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Last Updated: January 2025

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1. Our Policy

This Privacy Policy covers Uttarakhand Pittu Association's treatment of personal information or personally identifiable information that may be collected or submitted when you are using the Uttarakhand Pittu Association's website or services. This Policy does not apply to companies that Uttarakhand Pittu Association does not own or control, or to individuals that are not under the organization's supervisory control.

Please understand that whenever you voluntarily disclose Personal Information online, this information cannot be made one-hundred percent secure and, in some cases, that information can be intercepted, collected and used by others. However, we work hard to protect your information at all times and protect your information in several ways. Your information is stored on a secure server that the organization and its authorized personnel can only access through a password. Additionally, we encrypt your information to prevent third parties without authorization from intercepting your information when it is in transit to us.

2. How We Collect Your Personal Information

While using the Uttarakhand Pittu Association's website, you may submit Personal Information when registering for services and posting content. Depending on the service or process, the Personal Information you may be asked to provide includes your: Name, Postal Address, Email address, Phone number, Credit or Debit Card Information, age, gender or other demographic information, and location information.

3. Our Use of Cookies

Uttarakhand Pittu Association uses cookies to maintain the session of your user. It is not used to personally identify you on other websites.

4. How We Use Your Personal Information

Uttarakhand Pittu Association may use the Personal Information you provide for purposes such as:

  • Carrying out the registration made by you;
  • Customizing the advertising and content you see;
  • Improving the content and overall look and feel of our website and services;
  • Contacting you;
  • Conducting research;
  • Contacting users regarding changes to our website or business.

Uttarakhand Pittu Association may also retain the details of the transactions or payments made with us or the Organizations affiliated with our website.

5. How Your Personal Information is Disclosed

It is Uttarakhand Pittu Association's policy not to disclose, sell or rent your Personal Information to any individual, business, government entity or outside parties except:

  • To provide services you've requested through us;
  • In response to a validly-issued subpoena, court order, or other legal process;
  • When necessary to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal action; or
  • Where you request Uttarakhand Pittu Association to do so.

From time to time, Uttarakhand Pittu Association may use return email addresses to answer the email we receive from you. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose. Your Personal Information will not be collected for use that is in violation of the law, or unrelated to the discussed in this Policy, unless you are also provided an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.

6. Setting Up User Accounts

Uttarakhand Pittu Association allows users to set up personal accounts to participate in our online services. You have the ability to edit information you provide at any time, and may delete your account at your convenience unless Uttarakhand Pittu Association is required to respond to court orders, subpoenas or comply with applicable law. Uttarakhand Pittu Association will use its best efforts to ensure that unauthorized third parties do not access your user account information.

7. Correcting Your Personally Identifiable Information

You are responsible for ensuring that all Personal Information you provide on the website is maintained and kept current.

8. Web Statistics & Shared Data

We collect and use IP addresses to analyse trends, administer the site, track user movement, and gather broad demographic information for reporting and sponsorship purposes. From time to time, we may use this information to better design our website and to share with select advertising partners, sponsors, and/or affiliates however IP addresses are not linked to Personal Information.

For example, we may tell an advertiser that X number of individuals visited a certain area on our website, or that Y number of men and Z number of women filled out our registration form, but we will not disclose to these partners, sponsors and/or affiliates anything that could be used to personally identify those individuals.

9. Children's Privacy

Protecting the privacy of children is especially important to us. For that reason, we do not collect information provided by users under the age of 14; we solicit information from users under the age of 14 through the parents/guardians.

10. Scope of this Policy; Third Party Websites

Although this policy applies to the all information obtained by you for the purpose of accessing or using content controlled and owned by Uttarakhand Pittu Association, it does not apply to businesses or entities that are not owned or controlled by us. This website contains links to other third party websites. However, certain third-party service providers, such as payment gateways and other payment transaction processors, have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them for your transactions.

For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand the manner in which your personal information will be handled by these providers. Once you leave our website or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or our website’s Terms of Service.

You may “opt in” to receive newsletters, promotional offers and other useful information from us.

11. Encryption

All user account pages are protected with Secure Socket Layer (“SSL”) encryption. All user accounts must be accessed with user names and passwords. You are advised not to share your user name and password with any other person.

12. Payment

We use Razorpay for processing payments. We/Razorpay do not store your card data on their servers. The data is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) when processing payment. Your purchase transaction data is only used as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is not saved. Our payment gateway adheres to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.

PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers. For more insight, you may also want to read terms and conditions of razorpay on https://razorpay.com/terms/.

13. Amendments

Uttarakhand Pittu Association reserves the right to amend this policy at any time. Uttarakhand Pittu Association will contact registered users by e-mail, and shall also post a notice of changes on its web site, when and if the terms of this policy are amended.

14. Contact

You may contact Uttarakhand Pittu Association directly by e-mailing at uttarakhandpittu@gmail.com if you have any questions regarding this policy.