Privacy Policy
Introduction
This website is owned and operated by Pratik Das (“I” or “We” or “Us”). We take your privacy seriously and we are committed to protecting the privacy and accuracy of confidential information to the fullest extent possible under applicable law. This policy (this “Privacy Policy”) describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide, when you visit the website, including without limitation all webpages associated with the domain name, www.pratikdas101.com (the “Website” or “Site”), or when you contact any associated email address(es)/contact point, and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, storing, protecting, and disclosing such information. The term “you” used herein refers to anyone who visits, views, accesses or uses the Website.
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your personal information and how we will treat it. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. This policy may change from time to time (see the section below entitled “Changes to This Privacy Policy”) and it is your obligation to review this Privacy Policy periodically for updates. Your continued use/access of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check this Privacy Policy periodically for updates. If you do not agree with any of the terms and conditions set forth in this Privacy Policy, then please do not access this Website or use any of the features, tools, or services (if any) provided by this Website.
Gathering Information
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website. Sometimes this information is submitted to us by yourself and other times it may be collected by us automatically. You can manage and control your preferences regarding how information is collected as outlined in this Privacy Policy.
Information You Provide to Us
By using this Website or contacting us, you agree that the Website/we may collect certain information about you, including personally identifiable information, that is voluntarily provided by you or with your permission. Such information may include:
Personal or identifiable information about you provided on or through the Website or contact/enquiry form or to any associated email address(es), including without limitation, your name, location, device type, browser, contact information, email address or specific information related to the information/query you request/submit.
We collect your personal data to engage with you or provide you with services. You are requested not to disclose any private, time-sensitive or confidential information through the Website.
Information provided on or through the Website when requesting information or services.
Information posted by you to our Website.
Information submitted when reporting a problem with the Website.
Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.
Social media handles used to communicate with or register with the Website.
Your responses to questions that we might ask you to complete for research or informational purposes or to better serve you.
Your search queries on the Website.
In the event that you submit any information to the Website/us about a third party, please only do so if you have the express written permission of such third party.
Information Collected Through Automatic Data Collection Technologies
We may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information from/about the device you use to interact with/access the Website. In some states, territories, and countries, this information may be considered personal data or personal information under applicable data protection laws.
The information we collect automatically may include, among other things, traffic data, location data, logs, site engagement, site activity, communication data, webpages and resources that you access and use on the Website, and information about your computer and internet connection, including your IP address, operating system, and browser type.
While we do not collect personal information automatically, we may tie the automatically collected information to personal information about you that we collect from other sources or you provide to us. In any event, such information collected automatically will be used solely for internal business purposes, including internal analytics and to improve the quality and relevance of the information presented on our Website to our visitors.
The automatically collected information may be collected using cookies, web beacons, and other similar tracking technology as explained further below.
Cookies
The Website uses cookies. You can choose whether or not to accept cookies using the toggle on the Home page banner. Some cookies are essential cookies for the site to function and cannot be turned off using the toggle. Select “Accept all” to agree to the use of cookies to enhance your browsing experience, site analytics, and customization. Select ”Manage cookies” to make more choices or opt out. Select “Decline” to decline non-essential cookies.
If you prefer not to receive cookies, you may set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies and refuse the cookies when your browser alerts you to their presence. You may also refuse all cookies by turning them off in your browser settings. However, please be aware that turning off cookies may potentially impact the functionality of the Website for you. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, the site’s system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to the Website.
A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer by your web browser. A cookie file may contain or automatically collect user information that allows the Website to track the pages and number of times you visited. This in turn allows us to better understand how you use/access our Website and to serve you better.
Cookies fall into the following subcategories:
Essential Cookies: Certain cookies are essential for the secure use and navigation of the Website. Without them, certain core Website features will not function and the Website would not operate in the intended way. These cookies collect information such as server preferences, session data, browser/device type, web beacons and log files, in addition to other credential-related information.
