Effective Date: 12 October 2026
Website: https://mfgmagazine.com/
1. Introduction
Welcome to MFG Magazine (“MFG Magazine,” “we,” “our,” or “us”).
MFG Magazine is a digital media platform dedicated to the manufacturing industry, business, technology, artificial intelligence, industrial transformation, leadership, market developments, and related industry insights.
MFG Magazine is an initiative of Mentors Council Foundation.
We respect your privacy and are committed to handling your personal information responsibly. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, disclose, and protect information when you visit our website, subscribe to our newsletter, contact us, register for our network, participate in our events, or otherwise interact with our services.
By using our website, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy. Where consent is required by applicable law, we will seek your consent before processing your personal information.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect the following categories of information, depending on how you interact with MFG Magazine.
2.1 Personal Information You Provide
You may voluntarily provide personal information when you:
- Subscribe to our newsletter or editorial updates.
- Contact us with questions, feedback, or business enquiries.
- Submit an article, industry insight, case study, or interview proposal.
- Register for the MFG Network.
- Register for or participate in an event, webinar, or industry initiative.
- Express interest in advertising, partnerships, sponsorships, or collaborations.
This information may include:
- Name.
- Email address.
- Telephone number, if requested.
- Designation and professional title.
- Company or organisation name.
- Industry and city.
- LinkedIn profile URL.
- Area of expertise.
- Any information you voluntarily include in a message or submission.
We aim to collect only the information reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.
2.2 Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, depending on the website configuration and technologies in use. This may include:
- IP address.
- Browser type and version.
- Device and operating system information.
- Pages visited and time spent on the website.
- Referring website or source.
- Approximate geographic location derived from technical information.
- Website usage, navigation, and diagnostic information.
This information may be used to understand website performance, improve user experience, maintain security, and analyse readership trends.
2.3 Cookies and Similar Technologies
MFG Magazine may use cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, remember preferences, understand website traffic, and improve performance.
Depending on the tools implemented on the website, cookies may include:
- Essential cookies: Required for basic website functionality and security.
- Preference cookies: Used to remember user settings.
- Analytics cookies: Used to understand visitor behaviour and website performance.
- Advertising or third-party cookies: Used only where relevant services are implemented.
You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Some website features may not function properly if certain cookies are disabled.
Where required by applicable law, we will obtain consent before using non-essential cookies or similar technologies.
3. How We Use Your Information
MFG Magazine may use collected information for the following purposes:
- Publishing and editorial services: To manage article submissions, interviews, editorial contributions, case studies, and industry features.
- Newsletter and communications: To send newsletters, publication updates, and other communications you have requested or consented to receive.
- MFG Network: To manage professional registrations, facilitate relevant industry engagement, and communicate information related to your membership or participation.
- Events and initiatives: To manage registrations, invitations, attendance, event communications, and related activities.
- Business enquiries: To respond to requests relating to advertising, sponsorships, partnerships, and collaborations.
- Website improvement: To analyse readership patterns, improve content relevance, and enhance website performance.
- Security and fraud prevention: To detect suspicious activity, prevent misuse, and protect our website and users.
- Legal compliance: To meet applicable legal obligations and protect our legitimate rights and interests.
We will not use your personal information for purposes that are incompatible with the purposes for which it was collected, unless permitted by applicable law or supported by the required consent.
4. Newsletter and Marketing Communications
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we may use your email address to send manufacturing news, editorial updates, industry insights, special reports, event announcements, and other relevant MFG Magazine communications.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time using the unsubscribe link included in the email, where available, or by contacting us at ask@mfgmagazine.com.
Unsubscribing from promotional communications will not necessarily stop essential administrative, security, or service-related communications.
5. MFG Network and Professional Information
MFG Magazine may offer an MFG Network for professionals, business owners, manufacturing leaders, industry experts, and other participants in the manufacturing ecosystem.
If you register for the network, we may collect professional details such as your name, designation, company, industry, email address, LinkedIn profile, city, and area of expertise.
We use this information to administer registrations, communicate with participants, and support relevant professional engagement.
Your information will not automatically become publicly visible merely because you register. If we intend to publish your profile, photograph, interview, professional details, or contribution, we will handle that publication in accordance with the applicable permissions, notices, and legal requirements.
