By using or accessing this website you confirm you are accepting and agreeing and give your consent to the practices described in this privacy policy set forth below. We reserve the right to revise this privacy policy at any time by updating this Privacy Policy, and your use after such change confirms your acceptance of the changed terms. Please check this privacy policy periodically for changes.
In order to make your visits to Mimamsa Foundation for Indic Studies (MFIS) (“us”, “we”, “our”) website (the “Website”) as responsive as possible, we collect information when you visit the Website. To help ensure an enjoyable online experience for all our visitors, we provide this summary of the information that the Website collects and how the Website uses such information. We gather certain types of information about our users, and we believe that you should fully understand our privacy policy and the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information.
This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) applies only to the information collected online by the Website.
Your access to the Website and use of our Services is subject to this Policy and to our Terms of Use. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Policy are defined in the Terms of Use. We are committed to protecting your privacy and we will only use the information we collect about you lawfully and in accordance with the Information Technology Act, 2000, the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 and other applicable laws of the Republic of India (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Applicable Law“). By visiting this Website, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.
Your use of the Website and the Services indicates to us that you have read and accept our privacy practices, as outlined in this Policy. By accepting the Privacy Policy you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
A. INFORMATION COLLECTED ONLINE
GENERAL BROWSING
The Website gathers navigational information about the areas of the Website that visitors visit. This information allows us to see which areas of our Website that are most visited and helps us improve the quality of your online experience by providing more of the most visited and desired features and services. Additional non-personally identifiable information such as domain type, browser version, and service provider may be collected, which will provide information regarding the general use of the Website.
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
In connection with your use of the Website, MFIS receives, stores, and processes data which may include personal information and sensitive personal data or information, as defined under Applicable Law (“Personally identifiable information”).
Personally identifiable information from you is collected via the Website only when you voluntarily provide us with this information. You can provide us with this personally identifiable information in many instances throughout our Website, including signing up to receive emails about us, and by identifying yourself as a potential donor, social enterprise, or partner.
Categories of personally identifiable information collected online include your name, mailing address, email address, telephone number, mobile phone number, credit card information, medical record, and any other information you choose to provide. The website also automatically collects your Internet Protocol address, the domain name used, the type of browser and operating system you use, the date and time of your visit to the Website, and the web pages or services visited.
We do not store credit card details nor do we share customer details with any 3rd parties.
SOCIAL MEDIA SITE PAGES
Personally identifiable information may be collected directly by the Website through certain social media pages and may also be collected by the social media site hosting MFIS social media page, as applicable.
The social media sites where MFIS has its social media pages may provide aggregate information and analysis to MFIS about visitors’ use of our social media pages. This allows us to better understand and analyze our user growth, general demographic information about the users of our social media pages, and users’ interaction with content on our social media pages. Overall, this information may be used to help us understand the type of visitors and users of our social media pages and their use of the content.
USING INFORMATION WE COLLECT ONLINE
We use the information we collect via the Website or MFIS’s social media pages to establish a relationship and communicate with you; to understand who visits the Website and how we may improve our services to meet preferences and expectations; to process a donation (for example processing a credit card transaction); to issue and deliver a donation tax receipt; to recognize contributions; to respond to requests for information; meet requirements imposed by law.
You understand, agree and acknowledge that our collection, storage and processing of your Personally identifiable information is for a lawful purpose connected with a function or activity of MFIS. You further understand, agree and acknowledge that your Personally identifiable information which is classified as sensitive personal information as per Applicable Law is considered necessary for MFIS to provide various services on its Website to You and for Your usage of the Website and other services provided by MFIS in relation to the Website.
Providing information to us is your choice. If you no longer wish to receive our communications, you may opt out of receiving them by following the instructions included on our Websites from time to time, or by emailing us at thebharatmimamsa@gmail.com.
INFORMATION WE SHARE WITH THIRD PARTIES
We may use third parties to assist us with this Website. Some examples of the assistance that may be provided to us by third party service providers include: processing payments, monitoring site activity, providing fraud prevention services, conducting surveys, administering and sending mobile messages, administering emails. You hereby consent to the transfer to and processing of your personally identifiable information by such service providers.
We may disclose specific information about you if required by Applicable Law or based on our good faith belief that it is necessary to conform or comply with the law or is necessary to protect the users of the Website, the Website itself, or the public.
We will ensure on a reasonable commercial efforts basis that the third parties and agents employed by us for the purposes of the Website are under an obligation to maintain confidentiality with respect to the Personally identifiable information provided by the users and to use it strictly for the purposes of the Website only.
