Privacy

This privacy policy sets out how ‘nilacharal.com’ uses and protects any information that you give nilacharal.com when you use this website.

nilacharal.com is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

nilacharal.com may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 7th October 2006.

What we collect

We collect personally identifiable information about you (your “Data”) through:

•  the use of enquiry, feedback, registration or similar forms
•  the provision of your details to us either online or offline.

The elements of your Data that we collect may include:

•  Name
•  College Name
•  Job title
•  Company name
•  Company address, phone and fax number
•  Home address and phone number
•  Mobile telephone number
•  E-mail address
•  Postcode, preferences and interests
•  Market research data such as readership patterns.

If you are a nilacharal.com subscriber we may also collect information regarding your use of the service.

What we do with the information we gather

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

•  Internal record keeping.
•  We may use the information to improve our quality and services.
•  We may periodically send promotional emails about new articles, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
•  We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Devices

We use cookies to help personalise your use of our site. A cookie is a small piece of information which is sent to your computer’s hard drive by the web server so that the website can remember who you are. This information may include information relating to your use of our site, information about your computer such as the computer’s IP address and browser type, demographic data and, if you arrived at our site via a link from third party site, the URL of the linking page. If you are a registered user or subscriber this may include your name and email address for verification purposes.

We use information from cookies for purposes which may include:

•  identifying returning users, registrants and subscribers and to allow subscribers to be presented with a personalised version of the site
•  enabling you to move more easily around our site
•  your use of our site to better develop our sites in accordance with your requirements
•  building up a demographic profile

You can delete cookies from your hard drive at any time however this will mean that any settings such as your stored username and password will have to be reset. You can set your internet browser so that it will not allow cookies to be stored on your computer. This may reduce functionality of the site, prevent access to subscriber-only areas of the site and mean that certain features or content will not be available to you. Further information on how to prevent cookies from being stored on your computer can be found on http://www.allaboutcookies.org under the “manage cookies” section. Alternatively go to the help menu within your internet browser.

From time to time we may permit 3rd party companies to set cookies on nilacharal.com for purposes which may include market research, serving advertisements, revenue tracking or to improve functionality of the site.

nilacharal.com use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (Google Analytics uses cookies to help us to analyse how users use nilacharal.com)

The information generated by the cookie about your use of our site (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our sites, compiling reports on website activity for us and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of nilacharal.com. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

•  whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes like newsletter
•  if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at team@nilacharal.com

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, you may request a copy of the personal information we hold about you by contacting us by e-mail at team@nilacharal.com or writing to:

Nilacharal.com
18 Collingwood Road
Crawley
RH10 7WG
UK
e-mail : team@nilacharal.com
We may charge the statutory allowable fee for provision of this information.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

Changes to this Policy

This policy is effective from 7th October 2006. From time to time we may make changes to this privacy policy statement to reflect any changes to our privacy practices in accordance with changes to legislation, best practice or website enhancements.

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