This website i.e. www.soumyadas.in (the “Website” or “our Website” or “Service”) is operated and managed by Aarka Technology Private Limited (“Company” “us”, “we”, or “our”) for and on behalf of Mrs. Soumya Das, author and creator (“Content Owner”) of the Website, unless a contrary credit/acknowledgement/disclaimer is/has been made by the Content Owner.

Website contents include all ‘artistic work’, ‘literary work’ (including materials, content, literature), ‘cinematograph film’ ‘communication to the public’, ‘engravings’, ‘literary work’, ‘lecture’, and graphics broadcasted/uploaded/available on the website, and each of the foregoing terms shall have the meaning as defined in the Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957).

This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) sets out the ways in which we, collect and use your personal data (your personal information) in connection with our Website, its use, accessibility and ancillary services. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through this Privacy Policy in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

When accessing the Website, we will learn certain information about you, both automatically and through voluntary actions you may take, during your visit. This policy applies to information we collect on the Website, by email, text, or other electronic messages between you and the Website/Content Owner. This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Website and the choices you have associated with that personal data including what rights you have concerning access or change to your personal data.

Please read the Privacy Policy carefully before you start to use the Website. We use your data to provide and improve our Website. By using our Website, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by the Privacy Policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions.

A. Information We May Collect About User

1. Personally identifiable information that you provide to us: We will collect any information that you provide to us when you: access/visit our Website; make an enquiry by e-mail, phone or our Website; subscribe to our mailing lists; submit content to us by post, email or via our Website; or otherwise when you fill in details on our Website or use its functions, including but not limited to, subscribe to our Websites, search for content, participate in discussion boards or forums, use our social media functions, enter a competition or promotion, or use other activities or services we may add to our Website in future, or when you report a problem.

2. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• First name and last name,
• Email address,
• Phone number,
• Address, State, City, Postal/ZIP code,
• Cookies and Usage Data,
• if you’re creating an account you may also provide a password, and
• other similar information that at times may be requested or volunteered.

3. From time to time we may ask if you would be willing to participate in our surveys; if you agree, we will also collect any information that you provide as part of that survey. We will collect any information contained in any correspondence between us. For example, if you contact us using a query button on our Website or by email or telephone, we will keep a record of that correspondence. We will collect information that you upload or post to your user account on our Website and/or any correspondence or interactions that you may have with other website account holders.

4. We will also collect certain information about how you use our Website and the device that you use to access our Website. This might include your IP address, geographical location, device information (such as your hardware model, mobile network information, unique device identifiers), browser type, referral source, length of visit to the website, number of page views, the search queries you make on the website and similar information. This information may be collected by Google Analytics or another third-party website analytics service provider on our behalf and/or may be collected using cookies. For more information on cookies please read paragraph A.8 below.

5. Information we receive from third parties: In certain circumstances, we will receive information about you from third parties. For example, if you choose to register for a website user account you may choose to link this account to your social media account (such as Twitter or Facebook). By providing your social media account details you are authorising that third-party provider to share with us certain information about you. We might also receive information about you from third parties if you have indicated to such third party that you would like to hear from us.

6. Usage Data: We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Website or when you access the Service by or through a mobile device (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. When you access our Website by or through a mobile device, this Usage Data may include information such as the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

7. Location Data: We may use and store information about your location if you give us permission to do so (“Location Data”). We use this data to provide features of our Website, to improve and customize our Website. You can enable or disable location services when you use our Website at any time, through your device settings.

8. Tracking & Cookies Data: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Website. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Website. Examples of Cookies we use:

• Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Website.
• Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
• Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
• Advertising Cookies. Advertising Cookies are used to serve you with advertisements that may be relevant to you and your interests.

B. Retention of Data

1. We 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 the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

2. We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Website, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

C. International Transfer

1. Your information, including Personal Information, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction. If you choose to provide information to us, please note that we may transfer the information, including Personal Information, to other territories and process it there.

2. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer. If you are located outside India and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to India and process it here. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

D. Disclosure

1. As a rule, we do not sell, rent, lease or otherwise transfer any information collected whether automatically or through your voluntary action. We may disclose your personal information to our subsidiaries, affiliates, and service providers for the purpose of providing our services to you. We may disclose your personal information to a third party, including a lawyer or consultant, when necessary to enforce our terms of service or any other agreement between you and the Company.

2. Under certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your Personal Data, if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court of law or a statutory/government authority). We may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation
• Protect and defend our rights or intellectual property of the Content Owner
• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with our Website
• Protect the personal safety of Users of our Website or the public
• Protect against legal liability

If we are involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

E. Security

1. The security of your Personal Information is important to us, and we strive to implement and maintain reasonable, commercially acceptable security procedures and practices appropriate to the nature of the information we store, in order to protect it from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and we are unable to guarantee the absolute security of the Personal Information we have collected from you.

