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The
Shradha Designs Mistletoe Web Site Privacy Policy
This Web Site ("Web Site") is published and maintained
by Shradha Designs, with offices located at A-89, Amrit
Puri, East of Kailash, Raja Dhir Sen Marg, New Delhi,
India. This Privacy Policy governs your use of the Web
Site, which is located at www.mistletoe.in. By visiting
this Web Site, and/or using the services offered on or
through this Web Site, you agree to the terms of this
Privacy Policy as they may be amended from time to time.
As we update and expand our services, this Privacy
Policy may change, so check back to this page from time
to time. This Web Site is intended for users who are
located around the world, and shall be interpreted under
the laws of the India.
Purpose
Your privacy is a serious matter to us. In order to make
your visits to our Web Site and use of the services
available through our Web Site as worthwhile as
possible, we may ask you for Personal Information and we
may collect certain information from your computer each
time you visit us. "Personal Information" includes, for
example, your name; home and/or business address; e-mail
address; telephone, wireless and/or fax number; short
message service or text message address or other
wireless device address; instant messaging address;
credit card and other payment information; demographic
information and/or other information that may identify
you as an individual or allow online or offline contact
with you as an individual. This privacy statement
explains, in general, what Personal Information and
other information is collected on our Web Site, how the
information is used, and with whom we may share such
information. Please take a few minutes to read our
Privacy Policy so that you understand how Shradha
Designs treats your information.
Right to Opt Out
You have the right to "opt-out" of certain of our uses
of your Personal Information. For example, at the time
you are requested to provide Personal Information on
this Web Site, you may have the opportunity to elect to,
or not to: (1) receive correspondence from us, or (2)
have your Personal Information shared with other
entities for their marketing purposes. (We will not
share, sell or trade your Personal Information with
other entities outside of Shradha Designs for their
marketing purposes without your permission. See the "Do
we share Personal Information and Web Site Usage
information with others?" section below for more
information about our data sharing practices.)
Please understand that if you opt-out of receiving
promotional correspondence from us, we may still contact
you in connection with your relationship, activities,
transactions and communications with us. Also, a request
to have us stop sharing your Personal Information with
other entities for marketing purposes will only apply as
of the date of your request, and we will not be
responsible for any communications that you may receive
from entities that received your Personal Information
prior to such request. In these cases, please contact
that entity directly.
What Information is Collected on this Web Site?
User-Provided Information
We collect Personal Information from users of our Web
Site, for example, through such users' activities,
transactions and completion of online forms on our Web
Site. Such information is collected, for example, when
users register or subscribe for accounts, electronic
newsletters or features on our Web Site, make online
purchases, enter sweepstakes and contests, complete
surveys, contribute to a chat room, bulletin board, list
serve, blog, wiki or other open forum that we may make
available on or through our Web Site, submit a comment
or question to us using a "contact us" or similar
feature on our Web Site, send us an e-mail, or in any
other way submit Personal Information to us via our Web
Site.
You may be able to send information about our products
and services to your friends and family members through
our Web Site by clicking on an "E-mail to Friend" or
similar button on our Web Site or in an e-mail that we
have sent you. In some of these cases (unless you simply
forward our e-mail on your own), you may provide the
name and e-mail address of your friend or family member
to us. Such information will be treated in accordance
with this Privacy Policy and applicable law.
You may also be able to send an online card to a friend
or family member, or send them a gift or gift
certificate. If so, you may be required to provide us
with your friend's or family member's Personal
Information. Such information will be treated in
accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law.
Web Site Usage Information
Cookies
We may use "cookies" to keep, and sometimes track,
information about you. Cookies are small data files that
are sent to your browser or related software from a Web
server and stored on your computer's hard drive. Cookies
track where you travel on our Web Site and what you look
at and purchase. They may store the information in your
shopping cart, and/or your username and/or password. A
cookie may enable us to relate your use of our Web Site
to other information about you, including your Personal
Information. All of these purposes serve to improve and
personalize your experience on our Web Site, to
determine which areas and features of our Web Site are
most popular, and to make improvements and updates to
enhance the Mistletoe.in Web Site experience.
Most Web browsers can be set to inform you when a cookie
has been sent to you and provide you with the
opportunity to refuse that cookie. Additionally, if you
have a Flash player installed on our computer, your
Flash player can be set to reject or delete Flash
cookies. However, refusing a cookie may, in some cases,
preclude you from using, or negatively impact the
display or function of, the Web Site or certain areas or
features of the Web Site including preventing you from
purchasing products from the Web Site.
Clear GIFs
We may use "clear GIFs" (aka "Web beacons" or "pixel
tags") or similar technologies, in the Web Site and/or
in our communications with you to enable us to know
whether you have visited a Web page or received a
message. A clear GIF is typically a one-pixel,
transparent image (although it can be a visible image as
well), located on a Web page or in an e-mail or other
type of message, which is retrieved from a remote site
on the Internet enabling the verification of an
individual's viewing or receipt of a Web page or
message. A clear gif may enable us to relate your
viewing or receipt of a Web page or message to other
information about you, including your Personal
Information.
