Protecting your privacy is important to “Sankalp In” and its group of companies. This policy explains the privacy while using the website – www.sankalponline.com. By using or submitting any information at www.sankalponline.com you agree to collection and use of your data by Sankalponline.com in accordance with this policy. You are advised to please read the Privacy Policy carefully.
Privacy Statement
With the acceptance of any of the memberships or marketing promotions sold or marketed by “Sankalp In” or its group companies, an individual member agrees that they can be contacted to receive information about the program benefits, special offers and new developments via phone, email, SMS or letters. “Sankalp In” has access to your personal information which may be shared within its group companies or partners under strict privacy controls.
If your personal information is not provided it may not be possible to manage your membership effectively or at all.
Scope of this Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how “Sankalp In” protects your privacy when you use our Websites, receive emails (from domains administered by Sankalp Group) from us or participate/ enroll in any of our marketing programs. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to give you an understanding on how we intend to collect and use the information you provide to us. This Policy may be supplemented or amended from time to time.
Your Consent to This Policy
This Policy is part of the terms and conditions of the membership program you enroll for or any marketing promotion run by “Sankalp In” or its group companies. By using our Website or taking part in the Programs, you are expressly agreeing to our terms and conditions, including the terms of this Policy. If you do not consent to the collection, use, disclosure, and transfer of your personal information as described in this Policy, you may not use our Website and you may not participate in the Programs.
Personal Information
As used in this Policy, the term “personal information” means information that identifies you personally, either alone or in combination with other information provided by you and now available with us. This information typically includes your name, mailing address, telephone numbers, e-mail address and other information needed to manage your membership effectively. We use your personal information to administer the Program, respond to your queries and communicate with you about Program and partner services and information.
If you choose not to receive any promotional communications from us, we will not send you promotional messages and will not share your personal information with our partners or other companies for marketing purposes. We may still contact you for administrative purposes, such as confirming a transaction you may have made, informing you of your Account status, informing you of important Program changes, or inviting you to reconsider your privacy preferences. In order to discontinue receiving all communications from us, please get in touch with us at info@sankalponline.com
We keep your personal information for as long as we need it for the purpose for which it was collected. Generally, this means that we will keep your information as long as you are a member with any of our programs. In case you cease to become a member, we will retain your details for 12 months so that you can easily rejoin when you wish to.
We maintain appropriate physical, technological, and organizational safeguards to protect your personal information against loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration and destruction. Only authorized personnel have access to member Accounts and details. Although we use reasonable measures to help protect your personal information, it is important that you understand that no website or database is completely secure or “hacker proof”. If you believe the security of your Account has been breached, please contact us immediately.
Data Collection & its Usage
In accordance with the Privacy Act, “Sankalp In” only collects personal information that is necessary for business purposes. We endeavour at all times to collect personal information in a fair and lawful manner, and to meet our members’ expectations that we will respect their right to control how their personal information is collected and used.
Our purpose in collecting information about you is to provide you with membership services, such as issuance of the membership card. “Sankalp In” uses personal information in several different ways in operating our membership programs and operating our business, and most of these uses are clear from the circumstances. We also use your personal information for internal quality assurance purposes.
“Sankalp In” does not routinely disclose personal information, except where it is necessary to provide you with a service.
“Sankalp In” will not normally otherwise use or disclose any information about you without your consent, unless:
-> required by law.
-> to protect the rights, property or personal safety of another “Sankalp In” member, any member of the public.
-> the assets and operations of the business are transferred to another party as a going concern.
Authorization
You authorize us to exchange, share, part with all information (Personal and non-personal), across borders and from your country and jurisdiction to any other countries and jurisdictions across the world, with any agent/third party service provider/banks/financial institutions/credit bureaus/agencies/participation in any telecommunication or electronic clearing network as may be required by law, customary practice, credit reporting, statistical analysis and credit scoring, verification or risk management and shall not hold us liable for use or disclosure of this information.
Information placed on your computer
We may store some information such as cookies on your computer when you access our website. This information facilitates your use of our website and ensures that you do not need to re-enter your details every time you visit our website to avail or access our services. You can erase or choose to block this information from your computer. The cookies do not contain or capture any personal information. You can configure your computer’s browser to alert you when our website while availing any of our services is attempting to send you a cookie and allow you to accept or refuse the cookie. Your decision to refuse cookies will not prevent you from using the service, but may limit your ability to take advantage of some of our advanced features.
Children’s Privacy
Protecting the privacy of every minor is especially important to us. Our site is not structured to attract minor children under eighteen (18) years and you hereby acknowledge that you are above the age of eighteen (18) years while accessing / availing the service on sankalponline.com.
Third Party Links
As a matter of convenience to you, the site may provide links and hyperlinks to third party advertisements as well as provide links and hyperlinks to external sites. The listing of an external site does not imply endorsement of such site by us. We do not make any representations regarding the availability and performance of the site or any of the external sites which could be provided. If You click on any advertising banner, sponsor link, or other external link from sankalponline.com, you may automatically be directed to a new third party service / browser that is not hosted or controlled by us and we are not responsible for the content, terms of use, privacy policies and practices of such third party service / browser.
“Sankalp In” and marketing activities
“Sankalp In” manages communications with members, prospective members and customers according to its privacy policy. We respect individuals’ choices about being contacted for marketing purposes. We may occasionally contact you at the e-mail or other address that you provide to us in order to:
-> Remind you of your membership renewal or warn you of the upcoming expiry of membership benefits.
-> Provide you with updated information about our services or special promotions.
-> Provide you with other information about other products and services which you may have an interest in.
Some of this information is necessary as part of our communication about the Sankalp Membership program and is sent to all members. However, if you are receiving promotional information from “Sankalp In” and do not wish to receive this information any longer, you may inform us so either by calling us on (91) 079-40710000, by mail at Sankalp Square, 4th Floor, near Gurukul, Drive – In Road, Ahmedbad – 380052, Gujarat, India or e-mail info@sankalponline.com and asking to be removed from our mailing list. Please allow 28 days for this request to be processed.
Access/Accuracy
To the extent that you provide us with Your Personal Information, we wish to maintain your Personal Information accurate at all times. If you need to update or correct Your Personal Information for any reason, you may send updates and corrections to us at info@sankalponline.com and we may take all reasonable efforts to incorporate the changes in your Personal Information within a reasonable period of time.
Security
“Sankalp In” has taken steps to protect the confidentiality of the personal information it collects from individual or members. Information we gather on sankalponline.com is stored within “Sankalp In” controlled databases (or databases hosted on our behalf) on servers maintained in protected environments, and we limit access to your personal information to “Sankalp In” employees who we believe need to see that information to provide you with services or otherwise do their jobs. However, no physical or electronic security system is impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the security of our servers or databases, nor can we guarantee that the information that you supply to us won’t be intercepted during transmission over the Internet. It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access especially on a shared computer.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Because the web is an evolving medium, we may need to change our Privacy Policy at some point in the future, in which case we’ll post the changes to this Privacy Policy on this web site and update the Effective Date of the policy to reflect the date of the changes. By continuing to use this Website after we post any such changes, you accept the Privacy Policy as modified.
Contacting Us
We will address any questions, comments and concerns about our online privacy practice and policy. Please write to us at info@sankalponline.com
Date Updated: 14 March 2020