Privacy Policy – BullBaba

Last updated: August 2, 2025

BullBaba (“we“, “us“, or “our“) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share personal information when you visit or interact with our website bullbaba.com (the “Site“). By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Information We Collect

We collect certain personal information from our users to provide and improve our services. The types of data we collect include:

Personal Information You Provide: When you voluntarily provide information on our Site – for example, by subscribing to our newsletter, filling out a contact form, or posting a comment – we collect data such as your name and email address. Any content you submit (such as the text of your comments or messages) is collected and may be visible to other users if you post it publicly. We do not collect sensitive personal data (like race, religion, health information, etc.) unless you choose to provide it (which we discourage, especially in public forums).
Automatically Collected Information: When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain data about your device and usage. This may include your IP address, browser type, device information, pages or content viewed, dates/times of access, and referring website. This information is collected through cookies and similar tracking technologies (explained below).
Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and related technologies to enhance your experience and gather information about how you use our Site. Cookies are small files stored on your device that allow us to recognize your browser. They help with things like remembering your preferences and understanding usage patterns. For more details, see the Cookies and Tracking section of this policy.

How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for various purposes in operating and improving our Site, including:

To Provide and Maintain Our Services: We use your information to display content (e.g. publishing your comments on articles) and to respond to inquiries or requests you submit (for example, if you contact us via a form or email).
To Communicate with You: If you provide your email (for instance, by subscribing to our newsletter or contacting us), we may use it to send you content updates, newsletters, or to reply to you. You can opt out of marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the email or contacting us directly.
To Improve Our Site and User Experience: We analyze how users interact with our Site (using tools like Google Analytics) to understand which content is popular, to troubleshoot performance issues, and to improve the functionality and content of the Site.
To Serve Advertising: We display advertisements on our Site (through Google AdSense and potentially other advertising networks) to support our operations. Data such as cookies and browsing history may be used to show you personalized ads relevant to your interests (see the Advertising section below for details).
To Ensure Security and Prevent Fraud: We may use information (like IP addresses and browser user-agent strings) to protect the security of our Site, prevent spam or abuse (for example, through automated spam detection in comments), and enforce our Terms and policies.
To Comply with Legal Obligations: We may process and disclose information as required by applicable laws or in response to lawful requests by government authorities (such as complying with a court order or regulation).

We will not use your personal information for purposes other than those described above without your consent.

Cookies and Tracking

We and our third-party partners use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies to collect information automatically when you interact with our Site. These technologies help us recognize you and understand how you use our Site. For example, cookies allow us to remember your preferences and track visits for analytics and advertising.

Types of Cookies: We use both session cookies (which expire when you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them). Cookies may be set by us (first-party cookies) or by third-party services that we use (third-party cookies).
Analytics: Cookies are used to gather usage data for analytics purposes (see Analytics below). This helps us count visitors, see which pages are viewed, and identify usage patterns. The information collected via analytics cookies is generally aggregated and does not identify you personally.
Advertising: Advertising partners (like Google AdSense) use cookies to serve ads. These cookies may track your browsing behavior across our Site and other sites to show you more relevant ads (see Advertising below for how to opt out of personalized ads).
Your Choices: Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies or notify you when a cookie is being placed on your device. If you choose to disable cookies, please note that some features of the Site may not function properly. For example, certain preferences might not be remembered or you may not be able to post comments if cookies are required for login or verification.

Third-Party Services

We utilize certain trusted third-party services to operate our website and to understand how it is used. These third parties may collect and process information about you on our behalf or in conjunction with your use of the Site. Below are the key third-party services we use and what they do:

Analytics (Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our Site. Google Analytics uses first-party cookies to track user interactions (such as pages visited, time spent on pages, referring URLs, and other usage data). The information collected by Google Analytics (including your IP address and device identifiers) is transmitted to Google and used to compile aggregate statistics about Site activity. This data helps us understand general user behavior and improve our Site. Importantly, Google Analytics provides data in aggregate form and does not identify individual users to us. Google may also collect your IP address to determine approximate geolocation (e.g. city, country) and to protect the security of the service.

How to Opt Out of Analytics: You can prevent data collection by Google Analytics in several ways. You may disable cookies in your browser to limit what data is sent to Google Analytics. Google also offers an official Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on that, once installed in your browser, prevents Google Analytics from collecting information on any site you visit. Using this add-on will disable Google Analytics measurement for your browser. For more details on how Google Analytics handles user data, you can review Google’s overview of data practices.

Advertising (Google AdSense)

We participate in Google AdSense to display ads on our Site. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our Site or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) enables it and its partners to show ads to you based on your visit to our Site and/or other sites on the Internet.

These ads help support our Site’s operation. We do not share any personally identifiable information (such as your name or email) with our advertisers. However, as described, advertisers and ad networks may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your online activities in order to provide personalized ads. This information can include data about your browser, your general location (via IP address), and your browsing behavior.