You should avoid submitting confidential company information, trade secrets, or sensitive personal information unless specifically necessary and appropriately authorised.
6. Publication of Articles, Interviews, and Contributions
MFG Magazine may publish articles, interviews, expert opinions, photographs, videos, company profiles, and other editorial contributions supplied by contributors or obtained through authorised editorial activities.
If you submit material for publication, we may use the contact and professional information you provide to communicate with you, verify the submission, edit it for editorial purposes, and coordinate publication.
Information intentionally approved for publication may appear on our website, social media channels, newsletters, or other MFG Magazine media channels.
We will take reasonable steps to distinguish information submitted for publication from information provided for private communication. Please do not send confidential or proprietary material unless you have the authority to share it.
7. Sharing and Disclosure of Information
MFG Magazine does not intend to sell personal information to third parties as a standalone commercial product.
We may share information in the following circumstances, where appropriate and lawful:
- Service providers: With website hosting providers, email delivery services, technical support providers, analytics providers, and other vendors supporting our operations.
- Event and programme partners: Where necessary to administer an event or initiative, subject to applicable notices, permissions, and legal requirements.
- Professional collaborations: Where you request or consent to an introduction, partnership, or other professional engagement.
- Legal requirements: Where disclosure is required by law, a court order, or a lawful request from an authorised authority.
- Security and protection: Where reasonably necessary to investigate fraud, address security incidents, enforce our rights, or protect users and the public.
- Business changes: In connection with a merger, restructuring, transfer, or similar organisational transaction, subject to applicable legal requirements.
Third-party service providers may process information on our behalf for specified purposes. We expect appropriate safeguards to be applied when personal information is shared with them.
8. Third-Party Websites and Services
Our website may contain links to external websites, social media platforms, event registration services, embedded content, or other third-party tools.
These third parties may collect information under their own privacy policies and terms of service. MFG Magazine does not control the privacy practices of independent third-party websites.
We encourage you to review the relevant privacy policies before submitting personal information to external services.
9. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including maintaining subscriptions, managing professional registrations, responding to enquiries, maintaining editorial records, ensuring security, and complying with applicable legal obligations.
Retention periods may vary according to the type of information and the purpose for which it was collected.
When information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to delete it, anonymise it, or otherwise dispose of it securely, subject to applicable legal requirements and legitimate recordkeeping needs.
10. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or misuse.
Depending on the systems in use, these measures may include access controls, security updates, secure transmission, restricted administrative access, and appropriate vendor safeguards.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We therefore cannot guarantee absolute security.
If a personal data breach occurs, we will take appropriate steps in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
11. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on applicable law and the nature of our processing, you may have rights relating to your personal information, including the right to:
- Request information about the personal data we process.
- Request correction or updating of inaccurate information.
- Request deletion of personal information where legally applicable.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
- Unsubscribe from marketing communications.
- Raise a concern or submit a privacy-related complaint.
- Exercise any other rights available under applicable data protection law.
To exercise a privacy right, contact us using the details in the Contact Us section. We may need to verify your identity before acting on a request.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal. We may also retain information where retention is required or permitted by law.
12. Children’s Privacy
MFG Magazine is intended primarily for business professionals, manufacturers, entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and other adult readers.
Our website is not designed to knowingly solicit personal information from children in circumstances where such collection is prohibited by applicable law.
If you believe a child has provided personal information to us inappropriately, please contact us so that we can review the matter and take appropriate action in accordance with applicable law.
13. International Data Transfers
Certain service providers or technical systems used to operate our website may process or store information outside India.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, we will take steps required by applicable law and implement appropriate safeguards where necessary.
14. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, editorial activities, business operations, technology, or applicable legal requirements.
Any revised version will be published on this page with an updated effective date.
We encourage visitors to review this page periodically to remain informed about our privacy practices.
15. Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, or requests relating to this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact:
MFG Magazine
An initiative of Mentors Council Foundation
Website: https://mfgmagazine.com/
Email: ask@mfgmagazine.com
Please include “Privacy Request” in the subject line of your email so that your request can be identified and directed appropriately.
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