IP Address and Clickstream Data
Our server automatically collects data about your
server's Internet address when you visit us. This
information, known as an Internet Protocol address, or
IP Address, is a number that's automatically assigned to
your computer by your Internet service provider whenever
you're on the Internet. When you request pages from our
Web Site, our servers may log your IP Address and
sometimes your domain name. Our server may also record
the referring page that linked you to us (e.g., another
Web site or a search engine); the pages you visit on
this Web Site; the Web site you visit after this Web
Site; the ads you see and/or click on; your product
interests and purchases; other information about the
type of Web browser, computer, platform, related
software and settings you are using; any search terms
you have entered on this Web Site or a referral site;
and other Web usage activity and data logged by our Web
servers. We use this information for internal system
administration, to help diagnose problems with our
server, and to administer our Web Site. Such information
may also be used to gather broad demographic
information, such as country of origin and Internet
Service Provider. We may also link this information with
your Personal Information.
Any or all of these activities with regard to Web Site
Usage Information may be performed on our behalf by our
services providers.
How is the Personal Information used?
We will use the Personal Information you provide to our
Web Site, for example, to respond to your requests and
to provide you with our product and service offerings.
For example, we will process your orders, respond to
your requests and inquiries and provide you with the
products, services and features offered on or through
our Web Site. We may also use your Personal Information
to help us develop and improve our Web Site, tailor our
Web Site to your interests, and maintain our internal
record keeping. We may match information collected from
you through different means or at different times,
including both Personal Information and Web Site Usage
Information, and use such information along with
information obtained from other sources, including third
parties. In addition, we may send you notices (for
example, in the form of e-mails, mailings, and the
like), and otherwise correspond with you, about
products, services, companies, promotions, contests and
events, sponsored by us and others, that we think might
interest you. Shradha Designs may offer electronic
newsletters and e-mails as a service to our users. You
will only receive a newsletter or promotional e-mail
from Shradha Designs. if you agree during registration,
or during your other activities on or through our Web
Site, or using our newsletter sign up form, to receive
these items. Unsubscribe instructions are included in
each electronic newsletter and e-mail. You may opt-out
of receiving such notices from us by following the
instructions in the [Right to Opt Out] section above.
We may analyze user behavior as a measure of interest
in, and use of, our Web Site and e-mails, both on an
individual basis and in the aggregate.
Do we share Personal Information and Web Site Usage
information with others?
Unless you instruct us otherwise as described in the
[Right to Opt Out] section above, we will share your
Personal Information and Web Site usage information
within our businesses to improve products, designs and
standards.
Co-sponsored Contests, Sweepstakes and Offerings
Some of our contests, sweepstakes and other offerings
that we may make available on or through our Web Site
from time to time may be co-sponsored by another
company. In those situations, the information we obtain
from you in connection with such contest, sweepstake or
offering may be shared with our co-sponsor, unless you
instruct us not to by following the instructions in the
[Right to Opt Out] section. In those situations, our
co-sponsors will have the right to use your information
for their own purposes, in accordance with their own
policies. We are not responsible for how our co-sponsors
may use your information.
Service Providers
Currently, we use a third party partner to provide our
e-commerce solution, and we may use other third party
partners to help operate our Web Site and deliver our
products and services. We may share your information
with our third party e-commerce solution partner, our
affiliates, service providers and other third parties
that provide products or services for or through this
Web Site or for our business (such as Web Site or
database hosting companies, address list hosting
companies, e-mail service providers, analytics
companies, distribution companies, fulfillment
companies, and other similar service providers that use
such information on our behalf). We require our service
providers to maintain the confidentiality of your
Personal Information.
Aggregate Statistics
We may disclose aggregate statistics regarding user
behavior as a measure of interest in, and use of, our
Web Site and e-mails to third parties in the form of
aggregate data, such as overall patterns or demographic
reports that do not describe or identify any individual
user. Aggregate information is non-personally
identifiable/anonymous information about you, such as
age, gender, types of products purchased, pages you
access most frequently or search terms you enter.
Aggregate information is used in a collective manner,
and no single person can be identified by that compiled
information. For example, the number of people who visit
our Web Site who are 25 years of age is aggregate
information that does not personally identify a specific
user.
Legally Compelled Disclosures
We may disclose user information to government
authorities, and to other third parties when compelled
to do so by government authorities, at our discretion,
or otherwise as required by law in our good faith
belief, including but not limited to in response to
court orders and subpoenas and as otherwise required in
connection with a judicial or government proceeding or
legal process. We also may disclose user information
when we have reason to believe that someone is causing
injury to or interference with our rights or property,
other users of the Web Site, or anyone else that could
be harmed by such activities. Shradha Designs cooperates
with law enforcement inquiries and other third parties
to enforce laws, intellectual property rights and other
rights.
Business Transfer
In the event that Shradha Designs, or substantially all
of its assets, are acquired by one or more third parties
as a result of an acquisition, merger, sale,
reorganization, consolidation or liquidation, Personal
Information may be one of the transferred assets.
