SREE NARAYANA GURU DHARMANANDA SEVASRAM, (hereinafter referred to as “we”) respects the privacy of our users (hereinafter referred to as “user”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website www.sevasram.org and our mobile application Hamsadhoni, including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto (collectively, the “Site”). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms and conditions of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.
We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last Updated” date of this Privacy Policy. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting the updated Privacy Policy on the Site, and you waive the right to receive specific notice of each such change or modification.
You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Site after the date of which such revised Privacy Policy is posted.
Collection Of Your Information
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:
Personal Data
Personally identifiable information, such as your name, shipping address, email address, and telephone number, and demographic information, such as your age, gender, hometown, and interests, that you voluntarily give to us [when you register with the Site [or our mobile application,] or] when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Site [and our mobile application], such as sending comments/online chat and message boards. You are under no obligation to provide us with personal information of any kind, however your refusal to do so may prevent you from using certain features of the website/App.
Derivative Data
Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site. [If you are using our mobile application, this information may also include your device name and type, your operating system, your phone number, your country, your likes and replies to a post, and other interactions with the application and other users via server log files, as well as any other information you choose to provide.]
Financial Data
Financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g. valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date) that we may collect when you purchase, order, return, exchange, or request information about our services from the Website/App. [We store only very limited, if any, financial information that we collect. Otherwise, all financial information is stored by our payment processor, Fed-e-Gate, and you are encouraged to review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your questions.]
Facebook Permissions
The Site [and our mobile application] may by default access your Facebook basic account information, including your name, email, gender, birthday, current city, and profile picture URL, as well as other information that you choose to make public. We may also request access to other permissions related to your account, such as friends, checkins, and likes, and you may choose to grant or deny us access to each individual permission. For more information regarding Facebook permissions, refer to the Facebook Permissions Reference page.
Data from Social Networks
User information from social networking sites, such as [Apple’s Game Center, Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter], including your name, your social network username, location, gender, birth date, email address, profile picture, and public data for contacts, if you connect your account to such social networks. [If you are using our mobile application, this information may also include the contact information of anyone you invite to use and/or join our mobile application.]
Mobile Device Data
Device information, such as your mobile device ID, model, and manufacturer, and information about the location of your device, if you access the Site from a mobile device.
Third-Party Data
Information from third parties, such as personal information or network friends, if you connect your account to the third party and grant the Site permission to access this information.
Data From Contests, Giveaways, and Surveys
Personal and other information you may provide when entering contests or giveaways and/or responding to surveys.
Mobile Application Information
If you connect using our mobile application:
- Geo-Location Information. We may request access or permission to and track location-based information from your mobile device, either continuously or while you are using our mobile application, to provide location-based services. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device’s settings.
- Mobile Device Access. We may request access or permission to certain features from your mobile device, including your mobile device’s [bluetooth, calendar, camera, contacts, microphone, reminders, sensors, SMS messages, social media accounts, storage,] and other features. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device’s settings.
- Mobile Device Data. We may collect device information (such as your mobile device ID, model and manufacturer), operating system, version information and IP address.
- Push Notifications. We may request to send you push notifications regarding your account or the Application. If you wish to opt-out from receiving these types of communications, you may turn them off in your device’s settings.
USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Website/App to:
- Administer sweepstakes, promotions, and contests.
- Assist law enforcement and respond to subpoena.
- Compile anonymous statistical data and analysis for use internally or with third parties.
- Create and manage your account.
- Deliver targeted advertising, coupons, newsletters, and other information regarding promotions and the Website/App to you.
- Email you regarding your account, order or subscription expiry/renewal.
- Enable user-to-user communications.
- Fulfill and manage subscriptions, purchases, orders, payments, and other transactions related to the Website/App.
- Generate a personal profile about you to make future visits to the Website/App more personalized.
- Increase the efficiency and operation of the Website/App.
- Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Website/App
- Notify you of updates to the Website/App.
- Offer new issues, book launches/Fresh Posts on website/App and/or recommendations to you.
- Perform other activities as needed.
- Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.
- Process payments or refunds.
- Request feedback and contact you about your use of the Website/App.
- Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems.
- Respond to product and customer service requests.
- Send you a newsletter, if any.
- Solicit support for the Website/App.
