We, at ‘Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’ and our affiliated companies worldwide, are committed to respecting your online privacy and recognize your need for appropriate protection and management of any personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) you share with us.
“Personal Information” means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, a home or other physical address and an email address or other contact information, whether at work or at home. In general, you can visit ‘Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’ s Web pages without telling us who you are or revealing any Personal Information about yourself.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Some of our Web pages utilize “cookies” and other tracking technologies. A “cookie” is a small text file that may be used, for example, to collect information about Web site activity. Some cookies and other technologies may serve to recall Personal Information previously indicated by a Web user. Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them.
You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you may choose to block cookies with your browser, but please note that if you choose to erase or block your cookies, you will need to re-enter your original user ID and password to gain access to certain parts of the Web site and some sections of the site would not work.
Tracking technologies may record information such as Internet domain and host names; Internet protocol (IP) addresses; browser software and operating system types; clickstream patterns; and dates and times that our site is accessed. Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies allows us to improve our Web site and your Web experience. We may also analyze information that does not contain Personal Information for trends and statistics.
Third Party Services
Third parties provide certain services available on www.srividyasadhana.com on Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’s behalf. ‘Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’ may provide information, including Personal Information, that ‘Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’ collects on the Web to third-party service providers to help us deliver programs, products, information, and services. Service providers are also an important means by which ‘Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’ maintains its Web site and mailing lists. ‘Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’will take reasonable steps to ensure that these third-party service providers are obligated to protect Personal Information on Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’s behalf.
‘Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’ does not intend to transfer Personal Information without your consent to third parties who are not bound to act on Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’s behalf unless such transfer is legally required. Similarly, it is against Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre policy to sell Personal Information collected online without consent.
Your Consent
By using this Website, you consent to the terms of our Online Privacy Policy and to Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’s processing of Personal Information for the purposes given above as well as those explained where ‘Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’ collects Personal Information on the Web.
Information security
- We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data.
- We restrict access to your personally identifying information to employees who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services.
Updating your information
- We provide mechanisms for updating and correcting your personally identifying information for many of our services. For more information, please see the help pages for each service.
Children
- ‘Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’ will not contact children under age 13 about special offers or for marketing purposes without a parent’s permission.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
- ‘Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people (save with your consent) or non-affiliated companies except to provide products or services you’ve requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:
- We provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with ‘Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’ under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information to help ‘Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’communicate with you about offers from ‘Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’ and our marketing partners. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information.
- We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims;
- We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
- We transfer information about you if ‘Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’ is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, ‘Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’ will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
- ‘Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’displays targeted advertisements based on personal information. Advertisers (including ad serving companies) may assume that people who interact with, view, or click on targeted ads meet the targeting criteria – for example, women ages 18-24 from a particular geographic area.
- ‘Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’ does not provide any personal information to the advertiser when you interact with or view a targeted ad. However, by interacting with or viewing an ad you are consenting to the possibility that the advertiser will make the assumption that you meet the targeting criteria used to display the ad.
- ‘Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’ advertisers include financial service providers (such as banks, insurance agents, stock brokers and mortgage lenders) and non-financial companies (such as stores, airlines, and software companies).
- ‘Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’works with vendors, partners, advertisers, and other service providers in different industries and categories of business. For more information regarding providers of products or services that you’ve requested please read our detailed reference links.
Confidentiality and Security
- We limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs.
- We have physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with the laws prevalent in India to protect personal information about you. We seek to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and Rules made thereunder to ensure the protection and preservation of your privacy.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
‘Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’ reserves the right to update, change or modify this policy at any time. The policy shall come to effect from the date of such update, change or modification.
Disclaimer
Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre does not store or keep credit card data in a location that is accessible via the Internet. Once a credit card transaction has been completed, all credit card data is moved off-line only to ensure that the data/credit card information received is not accessible to anyone after completion of the on-line transaction and to ensure the maximum security. Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre uses the maximum care as is possible to ensure that all or any data / information in respect of electronic transfer of money does not fall in the wrong hands.
Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre shall not be liable for any loss or damage sustained by reason of any disclosure (inadvertent or otherwise) of any information concerning the user’s account and / or information relating to or regarding online transactions using credit cards / debit cards and / or their verification process and particulars nor for any error, omission or inaccuracy with respect to any information so disclosed and used whether or not in pursuance of a legal process or otherwise.
Contact Information
‘Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’ welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement at the contact address given at the website. Should there be any concerns about contravention of this Privacy Policy, ‘Sivapremananda Self-Realization Centre’ will employ all commercially reasonable efforts to address the same. |