Analytics and Performance Cookies: These cookies may be used to collect information about how visitors interact with the Website, including but not limited to, site analytics, traffic sources, unique visitors, and your preferences and choices in connection with the Website in order to optimize your experience. These may also include social media cookies which collect information about your social media usage. These cookies also include analytics and functional cookies, which provide us with data that allows us to better understand our users and improve the Website.
Advertising Cookies: The Website may use cookies to personalize your advertising experience when visiting the Website. Such advertisements, if any, use cookies to provide targeted advertisements that may be more consistent with your interests than non-targeted advertisements. We do not provide user information to advertising partners (if any) except in connection with the Website or as required by law.
Squarespace (www.squarespace.com) is the hosting provider of the domain(s) associated with the Website. Squarespace partners with third party publishers, advertising networks, and service providers to manage their ads on sites. Squarespace’s third party partners may set cookies on your device or browser to gather information about your activities on the Website and other sites you visit, in order to provide you with Squarespace ads. For example, if you visit Squarespace or the Website and also use a social media platform, you may see a Squarespace ad in your social media newsfeed or timeline. Additionally, you may encounter cookies or other similar technologies on the Website that are placed by third parties, usually associated with Squarespace. We do not control the use of cookies by such third parties. Because we do not control or have access to the manner in which these third parties use cookies, web beacons and other tracking technologies, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such third parties.
You can learn more here. You can also learn more about Squarespace’s Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.
Web Beacons
Web beacons are small electronic files sometimes referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs. Web beacons permit the Website to recognize users, count users who have visited the Website pages, assessing traffic patterns, identifying preferred content and for other related website statistics. The Website may also use web beacons to collect various data provided by your browser while you are on the Website and elsewhere. This data is collected in the aggregate but may include or be associated with other user information voluntarily submitted by you.
Log Files
The Website’s servers record information about the IP address, browser & device type, and current URL for each user of the Website. This information is provided by a user’s browser and automatically logged by most websites, including our Website. Such information is stored in a secure location and used for our internal business purposes, including analysis of traffic patterns within our Website.
Information Obtained by Third Party Sources
This Privacy Policy applies solely to the information collected by the Website through the Website. The Website contains some content or applications, including advertisements (if any), that are hosted and served by third-parties, including Squarespace, associated third-parties, advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may collect information about you (through the use of cookies, web beacons, or otherwise) when you use the Website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.
We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other third parties and we do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content and/or such third parties’ privacy practices, you should contact the applicable third party directly.
Merger, Sale or Other Asset Transfers
You agree and acknowledge that in the event we go through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another entity, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your personal data may be among the assets transferred as part of such a transaction as permitted by law and/or contract.
How We Use Your Information
In general, we do not sell, trade, rent, or otherwise share information that we collect about you with third parties without your consent. We may use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
To improve and present our Website and its contents in order to better serve you.
To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver content and offerings in which you are most interested.
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 perform our obligations that arise out of the arrangement we are about to enter or have entered with you.
To engage with you or provide you with our services.
To manage our relationship with you, including notifying you of changes to any services.
To contact you about our own products (if any) and services that may be of interest to you.
To facilitate use/access of the Website and to ensure that the content is relevant.
To undertake marketing and business development activities.
To respond to court orders, establish or exercise our legal rights, or defend ourselves against legal claims.
To carry screening or due diligence checks.
To detect and protect us against error, fraud, money laundering and other criminal activities.
To detect, respond, and recover from cybersecurity incidents.
To ensure compliance with applicable laws.
To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide through it. Additionally, this policy may change from time to time (see the section below entitled “Changes to This Privacy Policy”) and it is your obligation to review this Privacy Policy periodically for updates. Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check this Privacy Policy periodically for updates.
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
For any other purpose(s) with your consent.
If you do not want us to use your information in any way as indicated in this Privacy Policy, please indicate your choice by contacting us at info@pratikdas101.com.
Where applicable laws permit us to, we rely on your consent as a ground to process your personal data.