Opting Out of Personalized Ads: You have options if you do not want to receive personalized advertising. You may opt out of personalized ads served by Google by visiting the Google Ads Settings page. Alternatively, to opt out of many third-party vendors’ personalized advertising (including Google), you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page at aboutads.info/choices or the European Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out site at youronlinechoices.eu. Please note that even if you opt out of personalized ads, you may still see non-personalized ads on our Site. (If we partner with additional advertising networks in the future, we will update this policy to reflect their practices as well. At present, Google AdSense is our primary advertising partner.)

Email Marketing

If you subscribe to our newsletter or other email updates, we collect your name and email address to send you the content you requested. We may use a third-party email service provider (for example, an email marketing platform) to manage our subscriber list and send emails. This means your email address may be stored on that service provider’s servers. We will only use your email to send you newsletters or updates that you have explicitly signed up for. Each marketing email will contain an unsubscribe link that you can click to stop receiving future emails. If you unsubscribe, we will remove your email from our mailing list promptly.

We do not send out mass promotional emails without consent. If you are receiving emails from us and wish to stop, simply use the unsubscribe mechanism or contact us to be removed, and we will honor your request.

User-Generated Content (Comments and Forums)

We allow users to engage with our content through comments on blog posts (and we may introduce forums or similar interactive features). If you choose to post user-generated content on our Site, please be aware of the following:

Public Visibility: Any information you include in a comment or post (including personal information you choose to share, like your name or insights about yourself) may be visible to other visitors. For example, if you comment on an article, the name you provide and your comment text will be displayed publicly on the Site.
Commenter Email Addresses: When you submit a comment, we ask for an email address. Your email is not published on the Site. It is stored in our website database along with your comment, and is used for administrative and security purposes – for instance, to help detect spam. We will not use commenter email addresses to send you newsletters or marketing unless you separately opt in to such communications.
Gravatar Service: If you use the Gravatar service for your email address, an anonymized hash of your email may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you have an associated profile image. If so, after your comment is approved, your profile picture may be displayed next to your comment. (The Gravatar service’s privacy policy is available on its website.)
Content Moderation: User-generated content may be moderated. We reserve the right to remove any comments or posts that violate our terms or policies (for example, hate speech, spam, or other inappropriate content). However, we are not responsible for the personal information you choose to include in any comments or content you post. Please avoid sharing sensitive personal details about yourself or others in any public forum on our Site.
Data in Comments: By default, when visitors leave comments on a WordPress-based site, certain metadata (like the time of the comment and the commenter’s IP address and browser user agent) is collected. This information helps in spam detection and may be used to help secure our Site.

Keep in mind that any information you make public in a comment or forum post can be read, collected, or used by anyone who views that content. We recommend using discretion and not posting information that you would prefer to keep private.

Affiliate Links

In the future, we may participate in affiliate marketing programs to help fund our Site. Affiliate links are special links to external websites that can track if you make a purchase or action after clicking them. Here’s what to know about our use of affiliate links:

Referral Tracking: If you click an affiliate link on our Site (for example, a link to a recommended book or product), a cookie may be placed on your browser by the third-party affiliate network or merchant. This cookie tracks that you came from our Site and if you complete a purchase or specified action on the third-party site, we may receive a small commission or referral fee.
No Personal Data Shared by Us: When you click an affiliate link, no personal information (like your name or email) is transmitted from us to the third-party. The tracking is done via the cookie or link identifier. We do not provide your personal data to the third-party website. However, if you then provide information to that third-party (for example, by buying a product from them), your data will be subject to that third party’s privacy policy.
Third-Party Privacy: Any third-party website you visit through an affiliate link is not operated by us. This Privacy Policy does not govern those external sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any website you visit after following a link from our Site, especially before making a purchase or providing any personal information to them.
Transparency: We will endeavor to clearly mark or disclose when a link is an affiliate link (for example, through a disclaimer or context around the link). Our goal is to be transparent that we may earn a commission if you choose to buy through those links, at no extra cost to you.

Participating in affiliate programs will not result in the collection of additional personal information about you by us, beyond what’s described elsewhere in this policy. It only means that the third-party may know a visitor came from our Site. If you have any questions about our affiliate links, feel free to contact us.

