Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 24 April, 2021

Welcome to Pralekha.

Pralekha respects your privacy, and is committed to your right to privacy and to ensure the security and confidentiality of the personal information . We encourage you to read our privacy statement to understand what types of personally identifiable information we collect and how we use this information.

By continuing to browse our website Pralekha, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. The terms "Pralekha", "this website", "we", "us" or "our", which are used throughout this document refer to this website pralekha.blogspot.com , its owners, the managers and associates. The terms "you", “visitor” or "user" refers to you, the user or the visitor of this website.

Information Collection
Information collected by Pralekha and how it is used:
Pralekha does not collect personally identifiable information about individuals except when individuals specifically provide such information on a voluntary basis. We only collect your personal information which you voluntarily submit to us by email or through our contact forms. Pralekha only collects the necessary personally identifiable information in order to respond to your messages or emails. Personally identifiable information includes, but is not limited to, first and last name, physical address, e-mail address, phone number, and any other information that itself identifies or when tied to the above information, may identify you as a specific individual. We do not share your personal information with anyone else except in the cases mentioned in the Disclosure/Sharing of Information section below.

About our E-Mail Newsletters : The email addresses provided by you to receive our E-mail Newsletters will not be shared with anyone else unless you expressly allow us to do so. Other than for the purpose of delivering you the E-mail Newsletters and updates from Pralekha, the e-mail address you provide for this purpose may only be used to contact you in case there are any changes to the service. We use Google FeedBurner, a third-party service, to provide you our E-Mail Newsletters which notify you on new posts on our website. 

Do we retain e-mail addresses after unsubscribing from newsletters? The email address you provided while subscribing to our E-mail Newsletters will be immediately removed from our records if you choose to unsubscribe from our E-mail Newsletters service. Every Newsletter email you receive from us contain easy unsubscribe links in them. The email addresses of subscribers who haven't confirmed their subscriptions within a month through the verification link provided in the email they receive from us through FeedBurner, will be removed from our records. 

In case we migrate the email newsletters service to a different third party service, you may be subject to the terms and privacy policies of the new service, in which case, you will be duly notified. In case we discontinue the email newsletter service, we will not retain any of the email addresses of our subscribers and all records of all subscribed email addresses will be removed.

Third Party Services
Pralekha uses third party vendors or external services to provide you with services, functions or features on our behalf including, but not limited to: commenting, feedback and contact forms. We also authorise third-party vendors to collect information on our behalf, including but not limited to analytics, necessities to operate features of our website, and to facilitate the delivery of Email Newsletters.

By using Pralekha, any information submitted by you to these third-party services are subjected to their own respective terms of service and privacy policies and practices.

Their privacy policies, how they use your data, and how to opt out of their data collection for Online Behavioural Advertising, can be found in their respective websites:
We may also use, on some pages, if not all, third party widgets like embedded content from social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, for example. These are subject to their own terms of service and privacy policies and practices. Also, when you share something by using the sharing buttons or tools on this website, such as sharing to a social networking app or website, you will be subject to their terms of service, privacy policies and practices of such social networking sites or services. Unless you click on such share buttons yourself, their cookies or identifiers are not activated. We do not have any control over the terms and privacy practices of external websites or services and we cannot guarantee anything about them. We provide the sharing buttons to such external services only for your convenience and you are solely responsible should you choose to use them. We encourage you to check the privacy policies and terms of use of any such third party websites or services before providing personal information to them.

Opt Outs
To opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalised advertising, you can visit www.aboutads.info or, www.youronlinechoices.eu for EU/EEA.

External Websites
Pralekha contains links to external websites. Those external Web sites do not operate under this Privacy Policy. We recommend that you examine the privacy statements posted on those other external web sites to understand their procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing personal information. Pralekha is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.

Disclosure/Sharing of Information
Pralekha may disclose or share personally identifiable information to any third party without obtaining the prior consent of the User in the following limited circumstances: (i)To conform to the edicts of the law, or if required to do so by law or by any court or governmental agency or authority to disclose, for the purpose of verification of identity, or for the prevention, detection, investigation including cyber incidents, or for prosecution and punishment of offences. These disclosures are made in good faith and belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary for enforcing these Terms; for complying with the applicable laws and regulations. (ii) When we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities; to protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of Pralekha, our site owners, users, visitors, or others; and in connection with our Terms of Use and other agreements, (iii) Act under immediate circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Pralekha, the site, its owners, or the public, and (iv) In connection with a corporate transaction, such as a divestiture, merger, consolidation, acquisition by another company or an individual or a group of individuals, or sale of all or part of our assets.

Changes to this Privacy Policy
Pralekha may update this Privacy Policy in the future. We will notify our Users by placing a prominent notice on this Web site.

Notify Us
If you believe that we have not adhered to these principles, or have questions, complaints or comments about this privacy policy, please notify us through our Contact us page.

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