Privacy policy

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We are not going to sell your personal information to anyone! No If's, And's or But's!!! We will only provide your information under the order of a recognized court providing a search warrant for such information! Or in an emergency situation, in my best judgement, may provide information to recognized law enforcement agencies! - Founder.... Now to the legal section.

Privacy Policy
We at kiratisaathi.com, have created this privacy policy to demonstrate our firm commitment to protecting your personal information and informing you about how we handle it. This privacy policy only applies to transactions and activities in which you engage, and data gathered, on the kiratisaathi.com Website, Please review this privacy policy periodically as we may modify it from time to time. This privacy policy was last revised on April, 2005. Each time you visit the Site or provide us with information, by doing so you are accepting the practices described in this privacy policy at that time.

Your IP Address
Like most e-commerce Websites, each time you visit the Site, we automatically collect your IP address and the web page from which you came. In order to administer and optimize the Site for you and to diagnose problems with our Site, we use your IP address to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information about you.

Cookies
Like most Websites, the Site uses cookies to keep track of your purchases and other activity on the Site and enhance your experience on the Site. We also use cookies to deliver content specific to your interests, to save your password, and if you choose, to save other personal and financial information so you do not have to reenter it each time you visit the Site. Third party advertisers on the Site may also place or read cookies on your browser. If you wish to disable these cookies, the "help" portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how. However, if you set your browser to disable cookies, you may not be able to access certain areas on the Site.

Information We Collect From You
In order to operate the Site and to provide you with information about products or services that may be of interest to you, we may collect "personal information" (i.e. information that could be used to contact you directly (without using the Site) such as full name, postal address, phone number or email address), "financial information" (i.e. credit card numbers or passwords) or "demographic information" (i.e. information that you submit, or that we collect, that is neither personal information nor financial information; this may include, but is not limited to, zip code, postal code, hometown, gender, username, age/birth date, purchase history information, browsing history information, searching history information, registration history information, and the content of communications between you and other members over the Site), subject to the rest of this paragraph. Demographic information is divided into two categories: 1) "non-public information", which consists of purchase history information and one-on-one communications between you and other users of the Site; and 2) "public information", which consists of all other demographic information. We ask that you do not enter personal information or financial information into your “Profile” (for example, don't use your address or passcode as your username, or include your name or address in your written responses), because if you do then it may be posted publicly on the Site, and the information will then be treated as "demographic information" that is "public information." Please note that nowhere on the Site do we knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 18, as we require that all users represent to us that they are at least 18 years old.

Information Other Websites Collect From You
On the Site, we place links to other Websites operated by other parties. Some of these other Websites contain our brand names and trademarks and other intellectual property that we own; others do not. When you click on these links and visit these other Websites, regardless of whether or not they contain our brand names, trademarks and other intellectual property, you need to be aware that we do not control these other Websites or these other Websites' business practices, and that this privacy policy does not apply to these other Websites. Consequently, the operators of these other Websites may collect different kinds of information about you, and may use and disclose that information in different ways than we would if it were collected on theLayman Terms - test
We are not going to sell your personal information to anyone! No

If's, And's or But's!!! We will only provide your information under

the order of a recognized court providing a search warrant for such

information! Or in an emergency situation, in my best judgement, may

provide information to recognized law enforcement agencies! -

Founder.... Now to the legal section.

Privacy Policy
We at kiratisaathi.com, have created this privacy policy to demonstrate

our firm commitment to protecting your personal information and

informing you about how we handle it. This privacy policy only

applies to transactions and activities in which you engage, and data

gathered, on the kiratisaathi.com Website, Please review this privacy

policy periodically as we may modify it from time to time. This

privacy policy was last revised on April, 2005. Each time you visit

the Site or provide us with information, by doing so you are

accepting the practices described in this privacy policy at that

time.

Your IP Address
Like most e-commerce Websites, each time you visit the Site, we

automatically collect your IP address and the web page from which you

came. In order to administer and optimize the Site for you and to

diagnose problems with our Site, we use your IP address to help

identify you and to gather broad demographic information about you.

