Introduction:
Gita Press Portal and other relevant Gita Press Apps
are owned and operated by Gita Press, the parent company being Simpel Techlabs
Pvt Ltd with its registered office at 1, Agara Village, 1st Sector,
Bommanahalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560068 IN.
In this Privacy Policy, Gita Press is referred
to as "we," "us," or "our" and the end users are
referred to as "you", "your" or "user". Also the
term portal, portals refers to the different platforms, channels from where a
user can engage with the company’s offerings which includes but is not limited
to Android App, iOS App, Desktop site, Mobile Web site, Emails, Social
Pages.
Privacy Policy Changes
We may change this Privacy Policy at any time by
posting the revised Privacy Policy in the "Privacy Policy" section of
the website. The revised Privacy Policy is effective immediately when posted on
the website. It is the responsibility of each user to review the website and
the Privacy Policy periodically to know about any revisions to this Policy.
Your continued use of the website will be considered as your acknowledgment and
acceptance of the terms of the revised Privacy Policy.
Data Controller
The data controller in respect of our portal is Gita
Press, registered in India. If you have any question about this Privacy Policy
you can contact the data controller by writing to Manager, Gita Press, P.O.
Gita Press, Gorakhpur (273005), Uttar Pradesh India or sending an email
to online@gitapress.org
We collect information from and about users of our
Website as stated herein.
Information you provide to us with prompts
If you wish to create your account on the Website,
we will ask you to provide certain information such as name, telephone number
and email address. You may also provide the Website with additional information
such as content/category preferences, location, areas of interest, language,
region preferences etc. in order to customize the experience for you.
To facilitate fulfilment of orders for products
placed by You through the Website you may be asked to provide the required
delivery address at the time of check-out. To facilitate refunds in case of
returns, you may also be asked to provide bank account information.
By providing the account registration data, You
also consent and agree to Company’s and/or its service providers use of the
same to contact You (including via calls, SMS, e-mail or other such means of
business communications) for the purposes set out hereunder.
The Website is meant for general audience and is
not targeted towards users below 18 years of age, therefore, we do not
knowingly request access to, collect or process personal information of any
such user.
You may continue to access or explore the Website
without registering an account with us. However, You may not be able to explore
all the available features and services on the Website.
Other Information we collect without prompts
When you access, and use the Website including when
you view any advertisement displayed there, the Website may collect:
Website usage details: Details of your access to and use of the Website, including
interaction data, logs of access and usage, and other performance data and the
resources that you access and use on or through the Website, content you read,
view, watch, interact with.
Device Information: We may collect information about or on your device such as the online device identifiers,
advertising identifiers, device make, IP Address, display features, operating
system make, browser type, network/wifi, the content type of the ad (what the
ad is about, e.g. games, entertainment, news); (ii) the ad type (e.g. whether
the ad is a text, image, or video based ad); (iii) where the ad is being served
(e.g. the address of the site on which the ad appears); and (iv) certain
information about post-click activity in relation to the ad including user
interaction with such ad or other non-personal data/information.
Location Information: The Website collects information about the location of your smart device
if you permit. You can choose whether or not to allow the Website to collect
information about your device's location by turning off the location settings
on your device. If you block the use of location information, some parts of the
Website may then be inaccessible or not function properly. The Website may read
your location on city level from your cellular network or your IP address to
enhance your experience and the content we serve you. This city level location
data is solely used by our recommendation engine to serve you content.
Third party data: This is information provided by our partners. The information provided
in these cases follow the respective privacy policies of such third parties. In
the context of advertising displayed on the Website, Affiliates (in their
capacity as advertising partners), ad networks, advertisers or such other third
party demand partners (collectively “Ad Partners”) may also disclose to us
certain personal or non-personal information they have separately collected
about you so that we can effectively provide our services. They do this in
accordance with their own specific privacy policies and subject to their own
applicable legal requirements and, we will treat such information in accordance
with the privacy policies of such Ad Partners in addition to this Policy,
subject to the terms of the former. We do not use the information they provide
to us for any purpose other than for providing or improving our services.
