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This privacy statement covers the site www.shaadiface.com. This is a Privacy Statement for ShaadiFace.com Matrimonial Services.
If you have questions please write to us. If you do not receive acknowledgment of your inquiry or it is not satisfactorily addressed, you should then contact with us.
This section covers ShaadiFace.com's treatment of personally identifiable information that ShaadiFace.com collects when you are on our site.
1. We maintain the privacy of data of the user/member of our site on the following.
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Contact Information: Contact information of the member to be secured by the shaadiFace.com. For this section contact information of an user mean i) full name, ii) postal address, iii) home phone number, iv) mobile number and v) email address. When both the members of this site agree, only then they can see the contact information of the other side of this site. Only the first name of a member to be display till acceptance of contact information of other member.
Note: All information other than the contact information of the member of this site is to be displayed in this site for all users.
2. What information does ShaadiFace.com collect/track about me?
ShaadiFace.com is an online matrimonial service designed to provide an easy way for our members to meet each other on the Web. To accomplish this, our members create their own unique profiles and our matching technology provides them matches based on their pre-selected criteria. In order to do this, we ask for certain personal information which is displayed on the site. (Of course, all ShaadiFace.com visitors may browse the site, search member profiles and view any articles or features our site has to offer without entering any personal information.)
Information Collected/Tracked by ShaadiFace.com
MEMBERS
There are two types of user-submitted information we collect: Public and Private. We define Public information as personal information that may be displayed on the site at the behest of the member, such as gender, age, height, telephone number, photograph, etc. Private information is defined as any information that allows others to contact a user other than through ShaadiFace.com or allows the collection of information about the user other than what is displayed on the site.
Public: To accomplish our goal of bringing compatible people together, we must gather personal information, which may or may not include: customer-specified ShaadiFace.com username, gender, age, religion, income range, profession, telephone number, preference/lifestyle information, general geographic location, photograph, videos and horoscope.
Private: This information is gathered from members and guests who apply for the various services our site offers. This information includes, but is not limited to: email address, first name, last name, credit card number or checking account information for payment, a user-specified password, mailing address, zip code and telephone number.
ShaadiFace.com also allows members to submit public and private information on behalf of others - child/ward, sibling or friend. If such child/ward, sibling or friend does not wish this information to be displayed, she/he has the option to request removal of such information after providing the necessary evidence that the information pertains to her/him.
Co-Registration: When you register with www.shaadiface.com you opt-in to share your information with these partners, you are agreeing to allow us to share your personally identifiable information with us.
SURVEYS & CONTESTS: From time-to-time our site requests information from users via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and the user therefore has a choice whether or not to disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as zip code, and age).
AGGREGATE: This is information we collect that is not personally identifiable, such as browser type and IP address. This information is gathered for all users to the site.
3. What does ShaadiFace.com do with the information it collects/tracks?
ShaadiFace.com uses the information it collects in the following ways:
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Information users submit
MEMBERS
Public: Public information supplied by members is intended to be viewed by visitors to the site. This information is used by visitors for searching and matching purposes. Public information cannot be used to identify a specific member by name, address, etc (except photograph, posting of which is voluntary). All members also have an option to post their telephone number. The members can choose to display the telephone number to premium members only. This display preference can be changed anytime by the member by visiting the My Contact Details page and opting not to display the telephone number and other contact details to other members.
Private: We primarily use member's email addresses to verify enrollment and to send system emails on behalf of other members. Email addresses are not disclosed to members. We may also use user's email address to send news regarding our site, but the users may choose not to receive such emails by unsubscribing. Email addresses may also be used in private correspondence with the user for customer service issues. Financial information that is collected is used to bill the user for products and services. All other private information submitted by the user is confidential and is not disclosed. All private information except financial information submitted during the process of a financial transaction & certain account-related information collected at the time of registration can be updated or deleted by the user at any time.
SURVEYS & CONTESTS: Contact and other information collected for contests is used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information collected is used to monitor or improve the site usage experience.