INTERNATIONAL USERS
If you are visiting the Website from outside India, your connection will be through servers located in India, and information that you provide will be processed and maintained by us in our web servers and internal systems located in India. With respect to personally identifiable information you provide to MFIS on the social media pages, once received by MFIS from the social media sites, it is maintained and processed by us on servers and internal systems located in India.
COOKIES
WHAT ARE COOKIES AND HOW DO WE USE THEM?
The Website uses a browser feature known as a cookie, which itself does not contain personally identifiable information, although it will enable us to relate your use of the Website to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. Information collected via cookies may include the URL of the site from which you came and the site to which you are going when you leave the Website, the internet protocol address of your computer (or the proxy server you use to access the world wide Web), your computer operating system and type of web browser you are using, your mobile device and mobile operating system (if you are accessing the Website using a mobile device), as well as the name of your ISP or your mobile carrier. We may also receive location data passed from third party services or GPS-enabled devices that you have enabled. The cookies are typically stored on your computer’s hard drive. Information collected from cookies is used by the Website to evaluate its effectiveness, analyze trends, and administer the Website. The information collected from cookies allows us to determine such things as which parts of the Website are most visited and the difficulties our visitors may experience in accessing the Website. With this knowledge, we can improve the quality of your experience on our Website by recognizing and delivering more of the most desired features and information, as well as by resolving difficulties. You can refuse, remove, or block cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you have set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive a warning message with each cookie.
THIRD PARTY COOKIES
We use a third-party service provider(s) to assist us in better understanding the use of the Website. Our service provider(s) will place cookies on your computer and will receive information that we select that will inform us of things such as how visitors navigate around the Website, identify which features are most used, identify which Products are browsed, and aggregate purchasing information. Our service provider(s) analyzes this information and provides us with aggregate reports. The information and analysis provided by our service provider(s) will be used to assist us in better understanding our visitors’ interests in the Website and how to better serve those interests. The information collected by our service provider(s) may be linked to and combined with information that we collect about you while you are visiting the Website.
PRIVACY OF CHILDREN ON OUR WEBSITE
MFIS does not knowingly collect or use any personal information from children under the age of eighteen (18). No information should be submitted to the Website by visitors less than eighteen (18) years of age, and by submitting information to the Website you are affirming that you are at least eighteen (18) years old. We are not liable for any damages that may result from the user’s misrepresentation of age.
LINKS
For your convenience, the Website may contain links to other websites that are not under our control. We are not responsible for them, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites or any other companies that we do not own or control. The Website does not evaluate and is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites. We encourage you to seek out and read the privacy policies on each linked site to ensure that you are comfortable with the other websites’ privacy policies and practices.
UPDATES TO PRIVACY Policy
As we continue to offer our visitors new and different types of content and services, the Website may modify our information collection, use, or disclosure practices, so please review this Privacy Policy regularly. Should there be a material change to our information collection, use, or disclosure practices, it will be applied only to information collected on a going forward basis, and we will update this Privacy Policy accordingly. If you continue to use our Website you will be deemed to have agreed that your information may be used in accordance with the then current Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the changes, then you should stop using the Website.
SECURITY STATEMENT
We operate secure data networks provided by industry standard firewall and password protection systems to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of information under our control. While we use reasonable efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your information, we cannot guarantee that data will always remain secure due to transmission errors, outside events, third party hacking or other causes. We will comply with all Applicable Laws and make any legally required disclosures regarding breaches of the security, confidentiality, or integrity of personal data consistent with our ability to determine the scope of a breach and our obligations to law enforcement. MFIS limits the number of employees that have access to the databases that contain personal data, and MFIS employees are advised of the importance of confidentiality. In addition, it is our policy to never send your financial information via email. As an added safeguard, the Website does not collect and store credit card information.
We shall maintain and preserve Personal Information under our control for durations as specified by Applicable Law in this regard.
ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You have the right to access information held about you. If you would like to make such a subject access request, please send us an email to with the words “Subject Access Request” in the subject line.
YOUR CONSENT
By using the Websites and/or our Services or by providing your information, you consent to the collection and use of the information you disclose on the Website by MFIS in accordance with this Privacy Policy, including but not limited to Your consent for sharing your information with outside parties as mentioned above.
QUESTIONS / CONTACT US
Registered address of MFIS is SHRI AMEYA APARTMENT PLOT NO 149 PANDEY LAYOUT KHAMLA, NAGPUR, Maharashtra, India – 440025
If you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding our privacy practices, PLEASE EMAIL US AT: thebharatmimamsa@gmail.com