At this website, accessible at https://dharamsblog.in, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by this website and how we use it.
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What kind of data do we collect
Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other website, this website uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.
Personal information
We may collect personal identification and non-identification information from Users in a variety of ways,
- When Users visit the Website and submit information – The User might fill out a subscription form, leave a comment, respond to a survey, etc. While doing this, the User may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address, website. This personal identification information is only collected when submitted voluntarily to this website by Users.
- We may collect non-identification information about Users and about the device with which they interact with our Website using Google Analytics – Google Analytics uses cookies (explained in detail below) to provide User information to the Website. The information may include the country and city the Website was visited from, the language the page was accessed in, IP address, Internet Service Provider, browser name, the operating system type, the device type, screen resolution, the pages viewed, the order in which the pages were viewed, the referring website, the date and time the Website was visited.
The Website may use Users personal information for the following purposes:
- To run, operate, and maintain our Website.
- To improve User service – To acknowledge you as a user and to customize the Website as per your preference.
- To improve our Website – We may use your feedback to improve your experience and our services.
- To run a promotion, contest, survey or other Website feature
- To send you information such as a new post, a newsletter. You can unsubscribe from the emails by accessing the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email any time.
- To respond to your query, question, or comment. To provide complete user support.
- To send you administrative emails – We may use the email address to send User updates on policies, confirmation emails, response to a query or questions, or a relevant notice or alert to bring something to the user’s attention to be able to serve him or her better;
- To protect you from illegal activity.
- To account and analyze advertising on the Website.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Contact forms
When visitors provide a feedback on the site through a contact form, we collect the data shown in the contact form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
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.
Cookies ensure a better experience for a user.
Cookies may be set by the Website (known as ‘first party cookies’), or by third-party applications, such as Google Analytics, those who serve content or provide advertising or analytics services on the website (‘third party cookies’).
Example of first party cookie-
When you leave a comment on this website, you chose to save your name, email address, and website (stored as cookies). These details are saved in your browser so that you don’t have to enter the same details the next time you comment. The browser would save these cookies for one year.
Example of third party cookie-
Cookies also provide data to third party-applications such as Google Analytics and third-party plugins.
How to manage Cookies?
User’s web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. Most of the internet browsers provide an option to control cookie behavior. The Users may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If the user does so, note that some parts of the Website may not function properly.
To read more about cookies and how to manage them, please visit aboutcookies.org.
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.
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.
Third-party access to User’s personal information
We never share or trade your information with third parties.
Though the Website sometimes uses third-party service providers to administer activities on behalf of the Website, such as sending out newsletters. Each third-party service provider has its own privacy policy which would define the use of your personal information.
The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics – Google Analytics captures the user information such as IP address, the country the user is accessing the website from, and how the user has navigated the website, such as the time the user spent, which pages he or she visited, and the referring website.
MailChimp Plugin – The Website uses this plugin to send emails and newsletters. If you have subscribed to the Website, you will receive these emails and newsletters. Though you can opt-out of the subscription anytime by accessing the unsubscribe link in each email. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to MailChimp’s privacy policy for further information.
We do not share any user information with any other third-party application. If that changes, the policy would be updated to reflect the same.
Electronic newsletters
If a User chose to subscribe to the Website’s newsletter, they will receive the newsletter regularly. If at any time, the User would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include an unsubscribe link at the bottom of each email and the User may also contact us by email at dharmendra@dharamx.net.
Advertising
Users may find advertising or other content on our Website that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Site. In addition, these sites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These sites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Website, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.
Affiliate Program Participation
The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on an affiliate link, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales (so that the sale could be attributed to the website). The website then receives a commission depending on the arrangement between the Website and the marketing partner.
Amazon Services LLC Associates Program
The Website is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn a commission by advertising and linking to Amazon and its many domains and subdomains.
Cuelinks Affiliate Marketing
The Website is a participant in the Cuelinks Affiliate Marketing Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn commission by advertising and linking to brands associated with Cuelinks. For more information, please read Cuelinks Privacy Policy here.
Children’s information
We are not aware of the age of the user and hence cannot say if a child under the age of 16 has registered to the Website. If you think that your child under the age of 16 has submitted to any personal information to us, please contact us at dharmendra@dharamx.net to get the data deleted. We would act as fast as we can to delete the data from our systems.
Information that you submit to us is at your discretion
Keeping your personal and sensitive information private is in your hands. Never submit information such as ethnic origin, religious beliefs, political affiliations, medical information and sexual orientation to our Website or to any other website.
If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
Changes to this privacy policy
The Website has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.
Your acceptance of these terms
By using this website, you accept this policy. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes to this policy will be also deemed your acceptance of those changes. If you do not agree with this policy, please leave the website.
Contacting us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Website, or your dealings with this Website, please contact dharmendra@dharamx.net at any time.
In case you do not want to receive any future emails from the Website, you can unsubscribe via the link provided at the bottom of each email.
If you wish to see or update the personal information we have of you, you can use the Update Prefences option at the bottom of your email.
Please note that we might need to retain certain information as per the circumstance and requirements, legal or of this Website.