How We Share and Disclose Information

We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. However, we may share or disclose information about you in certain circumstances, as described below:

Service Providers: We may share data with third-party vendors and service providers who perform functions necessary to operate our Site or provide our services. For example, this includes companies or individuals that provide website hosting, data analysis, customer service, email delivery, or other support. These service providers are given access only to the information necessary to perform their specific tasks and are contractually obligated to protect your information and use it only for those purposes.
Advertising and Analytics Partners: As noted, we allow certain third-party advertising networks and analytics providers to collect information via cookies and scripts on our Site to support our operations (see the Analytics and Advertising sections above). Those partners will process data as described in their respective privacy policies, but this processing is generally in aggregate or pseudonymous form (e.g. online identifiers) rather than direct personal identifiers.
Legal Requirements and Safety: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation. This includes responding to lawful requests by public authorities (such as court orders, subpoenas, or government regulations). We may also share information when we believe it’s necessary to investigate, prevent, or act regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, or violations of our Terms of Use or other agreements.
Business Transfers: If BullBaba is involved in a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred to the successor or purchaser as part of that transaction. We will ensure that any such successor is bound by terms that are consistent with this Privacy Policy with respect to your personal information. We will notify you (for example, via a prominent notice on our Site) of any change in ownership or use of your personal information in such a scenario.
With Your Consent: We may share your personal information with third parties in other ways if you have given us your consent to do so. For example, if you agree to let us share your information with a particular partner for their own marketing purposes, we will do so as authorized by you. (As of now, we have no plans to share data in this manner, and any such request for consent would be clear and specific.)

Aside from the purposes and partners described above, we will not disclose your personal information to third parties. In particular, we do not give your contact details or personal identifiers to third parties for their own marketing or advertising independent of our Site.

International Data Transfers

BullBaba is based in India, but we serve a global audience. If you are located outside of India, please be aware that your personal information may be transferred to and stored in India or other countries where our servers or service providers are located. This means that your information could be processed in a country that has different data protection laws than your home country.

Whenever we transfer personal data out of jurisdictions with strict data protection laws (such as countries in the European Economic Area), we will take steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your information. This may include using standard contractual data protection clauses approved by relevant authorities, or relying on your consent where permitted. By using our Site or providing us with information, you acknowledge that your information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside of your own.

Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. For example:

If you leave a comment on our Site, the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely (unless we choose to remove it earlier) so that we can display your comment and any follow-up replies. This also helps us recognize and automatically approve any future comments from you, instead of holding them for moderation.
If you subscribe to our email list, we will retain your email information until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it. Upon unsubscribing, we will remove your contact information from our active mailing list, though we may keep a record of your request to unsubscribe to ensure we honor it going forward.
Google Analytics data is retained as long as necessary for analysis purposes. Google Analytics may allow us to view historical aggregated data to track trends over time. We do not personally identify users in these analytics; the data is used in aggregate form.
Server logs and security records (which can include IP addresses and visit timestamps) are typically retained for a short duration (e.g., a few weeks or months) for monitoring and troubleshooting purposes, unless we need to retain them longer to investigate security incidents or comply with legal obligations.

We periodically review the information we hold and delete or anonymize personal data that is no longer needed for the stated purposes. If you request deletion of your data (see Your Rights below), we will also delete the information you are entitled to have removed, unless a law requires us to keep it or we have a compelling legitimate interest to retain it (in which case we will inform you).

Data Security

We take the security of your personal data seriously. We implement reasonable and appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access or disclosure. These measures include, for example, using secure connections (our Site is HTTPS-encrypted to protect data in transit) and maintaining up-to-date security software on our platform. We also limit access to personal information to those staff or service providers who need it to perform their work, and they are subject to confidentiality obligations.

Despite our efforts, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. While we strive to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee absolute security. You should also take precautions when using the internet, such as using strong passwords, not sharing your login information, and logging out of shared devices to help protect your own information.

If we become aware of a data breach that affects your personal information, we will notify you and the relevant authorities as required by law.

Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. We are committed to respecting and facilitating the exercise of these rights as they apply:

Right to Access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to obtain information about how we process it.
Right to Correction: If any of your information is inaccurate or incomplete, you have the right to ask us to correct or update it.
Right to Deletion: You can request that we delete the personal information we have collected from you. For example, you may ask us to remove comments you have posted or to erase your contact details from our systems. We will delete your data upon request, provided we do not have a legal obligation or overriding legitimate interest to retain it.
Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your personal information based on your consent (such as for email newsletters), you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. For instance, you can unsubscribe from our emails, and we will stop processing your information for that purpose.
Right to Object or Restrict Processing: You may have the right to object to certain processing activities or request that we limit the processing of your information. For example, you can request that we stop using your data for direct marketing, or object to processing based on our legitimate interests in certain cases.
Right to Data Portability: Where applicable, you have the right to request a copy of certain information in a machine-readable format that you have provided to us, and you can ask us to transmit that information to another service provider if it’s technically feasible.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided in the Contact Us section of this policy. We may ask you to verify your identity (for instance, by confirming control of an email address) before fulfilling your request, to ensure that we do not disclose or delete data improperly at the request of someone else.

