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Privacy Policy | Whats in India

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WIN whats in India, is an online free speech News and Article sharing platform that allows users ("you") to express/share their views/opinion/experience/knowledge by writing an article. The article sharing platform also allows users to share and garner support for their articles. At WIN whats in India respecting the privacy, we allow user to write and share social, financial, economical, political and environmental issues or any other categories as mentioned on the www.whatinindia.com.

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By accessing our Website and utilizing our services, you acknowledge that you have read understood this Privacy Policy and the information collection and handling practices outlined in it. This Privacy Policy was last updated on 29th day of December 2018. We may change
this Privacy Policy from time to time so please check back regularly to keep informed of any updates.

 

Scope

 

This Privacy Policy describes in detail our policy and practices regarding our collection, use and disclosure of information about you.

We understand that providing information online involves a great deal of trust on your part. We take this trust very seriously, and make it a high priority to ensure the security and confidentiality of the personal information you provide to us when you visit our Website or use our services.

 

• What information we collect from you

• How we use your information

• With whom we share your information

• How we protect your information    

• Children's privacy

• External links

• Changes to this Privacy Policy

• How you can contact us

• What information we collect from you

• In General

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We receive and store any information you enter on our Website or give us in any other way. This includes information that, either directly or indirectly, in combination with other information available, can be used to identify you as an individual or to contact you directly ("personal information").

Personal information includes information you provide us such as your first and last name, telephone number, postal and email addresses, username and password. We may also request information you can choose not to provide this personal information to us, but in general some information about you is required in order for you to receive relevant offerings from WIN whats in India and its partners and enjoy other benefits of being a registered member. For example, only registered members are able to post articles, participate in discussion, receive notifications, access members-only newsletters, and enter surveys, contests, or sweepstakes. In addition, some information is also required in order for you to ask us a question or initiate other functions on our site.

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Other information we may choose to collect may also include details such as your IP address, information identifying your device, and website browsing history to the extent that information is about you.

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Automatic Collection of Information.

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We automatically collect some information from your computer or Device when you visit WIN whats in India. For example, we will collect session data, including your IP address, Web browser software, and referring website. We also may collect information about your online activity, such as content viewed, pages visited, and searches. One of our goals in collecting this automatic information is to help us understand the interests and preferences of our users and customize your user experience.

 

Location Information and Other Information from Devices.

 

When you use an Application on a Device, we will collect and use information about you in generally similar ways and for similar purposes as when you use the WIN whats in India website. In addition, we may collect information about your location if you have instructed your Device to send such information to the Application via the privacy settings on that Device, or if you have uploaded photos tagged with location information. We may use the location information collected from your Device or photos to enhance your use of the Application by providing you with relevant content and contextual advertising. For example, we may use your location to show you articles relevant to location when you are traveling. You can change the privacy settings of your Device at any time, in order to turn off the functionality to share location information with the Application and/or the functionality to tag your photos with location information. Please note that turning off location sharing may affect certain features of our sites. If you have any queries about the privacy settings of your Device, we suggest you contact the manufacturer of your Device or your mobile service provider for help.

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Cookies and Other Web Technologies

 

We collect information via cookies and other similar technologies (such as web beacons). Cookies are small text files that are automatically placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit almost any website. They are stored by your Internet browser. Cookies contain basic information about your Internet use. Your browser sends these cookies back to the site every time you revisit it, so it can recognize your computer or mobile device and personalize and improve your site experience.

You can also find out more about cookies generally, including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them at websites such as www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu. WIN whats in India, its affiliated websites, and Apps use cookies for the following general purposes:

To help us recognize your browser as a previous visitor and save and remember any preferences that may have been set while your browser was visiting our site. For example, if you register on our site, we may use cookies to remember your registration information, so you do not need to log into our site each time you visit. We also may record your password in a cookie, if you checked the box entitled "Keep me signed in on this computer unless I sign out." Please note that member IDs, passwords, and any other account-related data included in such cookies are encrypted for security purposes.

       
To help us customize the content, experience, and advertisements provided to you on our websites and Apps and on other websites across the Internet. For example, when you access a web page, a cookie is automatically set by us, our service providers, or our partners to recognize your browser as you navigate on the Internet and to present you with information and advertising based on your apparent interests. See Display of Advertising/Your Choices for more information about our online advertising practices and your choices.

To help measure and research the effectiveness of features and offerings, advertisements, and email communications (by determining which emails you open and act upon). The Help portion of the toolbar on most browsers should tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable non-essential types of cookies. Please note that if you refuse to accept cookies, you may not be able to access some part or features on our sites. Our sites also may use Web beacons (also known as clear gifs, pixel tags or Web bugs), which are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, that are placed in the code of a Web page. We use Web beacons to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within our sites to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to our site from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, and to improve site performance. We also may allow our service providers to use Web beacons to help us understand which emails have been opened by recipients and to track the visitor traffic and actions on our site. This helps us measure the effectiveness of our content and other offerings.

