VishwaAmara Vahini Trust (the “Trust,” “us,” “we,” or “our”) respects the privacy of every individual who visits www.vishwaamara.com and other VishwaAmara Vahini Trust platforms. Because your privacy is important to us, we provide you with notice and choices about the collection and use of your information. By visiting www.vishwaamara.com, you accept the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy applies to any personal data we collect, both online and offline, on our website and through all other VishwaAmara Vahini Trust platforms (e.g., social media platforms), as well as any electronic, written or oral communications. We do not disclose personally identifiable information to external linked sites, and we are not responsible for their privacy practices.

Links to other sites do not imply an endorsement of the websites. You should read the privacy policies of each site you visit to determine what information that site may be collecting about you.

DONOR PRIVACY
VishwaAmara Vahini Trust values and respects its donors’ rights to privacy. It affirms that its fundraising practices protect against unauthorized use of any donor’s personal information that may be known to the Trust. VishwaAmara Vahini Trust does not share, sell, exchange, or trade donors’ personal information with any third parties for any purpose except as may be required in our Trust legislation, by law, or as otherwise set forth herein.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect two types of information:

1. Standard web server traffic pattern information. General traffic, site usage, browser information and length of stay information is collected and stored in log files. This type of information is shared externally only on an aggregated basis.
2. Personal information. We do not collect personally identifiable information from you unless you provide it to us voluntarily and knowingly. If you request information or donate, for example, we may collect the following information: first and last name, street address, city, state, PIN code, telephone number, email address, and subject of inquiry.

VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
If you choose to participate in a blog, discussion board, news group or another public forum that we make available to our users, please remember that any information that you disclose becomes public information. You should exercise caution when deciding whether or not to disclose personally identifying information.

ONLINE PAYMENTS
All of our online payments are processed through trusted and established third party payment gateway which manages their own privacy policies. They only provide us with the information you have authorised them to and we only use this information to issue receipts for your donations and, where relevant and you have requested them, updates from the projects you are supporting

USE OF COOKIES
We use cookies to better understand how users use our site. You also have choices with respect to cookies. The “help” menu on your browser should give you options for preventing, accepting or receiving notice of new cookies. You can refuse our use of some or all cookies by turning off the use of cookies in your web browser. However, please be aware that if you block cookies, some website functionality may be lost. You can set your browser to notify you before you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. You can also set your browser to turn off cookies.

GOOGLE ANALYTICS
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies,” which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. Google Analytics collects information anonymously and reports website trends without identifying individual users. More information about how Google uses data when you use its partners’ sites or apps can be found at—
www.policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

DATA USE
We limit the use of information provided to us to the following activities:

Internal Use

1. 1. If you provide personal information, we may enter your name into our constituent database and contact you in order to:
      • Complete voluntary surveys seeking feedback for quality and service improvement purposes.
      • Request monetary contributions to the Trust.
      • Provide, conduct, operate, maintain, improve, personalize, and/or promote our charitable activities
   2. We collect the email addresses of those who communicate with us by email. Inquiries may be forwarded to the appropriate Trust department for response and may be entered into our constituent database.

External Use
Unless required in our founding legislation or by law, your personal information will not be shared, sold, or released to any organization or business entity other than those affiliated with or working in conjunction with the Trust.

YOU CONTROL YOUR DATA
We respect your privacy and allow you to restrict internal and external sharing of your personal information. We recognize that you may wish to limit the ways in which we contact you and we offer the following options:

1. Do not contact me by phone.
2. Do not contact me by postal mail.
3. Do not contact me by email.
4. Do not contact me.

To inform us of any desired restrictions, please send an e-mail with your request to info@vishwaamara.com . To protect your privacy and security, we will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before making corrections.