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Information not directly submitted
As a matrimonial service we endeavor to provide transparency in the dealings of members on our website. Hence, we display details such as Last Online date in member profiles, and also provide notifications of read messages to the sending member.
4. With whom does ShaadiFace.com share the information it collects/tracks?
Except where you are expressly informed, we do not sell, rent, share, trade or give away any of your personal information except to the financial institution that processes your credit card, or check transactions unless required by law, or for the protection of your membership.
5. Tell me about links with other sites.
ShaadiFace.com may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that ShaadiFace.com is not responsible for the privacy practices of other Web sites. We encourage you to be aware of this when you leave our site, and to read the privacy statements of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by ShaadiFace.com.
6. Tell me about Cookies.
ShaadiFace.com uses cookies to deliver various services and to keep track of your personal preferences. A cookie is a small text file that can be entered into the memory of your browser to:
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help a website recognize repeat users;
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facilitate the user's ongoing access to and use of the site;
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allow a site to track usage behavior;
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compile aggregate data for content improvements; and
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undertake targeted advertising.
If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, most browsers contain a function that allows a user to deny the cookie feature. You can also delete cookie files from your computer at your discretion. Please note that the use of cookies is a necessary part of the ShaadiFace.com technology and is necessary if you wish to access ShaadiFace.com. Disabling the cookie feature on your browser or deleting cookie files from your computer will render you unable to access certain features on ShaadiFace.com and participate in its services. Cookies may also be necessary to provide the user with certain features such as customized delivery of information. Consequently cookies we serve are tied to the user's information.
ShaadiFace.com uses cookies to provide its services, to deliver content specific to your interests, to save your password so you don't have to re-enter it each time you visit different pages on our site, and for other purposes. We do not and will not use cookies to collect private information from you!
Please note that cookies are used only to recollect information sent to your computer from ShaadiFace.com. We CANNOT access any information not sent by ShaadiFace.com.
Some of our business partners may use cookies on our site (for example, advertisers). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
7. Tell me about ShaadiFace.com policy on correcting, updating or removing personal information.
ShaadiFace.com allows you to modify or remove both public and private information from our database. Private information such as financial information submitted during the process of a financial transaction & certain account-related information collected at the time of registration however cannot be changed or removed by the user.
8. How will I know of changes in ShaadiFace.com privacy policy?
If we make a material change to our privacy policy, we will prominently post a link to those changes on our Homepage so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify you by way of an email. We will give you a choice as to whether or not we can use information in this different manner and act accordingly.
9. Tell me about security of my personal information.
ShaadiFace.com takes every precaution to protect your information, both online and offline.
We have also done everything in our power to prevent misuse of photographs. Also not allowing photographs to be downloaded or copied. This acts as a further deterrent for illegal use elsewhere.
If you have any questions about the security at our website, please email us.
10. Tell me about ShaadiFace.com's email policy.
We use email extensively to help you find your match on ShaadiFace.com. Our main email products and services include:
Occasionally, we may also send you:
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Announcements of special events which ShaadiFace.com is associated with; or
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Special offers, which we believe are useful for you.
As a ShaadiFace.com member, you are automatically subscribed to all of the above, as an integral part of our matchmaking services to you. However, at any time, you may choose to manage your subscriptions to one or more of the above. All our emails will carry a link to help you do this. You can also independently manage.
We reiterate that we will never sell / rent out your email address to any third party, unless you expressly permit us to do so. In fact, we do not allow ANYONE to see your email address, not even other ShaadiFace.com members.
Your friend's email address: Throughout ShaadiFace.com, you have the option to send interesting profiles / articles to your friends. Do make full use of this option, because your friends are also covered by ShaadiFace.com's spam-free privacy policy. We will use your friend's email address only to send your message to them. Then they will never ever hear from us again unless they voluntarily subscribe to our services.
11. Tell me how to contact ShaadiFace.com.
If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, please email us or contact us through Live Chat.
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