Display of Advertising/Your Choices.

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Data collected to serve you with relevant advertising WIN whats in India is committed to providing you with relevant content and information across our sites.

 

To do this, we may collect information about your interest related searches and other site activities, and use this information to serve you with ads on our sites or elsewhere online that match your interests. We only share your personal contact information (such as email addresses) with affiliated third parties so they can serve you with advertisements. You can choose not to receive relevant online advertising on other websites. Note that if you choose not to receive tailored ads, you will see online advertisements, but they will be more general and less relevant to you. Information on our policy in relation to email contact with you is set out below.

 

Data collected by business partners and ad networks to serve you with relevant advertising. many of the advertisements you see on the WIN whats in India family of sites are served by WIN whats in India or its service providers. But we also allow third parties to collect information about your online activities through cookies and other technologies. These third parties include (1) business partners, who collect information when you view or interact with one of their advertisements on our sites, and (2) advertising networks, who collect information about your interests when you view or interact with one of the advertisements they place on many different websites on the Internet. The information gathered by these third parties is used to make predictions about your characteristics, interests or preferences and to display advertisements on our sites and across the Internet tailored to your interests.

 

Please note that we do not have access to or control over cookies or other technologies these third parties may use to collect information about your interests, and the information practices of these third parties are not covered by this Privacy Policy. Click here to know more about code and enforcement of online advertising.

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Response to Do Not Track signals.

 

Your web browser may transmit a "Do Not Track" ("DNT") signal to WIN whats in India and other websites. Because of differences in web browsers' default settings and the manner in which browsers incorporate DNT signals, it is sometimes unclear to site operators whether site visitors have selected the DNT setting themselves, or whether they are aware that they have a choice in determining the setting. WIN whats in India does not currently respond to DNT signals. Once the Internet industry has settled on standards related to this issue and WIN whats in India recognizes such standards, we may reevaluate this approach. At the present time, our policy in relation to cookies in particular is set out below under "Cookies and Other Web Technologies".

 

How we use your information

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General purposes

 

WIN whats in India uses the information we collect about you for the following general purposes:

 

• for registration and to manage your account, including to allow your access to and use of our site;

• to communicate with you in general, including to provide information about WIN whats in India and invitations from the WIN whats in India community;

• to enable us to publish your article sharing, forum posts, and other content to the WIN whats in India community;

• to respond to your questions and comments;

• to measure interest in and improve our products, services, and Website;

• to notify you about special offers and products or services available from us or our partners that may be of interest to you in accordance with your marketing preferences;

• to otherwise customize your experience with WIN whats in India, including customizing the ads shown to you;

• to solicit information from you, including through surveys;

• to resolve disputes or troubleshoot problems;

• to prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities;

• to enforce our Terms of Use; and

• as otherwise described to you at the point of collection.

• Email Communications

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We want to make it easy for you to take advantage of features on our Website. One way we do this is by sending you email messages that contain information about your interests in accordance with your marketing preferences.
 

We believe these email messages will provide you with useful information about your interest and availability through our sites. Please note that you will have the opportunity to choose not to receive these email messages in any such email we send.

 

Article sharing "Your rights and choices with respect to the collection and use of your information" section below for more information.

With whom we share your information

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WIN whats in India may share your information with the following entities:

Third-party vendors who provide services or functions on our behalf, including business analytics, payment processing, customer service, marketing, public relations, distribution of surveys or sweepstakes programs, and fraud prevention. We may also authorize third-party vendors to collect information on our behalf, including, for example, as necessary to operate features of our Website or to facilitate the delivery of online advertising tailored to your interests. Third-party vendors have access to and may collect information only as needed to perform their functions and are not permitted to share or use the information for any other purpose.

Business partners with whom we may offer products or services in conjunction. You can tell when a third party is involved in a product or service you have requested because their name will appear either with ours or separately. If you choose to access these optional services, we may share information about you, including your personal information, with those partners. Please note that we do not control the privacy practices of these third-party business partners.

Affiliated Websites. If you were referred to WIN whats in India from another website, we may share your registration information, such as your name, email address, mailing address, telephone number and other preferences, about you with that referring website. We have not placed limitations on the referring websites' use of personal information and we encourage you to read the privacy policies of any website that referred you to WIN whats in India

Companies within our corporate family. We may share your personal information within with our parent companies and domestic and international corporate affiliate companies and websites. This sharing enables us to provide you with information about products and services, which might interest you in accordance with your marketing preferences. To the extent that our parent company and corporate affiliates have access to your information,they will follow practices that are at least as restrictive as the practices  described in this Privacy Policy. They also will comply with applicable laws governing the transmission of promotional communications and, at a minimum, give you an opportunity in any commercial email they send to choose not to receive such email messages in the future.

