News9 AI² Awards 2026
This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) governs the processing of your personal data in relation to the submissions made by you (“Participant / You / Your”) for the contest named “AI² Awards 2026” (“Event”) which is being organized by Associated Broadcasting Company Private Limited (TV9 Network) (“Organizer”) which shall be binding on each Participant submitting personal data or participating in the Event, or in any manner is a part of the Event and whose personal data has been collected by the Organizer.
We value the trust you place in us and are committed to being transparent about the information we collect and how we use or share it, including with third parties.
This Privacy Policy applies to your participation in the Event, your use of our website, mobile or tablet apps, or any other online platform of Organizer in relation to the Event (“Platform”), or whenever you use any of our services (together, the “Services”).
By participating in the Event and using our Services, you agree to this Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions available at Terms and Conditions: and Privacy policy. We encourage you to read this policy to understand how we collect, use, and share your Personal Data.
We will update this Privacy Policy from time to time in response to changing legal, regulatory, or other internal requirements. We will provide notice of any such changes (including when they will take effect) as required by law. Your continued use of the Platform and Services after any such change will constitute acknowledgement and (as applicable) acceptance of those changes. If you do not want to acknowledge or accept any updates to this Privacy Policy, you may stop using the Platform and/or Services and terminate your account with the Platform. To see when this Privacy Policy was last updated, please see the "Last Updated" date above.
Organizer collects various forms of data from its users in several ways as listed down in Section 2 of this Privacy Policy. This data collected may include Personal Data (defined below) or Non-Personal Data (defined below).
Personal Data: Personal data means any data about you which you provide to the Organizer as part of your usage of the Services, which includes the following:
Non-Personal Data: Organizer collects certain technical data which do not personally identify you which may include, without limitation, the following:
and other such Non-Personal Data as may be determined and collected by the Organizer.
Organizer may collect your Personal Data when:
Organizer will use your Personal Data solely for purposes connected to the Event and the Services. This includes managing your participation, ensuring proper administration of the Event, enabling communication with you, and improving the functioning of the Services. Your Personal Data may be used for the following purposes:
Organizer may share Personal Data only when required for the Event, the Services, or as otherwise permitted under law. The sharing will be limited to what is necessary for the relevant purpose. The categories of third parties with whom Personal Data may be shared are set out below:
Organizer may also share aggregated or anonymized information that does not identify any individual, for analytical, reporting, or service-improvement purposes.
Organizer’s Services may link to third-party websites and services that are outside its control. Organizer is not responsible for the security or privacy of any Personal Data collected by other websites or other services. Organizer should exercise caution, and review the privacy statements applicable to the third-party websites and services you use.
We engage certain third party service providers to provide services, including without limitation for processing payment transactions, (“Service Providers”) and such Service Providers may have access to Your Personal Information or Non-Personal Information, in the course of providing such services. You are bound by the privacy policy of these Service Providers in connection with their use of your Personal Data while they provide their services.
Your Personal Data may be stored and processed in India or any other country, unless restricted by the Central Government under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 or the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (“Act”) or subsequent rules (as and when notified by the central government), in which We or our subsidiaries, affiliates, or products or service providers maintain facilities. We may transfer information that we collect about you, including Personal Data, to affiliated entities, or to other third parties across borders and from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions around the world. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country and, in some cases, may not be as protective.
Participants must act responsibly and comply with the following duties, in addition to any other duties it may have under applicable laws of the applicable jurisdiction:
Your Right of Withdrawal: You shall have the right to withdraw your consent at any time after sending a request mail to our consent manager at _______________ (“Consent Manager”), who shall within a reasonable time from your request, take appropriate action required under the data privacy laws in your respective country, including ensuring that any Personal Data stored on the Organizer’s systems is erased upon (i) withdrawal of consent by the Participant; or (ii) completion of the purpose for which the data was collected, subject to applicable law. However, it is clarified that, such withdrawal shall not affect the legality of processing of the Personal Data based on consent given by you before the withdrawal. Please keep in mind, in case of withdrawal of consent, we will have to close and delete your account and access details to the Platform and/or Services, in whole or in part, in order to delete your Information and you will not be able to access the Platform and/or Services.