“Affiliate” as used herein means, with respect to Company, an entity that
directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control
with Company. “Control” for purposes of this definition, means direct or
indirect ownership or control of more than 50% of the voting interest of an entity.
Use of website server log information for IT
security purposes
Our third party hosting provider stores server logs
to ensure network and IT security and so that the server and website remain
uncompromised. This includes analysing log files to help identify and prevent
unauthorised access to our network, the distribution of malicious code, denial
of services attacks and other cyber-attacks, by detecting unusual or suspicious
activity.
Unless we are investigating suspicious or potential
criminal activity, we do not make, nor do we allow our website server provider
to make any attempt to identify you from the information collected via server
logs.
Cookies
Cookies are data files which are sent from a
website to a browser to record information about users for various purposes. We
use cookies, including essential, functional and analytical cookies. You can
reject some or all of the cookies we use on or via our website by changing your
browser settings, but doing so can impair your ability to use our website or
some or all of its features.
For each user, our web server automatically
recognizes the following:
·
Host
origin of the request.
·
Referrer
·
Session
data
·
Page
viewed
·
Your
browser type
·
Operating
system information
Gita Press uses cookies to ensure http://gitapress.goproject.in/
runs on your computer and you can access content on our site. Cookies do not
store any passwords or credit card information.
Accepting or Rejecting Cookies
There are a number of different ways in which you
can accept or reject some or all cookies. Some of the main methods of doing so
are mentioned below.
·
Changing
Browser Settings
·
Google
Analytics Opt-out Addons
·
Clearing
Existing cookies
You are welcome to block the use of some or all of
the cookies we use on our website. However, please be aware that doing so may
impair our website and its functionality or may even render some or all of it
unusable.
You should also be aware that clearing all cookies
from your browser will also delete any cookies that are storing your
preferences, for example, whether you have accepted cookies on a website or any
cookies that are blocking other cookies.
Information we collect when you contact us
·
Email
Id
·
Contact
Number
·
Name
·
Address
·
Measurement
Sizes(If applicable)
We use a third party email provider to store emails
you send us.
Information we collect when you interact with our
website
Subscription/Newsletters
You can opt in to receiving marketing
communications from us in relation to our goods and services by keeping the ‘I
would like to receive offers about products and services’. Box ticked and
giving a confirmation on the same when engaging with our portals. We will send
you marketing communications in relation to our goods and services only if you
opt-in to receive them. When you give consent to our e-newsletter to receive
information news and offers about our products and services on our website we
collect your email address and device os and country code. This information is
stored with our 3rd party mail server providers as well as our hosting servers.
Registration/ Checkout/ Guest Checkout
When you register and create an account on our
website or at checkout, we collect the following information: your name, your
shipping address (including country, street address, town/city and postcode),
your billing address (including country, street address, town/city and
postcode) phone number, email address and password (we do not view your
password) which we store on our servers (except plain password) for better user
experience next time the same customer visits our portal.
Information collected while placing an order
After you place an order on our website you will
need to make payment for the goods or services you have ordered. In order to
process your payment we use a number of third party payment processors,
including PayPal, RazorPay and PayU. Your payment will be processed by the
payment provider you choose to process your payment via a payment gateway.
Third party payment processors
The third party payment processors we use all
collect, use and process your information, including payment information, in
accordance with their privacy policies. You can access their privacy policies
via the following links:
·
PayPal
·
RazorPay
·
PayU
Disclosure and additional uses of your information
Disclosure to Service Providers
We use a number of third parties to provide us with
services which are necessary to run our business or to assist us with running
our business and who process your information for us on our behalf. These
include the following:
·
Email
provider
·
Mailing
list provider
·
IT
service providers
·
Web
developers
·
Hosting
provider
Your information will be shared with these service
providers only where necessary to enable us to run our business.