Cookies
Like most Websites, the Site uses cookies to keep track of your

purchases and other activity on the Site and enhance your experience

on the Site. We also use cookies to deliver content specific to your

interests, to save your password, and if you choose, to save other

personal and financial information so you do not have to reenter it

each time you visit the Site. Third party advertisers on the Site may

also place or read cookies on your browser. If you wish to disable

these cookies, the "help" portion of the toolbar on most browsers

will tell you how. However, if you set your browser to disable

cookies, you may not be able to access certain areas on the Site.

Information We Collect From You
In order to operate the Site and to provide you with information

about products or services that may be of interest to you, we may

collect "personal information" (i.e. information that could be used

to contact you directly (without using the Site) such as full name,

postal address, phone number or email address), "financial

information" (i.e. credit card numbers or passwords) or "demographic

information" (i.e. information that you submit, or that we collect,

that is neither personal information nor financial information; this

may include, but is not limited to, zip code, postal code, hometown,

gender, username, age/birth date, purchase history information,

browsing history information, searching history information,

registration history information, and the content of communications

between you and other members over the Site), subject to the rest of

this paragraph. Demographic information is divided into two

categories: 1) "non-public information", which consists of purchase

history information and one-on-one communications between you and

other users of the Site; and 2) "public information", which consists

of all other demographic information. We ask that you do not enter

personal information or financial information into your “Profile”

(for example, don't use your address or passcode as your username, or

include your name or address in your written responses), because if

you do then it may be posted publicly on the Site, and the

information will then be treated as "demographic information" that is

"public information." Please note that nowhere on the Site do we

knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of

18, as we require that all users represent to us that they are at

least 18 years old.

Information Other Websites Collect From You
On the Site, we place links to other Websites operated by other

parties. Some of these other Websites contain our brand names and

trademarks and other intellectual property that we own; others do

not. When you click on these links and visit these other Websites,

regardless of whether or not they contain our brand names, trademarks

and other intellectual property, you need to be aware that we do not

control these other Websites or these other Websites' business

practices, and that this privacy policy does not apply to these other

Websites. Consequently, the operators of these other Websites may

collect different kinds of information about you, and may use and

disclose that information in different ways than we would if it were

collected on the Site. We encourage you to review their privacy

policies and remind you that we will not be responsible for their

actions.

How We Use Personal Information
We use your email address and your other personal information to help

us efficiently operate the Site, to contact you in connection with

your transactions and other activities on the Site (including, but

not limited to, confirmation emails or important news that could

affect your relationship with kiratisaathi.com, and to forward messages to

you from other kiratisaathi.com users. These types of communications, are

known as "Operational Communications." In some cases, Operational

Communications may also contain commercial messages, such as banner

ads and special offers.

We also use personal information to send you newsletters,

information, offers and other promotional materials for kiratisaathi.com

or third parties' goods or services. We attempt to send you offers

that are of value to you, such as discounts, exclusive offers or

special event information. The Site provides you with options to

decline to receive communications from kiratisaathi.com (other than those

contained in Operational Communications). Some of these options may

only be for a certain category of communications; others may be more

general. By posting a profile on the Site, you are opting in to

receive the kiratisaathi.com by Mail email. To stop receiving kiratisaathi.com

by Mail, go to the "Email Options" section of your account settings

and change your desired frequency" to "Never."

To operate the Site, including processing your transactions and

supporting your activities on the Site, we may share your personal

information with our agents, representatives, contractors and service

providers so they can provide us with support services such as

authorization of credit card transactions, email origination, receipt

or support services, customer relationship management services, order

fulfillment and sweepstakes and promotional fulfillment. We require

these entities not to use your information for any other purpose.