Third Party Ad Servers
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve
ads when you visit our Web Site. If so, a list of these
ad serving companies will be available [here]. These
companies may use information (generally not including
your name, address email address or telephone number)
about your visits to this and other Web sites in order
to provide advertisements about goods and services of
interest to you. These companies may employ cookies and
clear gifs to measure advertising effectiveness. Any
information that these third parties collect via cookies
and clear gifs is generally not personally identifiable
(unless, for example, you provide personally
identifiable information to them through an ad or e-mail
message). We encourage you to read these businesses'
privacy policies if you should have any concerns about
how they will care for your Personal Information.
Wireless Addresses
If the email address you provide to us is a wireless
email address, you agree to receive messages at such
address from Shradha Designs (unless and until you have
elected not to receive such messages by following the
instructions in the [Right to Opt Out] section above).
You understand that your wireless carrier's standard
rates apply to these messages, and that you may change
your mind at any time by following the instructions in
the [Right to Opt Out] section above. You represent that
you are the owner or authorized user of the wireless
device on which messages will be received, and that you
are authorized to approve the applicable charges.
Security
Protecting your information is a priority for Shradha
Designs. Shradha Designs will take reasonable steps to
protect the security and integrity of all Personal
Information provided to this Web Site. However, due to
the inherent nature of the Internet as an open global
communications vehicle, we cannot guarantee that
information, during transmission through the Internet or
while stored on our system or otherwise in our care,
will be absolutely safe from intrusion by others, such
as hackers. No transmission of data over the Internet is
guaranteed to be completely secure. It may be possible
for third parties not under the control of Shradha
Designs to intercept or access transmissions or private
communications unlawfully. While we strive to protect
your personal information, Shradha Designs cannot ensure
or warrant the security of any information you transmit
to us. Any such transmission is done at your own risk.
If you contact us by e-mail, you should be aware that
your transmission might not be secure. A third party
could view information you send by these methods in
transit.
We will have no liability for disclosure of your
information due to errors or unauthorized acts of third
parties during or after transmission.
In the unlikely event that we believe that the security
of your Personal Information in our possession or
control may have been compromised, we may seek to notify
you of that development. If a notification is
appropriate, we would endeavor to do so as promptly as
possible under the circumstances, and, to the extent we
have your e-mail address, we may notify you by e-mail.
You consent to our use of e-mail as a means of such
notification.
Phishing
With identity theft a continuing problem, it has become
increasingly common for unauthorized individuals to send
e-mail messages to consumers, purporting to represent a
legitimate company such as a bank or on-line merchant,
requesting that the consumer provide personal, often
sensitive information. Sometimes, the domain name of the
e-mail address from which the e-mail appears to have
been sent, and the domain name of the web site
requesting such information, appears to be the domain
name of a legitimate, trusted company. In reality, such
sensitive information is received by an unauthorized
individual to be used for purposes of identity theft.
This illegal activity has come to be known as "phishing."
If you receive an e-mail or other correspondence
requesting that you provide any sensitive information
(including your Web Site password or credit card
information) via e-mail or to a web site that does not
seem to be affiliated with our Web Site, or that
otherwise seems suspicious to you, please do not provide
such information.
Children and Privacy
Shradha Designs is concerned about the safety of
children when they use the Internet. We encourage
parents and guardians to spend time with their children
online and to be familiar with the sites their children
visit. We will never knowingly request personally
identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13
without prior verifiable parental consent when legally
required. If we become aware that a customer is under
the age of 13 and has registered without the legally
required prior verifiable parental consent, we will
remove his or her personally identifiable registration
information from our files.
Information posted to message boards, chat areas, club
and home pages are available to the general public.
Please use caution when posting any such information.
Users under the age of 18 should be particularly careful
not to provide any personally identifying information
while using chat rooms or message boards. Users of chat
areas and message boards must follow acceptable
standards of behavior when posting messages online. DK
Co. reserves the right to, but is not obligated to,
refuse or delete any content that in our sole discretion
is considered inappropriate.
Third Party "Linked-To" Web Sites
When you are on our Web Site you may have the
opportunity to visit, or link to, other sites not
operated by Shradha Designs, including other Web sites
operated unaffiliated third parties. These sites may
collect Personal Information about you. Shradha Designs
does not control sites that are operated by these
entities and is not responsible for the information
practices of these sites. This Privacy Policy does not
address the information practices of those other Web
sites.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Shradha Designs reserves the right to change or update
this Privacy Policy, or any other of our policies or
practices, at any time, and will notify users of this
Web Site by posting such changed or updated Privacy
Policy on this page. Any changes or updates will be
effective immediately upon posting to this Web Site.
Under certain circumstances (for example, if we would
like to use your Personal Information in a manner
different from that stated in our Privacy Policy at the
time of collection), we may also elect to notify you of
changes or updates to our Privacy Policy by additional
means, such as by sending you an e-mail.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments regarding our
privacy practices, you may find
address information
here.
Effective Date: March 24, 2008
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