Disclosure for Legal Reasons
·
Indicating
possible criminal acts or threats to public security to a competent authority
·
In
connection with the enforcement or potential enforcement our legal rights
·
In
connection with a legal or potential legal dispute or proceedings
·
For
ongoing compliance with laws, regulations and other legal requirements
Disclosure to other 3rd Party Providers
We may provide user data to 3rd party providers
which includes but is not limited to the parties mentioned below
·
Providing
information to 3rd Party Analytics Partners
·
Accountants
·
Advisors
·
Affiliates
·
Business
Partners
·
Independent
Contractors
·
Insurers
·
Auditors
·
Sponsors
How long we retain your information
when you place an order for goods and services, we
retain that information for a minimum period of seven years following the end
of the financial year in which you placed your order, in accordance with our
legal obligation to keep records
Criteria for Determining the retention period
In any other circumstances, we will retain your
information for no longer than necessary, taking into account the
following:
·
the
purpose(s) and use of your information both now and in the future (such as
whether it is necessary to continue to store that information in order to
continue to perform our obligations under a contract with you or to contact you
in the future);
·
whether
we have any legal obligation to continue to process your information (such as
any record-keeping obligations imposed by relevant law or regulation);
·
whether
we have any legal basis to continue to process your information (such as your
consent); how valuable your information is (both now and in the future);
·
any
relevant agreed industry practices on how long information should be retained;
·
the
levels of risk, cost and liability involved with us continuing to hold the
information;
·
how
hard it is to ensure that the information can be kept up to date and accurate;
and any relevant surrounding circumstances (such as the nature and status of
our relationship with you).
Personal Information
We collect personal information when you register
with us, when you participate in reviews and other features. We would collect
name, email address and phone number when you place an order with us. When you
search something on our site, keywords will be collected in a protected
location for improving our search results.
Information Use and Sharing
Legal Requirements: We reserve the right to
disclose your personal information as necessary to: (1) comply with the law or
comply with legal process served on Gita Press; (2) protect and defend the
rights or property of Gita Press; (3) to ensure compliance with our Terms &
Conditions. Gita Press co-operates with law enforcement and other third
parties to enforce laws, intellectual property, and other rights, and we
reserve the right to report any information related to suspicion of illegal
activity to law enforcement for prosecution.
Communication: We may send you details about new
services and updates. If you do not wish to receive these communications you
can opt out by sending an email to online@gitapress.org
Payments: For credit/debit card purchasers, your
credit card number and billing information will be passed on to the relevant
financial institution.
Third Parties
We will not disclose your personal information to
third parties. ethnicbazaar.com may use the information for its own purposes,
aggregate information that does not identify you personally, or share aggregate
information about our users with advertisers, business partners, sponsors, and
other third parties.
Business Transfers
Information about ethnicbazaar.com users, including
personal information, may be disclosed as part of any merger, acquisition, debt
financing, sale of company assets, as well as in the event of an insolvency,
bankruptcy or receivership in which personal information could be transferred
to third parties as one of the business assets of Gita Press.
Miscellaneous Privacy Issues
Minors under the age of eighteen may not use the
website. We do not collect information from anyone known to be under the age of
eighteen and no part of the website is designed to attract underage customers.
We sell children's products for purchase by adults. If you are under eighteen
you may use ethnicbazaar.com only with the involvement of a parent or guardian.
Advertising
Gita Press uses remarketing with google to
advertise online. Third party vendors including google, show your ads on the
internet. Gita Press and third-party vendors, including Google, use first-party
cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as
the DoubleClick cookie) together to inform, optimize, and serve ads based on
someone's past visits to your website.
Your rights in relation to your information
Subject to certain limitations on certain rights,
you have the following rights in relation to your information, which you can
exercise by writing to Manager, Gita Press, P.O. Gita Press, Gorakhpur
(273005), Uttar Pradesh India or sending an email to online@gitapress.org
·
to
request access to your information and information related to our use and
processing of your information;
·
to
request the correction or deletion of your information;
·
to
request that we restrict our use of your information;
·
to
receive information which you have provided to us in a structured, commonly
used and machine-readable format (e.g. a CSV file) and the right to have that
information transferred to another data controller (including a third party
data controller);
·
to
object to the processing of your information for certain purposes (for further
information, see the section below entitled Your right to object to the
processing of your information ); and
· to withdraw your consent to our use of your information at any time where we rely on your consent to use or process that information. Please note that if you withdraw your consent, this will not affect the lawfulness of our use and processing of your information on the basis of your consent before the point in time when you withdraw your consent.