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Privacy Agreement

Your privacy is very important to us!

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to help you understand what information we collect from you, how and when it may be collected and what happens to it.

By visiting our website and by using or signing up for any of the products or services offered by vattam.org (“services”) you are agreeing to the terms of this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service. This policy is a legally binding agreement between you (and your client, employer or another entity if you are acting on their behalf) as the user of the Services (referred to as “you” or “your”) and VATTAM and its affiliates. If we add any new features or tools to our services, they will also be subject to this policy.

As technology and privacy laws are changing, we will occasionally update this policy. If you continue to use VATTAM after these changes are posted, you agree to the revised policy.

Information Gathered

Our goal in collecting or gathering your personal information is to verify your identity, analyse the performance of our website, continuously enhance and improve our services, manage our legal and operational affairs.

We collect certain personal information about visitors and users of VATTAM. The most common types of information we collect are things like: user names, email addresses, other contact details, location information, activity related information, device data, network data, browser data, website usage data and web analytics data.

We collect this information when you visit our website or engage with us either by email, web form, instant message, phone, or post content on our website (including forums & blogs). We also collect any additional information that you may provide to us.

When you provide personal information to us you’re consenting to us collecting and using that information in line with this policy and the terms of service. You are likely to provide personal information when you complete membership registration, make donations, subscribe to a newsletter, email list, social media accounts, submit feedback, fill out a survey, or communicate with us in any other way.

Data Usage & Transfer

We may use the information to maintain, develop, protect and improve our Services, manage your account, subscriptions, etc.

We may use this information for communication regarding important notices, changes in any of our user related terms and conditions and policies, promotions and marketing purposes.

We may use the information for internal purposes such as auditing, data analysis and research relating our services so as to improve our features and serve you better.

We collect and store your personal information which is provided by you from time to time. Sometimes we may automatically track certain information about you based upon your behaviour on our Website.

All information gathered by us shall be stored on servers, log files and any other storage system owned by us or by third parties. Additionally, information may be stored on our computers, hard drives, hard copies, etc.

Information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

All information, disclosed by you shall be deemed to be disclosed willingly and without any coercion. No liability pertaining to the authenticity / misrepresentation / fraud / negligence, etc. of the information disclosed to us shall lie on VATTAM nor will we in any way be responsible to verify any information obtained from you.

Cookies

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small amount of data, which may include a unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Every device that accesses our website is assigned a different cookie by us.

We use cookies to analyze web traffic, adapt services, content, and advertisements, to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns, and to promote the confidence in and security of our websites. We also use cookies to distinguish one user from another and, in conjunction with the log files from our web server, and to calculate the total number of visitors to our websites. This Interaction Information data helps us to obtain the feedback required for constantly improving our websites and to better serve all users.

Cookies only recognize information related to your computer or device, like your web browser type and version and IP address, we cannot personally identify you from the cookies we collect unless you also choose to identify yourself to us, such as by responding to an ad or promotional offer or filling out a web form or have otherwise previously identified yourself to VATTAM.

Cookies are stored on your own computer or device and you are always free to set your browser to decline them and you can delete them from your device. However, if you do so, you may find that some web pages do not work smoothly or that your ability to use certain features or functions of our websites may be limited.

Why do we use Cookies?

We use cookies for multiple reasons:

Essential cookies: are required for the technical operations of the Websites and to use its features

Performance and Functional cookies: are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Websites but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality like videos may become unavailable.

Analytics cookies: collect information to help us understand how our Websites are being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Websites for you.

Usage of Cookies

We use cookies to recognize your device and provide you with a personalized experience. We do this so that we can remember your settings such as your username for the members area and to keep you logged in to your account. They are used to customize the look and feel of the site for your own custom preference.

Turn-Off Cookies

Accepting cookies will give you the best user experience on the website, while declining cookies could potentially interfere with your use of the site. However, if you wish to disable the usage of cookies, you can control the cookies through the browser you use. But, do know that the functionality of the website will be limited if you disable them.

Advertisements appearing on our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by VATTAM and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Third Party Services

Our website may contain links to other websites or services provided by third parties not under our control. When following a link and providing information to a third party website, please be aware that we are not responsible for the data provided to that third party. This privacy policy only applies only to our website, so when you visit other websites, even when you click on any of the links posted on website: vattam.org you should read their own privacy policies.

We use third party plug-ins for various features and services and their privacy policies may be different to ours. You should consult the other site’s and service’s privacy policies as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties.

Security

We follow industry standards on information security management to safeguard sensitive information and any other Personal Information entrusted to us.

While no online service is 100% secure, we work very hard to protect information about you against unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction, and take reasonable measures to do so, such as monitoring our Services for potential vulnerabilities and attacks.

By using our services, you willingly believe us and provide your information. We understand that this is a big responsibility and we work hard to protect your information.

Law & Jurisdiction

This Privacy Policy is governed by and operated in accordance with the laws of India. The jurisdiction of any disputes shall be limited exclusively to Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.

International Users

The website of Vattam and its associations and social media accounts are controlled, operated, and administered from its offices within India. Vattam makes no representation that any content available through our website or our social media accounts are appropriate or available for use outside India, and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited.

You can close our website in your app or browser on any of the device/devices from which you are accessing our website. You are advised not to use our website anywhere outside India. If you still access the website www.vattam.org from a location anywhere outside India, where the data protection laws may be different, you have given us your permission to abide to the laws of India. You have given your consent to override the rights in your jurisdiction and you will agree to comply with the Indian Law.

Policy Changes

We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time, and at our sole discretion. We, at Vattam.org encourage our visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to the Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Contact

We encourage you to mention PRIVACY (in CAPS) at the start of subject line in the email, so as to ensure the efficient handling of your submission.