By purchasing, or registering or making reservations for, products or

services offered or sponsored by third parties on the Site, or

electing to receive communications (such as emails or magazine

subscriptions) or electing to participate in contests, sweepstakes or

other programs (such as discount or rewards programs), offered or

sponsored by third parties on the Site, you consent to our providing

your personal information to those third parties. Those third parties

may use your personal information in accordance with their own

privacy policies. You will need to contact those third parties to

instruct them directly regarding your preferences for the use of your

personal information by them. Additionally, you agree that we may use

and disclose all such information so submitted to such third parties

in the same manner in which we are entitled to use and disclose any

other information you submit to us.

In some cases, we may enter into a promotional relationship with

another company in which we prominently display their brand name or

trademarks on pages of the Site. These pages are known as "Co-Branded

Pages" and these companies are known as “Co-Branded Companies.” If

the page on which you submit information is a Co-Branded Page, or was

accessed by clicking on a link on a Co-Branded Page, then we may

share your personal information with the associated Co-Branded

Company. Co-Branded Companies may use your personal information in

accordance with their own privacy policies. You will need to contact

Co-Branded Companies to instruct them directly regarding your

preferences for the use of your personal information by them.

Additionally, you agree that we may use and disclose all such

information so submitted to such Co-Branded Companies in the same

manner in which we are entitled to use and disclose any other

information you submit to us. Some Co-Branded Pages may contain an

action tag (also known as a Web Beacon or a 1 pixel .gif file) that a

third party, such as the advertising company Avenue A, may use to

read cookies that it, or its clients, may have placed on your browser

at other (non-kiratisaathi.com) web sites before your visit to

kiratisaathi.com. This technology is used to measure the effectiveness of

advertisements on such other Websites that promote Co-Branded Pages.

Any third party with whom we are allowed to share your personal

information is authorized to use your personal information in

accordance with our contractual arrangements with such third parties

and in accordance with their own privacy policies, over which we have

no control, and you agree that we are not responsible or liable for

any of their actions or omissions. Those who contact you will need to

be instructed directly by you regarding your preferences for the use

of your personal information by them.

Please read the information below under the heading "Special Cases in

which we Share Personal and Financial Information" to learn more ways

in which we may share your personal information.

How We Use Financial Information
We use your financial information to check your qualifications, to

bill you for products and services and to enable you to participate

in discount, rebate and similar programs in which you may elect to

participate. By making a purchase, or engaging in any other kind of

activity or transaction that uses financial information, on the Site,

you consent to our providing your financial information to our

service providers and to such third parties as we determine are

necessary to support and process your activities and transactions, as

well as to your credit card issuer for their purposes. These third

parties may include the credit card companies and banking

institutions used to process and support the transaction or activity.

By purchasing, or registering or making reservations for, products or

services of third parties offered on the Site, or by participating in

programs offered on the Site that are administered by third parties

and that require you to submit financial information in order to use

them, you also consent to our providing your financial information to

those third parties. Additionally, if the page on which you submit

information is a Co-Branded Page, or was accessed by clicking on a

link on a Co-Branded Page, then we may share your financial

information with the associated Co-Branded Company. Any of these

various third parties (including Co-Branded Companies) may be

authorized to use your financial information in accordance with our

contractual arrangements with such third parties and in accordance

with their own privacy policies, over which we have no control, and

you agree that we are not responsible or liable for any of their

actions or omissions. Additionally, you agree that we may use and

disclose all such information so submitted to such third parties in

the same manner in which we are entitled to use and disclose any

other information that you submit to us. Please read the information

below under the heading "Special Cases in which we Share Personal and

Financial Information" to learn more ways in which we may share your

financial information.

Special Cases in which we Share Personal and Financial

Information
Your personal information or financial information may be passed on

to a third party in the event of a transfer of ownership or assets,

or a bankruptcy. We may also disclose personal information or

financial information when we determine that such disclosure is

necessary to comply with applicable law, to cooperate with law

enforcement or to protect the interests or safety of kiratisaathi.com or

other visitors to the Site. We also may disclose your personal

information or financial information to our subsidiary and parent

companies and businesses, and other affiliated legal entities and

businesses with whom we are under common corporate control. Whenever

personal information or financial information is disclosed under this

paragraph, we may also disclose your demographic information along

with it, on a non-anonymous basis. All of our parent, subsidiary and

affiliated legal entities and businesses that receive your personal

information, financial information, or non-anonymous demographic

information from us will comply with the terms of this privacy policy

with respect to their use and disclosure of such information.