Disclosure Of Your Information
We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:
By Law or to Protect Rights
If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation. This includes exchanging information with other entities for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Third-Party Service Providers
We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.
Interactions with Other Users
If you interact with other users of the Website/App, those users may see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity, including sending invitations to other users, chatting with other users, liking posts, following blogs.
Online Postings
When you post comments, contributions or other content to the Website/App, your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Website/App in perpetuity.
Third-Party Advertisers
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Website/App. These companies may use information about your visits to the Website/App and other websites that are contained in web cookies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
Affiliates
We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
Social Media Contacts
If you connect to the Website/App through a social network, your contacts on the social network will see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity.
Tracking Technologies
Cookies and Web Beacons
We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Website/App to help customize the Website/App and improve your experience. When you access the Website/App, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the Website/App. You may not decline web beacons. However, they can be rendered ineffective by declining all cookies or by modifying your web browser’s settings to notify you each time a cookie is tendered, permitting you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis.]
Security Of Your Information
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.
Policy For Children
We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
Controls For Do-Not-Track Features
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems [and our mobile applications] include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. No uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Policy.
Options Regarding Your Information
Account Information
You may at any time review or change the information in your account or terminate your account by:
- Logging into your account settings and updating your account
- Contacting us using the contact information provided below
Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with legal requirements.
Emails and Communications
If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from us, you may opt-out by:
- Noting your preferences at the time you register your account with the Website/App
- Logging into your account settings and updating your preferences.
- Contacting us using the contact information provided below
If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from third parties, you are responsible for contacting the third party directly.
CONTACT US
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
SREE NARAYANA GURU DHARMANANDA SEVASAMITHY
Sree Narayana Guru Dharmananda Sevasram (Sree Narayana Gurukulam)
Chettikulangara P.O.,
Mavelikara, Alappuzha (Dist), Kerala State, India
The information provided by SREE NARAYANA GURU DHARMANANDA SEVASAMITHY (hereinafter referred to as “we”), www.sevasram.org and our mobile application Hamsadhoni is for general informational purposes only. All information on the website/app is provided in good faith, however we make no representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, adequacy, validity, reliability, availability or completeness of any information on the website/app.
Under no circumstance shall we have any liability to you for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of the website/app or reliance on any information provided on the website/app. Your use of the website/app and your reliance on any information on the website/app is solely at your own risk.
External Links Disclaimer for Website
The Website www.sevasram.org and our mobile application Hamsadhoni, may contain (or you may be sent through the website/app links to other websites or content belonging to or originating from third parties or links to websites and features in banners or other advertising. Such external links are not investigated, monitored, or checked for accuracy, adequacy, validity, reliability, availability or completeness by us.
We do not warrant, endorse, guarantee, or assume responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of any information offered by third-party websites linked through the site or any website or feature linked in any banner or other advertising. We will not be a party to or in any way be responsible for monitoring any transaction between you and third-party providers of products or services.
Professional Disclaimer for Website
The Site cannot and does not contain medical/legal/fitness/health/other advice but spiritual. The [legal/medical/ fitness/health/other] information, if any, is provided for general informational and educational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional advice.
Accordingly, before taking any actions based upon such information, we encourage you to consult us directly and take guidance. The use or reliance of any information contained on this website/app is solely at your own risk.
Testimonials Disclaimer for Website
The Website may contain testimonials by our devotees. These testimonials reflect the real-life experiences and opinions of such devotees. However, the experiences are personal to that particular devotee, and may not necessarily be representative of all devotees. We do not claim, and you should not assume, that all devotees will have the same experiences. Your individual results may vary.
The testimonials on the Website are submitted in various forms such as text, video and/or audio, and are reviewed by us before being posted. They appear on the Site verbatim as given by the users, except for the correction of grammar or typing errors. Some testimonials may have been shortened for the sake of brevity where the full testimonial contained extraneous information not relevant to the general public.
The views and opinions contained in the testimonials belong solely to the individual Devotees and do not reflect our views and opinions, though we may be/are affiliated with devotees who provide testimonials, and devotees are not paid or otherwise compensated for their testimonials.
Refund will be done on humanitarian grounds and are solely based on discretion of Sree Narayana Guru Dharmananda Sevasamithy. You may write to us at info@sevasram.org in that context.