Swasthan.com - Privacy Policy
The privacy policy is a part of the Terms of Use that governs your use of the website – www.swasthan.com (the “Site). We respect your personal privacy. The below Privacy Policy is made to explain to you how we collect, use and information that we collect through your use of the Site. This Privacy Policy does not govern our use of any information you provide to us when you call us, write to us, or communicate with us in any manner other than through the Site. Since the internet is global, the information that you provide us or that we collect, can be stored, transmitted, processes in and held in countries (including India) other than the one in which you reside. This Privacy Policy may be revised or updated at any time and we encourage you to check back often to ensure that you are familiar with the most recent version and the terms of our Privacy Policy. By using the Site, you explicitly consent to such use of your information and agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. We follow GDPR guidelines for privacy. We dont store any personally identifying information.
1. What Types Of Personal Information Are Collected?
“Usage Data”: When you use the Site, we automatically collect certain information to understand how our users use the Site. For Example: IP Address, Browser, computer Type, Operating System, access time, the webpage you came from, the URL you go to next, etc. We use such Usage Data to improve our Site, Troubleshooting our servers / Site, gather demographic information.
Information you choose to submit: While using our Site, you may provide personal information in several ways including: By sharing your name, e-mail address “Personal Information”. We use this personal information to fulfil your requests and to network. You can also choose to submit additional information (such as gender, age, zip code, etc) – We collectively call these as “Non-Personal Information”. We may also collect some other information when you visit or interact certain features of the Site. Finally, there is the Shared Information – which comprises of the alias, bio, email, photos or other information that you would like to share with other users of the Site and the Internet.
2. What Is My Personal Information Used For?
Depending upon the section you use in the site and the purpose you share your Personal Information, it might be used for several purposes such as:
(a) Contact you through your Email.
(b) The Email id that you provide us when contacting us will be used to respond to your query.
(c) The Email that you use in the comments is not usually used for any purpose except as a customer service, networking or policy violation contact mechanism
(d) If you choose to comment through Facebook, Twitter, Google or LinkedIn Connect, we do not get access to your Email id nor do we have any access to your Personal Information.
(e) We may share the Usage Data or other information with third party vendors for data analytics, targeted advertising. However, we do not sell individual personal data or email addresses or allow them to be used for mailings you have not asked to receive.
We do not disclose your personally identifiable information to any third party vendor unless we have your consent you will not be contacted by any vendors.
The only exceptions to the foregoing are that we may disclose your Personal Information (a) In response to a legal process, (b) in response to a law enforcement agency's request, or where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take actions regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of another person, violations of our terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
Non-Personally Identifiable information may be shared with our advertisers, business, marketing associates but your Personally Identifiable Information will not be shared.
Internet is a Global Community. If you submit any information or identify any information that you submit as public, then it will be available for anyone to see. In certain areas of the Site (Such as User Forums, Discussion Boards and comment box) the information that you share will be public. By using these areas, you understand and agree that other users can see, disclose the information that you’ve shared. Other than that the information that you can see about another user is same or similar to the information that others can see about you.
3. Cookies
We may set and access cookies on your computer. Upon your first visit to the Site, a cookie is sent to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. A "cookie" is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer and stored on your hard drive when you visit a website. Many major Web services use cookies to provide useful features for their users. Each web site can send its own cookie to your browser. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent; however if you reject cookies, you may not be able to take full advantage of our Site.
4. Security
We along with our associates have implemented reasonable measures to help protect your User Information from loss, misuse, or unauthorized access or disclosure. Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your User Information, we cannot guarantee its security.
5. Links:
The Site may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any such other website and urge you to review such practices prior to submitting any information to such websites.
6. Children’s Privacy
We are committed to protecting the privacy needs of children and we encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their children’s online activities and interests.
7. Comment Policy
We never censor comments based on political or ideological point of view or of a critical nature. We reserve the right to delete those comments that are off-topic, "spammy" in nature, abusive, use excessive foul language, or include ad hominem attacks.
Once a comment is made public on the Site, we will not remove it by request. As a user, you are responsible for your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of their posting.
Comments will only be considered for removal (i) in response to legal process, for example, in response to a court order, or (ii) in response to a law enforcement agency's request, or where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take actions regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of another person, violations of our terms of use, or as otherwise required by law, or (iii) Our own Discretion.
All comments and other content contributed to the Site shall adhere to the following policy, and may be edited or removed at our discretion if it is deemed to be in violation of this policy.
I. Personal Attacks: Please don’t engage in personal attacks (on authors, other users or any individual), persistent trolling or mindless abuse. You should focus on intelligently discussing topics by furthering the conversation and informing the participants with resourceful and constructive ideas.
II. Hate speech: Racism, sexism and homophobia will not be tolerated.
III. Language and Threats: Please watch your language and respect other people’s views, beliefs and emotions. We reserve the right to remove any content that might be found extremely offensive or threatening.
IV. No Spam: Spam and advertising content will be removed.
V. Smear Tactics: Although we acknowledge criticism of our articles and our writers, we will not allow misrepresentation. We will distinguish between constructive arguments and smear tactics.
VI. Relevancy: Please keep conversations relevant. Off-topic comments are subject to removal in order to keep the thread on track.
VII. Quality: We encourage you to take responsibility for the quality of the conversations in which you’re participating. Maintain intelligent discussions in the Site community by being respectful and considerate.
