Nyaaya is a legal information website. By visiting Nyaaya, you are accepting the privacy practices outlined in this policy. This Privacy Policy covers Nyaaya’s treatment of  any personal information that Nyaaya gathers  through the Nyaaya website. This policy does not apply to the practices of third parties or individuals that Nyaaya does not own or manage.

Information We Collect

Information directly obtained from you

Our Website gives you the option of giving us contact information (such as name and email address) to help us out in our work, give us feedback and participate in discussions on the website. Any communication between you and the website, along with queries and posts on our website are also included in this. Certain information, such as your name, email address, is collected in order to, among other things; verify your identity, for our record system and to provide information that you require. If you choose to fill our feedback form, we will also collect broad information on your age and education level while filling the feedback form. It is important to know that you don’t have to give your actual name on the Nyaaya website for commenting and/or submitting questions. You can give any username you like as long as you give us a valid email id.

Information collected indirectly

Certain information about you is collected automatically when you visit our website. This includes your IP address, browser type and operating system, information collected through cookies (more information on this below), etc.

How Information Is Collected

Personal Information

• Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we will identify the purposes for which information is being collected.
• We will collect and use personal information solely with the objective of fulfilling those purposes specified by us and for other compatible purposes, unless we obtain the consent of the individual concerned or as required by law.
• We will only retain personal information as long as necessary for the fulfilment of those purposes.
• We will collect personal information by lawful and fair means and, where appropriate, with the knowledge or consent of the individual concerned.
• Personal data should be relevant to the purposes for which it is to be used, and, to the extent necessary for those purposes, should be accurate, complete, and up-to-date.

Cookies

We use data collection devices such as “cookies” on certain pages of our Websites. “Cookies” are small files sited on your hard drive that assist us in providing customized services. We also offer certain features that are only available through the use of a “cookie”. Cookies can also help us provide information which is targeted to your interests. Cookies may be used to identify logged in or registered users.

Third-party vendors including www.google.com (“Google”) may use cookies to serve ads based on your visits to this Website. You may visit the website of the third party and choose to opt-out of the use of cookies for interest-based advertising if the third party offers such an option. You may choose to opt-out of the DoubleClick cookie that Google and its partners use for interest-based advertising by visiting Ads Settings. (Alternatively, you can direct users to opt-out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for interest-based advertising by visiting aboutads.info.)

The website also has enabled Google Analytics Advertising, which allows Google to collect data about users on our website, in addition to Google advertising cookies and anonymous identifiers. You may choose to opt-out of this by downloading and installing the Google Analytics opt-out add-on given here.

Our Use of Your Information

Your contact information is also used to contact you when necessary. We use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our Website. Your IP address is also used to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information. This information will not be shared by Nyaaya externally. We will continue to enhance our security procedures as new technology becomes available.

We will transfer information about you if we are acquired by or merged with another entity. In this event, we will notify you by email or by putting a prominent notice on the site before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Our Disclosure of Your Information

Due to the existing regulatory environment, we cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy.  By way of example (without limiting and foregoing), we may be forced to disclose information to the government, law enforcement agencies or third parties. Under certain circumstances, third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications, or members may abuse or misuse your information that they collect from our Website. Therefore, although we use industry-standard practices to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personally identifiable information or private communications would always remain private.

Also, do read our Terms of Use and Disclaimer for more information.