How We Use Public Information and Other Demographic

Information
We may review all demographic information. We may use public

information to enable other users to find your profile, to determine

whether they are a match for you and to communicate with you. We may

use demographic information to tailor the Site and communications to

your interests. We may also share demographic information with

advertisers on an anonymous and aggregated basis (i.e., without

telling the advertisers your identity). One of the reasons we may do

this is to increase the likelihood that our advertisers' goods and

services will appeal to kiratisaathi.com users, so that we may target

specific ads at specific demographic groups. Our sharing of

demographic information with advertisers is anonymous (i.e., we do

not tell advertisers which particular kiratisaathi.com users are members

of which demographic groups), subject to the rest of this privacy

policy. When you respond to an advertisement, however, we ask you to

remember that if that ad that is targeted to a demographic group and

you decide to give the advertiser your personal information, then the

advertiser may be able to identify you as being a member of that

demographic group. Please also be aware that when we disclose your

financial information or personal information to a Co-Branded

Company, as described above, we may also disclose to that Co-Branded

Company your demographic information, other than the content of

one-on-one communications between you and other members. Please also

be aware that we may disclose your demographic information on a

non-anonymous basis as described above in the paragraph titled

"Special Cases in which we Share Personal and Financial Information."

Also, to read further details about how we may use your public

information, see our

Our Security Precautions
The Site has security measures in place to protect against the loss,

misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Our

secure server software (SSL) is the industry standard and among the

best software available today for secure commerce transactions. We

encrypt all of your personal and financial information as it travels

over the Internet and we store your financial information on our

servers in encrypted form. Your information may be transferred to and

maintained on computer networks which may be located outside of the

state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction in which

you reside, and the country or jurisdiction in which these computer

networks are located may not have privacy laws as protective as the

laws in your country or jurisdiction.

Changing our Privacy Policy for Previously Gathered

Information
If at any point we decide to use particular personally identifiable

information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was

collected, we will notify users by way of an email or by providing 30

days notice on the Site. Please note that we will continue to have

the right to change our privacy policy and practices, and how we use

your personally identifiable information, without notice, as

described in the first paragraph of this Privacy Policy, provided

that such changes shall only apply to information gathered on or

after the date of the change.

How You Can Access and Update Your Email Preferences, Personal

Information and Public Information
We give you the opportunity to opt-out of certain communications and

modify personal information or demographic information you have

provided to us, and to hide demographic information from, or make

demographic information visible to, the public users of the Site, at

anytime by going to the section of the Site. Please be aware that it

may take several hours for the changes you make to take effect on the

public areas of the Site. We thank you for your patience. Please note

that changing or deleting your information through the "Account

Settings" or "My Profile" section of the Site, or otherwise

opting-out of receipt of email communications from kiratisaathi.com, will

only change or delete the data in our database for purposes of future

activities on the Site and for managing future communications from

kiratisaathi.com. These changes and deletions will not change or delete

emails or information that we may have already forwarded to other

users or credit card companies or any other third parties, all as

provided above in this privacy policy.

If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, the

practices of the Site, or your dealings with the Site, you can

contact us at {site.admin_email}. Site. We encourage you to review their privacy policies and remind you that we will not be responsible for their actions.

How We Use Personal Information
We use your email address and your other personal information to help us efficiently operate the Site, to contact you in connection with your transactions and other activities on the Site (including, but not limited to, confirmation emails or important news that could affect your relationship with OnN, and to forward messages to you from other {site.name} users. These types of communications, are known as "Operational Communications." In some cases, Operational Communications may also contain commercial messages, such as banner ads and special offers.

