Privacy Policy
Last Updated: September 7, 2026
Welcome to The Trending Brief. This Privacy Policy explains how information may be processed when you visit or interact with our website.
The Trending Brief is operated and edited by Aman Gautam from Punjab, India.
By using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We May Process
The Trending Brief does not sell, rent or intentionally share readers’ personal information with third parties for monetary gain.
However, certain technical and usage information may be processed automatically when you visit the website. This may include:
Browser type and version
Device type
Operating system
Approximate location
IP address or similar technical information
Pages visited
Date and time of visit
Referring website or traffic source
General website usage information
This information may be processed by website service providers and analytics services to help maintain security, understand website usage and improve website performance.
2. Google Analytics
The Trending Brief uses Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the website.
Google Analytics may process information such as pages viewed, approximate geographic location, device and browser information, traffic source, time spent on pages, website interaction data, and general usage and technical information.
Google Analytics may use cookies or similar technologies to collect this information. We use this information to understand website traffic, improve our content and improve the user experience.
The Trending Brief does not use Google Analytics to intentionally identify individual visitors.
For more information about how Google processes data, visitors should review Google’s privacy and data policies.
3. Cookies and Similar Technologies
The website may use cookies and similar technologies for purposes such as understanding website traffic, improving website performance, supporting website functionality, measuring content performance and remembering basic preferences.
Visitors can manage or disable cookies through their browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect certain features of the website.
4. Comments
Comments may be available on selected news articles.
When a visitor posts a comment, information associated with the comment may be processed by Blogger and Google. Depending on the visitor’s account and settings, this may include a display name, profile information, comment content, date and time of posting, and technical information.
Visitors should avoid posting private, sensitive or confidential information in public comments.
The Trending Brief may moderate, remove or restrict comments that contain spam, abusive language, personal attacks, misleading claims, unlawful material, unauthorised promotional links or other inappropriate content.
5. Contact by Email
The Contact Us page provides an email address for readers who want to send feedback, news tips, correction requests, copyright concerns or other inquiries.
If a visitor voluntarily contacts us by email, we may receive information such as the visitor’s email address, name and the contents of the message.
This information may be used to respond to the inquiry, review a correction request, respond to feedback or a news tip, address a copyright or content concern, or maintain relevant communication records.
We do not sell readers’ email addresses or personal information.
6. Information We Do Not Currently Collect
The Trending Brief does not currently operate a newsletter or email subscription service, user registration or login system, paid membership system, online store or payment system, direct advertising programme, or sponsored-link programme.
The website currently provides a public news and information service.
7. Advertising and Sponsored Links
The Trending Brief is not currently using sponsored links, paid partnerships, affiliate links or direct advertising placements.
If advertising services such as Google AdSense, affiliate links or sponsored content are introduced in the future, this Privacy Policy may be updated to explain the relevant cookies, technologies and disclosures.
8. Third-Party Links
Articles or pages on this website may contain links to external newspapers, official sources or other third-party websites.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security or policies of external websites. Visitors should review the privacy policies of those websites before providing personal information or using their services.
9. Social Media
The Trending Brief does not currently operate official YouTube, Instagram, X/Twitter or Facebook channels.
If official social-media accounts or third-party social-media features are added to the website in the future, this Privacy Policy may be updated where necessary.
10. Data Security
We take reasonable steps to protect information received through the website or by email.
However, no method of transmitting or storing information online is completely secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted over the internet.
11. Children’s Privacy
The Trending Brief is intended for a general audience and is not specifically directed at children.
We do not knowingly request or intentionally collect personal information from children. If a parent or guardian believes that a child has provided personal information through the website, they may contact us at:
thetrendingbrief@gmail.com
We will review the request and take reasonable steps where appropriate.
12. Data Retention
Information received through email may be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to inquiries, process correction or copyright requests, maintain relevant records or comply with legal obligations.
Technical and analytics information may be retained by Google or other service providers according to their own policies and settings.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, analytics services, comments, advertising practices or applicable requirements.
Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.
14. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
The Trending Brief
Punjab, India
Email: thetrendingbrief@gmail.com