Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for Nallamadras.com

Effective Date: 2024-12-09

This Privacy Policy describes how Nallamadras.com (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and shares personal information of visitors (“you” or “your”) to our website, https://nallamadras.com.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information about you in several ways:

  • Information You Provide: When you leave comments, we collect the data you provide in the comments form, including your name, email address, and website.
  • Automatically Collected Information:
    • Log Files: We collect information through server log files, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
    • Cookies: We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. Cookies are small text files stored on your device that help us remember your preferences, analyze website traffic, and provide personalized content. You can control cookies through your browser settings.   
    • Embedded Content: We may embed content from other websites (e.g., videos, images, articles). These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.  
  • Third-Party Services:
    • Gravatar: We use Gravatar to display profile pictures in comments. Your email address may be hashed and provided to Gravatar to check if you have a profile. See Gravatar’s privacy policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
    • Spam Detection: We use automated spam detection services to filter out spam comments. These services may collect and analyze your comments.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information for the following purposes:

  • Provide and Improve Services: To operate our website, respond to your comments, and improve our content and services.
  • Personalization: To personalize your experience and provide content relevant to your interests.
  • Communication: To communicate with you, respond to your inquiries, and provide updates.
  • Security: To protect our website and users from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
  • Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable laws and regulations.

3. Sharing Your Information

We may share your information with the following third parties:

  • Service Providers: We may share your information with service providers who assist us with website hosting, data analysis, email communications, and other essential functions.   
  • Legal Authorities: We may disclose your information to legal authorities if required by law or legal process.
  • Business Transfers: We may share your information in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of our company.

4. Data Retention

We retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.   

  • Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
  • User Accounts: If you register on our website, we store your personal information in your user profile until you delete your account.

5. Your Data Rights

You have the following rights regarding your personal information:

  • Access: You can request access to the personal information we hold about you.
  • Correction: You can request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.   
  • Deletion: You can request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.   
  • Objection: You can object to the processing of your personal information.

6. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure.   

7. Children’s Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.   

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on this page and indicate the effective date of the updated policy.   

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at nanda@nallamadras.com