DATA COLLECTION

This Privacy Statement outlines Indian Beauty & Hygiene Association’s (IBHA) practices on collection and processing of personal data of users of this website (“Website”). The term “Personal Information” or “Personal Data” refers to any information you provide in connection with your use of our website by way of which you can be personally identified including your name, phone no., e-mail id, address. IBHA may collect personal information from various sources including (i) website visits of users; (ii) Use of the Website by members; (iii) any related IBHA website, social media page, What’s App number (iv) information provided by the user orally, physically or electronically. IBHA shall ensure that the personal information/data it collects and holds is adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which data is processed. We may also automatically collect technical information when you visit or otherwise use our site, such as your IP address and the pages that you viewed (refer to the section on Cookies). IP addresses are collected for system administration and statistical purposes in order to optimize the user experience of this site. By disclosing your information to us via methods such as those listed above, you acknowledge the collection, storage and processing of your personal information by IBHA in the manner set out in our herein.

DATA USAGE, STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE

In the context of our activities, we may use the personal information collected for providing services (including in relation to your account), responding to enquiries and connecting with you in connection with IBHA’s agenda. Personal information may be required to provide you with information and access to services that you have requested from IBHA or which IBHA feels may be of interest to you. We also collect personal information to prevent misuse of our forum. IBHA maintains records of your personal data in its information technology systems and takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or destruction of this data. IBHA also maintains personal data in various documents such as attendee lists and meeting minutes. The IBHA secretariat and relevant partners who may have access to your data in order to provide services to IBHA (e.g. web hosting and software providers, external auditor) are contractually obliged to keep such information in confidence and not use the data for any other purpose other than performing their services for IBHA. IBHA takes steps to protect your information from unauthorized access and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction and damage. We will only keep your information for as long as we reasonably require and, in any event, only for as long as data protection legislation allows. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Policy and the applicable Data Protection Legislation.

DISCLOSURE TO THIRD PARTIES

Our policy is to not sell, rent, lease, provide or otherwise disclose your Personal Information to unaffiliated entities unless otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may disclose your Personal Information to any Third Party we engage for the purpose of administering, operating, configuring site design, maintaining and providing internal support for our Website and content. These Third Parties are called “operational service providers,” and they provide internal support to operations and activities and/or for Site design, development, hosting and operations. We also reserve the right to make your Personal Information available in the following events: (1) When we are compelled by a governmental agency, law, regulation, a court or other legal process;(2) If we believe you are, have or may violate or in order to enforce any law, regulation, our terms of use; (3) If we believe you are or may be a threat to safety, property, interests or rights of us or others; (4) In order to investigate, respond to or resolve problems or inquiries or defend our interests;(4) In a merger, acquisition, change of control, joint venture or other business combination; or (5)When you otherwise consent.

ACCOUNT AND PASSWORD SECURITY

Access to the IBHA Members Area may involve you giving a password and account designation. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and account IBHA provides you with and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under your password or account. You agree to: 1) immediately notify IBHA of any unauthorized use of your password or account and any other breach of security; 2) ensure that you logout from your account at the end of each session. IBHA will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to comply with this obligation and you agree to indemnify IBHA from any loss or claim arising from such unauthorized access.

COOKIE POLICY

For proper functioning of the Website, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device. A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another. We use cookies for the following: (1) Remember your settings during and between visits (e.g. login information, display preferences);(2) Improve the speed and security of the site; (3) Collect visitor statistics via Google Analytics; (4) Continuously improve our website. We do not use cookies to collect any personally identifiable or sensitive information (without your express permission) or to share personally identifiable data to third parties. Enabling these cookies is not strictly necessary for the website to work but it will provide you with a better browsing experience. You can delete or block these cookies, but if you do that some features of this site may not work as intended.

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

IBHA uses Google Analytics to gather statistics for portions of our website. We will use this information to improve user interfaces and web services for visitors. Google Analytics accesses information available from your browser and IBHA cookies to collect data about the actions you perform on the IBHA website. To prevent this access, you can opt out of using cookies by turning off cookies in the preferences settings in your browsers.

YOUR RIGHTS

IBHA will usually inform you before collecting personal data if it intends to disclose your information to any third party. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing at any time by sending an email to the IBHA. You have the right to: (1) see the personal data that IBHA holds about you; (2) requests changes to the personal data IBHA holds about you to ensure that it is accurate and up to date; (3) request the deletion of any personal data that IBHA holds about you where there is no longer a legal ground for IBHA to hold it; (4) object to or request restricting to the processing of your personal data; If you wish to exercise any of the rights above, please contact us.

QUERIES

In case of any concerns about your privacy, IBHA is committed to working with you to obtain a fair resolution. If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, or any problems or complaints about how we have collected, used, stored, handled and/or disclosed your personal information, please contact us.

THIRD PARTY LINKS

IBHA Website may contain links to information at other Websites. When you click on one of these links, you are moving to another Website. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of these linked sites as their privacy policy may differ from us.

CHANGES IN PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy may be subject to updates or amendments, which will be made available on the IBHA website. We encourage you to periodically review it to ensure that you are still happy with it.

CONTACT

For information on IBHA and Privacy Policy please contact us via one of the following channels: ibhamum@gmail.com / Indian Beauty & Hygiene Association (IBHA), 504, Midas, 5th Floor, Sahar Plaza Complex, Chakala, Andheri (E), Mumbai – 400059