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Your privacy is very important to BioQuest Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (hereafter referred
to as "BioQuest" or "BQ" or "Us" or "We" or "Owner").
We shall not sell or rent your personal information to any third parties for their
marketing purposes without your explicit consent. A reading of this privacy policy
will let you know more about the ways in which we use and protect your personal
information.
The privacy practices of the above statement apply to our services available under
the domain and subdomains of
www.indianwomenshealth.com (the "Site") and apply generally to
our parent company, affiliates, subsidiaries or joint venture websites whose specific
privacy policies are available from our Privacy Central pages. By visiting this
Website you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy describes the information, as part of the normal operation of
our services; we collect from you and what may happen to that information. Although
this policy may seem lengthy & detailed, the reason for this is that we believe
you should know as much as possible about the Website and / or its Owner’s practices
so that you can make informed decisions.
By registering with the Website you confirm that you have read and accepted the
Privacy Policy and the User Agreement of the Website and you express consent to
us using and you disclosing your personal information in accordance with this Privacy
Policy. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to the terms of the
User Agreement. This Privacy Policy is effective upon acceptance of Terms & Conditions
during registration for a first time registering user, and is otherwise been effective
from 1st January 2008 for all users.
1. Your Privacy - Our Commitment
At www.indianwomenshealth.com
, we shall take extreme measures to protect your privacy and this is our commitment
to you. We value your trust in us. We will work hard to earn your confidence so
that you can enthusiastically use our services and recommend us to friends and family.
Please read this policy to understand how your personal information will be treated
while you make full use of our Website.
2. Privacy Guarantee
We promise that they will not sell or rent your personal information to third parties
for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. From time to time we
may reveal general statistical information about our Website and visitors, such
as number of visitors, number and type of goods and services purchased, etc. Your
trust and confidence are our highest priority.
3.Information We Collect
When you use our Website, we collect and store your personal information. Our primary
goal in doing so is to provide a safe, efficient, smooth and customized experience.
This allows us to provide services and features that most likely meet your needs,
and to customize our Website to make your experience safer and easier. Importantly,
we only collect personal information about you that we consider necessary for achieving
this purpose.
In general, you can browse the Website without telling us who you are or revealing
any personal information about yourself. Once you give us your personal information,
you are not anonymous to us. To fully use our Website, you will need to register
using our online registration form, where you may be required to provide us with
your contact and identity information, billing information, shipping information
and other personal information as indicated on the forms throughout the Website.
Whereever possible, we indicate which fields are required and which fields are optional.
You always have the option to not provide information by choosing not to use a particular
service or feature on the Website.
We may automatically track certain information about you based upon your usage behaviour
on our Website. We use this information to do internal research on our users' demographics,
interests, and behaviour to better understand, protect and serve our users. This
information is compiled and analyzed on an aggregated basis. This information may
include the Uniform Resource Locator (URL that you just came from (whether this
URL is on our Website or not), which URL you next go to (whether this URL is on
our Website or not), your computer browser information, and your IP address.
We use data collection devices such as "cookies" on certain pages of the Website
to help analyze our web page flow, measure promotional effectiveness, and promote
trust and safety. "Cookies" are small files placed on your hard drive that assist
us in providing our services. We offer certain features that are only available
through the use of a "cookie". We also use cookies to allow you to enter your password
less frequently during a session. Cookies can also help us provide information that
is targeted to your interests. Most cookies are "session cookies," meaning that
they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of a session. You
are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, although in that
case you may not be able to use certain features on the Website and you may be required
to re-enter your password more frequently during a session.
Additionally, you may encounter "cookies" or other similar devices on certain pages
of the Website that are placed by third parties. For example, if you view a web
page created by a user, there may be a "cookie" placed within that web page. We
do not control the use of cookies by third parties.
If you choose to post messages on our message boards, chat rooms or other message
areas or leave feedback for other users, we will collect that information you provide
to us. We retain this information as necessary to resolve disputes, provide customer
support and troubleshoot problems as permitted by applicable law in the India.
If you send us personal correspondence, such as emails or letters, or if other users
or third parties send us correspondence about your activities or postings on the
Website, we may collect such information into a file specific to you.
If you register for the Website on another website or use a website providing a
service for www.indianwomenshealth.com
or a website that helps facilitate your activity on this Website, that website may
provide personal information about you and your transactions back to us.
4. Our Use Of Your Information
We use your personal information to facilitate the services you have placed on IWH.
We use your personal information in the file we maintain about you, and other information
we obtain from your current and past activities on the Website to: resolve disputes;
troubleshoot problems; help promote safe trading; collect fees owed; measure consumer
interest in the services provided by us, inform you about online and offline offers,
products, services, and updates; customize your experience; detect and protect us
against error, fraud and other criminal activity; enforce our User Agreement; and
as otherwise described to you at the time of collection. At times, we may look across
multiple users to identify problems or resolve disputes, and in particular we may
examine your personal information to identify users using multiple User IDs or aliases.
We may compare and review your personal information for errors, omissions and for
accuracy.
You agree that we may use personal information about you to improve our marketing
and promotional efforts, to analyze Website usage, improve the Website's content
and product offerings, and customize the Website's content, layout, and services.
These uses improve the Website and better tailor it to meet your needs, so as to
provide you with a smooth, efficient, safe and customized experience while using
the Website.
