers, developers, consultants, or service providers who support Tech Lens Media
• Sponsors, advertisers, or partners where you interact with a sponsored campaign, submit an inquiry, or consent to lead sharing
• Legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, or law enforcement authorities where required
• A successor operator if Tech Lens Media is incorporated, transferred, sold, merged, reorganized, or assigned

We do not sell personal information for direct monetary payment. However, some advertising, analytics, and tracking activities may be considered “sharing,” “targeted advertising,” or similar concepts under certain privacy laws.

10.  Third-Party Websites and Services

Tech Lens Media may include links, ads, embeds, widgets, videos, social media posts, tools, payment pages, and forms from third-party websites or services.

Third parties may collect information according to their own privacy policies. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or accuracy of third-party websites or services.

11.  International Data Transfers

Tech Lens Media is operated from India and may use service providers located in India, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, or other countries.

By using the website or submitting information, you understand that your information may be processed or stored in countries where data protection laws may differ from those in your location.

Where required, we aim to use appropriate safeguards for international data transfers.

12.  Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including:

• Responding to inquiries
• Maintaining submissions, listings, articles, and editorial records
• Managing newsletters and marketing preferences
• Fulfilling paid service, tax, accounting, or legal obligations
• Resolving disputes
• Preventing fraud, abuse, or security issues
• Maintaining business records

We may retain published editorial content, listing content, public submissions, and archived materials for historical, editorial, legal, or public-interest purposes unless removal is appropriate under applicable law or our internal review.

13.  Security

We use reasonable technical, organizational, and administrative measures to protect personal information.

However, no website, internet transmission, email, form, hosting system, or storage method is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

14.  Your Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to:

• Access personal information we hold about you
• Correct inaccurate or incomplete information
• Request deletion or erasure of personal information
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
• Object to or restrict certain processing
• Request data portability where applicable
• Opt out of marketing communications
• Opt out of certain targeted advertising or tracking where applicable
• Request information about how your data is processed
• Raise a grievance or complaint

To exercise rights, contact us at hello@techlensmedia.com.

We may need to verify your identity before responding. Some requests may be limited where we need to retain information for legal, editorial, contractual, security, tax, accounting, dispute, or legitimate business purposes.

15.  Privacy Requests and Grievance Contact

For privacy questions, data requests, corrections, deletion requests, or grievances, contact:

Tech Lens Media
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Email: hello@techlensmedia.com

If a specific grievance officer or privacy officer is appointed in the future, this Privacy Policy will be updated with those details.

16.  Children’s Privacy

Tech Lens Media is intended for a business, technology, startup, investor, and professional audience. It is not intended for children.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us at hello@techlensmedia.com so we can review and take appropriate action.

17.  Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.

Your continued use of Tech Lens Media after updates are posted means you acknowledge the updated Privacy Policy.

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Cookie Policy

Last updated: 2 July 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how Tech Lens Media uses cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, and similar technologies on techlensmedia.com.

1.  What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies include pixels, tags, local storage, scripts, SDKs, and tracking identifiers.

These technologies help websites function, remember preferences, measure traffic, understand user behavior, deliver ads, and improve user experience.

2.  How We Use Cookies

Tech Lens Media may use cookies and similar technologies to:

• Operate and secure the website
• Remember basic preferences
• Understand website traffic and audience behavior
• Measure article, listing, and campaign performance
• Improve website design, content, and user experience
• Support advertising and sponsored campaigns
• Enable social media embeds and sharing features
• Detect spam, fraud, abuse, or technical issues

3.  Types of Cookies We May Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They may support page loading, security, form submission, fraud prevention, consent preferences, and basic website operations.

These cookies cannot usually be disabled through our website because the website may not work properly without them.

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use Tech Lens Media, which pages are read, how users arrive at the site, and how content performs.

We may use tools such as Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Google Search Console-related performance tools.

Advertising and Measurement Cookies

Advertising cookies and pixels help us measure, deliver, and improve ads, sponsored content, retargeting, and campaign performance.

We may use tools such as LinkedIn Insight Tag, Google AdSense, Google advertising products, or other advertising networks.

Social Media and Embedded Content Cookies

Some pages may include embedded content from social media platforms, video platforms, event platforms, or other third-party services.

These third parties may set cookies or collect information when you interact with embedded content.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies may help remember preferences or improve website experience, such as display settings, form behavior, or saved choices where applicable.

4.  Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies are placed by third-party providers, not directly by Tech Lens Media. These third parties may use cookies according to their own policies.

Examples may include:

• Google Analytics
• Google Tag Manager
• Google AdSense or other ad networks
• LinkedIn Insight Tag
• Social media platforms
• Embedded media providers
• Payment processors if paid services are enabled

We do not control all third-party cookie practices.

5.  Cookie Consent

Where required by applicable law, we will request your consent before placing non-essential cookies such as analytics, advertising, retargeting, or social media tracking cookies.

You may be able to accept, reject, or manage cookie categories through our cookie banner or cookie preference tool where available.

Essential cookies may still be used because they are necessary for the website to operate.

6.  Managing Cookies

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block cookies, delete cookies, or receive alerts before cookies are stored.

Please note that disabling some cookies may affect website functionality, analytics accuracy, personalization, advertising, or embedded content.

You can also manage certain advertising preferences through advertising platform settings, browser privacy tools, device settings, or industry opt-out mechanisms where available.

7.  Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time as our website, tools, advertising partners, or legal requirements change.

The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.

8.  Contact

For questions about this Cookie Policy, contact:

Tech Lens Media
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Email: hello@techlensmedia.com