Privacy Policy
Privacy Statement for Krishnamarriage.com (Effective date: 1st July 2007)
This privacy statement covers the site www.krishnamarriage.com. If you have questions or concerns regarding this statement, please write to us.
1. What information does Krishnamarriage.com collect/track about me?
Krishnamarriage.com is an online matrimonial service designed to provide an easy way for our members to meet each other on the Web. To accomplish this, our members create their own unique profiles. In order to do this, we ask for certain personal information which is displayed on the site. (Of course, all Krishnamarriage.com visitors may browse the site, search member profiles and view any articles or features our site has to offer without entering any personal information.)
Information Collected/Tracked by Krishnamarriage.com
Krishnamarriage.com gathers two types of information:
1. Information users submit
2. Information not directly submitted.
Information users submit.
There are two types of user-submitted information we collect: Public and Private. We define Public information as personal information that may be displayed on the site to both visitors and members. Private information is defined as any collection of information about the user other than what is displayed on the site.
Public: In order to accomplish our goal of bringing compatible people together, we need to display certain personal information on the site. Public information includes customer-specified username, gender, age, date of birth, ethnic group, country or province of ethnic identity, occupation, country of residence, information about spiritual life and personality.
Private: This information is requested from members for administrative purposes only and is not displayed on the site. Private information includes email address, first name, last name, credit card number or checking account information for payment, a user-specified password, mailing address, zip code and telephone number.
Krishnamarriage.com also allows members to act as representatives for others (relatives or friends) and submit public and private information on their behalf. If such child/ward, sibling or friend does not wish this information to be displayed, she/he has the option to request removal of such information after providing the necessary evidence that the information pertains to her/him.
Information not directly submitted.
This is information we collect that is not personally identifiable, such as browser type and IP address. This information is gathered for all users to the site.
2. What does Krishnamarriage.com do with the information it collects/tracks?
Krishnamarriage.com uses the information it collects in the following ways:
Information users submit
Public: Public information supplied by members is intended to be viewed by visitors to the site. This information is used by visitors for searching and matching purposes. Public information cannot be used to identify a specific member by name, address, etc.
Private: We primarily use member's email addresses to verify enrollment. Email addresses are not disclosed to members. Email addresses may also be used in private correspondence with the user for customer service issues. Financial information that is collected is used to bill the user for products and services. All other private information submitted by the user is confidential and is not disclosed except as required by law or to protect members of Krishnamarriage.com. All private information can be updated or deleted by the user at any time.
Krishnamarriage.com allows members to send messages to other members to further the matchmaking process. While Krishnamarriage.com exercises reasonable care to prevent site misuse, we strongly recommend you establish the authenticity and intent of members before giving out personally identifiable information.
Information not directly submitted
We use your server, IP address, and browser-type related information in the general administration of our website.
3. With whom does Krishnamarriage.com share the information it collects/tracks?
Except where you are expressly informed, we do not sell, rent, share, trade or give away any of your personal information except to the financial institution that processes your credit card, or check transactions unless required by law, or for the protection of your membership.
4. Tell me about Cookies.
Krishnamarriage.com uses cookies to deliver various services and to keep track of your personal preferences. A cookie is a small text file that can be entered into the memory of your browser to:- help a website recognize repeat users; facilitate the user's ongoing access to and use of the site; allow a site to track usage behavior; compile aggregate data for content improvements; and undertake targeted advertising. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, most browsers contain a function that allows a user to deny the cookie feature. You can also delete cookie files from your computer at your discretion. Please note that the use of cookies is a necessary part of the Krishnamarriage.com technology and is necessary if you wish to access Krishnamarriage.com. Disabling the cookie feature on your browser or deleting cookie files from your computer will render you unable to access certain features on Krishnamarriage.com and participate in its services. Cookies may also be necessary to provide the user with certain features such as customized delivery of information. Consequently cookies we serve are tied to the user's information. Krishnamarriage.com uses cookies to provide its services, to save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit different pages on our site, and for other purposes. We do not and will not use cookies to collect private information from you. Please note that cookies are used only to recollect information sent to your computer from Krishnamarriage.com. We cannot access any information not sent by Krishnamarriage.com. Some of our business partners may use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
5. Tell me about Krishnamarriage.com policy on correcting, updating or removing personal information.
Krishnamarriage.com allows you to modify or remove both public and private information from our database.
6. How will I know of changes in Krishnamarriage.com privacy policy?
If we make a material change to our privacy policy, we will prominently post a link to those changes on our Homepage so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify you by way of an email. We will give you a choice as to whether or not we can use information in this different manner and act accordingly.
7. Tell me about security of my personal information.
Krishnamarriage.com takes every precaution to protect your information, both online and offline. When our registration/order process asks you to enter sensitive information (such as a credit card number), such information is encrypted and protected. While we use encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do everything in our power to protect your information offline. If you have any questions about the security at our website, please email us.