Please note that these rights are not absolute and may be subject to certain exceptions. For example, we might decline a request for deletion if we need the information to comply with a legal obligation, or we might refuse to provide a copy of data if it would infringe on the rights and freedoms of others. If we cannot fulfill a request, we will inform you of the reasons, subject to legal restrictions.

European Economic Area (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the UK, you have additional rights under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK data protection law. In addition to the rights listed above, these include:

Right to Complain: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a Data Protection Authority (DPA) if you believe our handling of your personal data violates the GDPR. We would, however, appreciate the chance to address your concerns first. If you have any issues, please contact us and we will try to help.
Legal Bases for Processing: We only process your personal data when we have a legal basis to do so under GDPR. This means we process data only when: (a) you have given consent for one or more specific purposes (e.g. you subscribed to our newsletter); (b) it is necessary to perform a contract with you (though currently our Site does not require any user contracts, this would apply if you were to register for an account or paid service in the future); (c) it is necessary for our legitimate interests – such as improving our Site’s functionality or securing our services – and those interests are not overridden by your rights; or (d) we have a legal obligation to do so.
Data Transfers: If we transfer your data outside of the EEA, we will ensure it is protected by appropriate safeguards as described in the International Data Transfers section of this policy (for example, by using standard contractual clauses).

California Privacy Rights (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have specific privacy rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA):

Right to Know: You can request that we disclose what personal information we have collected, used, and disclosed about you over the past 12 months. This includes the categories of personal information, the categories of sources, the business or commercial purposes for collection, and the categories of third parties with whom we shared personal information. (In this Privacy Policy, we describe these things: see sections above on Information We Collect, How We Use It, and How We Share It for details.)
Right to Access: You can request a copy of the specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you in the past 12 months.
Right to Deletion: You can request that we delete personal information we have collected from you (subject to certain exceptions – for example, we may retain information needed to complete a transaction you initiated, to detect security incidents, to comply with legal obligations, etc.).
Right to Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing: The CCPA gives you the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information (and CPRA extends this to sharing for targeted advertising purposes). We do not sell personal information for money. We also do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising in the sense of providing your data to third parties for their own advertising purposes. The only “sharing” we do is with the service providers and partners as described in this policy (such as allowing advertising cookies on our Site), which is done for our purposes and not for a third party to independently market to you. If you believe that any aspect of our data use constitutes a “sale” or “sharing” under California law, please contact us and we will honor an opt-out request. For instance, we can ensure that advertising cookies (which might be seen as a form of data sharing) are disabled for your browser if you so request.
Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights. This means we won’t deny you our services, charge you a different price, or provide a different quality of service just because you exercised your rights under CCPA. (Note: We do not provide financial incentives in exchange for your data that would require a notice under CCPA.)

To submit a request under CCPA, you (or an authorized agent acting on your behalf) can contact us as described in Contact Us below. We will need to verify your identity to process certain requests (for example, by confirming details we already have on file, like your email address).

Do Not Track: Some browsers have a “Do Not Track” feature that sends a signal to websites you visit indicating you do not want to be tracked. Currently, there is no universally agreed-upon standard for how to interpret Do Not Track signals. Therefore, our Site does not respond to DNT signals at this time. We will adhere to the privacy standards described in this policy and will update this section if an industry standard for responding to DNT is established in the future.

Children’s Privacy

Our Site and services are not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will take steps to delete that information. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe that your child under 13 has provided personal data to us without your consent, please contact us so that we can investigate and remove the data as necessary.

For residents of the European Union or other regions with laws that set a higher age for consent to data collection (e.g. 16 years in some jurisdictions), we do not knowingly collect information from individuals below the applicable age. By using this Site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your jurisdiction (or that you are using the Site under the supervision of a parent or guardian).

Links to Other Websites

Our Site may contain links to other websites or may integrate content from third-party sites (for example, embedded videos, social media widgets, or external articles). Please note that if you click on a third-party link or view third-party content through our Site, you will be directed to that third party’s site or service. The privacy practices of those external sites are not covered by this Privacy Policy.

Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you visited the other website directly. This means that third-party sites providing embedded content (such as YouTube videos, Twitter feeds, etc.) may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including associating it with your account on that third-party service (for example, if you are logged in to that service). We do not control the data collection of these external providers.

We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every website you visit or interact with. We are not responsible for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services that are not owned and operated by us.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update or change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any Privacy Policy changes on this page, and the “Last updated” date at the top will be revised accordingly. If the changes are significant, we may also provide a more prominent notice (such as adding a notice on our homepage or notifying subscribers via email).

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting the information we collect. Your continued use of the Site after any changes to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, or if you wish to exercise any of your rights regarding your personal information, please contact us:

Email: contact@bullbaba.com

We will do our best to respond to your inquiry or request promptly and address any issues you may have. Your privacy is important to us, and we welcome your feedback.

Thank you for visiting BullBaba and trusting us with your information.