Your Right of Grievance Redressal: You shall have the right to have readily available means of grievance redressal by emailing your grievances to us at support@tv9x.com our Consent Manager at ______________________ in respect of any act or omission of Organizer or the Consent Manager regarding the performance of its obligations in relation to your Personal Data or in relation to the exercise of your rights under the Act.
Your Right to Approach the Data Protection Board: You shall have the right to approach and make a complaint to the Data Protection Board in the manner as specified under the Act or subsequent rules (as and when notified by the central government). The manner and procedure for filing such complaints shall be updated in this Policy as and when notified by the Central Government. However, this right should be only exercised after exercising your right of grievance redressal with Organizer.
Your right to review, correct, complete, update your Personal Data: You shall have the right to review, correct, complete, and/or update your Personal Data which is being processed by us at any time, and upon your request made to correct, complete or update your Personal Data, we shall within a reasonable time correct the inaccurate or misleading Personal Data, complete the incomplete Personal Data and/or update the Personal Data as indicated in your request.
Your right to nominate: You shall have the right to nominate, in such manner as may be prescribed, any other individual, who shall, in the event of death or incapacity exercise your rights in accordance with Act and the rules made thereunder.
Your right to correction and erasure of Personal Data: You shall have the right to correction, completion, updating and erasure of your Personal Data for the processing of which you have previously given consent.
Details and Means of exercising the above Rights: You may exercise the above rights by sharing your username / email and describing the right to be exercised and the manner of exercising such right by contacting us at support@tv9x.com and/or contacting our Consent Manager at ____________.
You may contact support@tv9x.com or for any questions relating to the processing of your Personal Data, including matters connected with the exercise of your rights under the Act.
Organizer will retain the required Personal Data from closed accounts to comply with law, avoid/check illegal and/or potentially prohibited activities and to enforce agreements with the Participant; comply with any court judgment / decree / order / directive / legal & government authority /applicable law; investigate potential violations or applicable national & international laws; investigate deliberate damage to the Services or its legitimate operation; Detect, prevent, or otherwise address security and/or technical issues; safeguard the rights, property or safety of the Event and/or Organizer, employees and the general public at large; respond to Claims of third parties; and take such other actions as may be permitted by law.
It is hereby informed to you, and you hereby agree that, no consent is required for the processing of any Personal Data which is processed:
We may retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations. We may also retain and use your information for business, statistical or other purposes as allowed under applicable laws in your respective country of residence.
We shall notify you in case of any security breach of Personal Data that affects You in the form and manner as prescribed under the Act, and its subsequent rules (as and when notified by the central government).
We shall implement reasonable security safeguards to protect Personal Data in our possession or under our control. Such safeguards shall include appropriate technical and organisational measures such as encryption, masking, obfuscation or use of virtual tokens mapped to Personal Data, access-control measures for our systems, maintenance and review of logs for visibility on access to Personal Data, monitoring for unauthorised access, and data-backup or continuity measures in the event of any compromise of confidentiality, integrity or availability of Personal Data. We shall retain logs and Personal Data for a minimum period of one year for the purpose of detecting, investigating and remediating unauthorised access, unless a longer retention period is required under applicable law.