We do not intend to offer, nor do we envision offering in the future, products or services to individuals or entities residing in the European Economic Area or territory part of the European Free Trade Association. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you are based in the European Economic Area or territory part of the European Free Trade Association (or where applicable law does not permit us to rely on your consent to process personal data), we rely on the following legal bases for processing your personal data:
Legitimate interest, which means our interest in conducting and managing our business to enable us to provide you with the best services, information, and the best and most secure experience. We ensure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law).
Performance of a contract, which means we process your data where it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps before entering into such a contract.
To comply with a legal obligation, which means processing your personal data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation that we are subject to.
If you are based in the European Economic Area or territory part of the European Free Trade Association (or where applicable law does not permit us to rely on your consent to process personal data), we generally do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data.
We may process your personal data under more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your personal data. We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us. If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so. Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by applicable law.
Data Transfers: The personal data that we process may be transferred to countries other than where you are based. We undertake such transfers in accordance with applicable laws.
Disclosure Of Your Information
Sharing with Third Parties
We do not sell your personal information to third party marketers without your permission. We may share your personal information with third parties only in limited circumstances. We may be required to disclose your personal information pursuant to lawful requests, including to comply with any court order, law, or legal process, or respond to any government or regulatory request.
We may also release information if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, safety or other interests of us, our employees/contractors, our customers, or others, or to prevent illegal activities or violations of the Website Terms & Notices. This may include sharing information with other companies, lawyers, agents, or government agencies.
Such disclosures are made in good faith and belief that it is reasonably necessary or appropriate to do so for enforcing this Policy, or in order to comply with any applicable laws and regulations.
Your Legal Rights
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. Subject to the data protection laws that apply to you, you may have the right to:
Request access to your personal data. This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
Request confirmation as to whether or not your personal data is being processed.
Request the correction of the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect.
Request the erasure of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no reason for us to continue processing it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. However, we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.
Object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts your fundamental rights and freedoms. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms.
Request restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios:
If you want us to establish the data’s accuracy; or, Where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it; or, Where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims; or, You have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.
Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. This right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to engage with you or provide our services to you. We will inform you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.
If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please write an email to info@pratikdas101.com. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response. We will try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally, it could take us longer than a month if your request is complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated. If you request to delete your personal information from the Website, copies of your personal information may remain viewable in cached and archived pages. Proper access and use of the information provided on or through the Website is governed by our Terms of Use.
Minors
Our Website is not intended for children and minors under 18 years of age. No one under age 18 may provide any personal information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect, use, disclose or store personal information from children/minors under the age of 18 without the prior consent of such child/minor’s parent or legal guardian. If you are under 18 years of age, do not use or provide any information on this Website or through any of its features or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use on this Website or otherwise. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 18 years of age without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child/minor under 18 years, please contact us at info@pratikdas101.com.
How Long We Retain Personal Information
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose we collected it for and for the purpose of satisfying any applicable legal, accounting or reporting requirements to which we are subject. To determine the appropriate retention period, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal information collected, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, the purposes for which we process your personal information, whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and applicable legal requirements. We may retain your personal data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect of our relationship with you. Upon completion of the retention period for each category of personal data as described above, we shall delete or destroy, to the extent technically possible, personal data in our possession or control, or render the personal data into anonymised data, so that it no longer constitutes personal data.
Security
We take your privacy seriously and are committed to protecting the privacy and accuracy of confidential information to the fullest extent possible, subject to provisions of applicable law. To that end, we have implemented measures in an effort to safeguard your personal information in our custody and control and to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. Such measures may include, for example, limiting access to your personal information only to employees and authorized service providers or contractors who need to know such personal information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, as well as other administrative, technical and physical safeguards.
While we endeavor to always protect our systems with reasonable security measures, due to the inherent nature of the internet as an open global communications vehicle and other risk factors, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website, and we cannot guarantee that your personal information, during transmission or while stored on our systems, will be absolutely safe from intrusion by others, such as hackers. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
We may update and/or modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes to this Privacy Policy. Any such future changes will be effective immediately upon our publication/posting of the new terms of this Privacy Policy, and your continued use/access of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us or our Grievance Officer at info@pratikdas101.com.