Privacy Policy Thakka Thuna is committed to protecting the User's privacy and shall take all efforts to protect any personal data provided to the Website by reasonable security safeguards against such risks as loss or unauthorized use, destruction, use, modification or disclosure of data. Although we will strive to safeguard the confidentiality of your personally identifiable information, transmissions made by means of the Internet cannot be made absolutely secure. By using this site, you understand and agree that we will have no liability for disclosure of your information due to errors in transmission or unauthorized acts of third parties. The Website uses cookies to track usage of the path of a User, to collect site statistical information and improve your customer experience. Since most web browsers automatically accept cookies, you can edit your browser options to block them if you do not want the Website to use cookies to track usage of your path. Our servers may also automatically collect information about your computer when you visit the Website, including but not limited to the type of browser software and version you use, the operating system and platform you are running, the website that referred you to us, your IP or internet protocol address used to connect your computer to the Internet, average time spent on our site, pages viewed, information searched for, access times, "clickstream data" and other relevant information about your online experience. Thakka Thuna undertakes not to disclose, except as otherwise provided, the personal information provided by the User to any person, unless such action is necessary to :- A. Conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; B. Protect and defend Thakka Thuna or its affiliates' rights, interests or property; C. Enforce the terms and conditions of these Terms; D. Enable Thakka Thuna or its affiliated/authorized third parties to provide access to the Website (including technical maintenance thereof) and/or services to Users; E. Share the personal information with third parties for the purpose of the Website; F. Allow the User to use specific account information; G. To contact the User when required including to provide the User with information (including information for promotion of Thakka Thuna's services). By Using the Website, you agree to receive certain specific email from Thakka Thuna relating to your membership or any alerts of any activity on the site or those of content promotion on the site. Should you not want to receive such e-mail, you may at any time cancel your subscription to such e-mails by sending a mail with the request for the same to contact@thakkathuna.in.You hereby confirm that as on the date of your registration with the Website, you have not registered yourselves on the Do Not Disturb (DND) subscriber list with any telecom operator/authority. In the event, you register yourselves as a Do Not Disturb (DND) subscriber; you hereby confirm that you do not have any objection to receiving messages (promotional or otherwise) from Thakka Thuna or any of its affiliate companies. We also collect information about your activities on thakkathuna.in to help enable customer services such as but not limited to recommended profiles, optimize the search results etc. We also use analytical software in addition to our proprietary platform to offer you to power of analytics engines for better matchmaking. Thakka Thuna may collect certain sensitive personal data or information including ; (i) password; (ii) financial information such as Bank account or credit card or debit card or other payment instrument details ; (iii) physical condition; The above mentioned sensitive personal data or information would be used for the following purposes: (i) For security purposes to restrict access to your account. (ii) Financial information, self disclosed by the User, such as the annual income of the User will be disclosed to other Users (Prospects) who check the User's details on the Website for a possible matrimonial alliance. If any online payment is made third payment gateways will collect the bank / card details for processing such payments. (iii) Physical conditions including height, weight etc, self disclosed by the User will be made available to Prospects. Thakka Thuna uses databases that currently comply with reasonable security practices and procedures as per the law. The User consents to the User's Content being stored (along with all the other data collected by the Website) in Servers located in India or any other country, as long as the required level of data protection as provided for under the Information Technology Act and the Information Technology (Reasonable security practices and procedures and sensitive personal data or information) Rules is adhered to. Personal Information 1) Non-Account Activity. No information / registration details are required to access general information on the Website. 2) Account-Related Activity. Certain other activities on the Website like uploading information about wellness, posting information about your activity, etc -require the User to have a Registered User Account. The User is required to provide some personal information when the User creates an account, which personal information includes the User's email address, which is used to protect the User's account from unauthorized access. A Registered User Account allows the User to access many of the Website's services that require registration. 3) Usage Information. Thakka Thuna records information about the User's usage, such as when the User used the Website, the contacts the User communicated with, as well as the information the User displayed on the Website (including UI elements, settings, and other information). If the User is logged in, Thakka Thuna may associate that information with the User's account. Thakka Thuna may use clear GIFs (a.k.a. Web Beacons) in HTML-based emails sent to Users to track which emails are opened by the recipients. 