We also use personal information to send you newsletters, information, offers and other promotional materials for {site.name} or third parties' goods or services. We attempt to send you offers that are of value to you, such as discounts, exclusive offers or special event information. The Site provides you with options to decline to receive communications from {site.name} (other than those contained in Operational Communications). Some of these options may only be for a certain category of communications; others may be more general. By posting a profile on the Site, you are opting in to receive the {site.name} by Mail email. To stop receiving {site.name} by Mail, go to the "Email Options" section of your account settings and change your desired frequency" to "Never."

To operate the Site, including processing your transactions and supporting your activities on the Site, we may share your personal information with our agents, representatives, contractors and service providers so they can provide us with support services such as authorization of credit card transactions, email origination, receipt or support services, customer relationship management services, order fulfillment and sweepstakes and promotional fulfillment. We require these entities not to use your information for any other purpose.

By purchasing, or registering or making reservations for, products or services offered or sponsored by third parties on the Site, or electing to receive communications (such as emails or magazine subscriptions) or electing to participate in contests, sweepstakes or other programs (such as discount or rewards programs), offered or sponsored by third parties on the Site, you consent to our providing your personal information to those third parties. Those third parties may use your personal information in accordance with their own privacy policies. You will need to contact those third parties to instruct them directly regarding your preferences for the use of your personal information by them. Additionally, you agree that we may use and disclose all such information so submitted to such third parties in the same manner in which we are entitled to use and disclose any other information you submit to us.

In some cases, we may enter into a promotional relationship with another company in which we prominently display their brand name or trademarks on pages of the Site. These pages are known as "Co-Branded Pages" and these companies are known as “Co-Branded Companies.” If the page on which you submit information is a Co-Branded Page, or was accessed by clicking on a link on a Co-Branded Page, then we may share your personal information with the associated Co-Branded Company. Co-Branded Companies may use your personal information in accordance with their own privacy policies. You will need to contact Co-Branded Companies to instruct them directly regarding your preferences for the use of your personal information by them. Additionally, you agree that we may use and disclose all such information so submitted to such Co-Branded Companies in the same manner in which we are entitled to use and disclose any other information you submit to us. Some Co-Branded Pages may contain an action tag (also known as a Web Beacon or a 1 pixel .gif file) that a third party, such as the advertising company Avenue A, may use to read cookies that it, or its clients, may have placed on your browser at other (non-{site.name}) web sites before your visit to {site.name}. This technology is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements on such other Websites that promote Co-Branded Pages.

Any third party with whom we are allowed to share your personal information is authorized to use your personal information in accordance with our contractual arrangements with such third parties and in accordance with their own privacy policies, over which we have no control, and you agree that we are not responsible or liable for any of their actions or omissions. Those who contact you will need to be instructed directly by you regarding your preferences for the use of your personal information by them.

Please read the information below under the heading "Special Cases in which we Share Personal and Financial Information" to learn more ways in which we may share your personal information.

How We Use Financial Information
We use your financial information to check your qualifications, to bill you for products and services and to enable you to participate in discount, rebate and similar programs in which you may elect to participate. By making a purchase, or engaging in any other kind of activity or transaction that uses financial information, on the Site, you consent to our providing your financial information to our service providers and to such third parties as we determine are necessary to support and process your activities and transactions, as well as to your credit card issuer for their purposes. These third parties may include the credit card companies and banking institutions used to process and support the transaction or activity. By purchasing, or registering or making reservations for, products or services of third parties offered on the Site, or by participating in programs offered on the Site that are administered by third parties and that require you to submit financial information in order to use them, you also consent to our providing your financial information to those third parties. Additionally, if the page on which you submit information is a Co-Branded Page, or was accessed by clicking on a link on a Co-Branded Page, then we may share your financial information with the associated Co-Branded Company. Any of these various third parties (including Co-Branded Companies) may be authorized to use your financial information in accordance with our contractual arrangements with such third parties and in accordance with their own privacy policies, over which we have no control, and you agree that we are not responsible or liable for any of their actions or omissions. Additionally, you agree that we may use and disclose all such information so submitted to such third parties in the same manner in which we are entitled to use and disclose any other information that you submit to us. Please read the information below under the heading "Special Cases in which we Share Personal and Financial Information" to learn more ways in which we may share your financial information.

