Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how OurIndianCulture.com (Henceforward the “website”, “company”, “our”, “we”, “us”) collects, uses and discloses personal and other information we receive, as associated with the services we provide to the user or when using our apps, products or services.
By accessing our website, you agree to our Privacy Policy, as outlined below. If you do not agree to our Privacy Policy, please do not access or use this website. We reserve the right to change the Privacy Policy from time to time. Your use of this site will be subject to the most current version of the Privacy Policy at the time of such use.
We respect the privacy rights of our online visitors and recognize the importance of protecting the information collected from you. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, store and use the information you provide online. When you submit information through our website or via email, you (the “user”) agree to our use of this information as mentioned in this Privacy Policy.
Please note that this Privacy Policy applies only to the sites maintained by us, including our global subsidiaries and affiliated companies, and not to the websites maintained by other companies or organizations to which we link.
This Privacy Policy is effective with respect to any data that we’ve collected, or collect, about and/or from you.
You can contact us about this privacy statement via email at the e-mail address:
[email protected]
Collection And Use Of Information
We collect information in different ways from users and visitors who access the various parts of our website and services. Some information we collect may be provided by the user directly through the forms on our website, Or via email. Personal information is the data that can be used to identify or contact a single person.
Types of information we collect:
Information you provide.
We collect the following personal information from you:
Contact information such as your full name, email address, mailing/billing address, telephone number, and other information that you decide to provide us with, or that you decide to include in your profile with us.
We use this information to:
- Fulfill your order and send you an order confirmation e-mail.
- More effectively respond to customer support emails/requests.
- Send you requested information.
- Administer your profile with us.
- Respond to your questions or concerns.
- Improve our website and user interaction.
- Conduct research and analysis.
- Contact you regarding the product and/or services you have requested.
- Special offers, and surveys on improving our services.
- Process your request to be considered as an event participant.
- Display content based upon interests.
Feedback:
We may on occasion ask our users how we are performing. We reserve a right to contact users of our website, with information provided to us.
Customer Service:
Personally identifiable information may be collected if you submit an inquiry to our customer service team. A record of that correspondence may be maintained to provide you with an optimal customer service experience.
If you provide Personal Data for a certain purpose, we may use the Personal Data in connection with the purpose for which it was provided.
We may use your Personal Data to contact you in the future for our marketing and advertising purposes, including without limitation, to inform you about services or events we believe might be of interest to you, to develop promotional or marketing materials and provide those materials to you. You can opt-out any time by sending us an email at [email protected]
We do not sell your Personal Data to third parties, including third party advertisers. Since, no network, server, database or Internet or e-mail transmission is ever fully secure or error-free; therefore, you should take special care in deciding what information you send to us electronically. Please keep this in mind when disclosing any Personal Data.
We may store Personal Information in locations outside our direct control (for instance, on servers or databases co-located with hosting providers).
We use Security Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption technology to encrypt sensitive personal information (such as your payment information and billing address) before it travels over the internet to our Payment Gateway. Credit card numbers are never stored on our database or servers. If you registered for a paid event on our website, we might contact you via email to send you an order confirmation and to inform you about the services or events we believe might be of interest to you. You can stop receiving these types of emails by sending us an email at [email protected] or by contacting us.
The security of your personal information is important to us. We follow accepted standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If you have any questions about security on our Website, you can contact us at [email protected] We do not accept liability for any unintentional disclosure or a disclosure that occurs due to a security breach of our systems or facilities.
Update Or Delete Personal Information:
Users have the ability to correct, change or delete any information or preferences in their user profile with us. Users may change this information by contacting us via e-mail at the e-mail address: [email protected] You can have your profile deactivated by contacting us via contact form on the Contact page.
Cookies & Tracking Technologies
“Cookies” are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser (if you allow) on your local storage. The information collected by this technology is non-personally identifiable only and allows us to optimize your interactions with our website. Users can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. If you reject cookies, you may still use our website, but your ability to use some features or areas of our website may be limited.
Our website, online services, advertisements, analytics, etc. may use technologies such as: cookies, web beacons, tags and scripts. These technologies are used in tracking users movements around the website, research and analyzing trends, administering the website, and to gather our website users geographic location. These metrics enhance understanding usage patterns on our websites. We use IP addresses to administer the website including the admin access to the website, track user movement, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.
COPPA Compliance:
In compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), we do not collect or maintain information at our website from those we actually know are under the age of 13. Our websites, products and services are not intended for use by anyone under the age of 13. If you are under the age of thirteen (13), please do not submit any Personal Data through our website. All forms on our website are not intended to be filled in by anybody under the age of 13. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children never to provide Personal Data through the website without their permission. If you believe we might have inadvertently collected Personal Information from or about a child under the age of 13, please contact us at [email protected], and we will endeavor to delete that information from our databases.
Information Sharing
Third Party Links:
This website contains links to other sites. We have no responsibility or liability for the content or the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
Cross-border data transfers:
Information collected by OurIndianCulture.com may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which we operate (including our implementation partners), to enable the use of the information in accordance with this privacy policy.
In addition, any personal information submitted by you for publication on the website will be published on the internet and may be available around the world.
By accessing our website, you agree to such cross-border transfers of personal information. If you do not agree to such cross-border transfers of personal information, please do not access or use this website or our services, apps or products.
Changes to the Privacy Policy:
We reserve the right to change our privacy policy. We may change this policy from time to time, by updating this page. Please check our website periodically so that you are aware of our latest privacy practices.
Event Pictures & Videos:
We may display pictures and videos from the community events organized by us. If you’re tagged in a photo or video you don’t like, please submit an update/remove request to [email protected]
Your Consent:
By using our website, you consent to our online privacy policy.
Law Enforcement:
We comply with law enforcement and other legal entities having jurisdiction over our activities. We reserve discretion to share your information with appropriate legal authorities as legally authorized by these authorities.
Questions & Comments:
If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement, or about our website, please contact us at [email protected]
This Privacy Policy was last updated on September 26, 2017.