2. We employ commercially reasonable methods to ensure the security of the information you provide to us and the information we collect automatically. Email is not recognized as a secure medium of communication. For this reason, we request that you do not send private information to us by email. However, doing so is allowed, but at your own risk. Credit Card information and other sensitive information must never be transmitted via email.

3. The Company may use software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing the number of visitors to our site, what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas. For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all Users, the Company uses software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

F. Your Rights

1. We aim and strive to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data. Whenever made possible, you can update your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to change your Personal Data, please contact us to make the required changes.

2. If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us. In certain circumstances, you have the right:

• To access and receive a copy of the Personal Data we hold about you.
• To rectify any Personal Data held about you that is inaccurate.
• To request the deletion of Personal Data held about you.

3. You can request to obtain a copy of your Personal Data in a commonly used electronic format. We may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

G. Service Providers

1. We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Website (“Service Providers”), on our behalf, to perform Website related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Website is used. These third parties may be granted access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose whatsoever.

H. Analytics

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

• • Google AnalyticsGoogle Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Website. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Website available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

I. Advertising

We may use third-party Service Providers to show advertisements to you to help support and maintain our Website.

• Google AdSense & DoubleClick CookieGoogle, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our Website. Google’s use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our Website or other websites on the Internet.You may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick Cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting the Google Ads Settings web page: http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/
• AdMob by GoogleAdMob by Google is provided by Google Inc.You can opt-out from AdMob by Google service by following the instructions described by Google: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=enFor more information on how Google uses the collected information, please visit the “How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or app” page: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ or visit the Privacy Policy of Google: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

J. Behavioral Remarketing

We may use remarketing services to advertise on third party websites to you after you visited our Website. We and our third-party vendors use cookies to inform, optimize and serve ads based on your past visits to our Website.

• Google AdWordsGoogle AdWords remarketing service is provided by Google Inc.You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page: http://www.google.com/settings/adsGoogle also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on – https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout – for your web browser. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provides visitors with the ability to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics.For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
• TwitterTwitter remarketing service is provided by Twitter Inc.You can opt-out from Twitter’s interest-based ads by following their instructions: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170405You can learn more about the privacy practices and policies of Twitter by visiting their Privacy Policy page: https://twitter.com/privacy
• FacebookFacebook remarketing service is provided by Facebook Inc.You can learn more about interest-based advertising from Facebook by visiting this page: https://www.facebook.com/help/164968693837950To opt-out from Facebook’s interest-based ads follow these instructions from Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217Facebook adheres to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising established by the Digital Advertising Alliance. You can also opt-out from Facebook and other participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance in the USA http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada http://youradchoices.ca/ or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/, or opt-out using your mobile device settings.
  For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook’s Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation

K. Payments

1. We may in future, or from time to time or sometimes provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g. payment processors).

2. We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by Payment Cards Industry -Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI-SSC), which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.

L. Links to Other Sites

Our Website may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every 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.

M. Children & Minor’s Privacy

We strongly encourage parents and guardians to supervise the online activities of their minor children and consider using parental control tools available from online services and software manufacturers to help provide a child-friendly online environment. These tools also can prevent minors from disclosing their name, address, and other personally identifiable information online without parental permission. We respect the privacy of minors who may inadvertently use the Website and shall delete their information upon intimation.

N. Data Protection & Data Protection Officer

The Data Protection Officer appointed by us for this Privacy Policy is Mr. Manu Rajput who can be reached at manu@aarkatechnology.com. This Privacy Policy and our Website complies with all legal requirements in accordance with the Information Technology Act, 2000, Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 and European Union’s General Data Protection Regulations.

O. Updating Personal Information

You may update or modify your contact information and user preferences by emailing us at info@soumyadas.in.

P. Address for Privacy Questions

Should you have questions about this policy or our process for information collection, use and disclosure practices, feel free to contact us at the info@soumyadas.in We will use reasonable efforts to respond promptly to requests, questions or concerns you may have regarding our use of your information. Except where required by law, we cannot ensure a response to questions or comments regarding topics unrelated to this policy or our privacy practices.

Q. Changing Our Privacy Policy

Please note that we review and may make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be effective immediately upon posting on this page. By accessing the Platform(s), you signify your agreement to the modified Privacy Policy and all of the changes. Be sure to return to this page periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current version of this Privacy Policy.

R. Miscellaneous Provisions

The miscellaneous provisions provided in our Terms of Use shall apply to this Privacy Policy as well.