PRIVACY NOTICE
Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at Silver Stroke Communications Pvt Ltd. (“Company”, “we’, “us”, “our”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at info@silverstrokecommunications.com.
When you visit our website https://www.silverstrokecommunications.com/ (the “website”), and more generally, use any of our services (the services which include our website), we appreciate that you are trusting us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this privacy notice, we seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it. We hope that you take some time to read through it very carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy notice that you do not agree with, please discontinue us of our services immediately.
This privacy notice applies to all information collected through our services (which, as described above, includes our website ,) as well as any related services, sales, marketing, or events.
Please read this privacy notice carefully as it will help you understand what we do with the information that we collect.
- What information do we collect?
Personal information you disclose to us
In short: we collect personal information you provide to us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an intent in obtaining information about us or our products and services, when you participate in activities on the website (such as by posting messages in our online forums or entering competitions, contests or giveaways) or otherwise when you contact us.
The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interaction with us and the website, the choices you make and the products and features that you use. The personal information that we collect may include the following:
Personal information provided by you. We collect names, phone numbers, email addresses, mailing addresses, contact preferences, and other similar information.
Social Media Login Data. We may provide you with the option to register with us using your existing social media account details, like Facebook, Twitter or other social media accounts. If you choose to register in this way, we will collect the information described in the section called “HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?” below.
All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
Information automatically collected
In Short: Some information _ such as your internet protocol address (IP), and /or browser and devices characteristics- is collected automatically when you visit our website.
We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the website> this information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) But may include device and usga information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name country, location, information about how and when you use our website and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our website, and forma our internal analytics and reporting purposes.
Like many businesses, we collect information through cookies and similar technologies.
The information we collect includes:
- Log and usage data: Log and usage data is service related, diagnostic, usage and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our website and which we record in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type and settings, and information about your activity in the website (such as the date/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches and other actions you take such as which features you use) , devise event information, (such as system activity, error reports (sometimes called crash dumps) and hardware settings.
- Device Data: We collect device data such as information about your computer, phone , tablet or other device you may use to access the website. Depending on the device used, the data may include information such as your IP address (proxy server), device and application identification numbers, location , browser type, hardware model, internet service provider and /or mobile carrier, operating system and system configuration information.
- Location data: We collect location data such as information about your device location, which can be either precise or imprecise. How much information we collect, depends on the type and setting of the device you use to access the website. For example, we may use GPS and other technologies to collect geolocation data that tells us your current location based on your IP address. You can opt out of allowing us to collect this information either by refusing to access this information or by disabling your location setting on your device. Note, however, if you choose to opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of the service.
2. How do we use your personal information?
In short: we process your information for purposes based on legitimate business interest, the fulfilment of our contract with you, compliance with our legal obligations, an/ or your consent.
We use personal information collected via our website for a variety of business purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests, in order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations. We indicate the specific processing grounds we rely on next to each purpose listed below:
We use the information we collect or receive:
- To send you marketing or promotional communications. We and/ or our third party marketing partners may use the personal information you send to us for marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. For example, when expressing an interest in obtaining information about us our our website, subscribing to marketing or otherwise contacting us, we will collect personal information from you. You can opt out of our marketing emails at any time. (see the “WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS BELOW.)
- Deliver targeting advertising to you. We may use your information to deliver and display personalised content and advertising (and work with third parties who do so) tailored to your interest and/ or location and to measure its effectiveness.
- Will your information be shared with anyone?
In short: We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services , to protect your rights, or to fulfil business obligations.
We may process or share your data that we hold based on the following legal basis.
- Consent: We may process your date if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose.
- Legitimate interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interest.
- Performance of a contract: where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfil the terms of the contract.
- Legal Obligations: we may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order or legal process such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including a response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
- Vital Interests: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situation involving potential threats to safety of any person or illegal activities , or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following ways:
- Business Transfer: We may share or transfer you information in connection with, or during negotiation of, any merger , sale of company assets, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
- Do we use cookies and other tracking technologies?
In short: we may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.
We may use cookies and other similar technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information.
- How do we handle your social logins?
In short: If you choose to register or login to our services using a social media account, we may have access to certain information about you.
Our website offers you the ability to register a login using your third party social media account details (like your Facebook or Twitter logins). Where you choose to do this, we will receive certain profile information about you from your social media provider. The profi;le information we may receive vary depending upon the social media concerned, but will often include your name, email address, friends list, profile picture as well as other information you choose to make public on such social media platforms.
We will use the information we receive only for the purposes that are described in this privacy notice or that are otherwise made clear to you on the relevant website. Please note that we do not control, and are not responsible for, other uses of your personal information by your third part social media provider. We recommend that you review their privacy notice to understand how they collect, use and share your personal information, and how you can set your privacy preferences on their sites and apps.
- How long do we keep your information?
In short: we keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law.
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax accounting or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal information for longer than 1 year.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if it is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
- How do we keep your information safe?
In short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information that we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed that hackers, cyber criminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security, an improperly access, steal or modify your information transmission of personal information to and from our website is at your own risk. You should only access the website within a secure environment.
- What are your privacy rights ?
In short: In some regions such as the European Economic Area (EEA) and United Kingdom (UK), you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information. You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.
In some regions (like the EEA and UK), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure, (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information, and (iv) if applicable, to data portability. In certain circumstances, you may have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. To make such a request, please use the contact details as provided below. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please note however that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal, nor will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
If you are a resident in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority.
Cookies and Similar Technologies: Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our website.
- Controls for do not track features
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (DNT) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practise in a revised version of this privacy note.
- Do California residents have specific privacy rights?
In short: Yes, if you are a resident of California, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information.
California Civil Code Section 1798. 83, also known as the ‘Shine The Light’ Law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about Categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and address of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request in writing to us using the contact information provided below.
If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with the website, you have the right to request the removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the website. To request removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the website, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from all our systems (e.g. backups etc)
- Do we make updates to this notice?
In short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated notice will be indicated by an updated “revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. We make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
- How can you contact us about this notice?
If you have any questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at info@silverstrokecommunications.com.
- How can you review, update or delete the data we collect from you?