The Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust – Publications Division is committed to protecting your privacy. All information gathered on our websites is confidential. The information we gather is used for the purposes of our websites, research, and to better serve your interests relating to our products and services.

INFORMATION COLLECTED ABOUT YOU AND OUR USE OF SUCH INFORMATION

The following describes the types of personal and other information we may collect about you, and how we use and maintain that information:

CONTACT INFORMATION

The Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust – Publications Division may collect personal information about users. Any personal information (e.g., name, e-mail address, website and application usage information, which may include your reading history, information about your computer or other digital device, your internet connection, your computer’s or digital device’s IP address, the type and version of browser and operating system you use, your internet domain and, if you visited via a link from another website, the URL of the linking page or otherwise) provided by such users may be used by the Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust – Publications Division or its respective affiliates, employees, agents, third-party content providers, third-party service providers, technical providers, or licensors, if any, as they may determine, without any compensation or consideration to the user. Further, by a user submitting content to the Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust – Publications Division, which may include the user name, photos, text, or otherwise, such user grants the Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust – Publications Division, the right to review and categorize such content and to use such content in connection with its web activities. If the Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust – Publications Division desires to utilize the user’s content other than in connection with its web activities, the user will be notified via email, telephone or regular mail of its desire and a formal agreement will be negotiated.

WEBSITE INFORMATION

When you visit any of our websites, a cookie may be placed on your computer or the cookie may be read if you have visited one of our websites site previously. A cookie is a small file which is placed on your hard drive when you visit any of our websites (directly or through any application). The Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust – Publications Division uses cookies for many different purposes and these cookies can be deleted from your hard drive at any time. Bear in mind, though, that if you delete them, any settings such as your stored username and password, if any, will have to be reset when you next log in. You will be able to use our websites and applications even if your browser is not set to accept cookies. If you choose to not have your browser accept cookies from the Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust – Publications Division websites, you may not be able to view all the text on the screens, or to experience a personalized visit, or to subscribe to certain service on our websites. By visiting this website, you consent to the use of cookies as explained above.

OTHER INFORMATION

We may retain any data you provide to us in an email or other inquiry, for any purposes. We use other information collected on our websites, including for tracking the types of questions that we receive.

SECURITY

Whenever the Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust – Publications Division handles information that you enter on our websites, regardless of where this occurs, we take steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, the Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust – Publications Division cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.

WHEN YOUR INFORMATION WILL BE SHARED OR DISCLOSED

We routinely provide your name, mailing address, and email address to unaffiliated third parties that manage our mailing lists and prepare communications with users of our website. We may also provide your information from time to time to third-party service providers if you have checked the box on our web page indicating your desire to receive email and promotions from us and our affiliates and/or our partners.

We will comply with any subpoenas, court orders or other legal processes for any of the information about you in our possession, and we may use such information to establish or exercise our legal rights, or to defend against legal claims.

We may provide aggregate information, such as the number of users who visit a particular linked site, to other parties.

In addition, information about you in our possession may be disclosed as part of any merger, acquisition, sale of trust assets, or transition of service to another provider, as well as in the unlikely event of insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership in which your personal information would be transferred as one of the business assets of the trust.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Although our websites may be accessed by children under the age of 18, we will not knowingly collect or use any personal information from such children without the consent of a parent or guardian. If we become aware that we have collected any personal information from children under 18 and have not received consent from a parent or guardian, we will promptly delete such information from our databases.

EMAILS

The Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust – Publications Division uses reputable third parties to deliver the e-mails you receive if you have subscribed to e-mail newsletters, or have chosen to receive information about any products, services etc. These third parties use unique identifiers and invisible images (often called “pixel tags” or “clear GIFs”) to perform message open sensing, message format sensing, and click-through sensing in order to bring you more relevant information.

OTHER WEBSITES

Our websites may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that the Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust – Publications Division is not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. Each website should be checked for its own privacy policy. Any information you share with such a website is subject to its policies and practices and is independent of this website.

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

The Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust – Publications Division may from time to time update this privacy policy. Whenever a change to this policy is significant, we will place a prominent notice on our websites.

GOVERNING LAW

By choosing to visit our websites or otherwise provide information to The Prashanthi Reporter, you agree that any dispute over privacy or the terms contained in this privacy policy will be governed by the law of India. You also agree to arbitrate such disputes and to abide by any limitation on damages contained in our Terms of Use or other agreement we have with you.

UPDATE INFORMATION / SUGGESTIONS

If you would like to update or correct any information that you have provided to the Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust – Publications Division through your use of our websites or otherwise, or you have suggestions for improving this privacy policy, please send an email to webmaster@theprasanthireporter.org