4) Content Uploaded to Website. Any personal information or information that the User voluntarily discloses online becomes available and can be viewed by other Registered Users. Uses 1) If the User submits personally identifiable information to Thakka Thuna through the Website, Thakka Thuna may use the User's personal information to operate, maintain, and provide the User with general and personalized features and functionality on the Website, and process any flagging activity or correspondence the User sends to Thakka Thuna. 2) The User's account name is displayed to other Users when the User uploads information or sends messages through the Website and other Users can contact the User through messages and chats. Any public information that the User submits to the Website may be viewed by the other registered Users. 3) Thakka Thuna does not use the User's email address or other personally identifiable information to send commercial or marketing messages without the User's consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which the User will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out. Thakka Thuna may, however, use the User's email address without further consent for non-marketing or administrative purposes (such as notifying the User of major Website changes or for customer service purposes) or for purposes such as daily match watch and other periodic mailers, activities and events that the website conducts etc.. 4) Thakka Thuna uses both the User's personally identifiable information and certain non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous user usage data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, clickstream data, etc.) to improve the quality and design of the Website and to create new features, promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, analyzing, and processing User preferences and trends, as well as User activity and communications. 5) Thakka Thuna uses cookies, clear gifs, and log file information to: (a) store information so that the User will not have to re-enter the same during the User's next visit; (b) provide customised, personalized content and information; (c) monitor the effectiveness of the Website's marketing campaigns; (d) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, pages viewed, etc.; and (e) track the User's entries, submissions, and status in promotions, sweepstakes, and contests. Information that is publicly available 1) When the User creates an account on the Website, some information about the User's account and the User's account activity will be provided to other Users of the Website. This may include the User's age (if the User choose to make it public), the country of the User and information whether the User is online or has accessed the Website. 2) The User's account name is displayed to other Users when the User engages in certain activities on the Website, such as when the User uploads information or sends messages through the Website. Other Users can contact the User through messages and chats or expressions of interest. 3) The User may also choose to add personal information that will be visible to other Users on the User's page. 4) If the User chooses to add certain features to the User's page, then these features and the User's activity associated with these features will be displayed to other Users and may be aggregated and shared with the User's or other Users. Such shared activity may include the, any service the User accessed and any information the User uploaded. 5) Any information that the User submits to the Website can be redistributed through the internet and other media by Thakka Thuna, without obtaining any consent from the User, and may be viewed by the other Registered Users. The User's Choices 1) The User may, of course, decline to submit personally identifiable information through the Website, in which case the User can still view information and explore the Website, but the Website may not be able to provide certain services to the User. Some advanced features may, for authentication purposes, require the User to sign up for other services. The privacy notices of those services govern the use of the User's personal information associated with them. 2) The User may update or correct the User's personal profile information at any time. Third-party Advertisers, Links to Other Sites 1) Thakka Thuna allows other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad networks, to display advertisements within the Website. These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send advertisements and links that appear on the Website directly to the User's browser. They automatically receive the User's IP address when this happens. They may also use other technology (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize the advertising content the User sees. Thakka Thuna does not provide any personally identifiable information to these third-party ad servers or ad networks without the User's consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which the User will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out. However, please note that if an advertiser asks Thakka Thuna to show an advertisement to a certain audience and the User responds to that advertisement, the advertiser or ad-server may conclude that the User fits the description of the audience they are trying to reach. The advertiser may also use information regarding the User's use of the Website, such as the number of times the User viewed an ad (but not any personally identifiable information), to determine which ads to deliver to the User. The User should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers or ad networks for more information on their practices and for instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices. The Website's privacy policy does not apply to, and Thakka Thuna cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites. Any data obtained by third-party ad servers subsequently shared with Thakka Thuna is maintained and dealt with by Thakka Thuna in accordance with this privacy policy. More Information For questions concerning the Website or the User's account, write to Thakka Thuna. For more information about the Website's privacy practices, write to Thakka Thuna.