1. INTRODUCTION
The Hindu Temple of Rochester appreciates your business and trust. Please read this Privacy Policy, providing consent to both documents in order to have permission to use our services.
2. DATA COLLECTION
DATA STORAGE
All the data is stored in a secure database in Azure cloud. Access to the database is restricted to limited set of users in EC.
CONTACT US, EVENT SPONSORSHIP
When you fill the contact-us form or sponsor an event through the website or place a breakfast order, we collect the data like Name, Nakshtra, Gotra details, email and phone numbers all this data is collected to fulfill the service, in some pages we may be collecting google analytics to understand and improve our web site for usability.
3. EMBEDDED CONTENT
Pages on this site may include embedded content, like YouTube videos, for example. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged-in to that website. Below you can find a list of the services we use:
YOUTUBE
We use YouTube videos embedded on our site. YouTube has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from YouTube and your IP is not sent to a YouTube server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: YouTube Privacy Policy.
4. COOKIES
This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymized tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. Cookies generally exist to make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser.
5. WHO HAS ACCESS TO YOUR DATA
Your data is only available to our system administrators. Our volunteers when they (in order to provide support) need to get the information about a specific devotee. We also use some of this information to count the members needed to establish quorum for AGBM.
6. THIRD PARTY ACCESS TO YOUR DATA
We don’t share your data with third parties in a way as to reveal any of your personal information like email, name, etc. The only exceptions to that rule are for partners we have to share limited data within order to provide the services you expect from us. For example, we use 3rd party partner MailChimp to send emails about upcoming events or any special pujas.
7. HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR DATA
We retain your data until (if) you tell us to remove it. We use this data so that we can recognize you and approve your comments automatically instead of holding them for moderation.
8. SECURITY MEASURES
We use the SSL/HTTPS protocol throughout our site. This encrypts our user communications with the servers so that personal identifiable information is not captured/hijacked by third parties without authorization.
In case of a data breach, system administrators will immediately take all needed steps to ensure system integrity, will contact affected users.
9. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
We do not publish any content from 3rd party web sites except Google Maps.
10. RELEASE OF YOUR DATA FOR LEGAL PURPOSES
At times it may become necessary or desirable to Hindu Temple of Rochester, for legal purposes, to release your information in response to a request from a government agency or a private litigant. You agree that we may disclose your information to a third party where we believe, in good faith, that it is desirable to do so for the purposes of a civil action, criminal investigation, or other legal matter. In the event that we receive a subpoena affecting your privacy, we may elect to notify you to give you an opportunity to file a motion to quash the subpoena, or we may attempt to quash it ourselves, but we are not obligated to do either. We may also proactively report you, and release your information to, third parties where we believe that it is prudent to do so for legal reasons, such as our belief that you have engaged in fraudulent activities. You release us from any damages that may arise from or relate to the release of your information to a request from law enforcement agencies or private litigants.
Any passing on of personal data for legal purposes will only be done in compliance with laws of the country you reside in.
11. AMENDMENTS
We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we amend this Privacy Policy, we will update this page accordingly and require you to accept the amendments in order to be permitted to continue using our services.