Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 12, 2020

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

  • You: the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service. Under GDPR, You can be referred to as the Data Subject or User.
  • Company: (referred to as "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our") refers to Shirdi Sai Darbar, 255 San Geronimo Way Sunnyvale CA 94085. For GDPR, the Company is the Data Controller.
  • Application: the software program provided by the Company downloaded by You on any device, named Shirdi Sai Darbar Sunnyvale CA.
  • Affiliate: an entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a party (50% or more ownership).
  • Account: a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
  • Website: shirdisaidarbar.org, accessible from www.shirdisaidarbar.org
  • Service: refers to the Application or the Website or both.
  • Country: California, United States
  • Service Provider: any natural or legal person who processes data on behalf of the Company (for GDPR, Data Processors).
  • Third-party Social Media Service: any website or social network that allows login or account creation for using the Service.
  • Facebook Fan Page: a public profile at facebook.com/shirdisaidarbar.
  • Personal Data: any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual (GDPR and CCPA definitions included).
  • Cookies: small files placed on Your device to store browsing history or other data.
  • Device: any device that can access the Service such as a computer, phone, or tablet.
  • Usage Data: data collected automatically, e.g., page visit duration.
  • Data Controller: for GDPR, the Company determines the purposes and means of processing Personal Data.
  • Do Not Track (DNT): a mechanism for allowing users to control tracking of their online activities.
  • Business: for CCPA, the Company that collects and processes Consumers' personal information.
  • Consumer: for CCPA, a California resident as defined by law.
  • Sale: for CCPA, the disclosure or transfer of a Consumer's Personal Information to another business or third party for value.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. It may include information such as Your Device's IP address, browser type and version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service through a mobile device, We may collect information such as device type, unique ID, IP address, operating system, browser type, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data. We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service.

Information Collected While Using the Application

To provide features of Our Application, We may collect, with your prior permission, information regarding your location. This information may be uploaded to the Company's servers or stored on Your device. You can enable or disable access at any time through Your Device settings.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on Our Service and store certain information. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, some parts of our Service may not function properly without Cookies.

  • Necessary / Essential Cookies: Session Cookies, administered by Us. Essential to provide services and enable features like authentication.
  • Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies: Persistent Cookies, administered by Us. Identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
  • Functionality Cookies: Persistent Cookies, administered by Us. Remember choices like login details or language preference for a personalized experience.
  • Tracking and Performance Cookies: Persistent Cookies, administered by Third-Parties. Track traffic and usage, may identify users via pseudonymous identifiers. Used for testing advertisements, pages, or new features.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including monitoring usage.
  • To manage Your Account and registration as a user.
  • For performance of a contract related to products, services, or other agreements with Us.
  • To contact You via email, calls, SMS, or push notifications for updates or informative communications.
  • To provide news, offers, and information about goods, services, or events similar to those You purchased or enquired about.
  • To manage Your requests and inquiries to Us.

We may share your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers to monitor, analyze, or contact You.
  • For business transfers during mergers, sales, financing, or acquisitions.
  • With Affiliates, requiring them to honor this Privacy Policy.
  • With Business partners to offer certain products, services, or promotions.
  • With other users when You share personal information or interact in public areas.

Retention, Transfer, Disclosure, and Security of Your Personal Data

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when it is used to strengthen security, improve functionality, or when legally required to be kept longer.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information may be processed at the Company's offices and in other locations where the parties involved in processing are located. This may include transfers to countries where data protection laws differ from Your jurisdiction. By submitting Your information, You consent to such transfers.

The Company will take reasonable steps to ensure Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and no transfer will occur unless adequate controls are in place.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. Notice will be provided before Your data is subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data in response to legal requirements or valid requests from public authorities (e.g., court or government agency).

Other Legal Requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in good faith to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of Users or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us. While we use commercially acceptable means to protect Your data, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, so absolute security cannot be guaranteed.

Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

Service Providers

Service Providers have access to Your Personal Data only to perform tasks on Our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for other purposes.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics tracks and reports website traffic. Data collected may be shared with other Google services and used to contextualize and personalize ads. For details, visit: Google Privacy & Terms.

Email Marketing

We may use Your Personal Data to contact You with newsletters, marketing, or promotional materials. You may opt-out via the unsubscribe link in any email or by contacting Us. We may use Email Marketing Service Providers to manage and send these communications.

