swamisamarthsevekari.com is a website that provides information about Swami Samarth Maharaj. By using this website, you are agreeing to our privacy policy. This policy includes provisions to comply with GDPR, CCPA, CPRA, and CalOPPA regulations.
What Information Do You Provide to Us?
You may provide us with personal information such as your name, email address, phone number, or other personal details when you register on our website, leave comments, or contact us.
How Do We Use Your Information?
We use your information for the following purposes:
- To fulfill your requests
- To communicate with you
- To improve our website
- To inform you about products and services relevant to you
Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we process your personal information based on the following legal grounds:
- Your consent
- The performance of a contract with you
- Compliance with legal obligations
- Our legitimate interests, provided they do not override your rights
Rights Under GDPR
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following rights under GDPR:
- Access to your personal data
- Rectification of inaccurate or incomplete data
- Erasure of your data (right to be forgotten)
- Restriction of processing
- Data portability
- Objection to processing
- Withdrawal of consent
To exercise these rights, please contact us via email or through the contact form on our website.
Rights Under CCPA and CPRA
If you are a resident of California, you have the following rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA):
- Right to know what personal information is being collected
- Right to access your personal information
- Right to request deletion of your personal information
- Right to opt out of the sale of personal information
- Right to non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights
To exercise these rights, please contact us via email or through the contact form on our website.
CalOPPA Compliance
In compliance with the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA), we will:
- Post our privacy policy on our website
- Provide a link to our privacy policy on our homepage or, at a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website
- Include the word “Privacy” in the link to the privacy policy
- Specify the effective date of the privacy policy
- Notify users of any material changes to our privacy policy
How Do We Share Your Information?
We may share your information in the following circumstances:
- To inform you about products and services relevant to you
- To improve our website
- As required by law
How Do We Keep Your Information Secure?
We employ various security measures to keep your information safe, such as:
- Privacy policies
- Firewalls
- Antivirus programs
- Database security
Additional Information
Our website uses Google Analytics, an analytics service that helps us understand how our website is used. Google Analytics may collect the IP addresses of visitors to our website. However, Google Analytics keeps this information confidential and it is used without any personally identifiable information.
Our website uses buttons and tags from social media platforms. These buttons and tags allow you to link directly to social media platforms from our website. When you use these buttons or tags, you are sharing information with the relevant social media platform.
Updates
We reserve the right to make changes to our privacy policy. If we make any changes to our privacy policy, we will post a notification on our website.
Last Update This privacy policy was last updated on January 20, 2024.
swamisamarthsevekari.com
swamisamarthsevekari.com
Who we are
Our website address is: http://swamisamarthsevekari.com.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.