Privacy Policy

Your website may use the Privacy Policy given below:

The terms "We" / "Us" / "Our"/”Company” individually and collectively refer to shabd.in and the terms "You" /"Your" / "Yourself" refer to the users.

This Privacy Policy is an electronic record in the form of an electronic contract formed under the information Technology Act, 2000 and the rules made thereunder and the amended provisions pertaining to electronic documents / records in various statutes as amended by the information Technology Act, 2000. This Privacy Policy does not require any physical, electronic or digital signature.

This Privacy Policy is a legally binding document between you and shabd.in (both terms defined below). The terms of this Privacy Policy will be effective upon your acceptance of the same (directly or indirectly in electronic form, by clicking on the I accept tab or by use of the website or by other means) and will govern the relationship between you and shabd.in for your use of the website “Website” (defined below).

This document is published and shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of the Information Technology (reasonable security practices and procedures and sensitive personal data of information) rules, 2011 under Information Technology Act, 2000; that require publishing of the Privacy Policy for collection, use, storage and transfer of sensitive personal data or information.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully by using the Website, you indicate that you understand, agree and consent to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use this Website.

By providing us your Information or by making use of the facilities provided by the Website, You hereby consent to the collection, storage, processing and transfer of any or all of Your Personal Information and Non-Personal Information by us as specified under this Privacy Policy. You further agree that such collection, use, storage and transfer of Your Information shall not cause any loss or wrongful gain to you or any other person.

By using our website shabd.in, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms

The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

When you register for an Account on our app, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, address, email address, photos and mobile number.

Name, Email Address/ Facebook or Google log-in details along with profile details which are public or can be shared as per User’s privacy settings on these platforms.

Other details optionally given by the User such as gender, age, city etc

This also applies to Users during submission of Published Work through contests declared by the Company.

A device identifier token generated for each Android/iOS User, the make of the phone, browser version and type, IP Address, other installed applications in the device

Billing information, credit card details, payment or banking information

We use the information in various ways like

• Improve, personalize, your experience on our app.
• Provide, operate, and maintain our website and app.
• Understand and analyze how you use our website and app.
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
• Communicate with you directly including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the app, website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
• Send you emails and messages.
• Find and prevent fraud.

Information Sharing

We shares the sensitive personal information to any third party without obtaining the prior consent of the user in the following limited circumstances:

• When it is requested or required by law or by any court or governmental agency or authority to disclose, for the purpose of verification of identity, or for the prevention, detection, investigation including cyber incidents, or for prosecution and punishment of offences. These disclosures are made in good faith and belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary for enforcing these Terms; for complying with the applicable laws and regulations.
• We proposes to share such information within its group companies and officers and employees of such group companies for the purpose of processing personal information on its behalf. We also ensure that these recipients of such information agree to process such information based on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.

shabd.in has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control.

shabd.in uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide us with information about how the web site is being used. Our cookies do not store personal information such as your name or email address. Cookies are required to log into the site. Some third party tools also use cookies. Information about the third party tools we use can be found below.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on shabd.in. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites/apps that you visit.

Note that shabd.in has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Shabd.in Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

Shabd.in is safe of children and be used and accessed by any age groups

The way to be forgotten is simply to delete your user account on the site. All your submitted content, such as forum posts, comments, reviews, etc. will be anonymized making it extremely difficult and/or impossible to have anything linked back to you directly.

All user profile information such as username, email address and any other optional data such as location, bio, etc. will be deleted from our database immediately when the account is deleted.

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this web site, you can contact us at info@shabd.in

Information Security

We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. These include internal reviews of our data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, including appropriate encryption and physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems where we store personal data.

All information gathered on our Website is securely stored within our controlled database. The database is stored on servers secured behind a firewall; access to the servers is password-protected and is strictly limited. However, as effective as our security measures are, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our database, nor can we guarantee that information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet. And, of course, any information you include in a posting to the discussion areas is available to anyone with Internet access.

However the internet is an ever evolving medium. We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time to incorporate necessary future changes. Of course, our use of any information we gather will always be consistent with the policy under which the information was collected, regardless of what the new policy may be.

Grievance Redressal

Redressal Mechanism: Any complaints, abuse or concerns with regards to content and or comment or breach of these terms shall be immediately informed to the designated Grievance Officer as mentioned below via in writing or through email signed with the electronic signature to shabd.in ("Grievance Officer").