Welcome to Chintamani Math (“we”, “us”, “our”). Respecting your privacy and protecting your personal information is of great importance to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website chintamanimath.org (“Site”).
By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information as described in this policy.
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1. Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following types of information:
a. Personal Information You Provide
•Name, email address, phone number
•Any other information you choose to provide (e.g. messages, feedback, content you submit).
b. Automatically Collected Information
•Technical data: IP address, browser type, domain, referring site, pages you visit.
•Usage data: how you use the Site, pages viewed, time spent, links clicked.
c. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We may use cookies, web beacons, pixel tags, and similar technologies to collect information automatically. These help us improve the site, analyze usage, remember preferences, etc.
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2. How We Use Your Information
We may use the information for one or more of the following purposes:
•To provide, maintain, and improve our services, content, and site functionality.
•To respond to your inquiries, requests or questions.
•To send newsletters, updates, or other communications that may be of interest (if you opted-in).
•To facilitate donations or seva-related activities.
•To monitor and analyze usage and trends, to improve user experience.
•To ensure security, detect fraud or abuse, enforce our policies.
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3. Legal Basis for Processing (if applicable)
If you are from a jurisdiction that requires a legal basis (such as GDPR), our lawful basis will include:
•Your consent where you have given it (e.g. subscribing, contacting us).
•Our legitimate interests (e.g. improving the site, ensuring security).
•Compliance with legal obligations.
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4. Disclosure of Your Information
We do not sell or lease your personal information to third parties. However, we may disclose information in the following circumstances:
•To service providers or contractors who help with running the Site (e.g. hosting, email service, payment processors), and only to the extent necessary.
•When required by law or legal process.
•To protect and defend our rights, property or site security.
•With your consent.
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5. Data Retention
We will retain your personal information only as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this policy, or as required by law. For example:
•Information related to donations may be kept for accounting, audit, tax or legal compliance.
•Contact/subscription data may be kept until you unsubscribe / request deletion.
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6. Security
We employ reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, misuse, loss or alteration. However, no system is completely secure. We cannot guarantee perfect security.
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7. Third-Party Links
Our Site may contain links to external websites (e.g. social media, donation platforms). This Privacy Policy does not apply to those third-party sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before interacting with them.
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8. Children’s Privacy
Our Site is not directed to children under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have collected data from a child, please contact us so we can delete it.
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9. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:
•To access your personal data.
•To correct or update your data.
•To request deletion or erasure of your data.
•To object to or restrict certain processing.
•To withdraw consent (where processing is based on consent).
If you want to exercise any of these rights, please contact us as below.
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10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “Last updated” date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.
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11. Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, or you want to request access / corrections / deletion of your data, please contact:
Chintamani Math
Amaravathi, Hospet – 583201
Vijayanagara District, Karnataka, India
Email: chintamanimath@gmail.com
Phone: +91 962-001-5678