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This Privacy Policy governs certain websites, online services, and software
made available by for use on mobile devices, tablets, personal computers and
other devices, which includes certain websites and online services operated by Pudhari(collectively,
the "Pudhari and, individually, "Site"). By
accessing any of the Pudhari, you are consenting to this Privacy
Policy. This Privacy Policy describes what information the Pudhari collect from
users, including children, when they visit the Pudhari; how such
information is used and stored; when such information may be disclosed to third
parties; how users, parents, and guardians can control the use and disclosure
of collected information; and how information is protected.
Our
visitors' privacy is important to us, and we recognize the need to provide
additional privacy protection for children on the Pudhari permitting such
visitors. Our privacy practices are guided by the India' Children's Online
Privacy Protection Act of 1998, as well as data privacy laws in the India and
other applicable countries. Younger visitors should always check with their
parents or guardians before entering information on any website or mobile
application and we encourage families to discuss their household guidelines
regarding the online sharing of personal information.
SUMMARY.
For
your convenience, the following is a quick summary of our Privacy
Policy. Please read the entire Privacy Policy for more detailed
information.
COMPANY'S
AD CHOICES DISCLOSURE
Pudhariis
committed to providing you with the very best experience we can on our network
of websites and applications (collectively, the "Pudhari"). In order
to do so, we may gather certain information about you. Please read the
following policy ("policy") to understand how certain of your
information collected on the product purchasing will be collected, used, shared
and retained.
WHAT
INFORMATION DOES Pudhari? |
When you visit the Pudhari, we collect
some basic information that does not identify individual users. (See the
"Behavioral advertising" section below for more information on
certain third parties who may also collect similar information when you visit
the Pudharifor online behavioral advertising purposes.) This includes which
pages are visited, which advertisements are viewed, and any feedback from our
visitors. We then aggregate this information with other pieces of information
to improve our site and make your experience on the site as valuable and
efficient as possible. For purposes of clarity, unless visitors submit
personal information directly to us (e.g.: by means of a site registration,
in connection with a contest, etc.), our sites do not collect visitor's
personal information. Additional information on how we treat personal
information that is submitted directly to us and how such information may be
shared may be found in our privacy policy. |
BEHAVIORAL ADVERTISING |
We analyze non-personal information that we
collect on the Pudhari, or obtain from third parties, and organize it into
anonymous user profiles, groups, and audiences, based on factors such as age,
gender, geography, interests and online actions. We and our clients and
partners then use these anonymous user profiles, groups and audiences to
design and deliver customized advertising campaigns or other relevant
content. We and our clients also use this data for other related purposes
(for example, to do research regarding the results of our online advertising
campaigns or to better understand the interests or activities of our
visitors.) The behavioral categories we use to customize the ads you may see
or for related purposes do not use personal information such as your name,
address, e-mail address, phone number, birth date or social security number.
Our technology and services are designed to limit our use of data for
purposes of behavioral advertising to anonymous, non-personal information. When you visit any of the Pudhariand view ads
from Pudhari' advertisers, Pudhariautomatically receives and stores certain
types of non-personal information including IP address, web pages viewed,
date and time, and responses to advertisements delivered. While each
advertising technology uses different types of technology to collect this
information, including log files, cookies and pixels, none of the foregoing
by itself or together can be tracked to a specific individual's personal
information, and the non-personal information collected by Pudhariwill not be
shared with third parties, except as expressly indicated in this policy. The
non-personal information collected through your use of the Pudhariis used to
provide relevant, targeted advertising and improve PudhariGadvertising
technology; monitor website traffic; collect statistical data; determine the
effectiveness of advertisements and content; and collect data across multiple
websites to categorize likely consumer interest segments for use in online behavioral
advertising. Pudharimay track visits to the Pudhariand this information may
be used over time to help predict your consumer interest segments and select
the ad content you see. Pudharimay also use non-personally identifiable
profile-based anonymous information with other non-personal information.. |
TRANSPARENCY IN ONLINE BEHAVIORAL ADVERTISING |
Pudharidoes not create or use potentially
sensitive data segments to provide its targeted online behavioral advertising
for advertisers, including, but not limited to, health related audience
segments. Pudhariis a member of the NAI (Network Advertising Initiative) and
adheres to the NAI Code of Conduct, which may be found here, and the Digital
Advertising Alliance's Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral
Advertising, which may be found here. |
OPT-OUT |
You may choose to not participate in our
personalized advertising services by "opting out" of such
personalized advertising services through the Network Advertising
Initiative's Consumer Opt-out Program. Opting out will not remove
advertisements. You will continue to see advertisements provided by Pudhari,
but the advertising will not be customized or targeted based on information
collected by Pudhari. Your will need to update your opt-out preferences if
you change/update browsers or computers, or if you delete cookies. See the
"Behavioral advertising" section above for more information on how
to opt out of online behavioral advertising by certain third parties on the Pudhari. |
DATA RETENTION |
We and our partners may retain the anonymous user
data we or our partners collect on the Pudharifor up to nine (9) months from
the date of its collection, after which time it is deleted from, or
deactivated on, our and our partners' active databases. In addition, we
maintain archives of our web logs, database, and other systems and
information. Please note that it is possible some of this information may
remain archived after we delete or deactivate the information from its active
database. We maintain archives for disaster recovery, legal and other non-marketing
purposes. |
WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION AND FOR
WHAT PURPOSE? |
Except as may otherwise be expressly set forth in
this policy or in our privacy policy, Pudharinot sell, rent, or trade any
personally identifying information with third parties unless users consent to
such sharing practices. We may from time to time share user information in a
non-personally identifiable manner with advertisers and other third parties
in order to present to users more targeted advertising, products and
services. |
WHAT ARE "COOKIES" AND "WEB
BEACONS" AND HOW DO WE USE THEM? |
The Pudharimay use "cookies" and
"web beacons" to speed navigation, keep track of items viewed,
clicked on and/or shared, including links and advertisements, and provide you
with custom-tailored services. A "web beacon" is an embedded GIF
file that specifically helps us track whether you have viewed a specific
piece of content. We also use "cookies" to remember information you
gave us so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit the Pudhari. By showing us how and when visitors use the Pudhari,
"cookies" and "web beacons" allow us to see which Pudhariareas
and content are popular, and help us target content and advertisements based
on user behavior. In addition, "cookies" will allow us to display
in your profile which Pudhariand affiliated websites you have visited, unless
you opt out of that feature in your account. We also collect IP addresses for
system administration and to report aggregate information to any sponsors.