Special Cases in which we Share Personal and Financial Information
Your personal information or financial information may be passed on to a third party in the event of a transfer of ownership or assets, or a bankruptcy. We may also disclose personal information or financial information when we determine that such disclosure is necessary to comply with applicable law, to cooperate with law enforcement or to protect the interests or safety of {site.name} or other visitors to the Site. We also may disclose your personal information or financial information to our subsidiary and parent companies and businesses, and other affiliated legal entities and businesses with whom we are under common corporate control. Whenever personal information or financial information is disclosed under this paragraph, we may also disclose your demographic information along with it, on a non-anonymous basis. All of our parent, subsidiary and affiliated legal entities and businesses that receive your personal information, financial information, or non-anonymous demographic information from us will comply with the terms of this privacy policy with respect to their use and disclosure of such information.

How We Use Public Information and Other Demographic Information
We may review all demographic information. We may use public information to enable other users to find your profile, to determine whether they are a match for you and to communicate with you. We may use demographic information to tailor the Site and communications to your interests. We may also share demographic information with advertisers on an anonymous and aggregated basis (i.e., without telling the advertisers your identity). One of the reasons we may do this is to increase the likelihood that our advertisers' goods and services will appeal to {site.name} users, so that we may target specific ads at specific demographic groups. Our sharing of demographic information with advertisers is anonymous (i.e., we do not tell advertisers which particular {site.name} users are members of which demographic groups), subject to the rest of this privacy policy. When you respond to an advertisement, however, we ask you to remember that if that ad that is targeted to a demographic group and you decide to give the advertiser your personal information, then the advertiser may be able to identify you as being a member of that demographic group. Please also be aware that when we disclose your financial information or personal information to a Co-Branded Company, as described above, we may also disclose to that Co-Branded Company your demographic information, other than the content of one-on-one communications between you and other members. Please also be aware that we may disclose your demographic information on a non-anonymous basis as described above in the paragraph titled "Special Cases in which we Share Personal and Financial Information." Also, to read further details about how we may use your public information, see our

Our Security Precautions
The Site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Our secure server software (SSL) is the industry standard and among the best software available today for secure commerce transactions. We encrypt all of your personal and financial information as it travels over the Internet and we store your financial information on our servers in encrypted form. Your information may be transferred to and maintained on computer networks which may be located outside of the state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction in which you reside, and the country or jurisdiction in which these computer networks are located may not have privacy laws as protective as the laws in your country or jurisdiction.

Changing our Privacy Policy for Previously Gathered Information
If at any point we decide to use particular personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email or by providing 30 days notice on the Site. Please note that we will continue to have the right to change our privacy policy and practices, and how we use your personally identifiable information, without notice, as described in the first paragraph of this Privacy Policy, provided that such changes shall only apply to information gathered on or after the date of the change.

How You Can Access and Update Your Email Preferences, Personal Information and Public Information
We give you the opportunity to opt-out of certain communications and modify personal information or demographic information you have provided to us, and to hide demographic information from, or make demographic information visible to, the public users of the Site, at anytime by going to the section of the Site. Please be aware that it may take several hours for the changes you make to take effect on the public areas of the Site. We thank you for your patience. Please note that changing or deleting your information through the "Account Settings" or "My Profile" section of the Site, or otherwise opting-out of receipt of email communications from kiratisaathi.com, will only change or delete the data in our database for purposes of future activities on the Site and for managing future communications from kiratisaathi.com. These changes and deletions will not change or delete emails or information that we may have already forwarded to other users or credit card companies or any other third parties, all as provided above in this privacy policy.

If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, the practices of the Site, or your dealings with the Site, you can contact us at info[at]kiratisaathi.com.