We (www.hindipunch.com) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. In this privacy policy, we explain how we collect,use and process your personal information when you accessour Services.
If you have any questions about your privacy on our website, or our use of your personal data, please contact us. Please note that links from our website may take you to external websites which are not covered by this policy. We recommend that you check their privacy policies before submitting any personal information to such websites. We will not be responsible for the content, function or information collection policies of these external websites.
What information do we collect about you and how do we collect it?
We will only require you to provide personal information to us where it is necessary for us to provide you with a service at your request, such as when you contact us, register an account on our website. Certain identifiers will be collected by us automatically, and some identifiers will have to be fed by you directly. We are enumerating the list as the following.
Information collected by us:
We may collect personal information about you whenever you use our services, such as by doing the following, some of the following categories of information are collected directly by us, and some are provided by you directly for the performance of certain functions:
• Accessing our Platforms by means of any web browser or device;
• Enquiring about our products or services;
• Purchasing our subscription packages on the Platforms;
• Registration for our Services on our Platforms;
• Initiating and maintaining correspondence with us.
This information may include the following:
• Identification information such as user name, date of birth, gender, profile picture, qualification;
• Contact information such as email address, mobile number;
• Payment information (this is securely collected and processed by our payment service provider exclusively);
• A device identifier (cookie or IP address or Device ID or Android Advertiser ID / iDFA ID);
• Additional information relevant to your use of our Platformsand Services, such as one time password sent for registration, your marketing preferences,
Information we collect about you from our Platforms
We collect information using cookies and other similar technologies to help distinguish you from other users of our Platforms. This is used to streamline your online experience by saving you from re-inputting some information and it also allows us to make improvements to our Platformsand analyze user statistics. For more information about how and why we use cookies, please take a look through our Cookie Policy.
When you visit our Platforms, we may collect the following information:
• Which pages you access, view and which links you follow;
• Your IP address/ device’s serial number or unique identification number and general location, including country, address and pin code;
• Details of the hardware and software that you are using to access the Platforms such as your computer/device name,your operating system, browser type and version, application version, operator name, screen size, CPU speed, and connection speed;
• Any passwords that you use on our Platforms;
• URL and time stamps;
• Details of your visits to our Platformsand the resources that you access, including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, web logs and other communication data.
Information we collect about you from other sources.
We may collect information about you from other sources. This may include the following:
• Publicly available information.
• Information you have shared publicly, including on social media.
• We also receive information from you when you interact with our pages, Apps, accounts or posts on social media platforms.
How do we protect your personal information?
We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this policy. We try to ensure that all information you provide to us is transferred securely via the website (always check for the padlock symbol in your browser, and “https” in the URL, to ensure that your connection is secure).
All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.
COOKIES
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM OTHER WEBSITES
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
WHO WE SHARE YOUR DATA WITH HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR DATA
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
WHAT RIGHTS YOU HAVE OVER YOUR DATA
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.