 

By agreeing to the provisions of the Privacy Policy, you also agree to the disclosure of your personal information such entities. We also may share your information if we believe, in our sole discretion, that such disclosure is necessary…

    

• to comply with legitimate and enforceable subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process; to establish or exercise our legal rights; to defend against legal claims; or as otherwise required by law. In such cases we reserve the right to raise or waive any legal objection or right available to us;

• to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal or suspected illegal activities; to protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of WIN whats in India, our customers, or others; and in connection with our Terms of Use and other agreements; or

• in connection with a corporate transaction, such as a divestiture, merger, consolidation, or asset sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy.

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If you choose to create a profile on WIN whats in India, certain information in your profile will be publicly viewable and identifiable by clicking your screen name. You will have the ability to view your profile as members of the public will see it. WIN whats in India members may contact you by using WIN whats in India as an intermediary through comment; however, WIN whats in India will not share your email address or mobile number or physical address with any other members nor display it any public manner.

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Other than as set out above, you will be notified when personal information about you will be shared with third parties, and you will have an opportunity to choose not to have us share such information. By agreeing to the provisions of the privacy you also agree to that this notice will be sufficient with regards to this sharing.

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We also may share aggregate or anonymous information with third parties, including advertisers and investors.

For example, we may tell our advertisers the number of visitors our Website receives or the most popular sections or section of their interest. This information does not contain any personal information and is used to develop content and services we hope you will find of interest.

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How Long We Keep Your Information for 

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We may retain certain information associated with your account in our archives, including for analytical purposes as well as for recordkeeping integrity. The periods for which we retain your information depend on the purpose for which we collected it and we use it.

We will not retain your personal information for longer than is necessary for our business purposes or for legal requirements. We may retain some information for a period of time after you have closed your account with us, for instance if this is necessary to meet our legal obligations or to exercise, defend or establish legal rights.

 

Your rights and choices with respect to the collection and use of your information

You can choose not to provide us with your personal information, although it may be needed to take advantage of certain features offered on WIN whats in India.

You have the right to ask us what personal information we hold about you by contacting us (see "Contact Us"), and we may or may not charge a small fee for providing you with this information.

       
We endeavor to ensure that your personal information is relevant to its intended use, accurate, and complete. You can also add or update the information you have provided to us by visiting your account on our Website.

You also can add or update information and close your account as described above. If you decide to close your WIN whats in India account, we will deactivate your account and remove your profile information from active view.

You can close your WIN whats in India account by contacting us. We will send you an email to confirm your request. Please note that after you close an account, you will not be able to sign in or access any of your personal information. However, you can open a new account at any time

      
When you register as a member of WIN whats in India you will have the opportunity to provide us with your email preferences, and will be given a choice as to whether you want to receive email marketing messages from WIN whats in India. As a registered WIN whats in India member, you can modify your choices at any time through the Email Settings of your subscriptions page.  
Whether registered as a WIN whats in India member or not, you also will be given the opportunity to unsubscribe from promotional messages in any such email we send.

Please note that we may send you other communications, including service announcements, and administrative messages relating to your WIN whats in India account.

 

How we protect your information

 

We want you to feel confident about using WIN whats in India, and we are committed to protecting the information we collect. While no website can guarantee security, we have implemented and maintain appropriate physical, administrative, technical, and organisational measures to protect the personal information you provide us against unauthorized or unlawful access, use of disclosure, and against accidental loss, damage, alteration or destruction. For example, only authorized employees are permitted to access personal information, and they only may do so for permitted business functions. In addition, we use encryption when transmitting your personal information between your system and ours, and between our system and those of the parties with whom we share sensitive information, and we employ firewalls and intrusion detection systems to help prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to your information.

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Children's privacy

 

WIN whats in India is a general audience site and does not offer services directed to children. Should an individual whom we know to be a child under the age of 13 sends personal information to us, we will delete or destroy such information as soon as reasonably possible.

 

External links

 

Our Website may include links to third party websites. If you access other websites from the links provided on our Website, the operators of those websites may collect information from you which will be used by them in accordance with their privacy policy, which may differ from our Privacy Policy.

We recommend that you examine the privacy statements posted on those other websites to understand their procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing personal information.

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Changes to this Privacy Policy

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WIN whats in India may change or modify this Privacy Policy in the future. We will note the date that revisions were last made to this Privacy Policy at the bottom of this page, and any revisions will take effect upon posting. We will notify our members of material changes to this Privacy Policy by either sending a notice to the email address you provided to us or by placing a notice on our Website. We encourage you to check this Privacy Policy from time to time to article sharing the most current version.

How you can contact us

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If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or have any material grievances, please contact us here.

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Call Recording and Monitoring.

 

Please be aware that calls to and from WIN whats in India may be  recorded. We may use the call recordings to monitor our customer service for quality or compliance purposes, to check the accuracy of the information you provide us, for fraud prevention purposes, or to provide training to our staff. We will retain the call recordings for as long as reasonably necessary to perform such activities and then delete them. Any personal information obtained from you during the call will be treated in accordance with the provisions of this Privacy Policy.