Privacy Policy

Monthly disclosure of information by Publishers of this website under Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Codes) Rules, 2021

Sl. No. Grievances and actions taken Number
1 Grievances pending at the beginning of the month NIL
2 Grievances received during the month NIL
3 Grievances disposed out of (1) above NA
4 Grievances disposed out of (2) above NA
5 Grievances pending at the end of the month (1+2-3-4) NA
6 Classification of grievances disposed
6(a) Grievances not related to Code of Ethics NA
6(b) Grievances related to Code of Ethics: NA
(i)        Agreed to by the publisher and action taken NA
(ii)       Not agreed to by the publisher NA
(iii)      Any other action taken NA
7 Orders, directions and advisories received from Central Government and Self regulatory Bodies
7(a) Number of Orders, directions and advisories received NA
7(b) Orders, directions and advisories complied to NA

The Privacy Policy governs the way during which shabdwriter collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from users (each, a “User”) of the http://www.shabdwriter.com/ website (“Site”). This privacy policy applies to the website and all products and services offered by shabdwriter.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Advertising

Ads appearing on our site could also be delivered to users by advertising partners like Google, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to acknowledge your computer whenever they send you a web advertisement to compile non personal identification information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things; deliver targeted advertisements that they believe are going to be of most interest to you. This privacy policy doesn’t cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

How can we protect your information?

We implement a spread of security measures to take care of the security and safet of your personal information once you access our site. We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information and data stored on our Site. Sensitive and personal data exchange between the Site and its Users happens over a SSL secured channel and is encrypted and protected with digital signatures.

Our Site may use “cookies” to reinforce user experience. User’s browser places cookies on their disk drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to trace information about them. User may prefer to set their browser to refuse cookies, or to provide you with a warning when cookies are being sent. If they are doing so, note that some parts of the Site might not function properly.

We don’t sell, trade, or rent users personal information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers for the needs outlined above. We may use third party service providers to assist us operate our business and the website or administer activities on our behalf, like sending out newsletters or surveys. We may share your information with these third parties for those limited purposes as long as you have got given us your permission.

How to Contact Us

If you’ve got any questions on this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us at: shabdwriter@gmail.com

This privacy policy document was last updated on April 29, 2021