1. Who we are
“Saraswati Kala Sangam” is committed to the ethical collection, retention and use of information that you provide to us about yourself (“Personal Information”) on this site https://saraswatikalasangam.com (“Site”)
2. What personal data we collect
a) Name
b) Age
c) Email address
d) Residential address
e) Contact number
f) Payment processing details
g) Any other data as needed
3.1: Site Browsing: You browse the Site anonymously. We do not require you to identify yourself or reveal any personal information while browsing through the Site. However, you may not be able to access certain sections of the Site or interact with us without supplying us with Personal Information. For instance, you would not be able to transact at the Site or make any donations at the Site, without providing the Site with Personal Information. If you desire to register yourself at the Site, you would be required to provide your Personal Information.
3.2: While you are browsing through the Site, the Site’s operating system may automatically record some general information (“General Information”) about your visit such as:
(i) the date and time you visit the Site, along with the address of the previous website you were visiting, if you linked to us from another website
(ii) the type of browser you are using (such as Internet Explorer version ‘X’)
3.3: The General Information is not Personal Information. BRAD’s tracking system does not record personal information about individuals or link this information to any Personal Information collected from you.
3.4: The General Information is used by SKS for statistical analysis, for tracking overall traffic patterns on the Site and to gauge the public interest in SKS and the Site. Such General Information may be shared by SKS with any person, at SKS’s discretion.
3.5: Cookies:
“Cookies” are small amounts of data that a website can send to a web browser on a visitor’s computer. The cookie is stored on a visitor’s computer. A cookie may enable the site holder to track how a visitor navigates through its site and the areas in which they show interest. This is similar to a traffic report: it tracks trends and behaviors, but does not identify individuals. Information gathered may include date and time of visits, pages viewed, time spent at the site, and the site visited just before and just after the BRAD site.
Types of Cookies
Cookies can be set to expire: on a specified date after a specific period of time when a transaction has been completed or when a user turns off his/her browser.
A cookie that is erased from memory when a visitor’s browser closes is called a “session” cookie. Cookies that expire based on a time set by the Web server are called “persistent” cookies.
Persistent cookies may be used in some cases, for example, to recognize when a visitor returns to a website. The web browser will send the cookie information from the initial visit back to the website. This is useful to the visitor if he or she has established a password at a particular website and wants to be identified by that site to perform a function or transaction.
To browse anonymously, you may set your browser to disable cookies or delete cookies. Please note that disabling cookies for some services will impact ability to use that service.
Refusing Cookies on SKS’s Website
Visitors may choose not to accept cookies. Your web browser may alert and permit you to refuse cookies. When you receive an alert, you may choose at that time to refuse that cookie. If the use of cookies is a concern to you, then please make sure your browser has this capability, and that you set your browser to alert you accordingly.
Newer browser versions allow you to be alerted or to automatically refuse cookies. You may need to download a more current version of your web browser from your service provider in order to obtain this option.
Note: Some product features and services provided by BRAD require you to accept a cookie in order to be able to use the particular functionality or service. These cookies are used to establish a link between the user and the application server. The cookies contain unique session IDs, and no customer data is stored on the cookies.
4. Usage of Information
Personal information will be used by SKS for internal purposes including the following:
(i) sending you inter alia emails, features, promotional material, surveys, brochures, catalogues, SKS Annual Report, reminders for donations, regular updates on the utilisation of donations by SKS and other updates.
(ii) processing your donations to SKS
(iii) Receipt for donations made by you to SKS.
(iv) maintaining an internal confidential database of all the Personal Information collected from visitors to the Site
(v) evaluating and administering the Site and SKS’s activities, responding to any problems that may arise and gauging visitor trends on the Site.
(vi) respond to your request for any service or assistance.
(vii) provide, maintain and improve our services.
(viii) anticipate and resolve issues and concerns with our services.
5. Disclosure of Personal Information by BRADSKS
5. 1: Within SKS, access to Personal Information collected by SKS will be given only to those persons who are authorised by SKS and third parties hired by SKS to perform administrative services. SKS will provide access to third parties for inter alia entering and managing Personal Information in SKS’s Database, processing your orders or donations preparing address labels, sending emails, which require such third parties to have access to your Personal Information. We take adequate steps to ensure that our third parties adopt reasonable level of security practices and procedures to ensure security of personal information. However, SKS will not be liable in any manner for any loss, damage (whether direct, indirect, consequential or incidental) or harm caused to you by the misuse of your Personal Information by a third party.
5. 2: SKS may share Personal Information with any of persons who are associated with SKS, including companies and non-governmental organisations affiliated with SKS in any manner. SKS will retain ownership rights over such information and will share only such portions of the Personal Information as it deems fit.
5.3: You hereby unconditionally agree and permit that SKS may transfer your personal information or other information collected, stored, processed by us to any other entity or organization located in India or outside India only in case it is necessary for providing services to you or if you have consented (at the time of collection of information) to the same. This may also include sharing of aggregated information with them in order for them to understand our environment and consequently, provide you with better services. While sharing your personal information with third parties, adequate measures shall be taken to ensure that reasonable security practices are followed at the third party.
5. 4: Notwithstanding anything contained herein or any other contract between you and BRAD, BRAD reserves the right to disclose any Personal Information about you without notice or consent as needed to satisfy any requirement of law, regulation, legal request or legal investigation, to conduct investigations of breaches of law, to protect the Site, to protect BRAD and it’s property, to fulfill your requests, to protect our visitors and other persons and if required by the policy of SKS.
6. Security
6. 1: SKS maintain the security of our internet connections, however for reasons outside of our control, security risks may still arise. Any personal information transmitted to us or from our online products or services will therefore be your own risk. However, SKS will strive to ensure the security of your information and observe reasonable security measures to protect your personal information against hacking and virus dissemination..
6.2: SKS however does not make any express or implied warranty with respect to the security measures that it may employ from time to time for the protection of the Personal Information.
7. Links to other Websites
The Site contains links to other websites for the convenience to the users of this website and SKS do not control or endorse the authenticity and accuracy of the content of such third party sites. Therefore, this Privacy Policy does not apply to such other websites. SKS is not expressly or impliedly responsible for, or liable to any loss or damage caused to you by the collection, use and retention of Personal Information by such website in any manner whatsoever. It is important that you review the privacy policies of all websites you visit before you disclose any information to such websites.
8. Variation of the Privacy Policy
SKS shall be absolutely entitled at its sole discretion from time to time add to, alter, delete or modify any of the terms and conditions contained herein. Such changes, additions, alterations, deletions or modifications shall be automatically binding on you once you visit the Site after the Privacy Policy has been so amended. You are advised to read the privacy policy every time.
9. Copyright Protection
All content on this Site including graphics, text, icons, interfaces, audio clips, logos, images and software is the property of SKS and/or its content suppliers and is protected by Indian and international copyright, trademark laws. The arrangement and compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement, and assembly) of all content on this Site is the exclusive property of SKS and protected by Indian and international copyright, trademark laws. Permission is given to use the resources of this Site only for the purposes of making enquiries, making a donation. Any other use, including the reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display or performance, of the content on this Site can only be made with the express written permission of SKS. All other trademarks, brands and copyrights other than those belonging to SKS belong to their respective owners and are their property.
10. SKS Donation Refund Policy
All donations made to SKS by any means are NON-REFUNDABLE
11. Governing Law
This policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Indian Laws. Any dispute arising in connection with this policy shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts at Delhi only.