You agree that we may use your personal information to contact you and deliver information
to you that, in some cases, are targeted to your interests, including but not limited
to targeted banner advertisements, administrative notices, product offerings, and
communications relevant to your use of the Website. By accepting the User Agreement
and Privacy Policy, you express agree to receive this information. If you do not
wish to receive these communications, we encourage you to opt out of the receipt
of certain communications in your profile. You may make changes to your profile
at any time.
5. Our Disclosure Of Your Information
We may also use your information to deliver information to you that, in some cases,
are targeted to your interests, such as new services and promotions. The following
are examples of some categories of persons to whom we would specifically share your
information with from time-to-time.
i. Advertisements
a. Where a user enters information on any form of an advertiser, the information
is simultaneously collected by the Website and the advertiser. The information is
used by the Website in accordance with the terms of this privacy policy and is used
by the advertiser as per the advertisers’ prevalent privacy policies. Because we
do not control the privacy practices of these advertisers, you should evaluate their
practices before deciding to provide the said information.
b. The Website may also aggregate (gather up data across all user accounts) personally
identifiable information and disclose such information in a non-personally identifiable
manner to advertisers and other third parties for other marketing and promotional
purposes.
ii. Items And Services Offered On The Site
By Third Parties
There may be certain items and services for which third parties request for information
before the item/service is listed on the Website. The information provided by the
user for such purposes is simultaneously collected by the Owner and the respective
third party. This information is utilized by the third party in accordance with
its privacy policy and the terms of the offer. Because we do not control the privacy
practices of these third parties, you should evaluate their practices before deciding
to use their services.
iii. Internal Service Providers
We may use third parties that we refer to as internal service providers to facilitate
or outsource one or more aspects of the business, product and service operations
that we provide to you on the Website (e.g., search technology, discussion boards,
bill collection, affiliate and rewards programs, co-branded credit cards) and therefore
we may provide some of your personal information directly to these internal service
providers. These internal service providers' are subject to confidentiality agreements
with us and other legal restrictions that prohibit their use of the information
we provide them for any other purpose except to facilitate the specific outsourced
Website related operation, unless you have explicitly agreed or given your prior
permission to them for additional uses. In some instances, the internal service
provider may collect information directly from you (such as for Website surveys
or for a co-branded credit card). In these cases, you will be notified of the involvement
of the internal service provider, and all additional information you provide them
and their additional uses will be strictly up to you. If you provide additional
information to an internal service provider directly, then their use of your personal
information is governed by their applicable privacy policy.
iv. Other Corporate Entities
We share much of our data, including personal information about you, with our parent,
affiliates, subsidiaries, and joint ventures that are committed to serving your
online needs and related services, throughout the world. To the extent that these
entities have access to your information, they will treat it at least as protectively
as they treat information they obtain from their other users. Our parent company,
affiliates, subsidiaries, and joint ventures follow privacy practices no less protective
of all users than our practices described in this document, to the extent allowed
by applicable law. The Owner its affiliates, subsidiaries, its joint ventures, or
any combination of such, will share some or all of your personal information with
another business entity should we plan to, merge with, or be acquired by that business
entity. Should such a combination occur, we will require that the new combined entity
follow this privacy policy with respect to your personal information.
v. Legal Requests
We cooperate with law enforcement inquiries, as well as other third parties to enforce
laws, such as: intellectual property rights, fraud and other rights, to help protect
you and the community from bad users. Therefore, in response to a verified request
by law enforcement or other Government officials relating to a criminal investigation
or alleged illegal activity, we can (and you authorize us to) disclose your name,
city, state, telephone number, email address, UserID history, fraud complaints,
listing history without a subpoena. Without limiting the above, in an effort to
respect your privacy and our ability to keep the community free from bad users,
we will not otherwise disclose your personal information to law enforcement or other
government officials without a subpoena, court order or substantially similar legal
procedure, except when we believe in good faith that the disclosure of information
is necessary to prevent imminent physical harm or financial loss; or report suspected
illegal activity. Further, we can (and you authorize us to) disclose your name,
street address, city, state, zip code, country, phone number, email, and company
name to Intellectual Property right's owners under confidentiality agreement, as
we in our sole discretion believe necessary or appropriate in connection with an
investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringement, piracy or other unlawful
activity.
Due to the existing regulatory environment, we cannot ensure that all of your private
communications and other personal information will never be disclosed in ways not
otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. By way of example (without limiting
the foregoing), we may be forced to disclose personal information to the Government
or third parties under certain circumstances, third parties may unlawfully intercept
or access transmissions or private communications, or users may abuse or misuse
your personal information that they collect from the Website. Therefore, although
we use industry standard practices to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and
you should not expect, that your personal information or private communications
will always remain private.
6. What About Children's Privacy?
Children are not eligible to use our Website and we ask that minors (under the age
of 18) do not submit any personal information to us.
7. Access Or Change Your Personally Identifiable
Information
To protect your privacy and security, we will verify your identity before granting
access or making changes to your personally-identifying information. If you have
registered your profile on the Website, your User ID and Password are required in
order to access your profile information.
8. Security
When you place orders or access your account information, we offer the use of a
secure server. Furthermore, all of the customer data we collect is protected against
unauthorized access. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and
ensure correct use of information, we will employ reasonable and current Internet
security methods and technologies.
9. Your Consent
By using the Website, you consent to the collection and use of the information you
disclose on the Website. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post
those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect,
how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it. Any changes to our privacy
policy will be communicated through our Website at least 10 days in advance of implementation.
10. Tell Us What You Think
At www.indianwomenshealth.com
, we welcome your questions and comments regarding our privacy policy. Please click here to contact us.
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