This is a personal website by Nirmallya Mukherjee who is also known by the domain Pointer-Next, which is henceforth used interchangeably.
Information We Collect and How We Use It
Nirmallya Mukherjee doesn't make money from ads. So he does not collect data in order to advertise to you. The tracking Nirmallya Mukherjee does is to make our product work as well as possible. This includes basic product functions like personalizing what posts/videos you see based on what we think you'll like. So, to give you the best possible experience in using Pointer->Next, we collect information from your interactions with our Services. Other information, we collect based on actions you take while using Pointer->Next, such as what pages/videos you view (including how much of a given page and for how long). This information includes records of those interactions, your Internet Protocol address, information about your device (such as device or browser type), and referral information (how you got to a particular page).
We use this information to:
provide, test, improve, promote and personalize the Services fight spam and other forms of abuse generate aggregate, non-identifying information about how people use the Services. When you create your Pointer->Next account, and authenticate with a third-party service (such as LinkedIn) we may collect, store, only basic information like your name and profile picture. We will never publish something through one of your third-party accounts without your express permission.
Information Disclosure
Nirmallya Mukherjee won't transfer information about you to third parties for the purpose of providing or facilitating third-party advertising to you. We won't sell information about you to a third-party.
Public Data
Search engines may index your Pointer->Next user profile page, public interactions (such as claps or highlights), and post pages, such that people may find these pages when searching against your name on services like Google, DuckDuckGo, or Bing. Users may also share links to your content on social media platforms such as Facebook or Twitter.
Data Storage
Nirmallya Mukherjee uses third-party vendors and hosting partners, such as Amazon, for hardware, software, networking, storage, and related technology we need to run the website. We maintain two types of logs: server logs, application logs and MySQL Database. By using the Services, you authorize Nirmallya Mukherjee to transfer, store, and use your information on AWS servers hosted in the United States and any other country where we operate.
Third-Party Embeds
Some of the content that you see displayed on Pointer->Next is not hosted by Nirmallya Mukherjee. These "embeds" are hosted by a third-party and embedded in a Pointer->Next.com page, so that it appears to be part of that page. For example: YouTube or Vimeo videos, Twitter tweets, GitHub code snippets that appear within a Pointer->Next page and/or post. These files send data to the hosted site just as if you were visiting that site directly (for example, when you load a Pointer->Next.com post page with a Vimeo video embedded in it, that video appears because of a pointer to files hosted by Vimeo, and in turn Vimeo receives data about your activity, such as your IP address and how much of the video you watch). Nirmallya Mukherjee doesn't control what data third parties collect in cases like this, or what they ultimately do with it. So, third-party embeds on Pointer->Next.com are not covered by this Privacy Policy. They are covered by the privacy policy of the third-party service (so, when you watch a Vimeo video embedded in a Pointer->Next.com page, the use of data about your interactions with the video would be covered by Vimeo's privacy policy). Some embeds may ask you for personal information, such as submitting your email address, through a form linked to from a Pointer->Next.com page. We do our best to keep bad actors off of Pointer->Next.com. However, if you choose to submit your information to a third party this way, we don't know what they may do with it. As explained above, their actions are not covered by this Privacy Policy. So, please be careful when you see embedded forms on Pointer->Next.com asking for your email address or any other personal information. Make sure you understand who you are submitting your information to and what they say they plan to do with it. We suggest that you do not submit your email address or other personal information to any third-party through an embedded form. When posting on Pointer->Next.com, you may not embed a form that allows submission of personal information by users. You must link offsite to a page that allows such submissions by users, and that page's appearance must be distinct enough from Pointer->Next.com to ensure it does not cause confusion among users over to whom they are submitting personal information. Failure to do so may lead Pointer->Next.com to disable the post or take other action to limit or disable your account.