VIII. Help us: Maintain an inviting interaction space by self-policing threads and flagging spam. Although we have a hands-on approach to community engagement, we do sometimes miss problem commenters or trolls. We appreciate your efforts to keep the Site community environment inviting, insightful and constructive. Let the conversations be quality ones.
8. Contact
You may contact us through the mail id: [email protected]
9. Effective Date: These Terms of Use were last updated on 31-May-2013 and are effective thereof.
1. What Types Of Personal Information Are Collected?
“Usage Data”: When you use the Site, we automatically collect certain information to understand how our users use the Site. For Example: IP Address, Browser, computer Type, Operating System, access time, the webpage you came from, the URL you go to next, etc. We use such Usage Data to improve our Site, Troubleshooting our servers / Site, gather demographic information.
Information you choose to submit: While using our Site, you may provide personal information in several ways including: By sharing your name, e-mail address “Personal Information”. We use this personal information to fulfil your requests and to network. You can also choose to submit additional information (such as gender, age, zip code, etc) – We collectively call these as “Non-Personal Information”. We may also collect some other information when you visit or interact certain features of the Site. Finally, there is the Shared Information – which comprises of the alias, bio, email, photos or other information that you would like to share with other users of the Site and the Internet.
2. What Is My Personal Information Used For?
Depending upon the section you use in the site and the purpose you share your Personal Information, it might be used for several purposes such as:
(a) Contact you through your Email.
(b) The Email id that you provide us when contacting us will be used to respond to your query.
(c) The Email that you use in the comments is not usually used for any purpose except as a customer service, networking or policy violation contact mechanism
(d) If you choose to comment through Facebook, Twitter, Google or LinkedIn Connect, we do not get access to your Email id nor do we have any access to your Personal Information.
(e) We may share the Usage Data or other information with third party vendors for data analytics, targeted advertising. However, we do not sell individual personal data or email addresses or allow them to be used for mailings you have not asked to receive.
We do not disclose your personally identifiable information to any third party vendor unless we have your consent you will not be contacted by any vendors.
The only exceptions to the foregoing are that we may disclose your Personal Information (a) In response to a legal process, (b) in response to a law enforcement agency's request, or where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take actions regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of another person, violations of our terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
Non-Personally Identifiable information may be shared with our advertisers, business, marketing associates but your Personally Identifiable Information will not be shared.
Internet is a Global Community. If you submit any information or identify any information that you submit as public, then it will be available for anyone to see. In certain areas of the Site (Such as User Forums, Discussion Boards and comment box) the information that you share will be public. By using these areas, you understand and agree that other users can see, disclose the information that you’ve shared. Other than that the information that you can see about another user is same or similar to the information that others can see about you.
3. Cookies
We may set and access cookies on your computer. Upon your first visit to the Site, a cookie is sent to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. A "cookie" is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your computer and stored on your hard drive when you visit a website. Many major Web services use cookies to provide useful features for their users. Each web site can send its own cookie to your browser. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent; however if you reject cookies, you may not be able to take full advantage of our Site.
4. Security
We along with our associates have implemented reasonable measures to help protect your User Information from loss, misuse, or unauthorized access or disclosure. Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your User Information, we cannot guarantee its security.
5. Links:
The Site may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any such other website and urge you to review such practices prior to submitting any information to such websites.
6. Children’s Privacy
We are committed to protecting the privacy needs of children and we encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their children’s online activities and interests.
7. Comment Policy
We never censor comments based on political or ideological point of view or of a critical nature. We reserve the right to delete those comments that are off-topic, "spammy" in nature, abusive, use excessive foul language, or include ad hominem attacks.
Once a comment is made public on the Site, we will not remove it by request. As a user, you are responsible for your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of their posting.
Comments will only be considered for removal (i) in response to legal process, for example, in response to a court order, or (ii) in response to a law enforcement agency's request, or where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take actions regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of another person, violations of our terms of use, or as otherwise required by law, or (iii) Our own Discretion.
All comments and other content contributed to the Site shall adhere to the following policy, and may be edited or removed at our discretion if it is deemed to be in violation of this policy.
I. Personal Attacks: Please don’t engage in personal attacks (on authors, other users or any individual), persistent trolling or mindless abuse. You should focus on intelligently discussing topics by furthering the conversation and informing the participants with resourceful and constructive ideas.
II. Hate speech: Racism, sexism and homophobia will not be tolerated.
III. Language and Threats: Please watch your language and respect other people’s views, beliefs and emotions. We reserve the right to remove any content that might be found extremely offensive or threatening.
IV. No Spam: Spam and advertising content will be removed.
V. Smear Tactics: Although we acknowledge criticism of our articles and our writers, we will not allow misrepresentation. We will distinguish between constructive arguments and smear tactics.
VI. Relevancy: Please keep conversations relevant. Off-topic comments are subject to removal in order to keep the thread on track.
VII. Quality: We encourage you to take responsibility for the quality of the conversations in which you’re participating. Maintain intelligent discussions in the Site community by being respectful and considerate.
VIII. Help us: Maintain an inviting interaction space by self-policing threads and flagging spam. Although we have a hands-on approach to community engagement, we do sometimes miss problem commenters or trolls. We appreciate your efforts to keep the Site community environment inviting, insightful and constructive. Let the conversations be quality ones.
8. Contact
You may contact us through the mail id: [email protected]
9. Effective Date: These Terms of Use were last updated on 31-May-2013 and are effective thereof.