GDPR Privacy

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR

We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:

  • Consent: You have given Your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
  • Performance of a contract: Provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with You and/or for any pre-contractual obligations.
  • Legal obligations: Processing Personal Data is necessary to comply with a legal obligation.
  • Vital interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary to protect Your vital interests or those of another person.
  • Public interests: Processing Personal Data is related to a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Company.
  • Legitimate interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company.

The Company will clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, including whether providing Personal Data is statutory, contractual, or necessary to enter a contract.

Your Rights under the GDPR

You have the right, by law if you are within the EU, to:

  • Request access to Your Personal Data and receive a copy.
  • Request correction of incomplete or inaccurate Personal Data.
  • Object to processing of Your Personal Data, including for direct marketing.
  • Request erasure of Your Personal Data when no longer necessary.
  • Request the transfer of Your Personal Data in a structured, machine-readable format.
  • Withdraw Your consent for using Your Personal Data. Some Service functionalities may no longer be available.

You may exercise these rights by contacting Us. Identity verification may be required. Complaints can also be made to a Data Protection Authority in the EEA.

Facebook Fan Page

Data Controller for the Facebook Fan Page

The Company is the Data Controller of Personal Data collected via the Facebook Fan Page (facebook.com/shirdisaidarbar). The Company and Facebook are Joint Controllers. Terms are based on the Facebook Terms of Service. For more information on Facebook privacy, visit Facebook Privacy Policy.

Facebook Insights

We use Facebook Insights to obtain anonymized statistical data about Our users. Facebook places a Cookie on users’ devices visiting Our Fan Page. Cookies have a unique identifier and remain active for two years unless deleted early. Facebook records and processes information stored in the Cookie, including visits to Facebook services and services by other Fan Page members. For more details on Facebook data practices, visit Facebook Full Data Use Policy.

CCPA Privacy

Your Rights under the CCPA

If you are a California resident, you have the following rights under this Privacy Policy:

  • Right to notice: You must be informed about which categories of Personal Data are being collected and for what purposes.
  • Right to access / request: Request and obtain information regarding the disclosure of Your Personal Data collected in the past 12 months to third parties for direct marketing purposes.
  • Right to opt-out of sale: Ask the Company not to sell Your Personal Data via our "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" page or section.
  • Right to know about Your Personal Data: Request information about:
    • Categories of Personal Data collected
    • Sources of Personal Data collection
    • Business/commercial purpose of collection or sale
    • Categories of third parties with whom Personal Data is shared
    • Specific pieces of Personal Data collected about You
  • Right to delete Personal Data: Request deletion of Your Personal Data collected in the past 12 months.
  • Right not to be discriminated against: You should not be denied goods or services, charged different rates, or provided lower quality for exercising your CCPA rights.

Exercising Your CCPA Data Protection Rights

To exercise your rights as a California resident, you may email, call, or visit our "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" page. We will respond free of charge within 45 days, with a possible extension of an additional 45 days if reasonably necessary with prior notice.

Do Not Sell My Personal Information

We do not sell personal information. Some Service Providers (e.g., advertising partners) may use technology that "sells" personal information as defined by CCPA. You can opt out by:

  • Website: Use the "Cookie Consent", "CCPA Opt-out", or "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" banners/links. A unique cookie is placed per browser; switching or deleting cookies requires re-opt-out.
  • Mobile Devices:
    • Android: "Opt out of Interest-Based Ads" or "Opt out of Ads Personalization"
    • iOS: "Limit Ad Tracking"
    • You can also stop location tracking via your device settings.

"Do Not Track" Policy

Our Service does not respond to Do Not Track signals. However, some third-party websites may track your browsing activities. You can set preferences in your web browser to enable or disable DNT.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and become aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from anyone under 13 without parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Your California Privacy Rights

Under California Civil Code Section 1798 (Shine the Light law), California residents with an established business relationship can request information once a year about sharing their Personal Data with third parties for direct marketing purposes. To request more information, contact us using the details below.

California Privacy Rights for Minor Users

California Business and Professions Code section 22581 allows California residents under 18 who are registered users to request removal of content or information they have publicly posted. To request removal, contact us and include the email address associated with your account. Note that requests may not guarantee complete removal, as the law may not permit or require it.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to websites not operated by us. If you click a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of each site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and we may notify you via email or a prominent notice on our Service. The "Last updated" date at the top will also be updated. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically. Changes are effective when posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us:

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