Some advertisers or websites that have links on our site may also use their
own "cookies." We do not control these "cookies." You
should check the privacy policy of these advertisers or websites to see
whether and how they use "cookies." Most browsers are initially set to accept
"cookies." If you'd prefer, you can set yours to refuse
"cookies." You will not be able to fully use the Pudhariif you turn
off the "cookies" option. If you have any questions or concerns about this
policy you may contact us or write to the following email address: |
DISCLOSURE
REGARDING COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.
Through
the Pudhari, users may enter personal information about themselves.
This policy explains our online information collection and use practices for
the Pudhari, and the choices you can make about the way we use and share such
information. Please take the time to read and understand this policy so that
you can understand how we use your personal information. Please note that our
online information collection and use practices may differ from our practices
regarding information obtained offline.
REMEMBER:
IF YOU MAKE USE OF THE SITE, REGISTER WITH THE SITE, REQUEST INFORMATION THAT
WE MAY OFFER, OR SUBMIT INFORMATION IN ANY WAY TO OR THROUGH THE SITE YOU AGREE
TO THIS POLICY.
THE
INFORMATION WE COLLECT.
We
may collect information about you through a variety of methods, such as your
orders, likes, search history or the site/app access activities or other
documents and information that you submit to us, transactions in which you may
engage with us or parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies of Pudhari(collectively,
"Pudhari Affiliates"), or through visits that you may make to the Pudhari.
This policy applies to all personal information that we may collect and
maintain about our users via the Pudhari, such as:
You
may view or change your personal information at any time by contacting us.
Please see "How to Contact Us" later in this policy.
You
also can engage with our content, such as products, content, articles, and
other offerings, on or through third-party social networking sites, such as
Facebook or third-party social media plug-ins and applications. When you engage
with our content on or through third party social networking sites, plug-ins
and applications, you may allow us to have access to certain information from
your social media profile (e.g., your name, e-mail address, photo, gender,
birthday, location, list of friends, people you follow and/or who follow you,
the posts or the 'likes' you make) to deliver the content or as part of the
operation of the application. We may also obtain non-personal information
(e.g., content viewed, products purchased and feedbacks, repeat orders, and
information about advertisements within the content you have been shown or may
have clicked on) from your interaction with our content.
When
you provide information from your social media account, it can help enable us
to do things like: (i) give you exclusive content; (ii) personalize your online
experience with us within and outside our applications or websites; and (iii)
contact you through the social networking sites or directly by sending you the
latest news, special offerings, and rewards. By doing so, you consent to the
use of such information in accordance with our privacy policy. When you provide
personal information to us through an application, on the Pudhari, or
on social networking sites, it may be publicly viewed by other members of these
sites and we cannot prevent further use of the information by third parties.
Through
some social networking sites' privacy settings, you can control what data you
share. For more information about how social networking sites handle your
personal information, please refer to their respective privacy policies and
terms of use.
OTHER
COLLECTED INFORMATION
We
also may use third-party website analytics tools (such as Omniture or Google),
that collect information about visitor traffic on the Pudhari. The
information that may be collected by automated means includes:
When
you use our mobile applications on your mobile device, you may choose not to
share your geo-location details with us by adjusting the device's location
services settings. For instructions on changing the relevant settings, please
contact your service provider or device manufacturer.
HOW
WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION.
We
use your personal information to provide you with products or services that you
have requested, to respond to questions or communications and to get in touch
with you when necessary. For example, we may use your personal information to
communicate with you or to send you information that you have requested.
