Privacy Policy

 

Effective date: 01/01/2023

1. General Principles

Vyoma Linguistic Labs Foundation (“Vyoma Labs” / “us” / “we” / “our”) is committed to protecting and safeguarding the personal data and privacy of any user who accesses and / or uses (“User” / “you” / “your”) our website https://vyoma.org/ (“Site” / “Website” / “Service”).

Our Privacy Policy (or “this Policy”) governs your visit to our Website and explains how we collect, safeguard and disclose information that results from your use of our Service. We have developed this Privacy Policy to protect and safeguard your personal information.

By using our Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, the terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions.

We endeavour to comply with laws of other countries but cannot and do not warrant that we do. We do everything we reasonably can to protect your rights of privacy on systems, and the Website controlled by us, but we are not liable for any unauthorised or unlawful disclosures of your Personal Information made by third parties who are not subject to our control, for example advertisers and websites that have links to our Website. You should take note that the information and privacy practices of our business partners, advertisers, sponsors or other sites to which we provide hyperlinks, may be different from ours.

Our Privacy Policy is subject to change at any time. To make sure you are aware of any changes, please review this Policy periodically.

This Privacy Policy has to be read along with the Terms of Use (“Terms”). By accessing and / or using our Website, you consent to being bound by this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use.

For the privacy policies of other websites owned by us, namely, www.sanskritfomhome.org and www.digitalsanskritguru.com, please visit the privacy policy on the respective websites.

  1. What kind of information do we collect (collectively “Data”)?
  • Personal Information

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Information”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City

We may use your Personal Information to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or by emailing us at [email protected].

  • Usage Data

We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Website or when you access our Website by or through a mobile device (“Usage Data”).

This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When you access the Website on a mobile device, this Usage Data may include information such as the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

This information is used for research and analytics to serve you better and to ensure IT security.

  • Location Data

We may use and store information about your location (“Location Data”). We use the Location Data to provide features of our Website, to improve and customize our services to you.

  • Information from donors

We may collect the postal address and PAN number from donors in accordance with applicable laws.

  • Cookies Data

Non-personal information and data may be automatically collected by the Website through the use of cookies. Cookies are small text files that a website uses to recognize repeat visitors, facilitate the visitor’s ongoing access to and use of the site, and allow a site to track usage behaviour and compile aggregate data that will allow content improvements. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies are also used such as beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

We use cookie technology only to obtain non-personal information from our Users in order to improve Users’ online experience and facilitate their visit within our Website.

You may instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some features on our Website.

Examples of Cookies we use:

  • Session Cookies: We use Session Cookies to operate our Website.

 

  • Preference Cookies: We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.

 

  • Security Cookies: We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

 

  • Advertising Cookies: Advertising Cookies are used to serve you with advertisements that may be relevant to you and your interests.
  • Other Data

While using our Service, we may also collect the following information: sex, age, date of birth, place of birth, address, telephone number (work, mobile), and citizenship data.

  1. How do we use the Data?

We do not for any reason whatsoever share or sell your Data to any third party or otherwise trade on it.

We use the collected Data for various purposes including:

  • to provide and maintain our Service;
  • to notify you about changes to our Service;
  • to allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so;
  • to provide customer support;
  • to gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service;
  • to monitor the usage of our Service;
  • to detect, prevent and address technical issues;
  • to fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it;
  • to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection;
  • to provide you with notices about your account and/or subscription, including expiration and renewal notices, email-instructions, etc.;
  • to provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information;
  • in any other way we may describe when you provide the information;
  • for any other purpose with your consent.

 

2. For how long do we retain your Data?

    We will retain your Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your Data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

     

    We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

     

    4. How do we secure your Personal Information?

    We consider the confidentiality and security of your Personal Information to be of the utmost importance. We shall use industry standard physical, technical, and administrative security measures to keep your Personal Information confidential and secure, and will not share it with third parties, except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, or as required by law, or unless such disclosure is necessary in special cases, such as a physical threat to you or others, as permitted by applicable law. Because the Internet is not a 100% secure environment, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of Personal Information, and there is some risk that an unauthorized third party may find a way to circumvent our security systems or that transmission of your Personal Information over the Internet will be intercepted. Please note that e-mails communications are typically not encrypted and should not be considered secure.

     

    5. Transfer of Data

    Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to – and maintained on – computer servers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

    Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer and maintenance of data.

    Vyoma Linguistic Labs Foundation will take all the steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organisation or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

     

    6. How can you request rectification & removal of Personal Information?

    The security of your data is important to us. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

    We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Information.

    If you wish to be informed what Personal Information we hold about you and if you want it to be rectified and / or removed from our systems, please email us at [email protected].

    Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. Please note, we may not able to provide Service without some necessary data.

     

    7. Service Providers

    We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), provide Service on our behalf, perform related services or assist us in analysing how our Service is used.

    Such third parties may have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

     

    8. Analytics

    We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

    Google Analytics

    Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network.

    For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

    We also encourage you to review the Google’s policy for safeguarding your data: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.

    Cloudflare analytics

    Cloudflare analytics is a web analytics service operated by Cloudflare Inc. Please read their privacy terms here: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/

    9.  Behavioral Remarketing

    Vyoma Linguistic Labs Foundation may use remarketing services to advertise on third party websites to you after you visited our Service. We and our third-party vendors may use cookies to inform, optimise and serve ads based on your past visits to our Service.

     

    10. External Links & Third Party Sites

    For your convenience we may provide links to sites operated by organizations other than Vyoma Linguistic Labs Foundation (“Third Party Sites”) that we believe may be of interest to you. We do not disclose your Personal Information to these Third Party Sites unless we have a lawful basis to do so. We do not endorse and are not responsible for the privacy practices of these Third Party Sites. If you choose to access any of these Third Party Sites, you should review the privacy policy posted on the respective site, to understand how that Third Party Site collects and uses your Personal Information. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any Third Party Sites or services.

    Vyoma Labs shall not be liable for any loss, damage, claim or expenses suffered by you as a result of accessing Third Party Sites.

     

    11. General Exceptions

    If we are required to intercept, disclose, monitor and/or store your Personal Information: (a) by law; (b) to conduct our business; (c) to secure our systems; or (d) to enforce our own rights, we will do so in the manner as prescribed by law. Such interception, disclosure, monitoring and storage may take place without your knowledge. In that case, we will not be liable to you or any third party for any damages howsoever arising from such interception, disclosure, monitoring and storage. We may also disclose your information:

    • to our subsidiaries and affiliates;
    • to fulfill the purpose for which you provide it;
    • for any purpose disclosed by us when you provide the Data;
    • with your consent in any other cases;
    • if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our customers, or others.

    In order to ensure that all our Users comply with the Terms of Use and our Policies, we may monitor your Personal Information to the extent that this may be required to determine compliance and/or to identify instances of non-compliance. To ensure that the security and integrity of our Services are safeguarded, we may monitor your Personal Information. We may under certain circumstances procure an element of the Services from a third-party service provider. To the extent that it may be necessary, and solely for the purposes of providing the Service to you, you agree that we may disclose to such third party any of your Personal Information that may be necessary for the procurement of services from the third party.

    12.  Children’s Privacy

    We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you become aware that a Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

     

    13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

    We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

    You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

     

    14. Your acceptance of these terms

    By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not use our Website / our Service. Your continued use of the Website / our Service following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.