1. What information does www.SksmCommunity.com collect/track
about me?
www.SksmCommunity.com is an advertising platform providing targeted advertising
services for matrimonial alliance. In order to do provide the services, we ask for
certain personal information which is displayed on the site. (This information includes
physical / mental disability.) (Of course, all www.SksmCommunity.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 www.SksmCommunity.com
www.SksmCommunity.com gathers two types of information:
i. Information users submit; and
ii. Information not directly submitted.
i. Information users submit
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 www.SksmCommunity.com or allows the collection
of information about the user other than what is displayed on the site.
- Public:To order to make the services of advertising to the relevant
targeted members, we gather personal information, which may or may not include:
customer-specified www.SksmCommunity.com username, gender, age, religion, income
range, profession, telephone number, preference/lifestyle information, general geographic
location, photograph 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.
www.SksmCommunity.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.
FRAMING: We utilize framing techniques to make it appear that the
user is still on the web site when they are actually on a third party web site.
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).
www.SksmCommunity.com AFFILIATE PARTNERS: The Affiliate Partner
program is a vehicle for other websites to link to www.SksmCommunity.com. No personal
member information is exchanged with the Affiliate Partner.
Additional Features of the Site :-
TESTIMONIALS: Satisfied users of www.SksmCommunity.com have chosen
to post testimonials on our web site. All permissions have been obtained to post
these testimonials.
i.Information not directly submitted
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.
2. What does www.SksmCommunity.com do with the information
it collects/tracks?
www.SksmCommunity.com uses the information it collects in the following ways:
- Information users submit
MEMBERS
Public: Public information supplied by members is an advertisement
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 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. Only premium members can view telephone number(s) of other
members who have opted to show their contact details to premium 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
or our group sites, 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 except as required by law or to protect members
of www.SksmCommunity.com. 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, as follows:-
Updating public information:
- Login to your www.SksmCommunity.com account
- Click on My Profile
- Use Edit options in the page to update relevant information and submit
NOTE: To prevent misuse of the system, some information such as
date of birth can be changed only on request. To do so, go to Help and use the Write
to Customer Relations option.
Updating private information:
- Login to your www.SksmCommunity.com account
- Click on My Account
- Update relevant information and submit
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..
VIVAH COMMUNITY AFFILIATE PARTNERS: Information submitted by the
Affiliate Partner is used for establishing and maintaining a business relationship.
No personal or business information is shared outside the relationship between www.SksmCommunity.com
and the Affiliate Partner. Affiliate Partners may not view or access private information
of www.SksmCommunity.com subscribers.
OTHERS:
www.SksmCommunity.com allows members to write messages to other members to advertise
there personal profile for matrimonial alliance. While www.SksmCommunity.com exercises
reasonable care to prevent site misuse, we strongly recommend you establish the
authenticity and intent of members before giving out personally identifiable information
in such messages.
- Information not directly submitted
We use your server IP address, and browser-type related information in the general
administration of our website.
As a matrimonial service we endeavour 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.
We may store member login ids of users and their IP addresses for certain activities
they perform for security purposes in order to track down the person in case of
illegal activities.
3.Tell me about www.SksmCommunity.com policy on correcting,
updating or removing personal information.
www.SksmCommunity.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.
4. How will I know of changes in www.SksmCommunity.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.
5. Tell me about security of my personal information.
www.SksmCommunity.com takes every precaution to protect your information, both online
and offline.
When our registration/order process asks you to enter sensitive information (such
as a credit card number), such information is encrypted and is protected with the
best encryption software in the industry - SSL.
While we use SSL encryption to protect sensitive information online, we also do
everything in our power to protect your information offline. We follow generally
accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us,
both during transaction and once we receive it. All your information, not just the
sensitive information mentioned above, is restricted in our offices. Only employees
who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, a billing clerk
or a customer service representative) are granted access to personally identifiable
information.
We have also done everything in our power to prevent misuse of photographs. Apart
from not allowing photographs to be downloaded or copied, we have watermarked them
with the www.SksmCommunity.com logo. This acts as a further deterrent for illegal
use elsewhere.
If you have any questions about the security at our website, please email us.
6. Tell me about www.SksmCommunity.com email policy.
We use email extensively to help you find your match on www.SksmCommunity.com. Our
main email products and services include:
- Member responses to your profile (called Contact Alert);
- Partner matches for you (called Match Mail); and
- Newsletters updating you of the latest features on our site.
Occasionally, we may also send you:
- Announcements of special events which www.SksmCommunity.com is associated with;
or
- Special offers from partner sites or group sites, which we believe are useful for
you.
As a www.SksmCommunity.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 (except
Contact Alert). All our emails will carry a link to help you do this. You can also
independently manage your email subscription using the My Alerts Manager option.
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 www.SksmCommunity.com members.
Your friend's email address: Throughout www.SksmCommunity.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 www.SksmCommunity.com spam-free
privacy policy. We will use your friend's email address only to send a one-time
message to them per request. Then they will never ever hear from us again unless
they voluntarily subscribe to our services.