On becoming aware of a personal data breach, we shall, without delay and to the best of our knowledge, notify each affected Data Principal in a clear and concise manner through her user account or any other mode of communication registered with us. Such notice shall include a description of the nature, extent and timing of the breach, the likely consequences, the measures implemented or being implemented to mitigate risk, the safety measures that you may take to protect your interests, and the business contact information of a person authorised to respond to your queries
We endeavour to comply with applicable norms and have a number of security measures to ensure there is no loss, misuse, or illegal alteration of Personal Data collected from its users. Personal Data we collect is securely stored within our databases, and we use standard, industry-wide, commercially reasonable security practices for protecting your Personal Data. However, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our databases, nor can we guarantee that Personal Data or any other information you supply won't be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the internet or wireless communication and any Personal Data or other information you transmit to Organizer, you do at your own risk. If, despite our best efforts, an unauthorised breach of our security measures occurs, resulting in the unauthorised access, duplication, removal or alteration of any your Personal Data or any other information, We, our directors, officers, employees, promoters, or affiliates shall not be held responsible for any loss resulting from such breach. As a result, while we strive to protect your Personal Data, you acknowledge that:
Organizer makes no representation that materials on this Platform are appropriate or available for use in locations outside India. Those who choose to access this Platform from other locations do so on their own initiative and at their own risk. If you choose to access this Platform within India, even as a citizen of any other countries, you are responsible for compliance with local laws in India.
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Organizer uses Cookies to help users efficiently browse our Platform and to save user’s time by not having to re-enter user details/preferences on each visit. Cookies allow Organizer to provide users with information and show you content relevant to that user. Organizer also uses Cookies to analyse how Organizer customers interact with Organizer Platforms so that Organizer can improve the customer journey.
Participant can choose to accept or decline cookies in its browser settings. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but users can usually modify its browser setting to reject cookies if they prefer. Participants may find more help about managing cookies on its browser. This may prevent users from having complete experience of the Platform by affecting the access to some of the links, Services or features. Information collected by cookies and web beacons is Non-Personal Data, unless otherwise constituting as Personal Data under the applicable laws of the applicable jurisdiction, in which case the Personal Data will be handled as per this Privacy Policy.
You must be at least 18 years old to have our permission to use this Services. Our policy is that we do not knowingly collect, use or disclose Personal Data about children under the age of 18 or a person with disability. You must have attained the age of majority to be able to use and access our Services. If you are under the age of 18 or a person with disability, your parent or legal guardian has to ensure that appropriate consent is being given on your behalf, and you including your parent or legal guardian agree to indemnify Organizer against any loss, damages, proceedings, or penalties initiated against Organizer due to your failure to adhere to this obligation.
As a parent or legal guardian, please do not allow minors or persons with disability under your care to submit Personal Data to us. In the event that such Personal Data of the minor is disclosed to us, you hereby consent to the processing of the minor’s or persons with disability’s Personal Data and accept and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy and take responsibility for his or her actions. We shall not undertake to process any Personal Data which is likely to cause any detrimental effects on the well-being of the child. We shall also avoid undertaking any tracking or behavioural monitoring of children or targeted advertising directed at children.
You should also be aware that when Personal Data is voluntarily disclosed (i.e., your name, email address, etc.) in the discussion forums or other public areas on the Services, that information, along with any information disclosed in your communication, can be collected and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages (including unwanted spam messages) from third parties. Such activities are beyond our control and this Privacy Policy does not apply to such information. Please consult the Terms and Conditions for our Services conduct policies.
You should also be aware that when PII is voluntarily disclosed (i.e., your name, email address, etc.) in the discussion forums or other public areas on the Services, that information, along with any information disclosed in your communication, can be collected and used by third parties and may result in unsolicited messages (including unwanted spam messages) from third parties. Such activities are beyond our control and this Privacy Policy does not apply to such information. Please consult the Terms and Conditions for our Services conduct policies.
Email: support@tv9x.com
Attn: Consent Manage
Please include your name, address, and/or email address when you contact us.
We encourage you to promptly update your Personal Data if it changes. Also, depending on your location, you may have certain additional rights with respect to your Personal Data such as deletion (including the right to have Organizer delete your Personal Data, except Personal Data we are required to retain, by contacting us at the address listed above), or we may delete your Personal Data if we are instructed to do so by our customers who export your Personal Data to us, except for information we are required to retain; and withdrawal of consent or object to processing (including, in limited circumstances, the right to ask Organizer to stop processing your Personal Data, by contacting us at the address listed above)
For any complaint related to the services or content of this Platform the aggrieved person may raise the query / complaint within a period of 7 (seven) days from the date of first publication to the email ID mentioned herein:
Email: support@tv9x.com