Privacy Policy

 

Introduction

Welcome to Shikshamudra. Your privacy is important to us. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website [www.shikshamudra.com] (the “Site”). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the Site.
 
  • Information We Collect
-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 when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Site, such as online chat and message boards.
 
  • 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.
 
  •  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 Site. 
 
  • Data From Social Networks
– User information from social networking sites, such as [social media sites], 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.
 
  • 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.
 
 

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 Site to:
 
– Create and manage your account.
– Process your transactions and send you related information, including purchase confirmations and invoices.
– Administer a contest, promotion, survey, or other Site feature.
– Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages.
– Respond to your comments, questions, and requests and provide customer service.
– Communicate with you about products, services, offers, promotions, rewards, and events offered by Shikshamudra and others, and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you.
– Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Site.
– Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect the rights and property of Shikshamudra and others.
– Personalize and improve the Site and provide advertisements, content, or features that match user profiles or interests.
– Enable user-to-user communications.
– Enforce our terms and conditions and protect our rights.
 
 

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.
 
Marketing Communications
– With your consent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.
 
Interactions with Other Users
– If you interact with other users of the Site, 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, and following blogs.
 
Online Postings
– When you post comments, contributions, or other content to the Site, your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Site in perpetuity.
 
Third-Party Advertisers
– We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Site. These companies may use information about your visits to the Site 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.
 
Business Partners
– We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
 
Other Third Parties
– We may share your information with advertisers and investors for the purpose of conducting general business analysis. We may also share your information with such third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.
 
Sale or Bankruptcy
– If we reorganize or sell all or a portion of our assets, undergo a merger, or are acquired by another entity, we may transfer your information to the successor entity. If we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, your information would be an asset transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that the transferee may decline to honor commitments we made in this Privacy Policy.
 
 

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.
 
 

Policy for Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please contact us at [Contact Information].
 
 

Controls for Do-Not-Track Features

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems 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 Site
  – Logging into your account settings and updating your preferences
  – Contacting us using the contact information provided below
 
 

Prohibited Activities

Spam and Fraud
– Shikshamudra strictly prohibits any form of spam and fraudulent activities. We reserve the right to terminate or suspend your access to the Site if you are found engaging in such activities. This includes, but is not limited to, sending unsolicited promotional messages, posting misleading information, and attempting to impersonate Shikshamudra or its content. Any violation of this policy will result in immediate action, which may include legal proceedings.
 
Claiming of Content
– Shikshamudra content, including but not limited to study material, books, current affairs, notes, and explanatory posts, is protected under copyright law. Unauthorized claiming of our content under another name is strictly prohibited. We will take legal action against any individual or entity found to be infringing on our intellectual property rights.
 
 

Compliance with Google Terms and Conditions

Google Analytics and Ads
– We use Google Analytics to understand how our Site is being used in order to improve the user experience. Google Analytics collects information anonymously and reports website trends without identifying individual visitors. We also use Google Ads to display advertisements and collect information about user interactions with those ads. By using our Site, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out in Google’s Privacy Policy. 
 
AdSense Policy
– Our Site complies with Google AdSense program policies. We do not engage in activities that violate the google terms and conditions