Additionally, by registering for the Pudhariyou will be automatically entered
into sweepstakes and contests held on the Baby Products Site. We may send to
you an e-mail offering products or services which we think you may be
interested in or to ask you to participate in a survey. We do not consider any
companies that are within our "family" of companies to be "third
parties" for purposes of this policy. Thus, we may also share personal
information with PudhariAffiliates. PudhariAffiliates may use and further share
personal information in the same ways we do. However, if we pass on personal
information to a PudhariAffiliate, we require that it protect such information
in a manner that is consistent with this policy and your expressed preferences.
For example, a PudhariAffiliate may send to you an e-mail regarding special
offers and announcements about products or services that it thinks might be of
interest to you, or contact you offline. If you want to opt-out from our (or a
family company) using the personal information you provided in these ways,
please contact us. Please see "How to Contact Us" later in this
policy.
HOW
WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION.
We
will not share your personal information with third parties except (a) if it is
for the purpose(s) you provided it; (b) as may be required by law or as we
think necessary to protect our company or others from injury (e.g. in response
to a court order or subpoena, in response to a law enforcement agency request
or when we believe that someone is causing (or about to cause) injury to or
interference with the rights or property of another); and (c) with other
persons, service providers, or companies with whom we contract to carry out
internal Pudharioperations or our business activities (for example, sending out
a product or a promotional item that you have requested on the Pudhari).
Examples of us sharing your personal information for the purposes submitted are
if you participate in a third-party survey or request information from a
third-party, we may provide the information provided to such third party so
that they can send to you directly the information you requested. Additionally,
with your consent, we may share your personal information with companies not
affiliated with us (i.e. third party companies) who are interested in marketing
their products or services to you or in asking you questions, both online and
offline. Companies with whom we might share your personal information may
include consumer products, telecom, financial, military, market research,
entertainment, and educational services companies and their third party service
providers. If you consent to receiving communications from non-affiliated
companies, you may need to communicate with them directly if you later decide
that you no longer wish to receive their communications or if you wish to
change any data you provided online. In this instance, any changes or amendments
to your personal information must be given directly to each company who
communicates with you as these changes, amendments and/or deletions will not be
exchanged between us and non-affiliated companies. If we do share personal
information with a non-affiliated company, to the extent practical, we require
that they protect such information in a manner that is consistent with this
policy. We cannot, however, guarantee how these non-affiliated companies will
use your personal information.
USE
AND DISCLOSURE OF ANONYMOUS INFORMATION.
We
may use the non-personal information that we collect to improve the design and
content of the Pudhariand to enable us to personalize your Internet experience,
including the ads that you see. We also may use this information in the
aggregate to analyze how the Pudhariis used, as well as to offer you products,
programs or services. See the "Online Tracking and Advertising"
section below and the Ad Choices link for more information on personalized ads
(also known as online behavioral advertising). We also share aggregate
information with PudhariAffiliates and third parties.
COLLECTION
OF INFORMATION BY OTHERS.
The Pudharimay
contain links to other websites, including links that are placed there by us,
such as third-party advertisements or text hyperlinks. Please be aware that we
are not responsible for the privacy practices of any other website. We
encourage all users of the Pudharito be aware of when they leave the Pudhari, and to read the privacy policies of each and every website that
collects personal information. This privacy policy applies solely to
information collected by the Pudhari, through the Pudhari.
We may offer additional e-mail services or promotions that are sponsored by or
co-sponsored with non-affiliated companies. Based on our agreement with them,
these third parties may obtain personal information that Pudharivisitors
voluntarily submit to participate in the contest, sweepstakes, or promotion. We
have no control over the use of this information by these companies.
ONLINE
TRACKING AND ADVERTISING.
We
collect information regarding the Pudharivisitors through various technologies,
such as cookies, Flash cookies and Web beacons, including when you visit the Pudharior
use our applications on third-party sites or platforms. Please visit Ad Choices
for further information regarding this collection and usage, including how to
disable cookies and online behavioral advertising practices on the Pudhari.
CLICKSTREAM
DATA.
As
you use the Internet, a trail of electronic information is left at each web
site you visit. This anonymous information, which is sometimes referred to as
"Clickstream Data," can be collected and stored by a web site's
server. Clickstream Data can tell us the type of computer and browsing software
you use and the address of the web site from which you linked to the Pudhari. We may use Clickstream Data as a form of non-personal information
to anonymously determine how much time visitors spend on each page of the
Pudhari, how visitors navigate throughout the Pudhariand how we may
tailor our web pages to better meet the needs of visitors. Any collection or use
of Clickstream Data will be anonymous and aggregated.
SUPPLEMENTING
INFORMATION.
From
time to time we may supplement information you give us with information from
other sources, such as information validating your address. Thus, information
we obtain through the Pudharimay be intermingled with and used in conjunction
with information obtained through sources other than the Pudhari, including
both offline and online sources.
DISCUSSIONS
AND COMMUNITY TOOLS.
We may, from time to time, make review lists, chat rooms, forums, message boards, blogs, newsgroups and other community tools available to you. Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information for other users to view and for us to use. For example, from time to time, we may use the content you write (including your name or screen name if you post it) for promotional purposes, in e-mail newsletter.