Privacy statement

Information collection

This Website may provide you with additional feature(s) free of cost and for better browsing experience. The user may choose to use the additional feature by registering on this Website and select topics of his/her interest, as and when such process is made active. This will allow the user to customise dashboard for the choice of content on the Website that the user selects at the time of registration. The Website also allows the user to edit the topics of interest selected, post registration.

You may choose to register with Website by using your email ids (subject to validation), name, designation, organisation name and PIN code as and when the process is made active. By registering, you agree to the use and process of the information shared by you for the stated purpose.

As and when activated, you may, alternatively, choose to register with this Website by using your social handles. Your basic personal information as generally available on such social handle will be captured. The topics of interest selected by you and other requests; options as may be selected by you shall also be captured.

We may also store and maintain any content that you provide, including but not limited to postings on any blogs, forums, wikis and other social media applications and services that we may provide.
We do not seek sensitive information (e.g., data relating to race or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, criminal record, physical or mental health, or sexual orientation) from visitors/users.  We will, where necessary, obtain your explicit consent to collect and use such information.

Log information, cookies and web beacons:

This site collects standard internet log information including your IP address, browser type and language, access times and referring website addresses.  To ensure that this Website is well managed and to facilitate improved navigation, we or our service providers may also use cookies (small text files stored in a user’s browser) or Web beacons (electronic images that allow this Website to count visitors who have accessed a particular page and to access certain cookies) to collect aggregate data.  Additional information on how we use cookies and other tracking technologies and how you can control these can be found in our cookie notice.

Information use:

At times, you may provide personal information via this site, for example, to gain access to specific content, attend a hosted event, respond to a survey, or request communications about specific areas of interest.  In such cases, the information you submit will be used to manage your request and to customize and improve this Website and related services and/or added features offered to you.  We may also use your personal information for marketing purposes, or to send you promotional materials or communications regarding services provided that we feel may be of interest to you.  We may also contact you to seek feedback on services provided or for market or other research purposes.
Your personal information may also be used to protect our rights or property and that of our users and, where appropriate, to comply with legal process.
You may at any time request that we discontinue sending you emails or other communications generated in response to your provision of personal information via this Website.

Disclosure of information to third parties:

We may provide your personal information to other entities in order to provide you with information that could be of interest to you and conduct market or another research. 
Personal information may also be disclosed to law enforcement, regulatory, or other government agencies, or to other third parties, in each case to comply with legal or regulatory obligations or requests. 

We use a range of service providers and contractors to help us maximize the quality and efficiency of our services and our business operations (including internal business requirements). This means that third-party individuals and organizations may sometimes have access to personal information held by us and may collect it from, process or use it on behalf of us. We require our service providers and contractors to be under appropriate confidentiality requirements, maintain adequate technical and network security and not to use or disclose such information for any unauthorized purposes.

By providing information through this Website, you are consenting to the disclosures described above.

Information security:

We have in place reasonable commercial standards of technology and operational security to protect all information provided by visitors via this Website from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

Changes to our Privacy Statement:

We may modify or amend this Privacy Statement from time to time at our discretion. When we make changes to this Statement, we will amend the revision date at the top of this page, and such modified or amended Privacy Statement shall be effective as to you and your information as of that revision date.  We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Statement to be informed about how we are protecting your information.