Privacy Policy
Updated January 2023
Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation strongly believes in protecting the integrity and privacy of personal information gathered from our supporters and others through all our communication channels and from visitors to our website. The protection of your privacy is of great importance to us.
We have created this privacy policy to communicate our practices regarding the collection and dissemination of personal information that is provided to us and that can be linked to a specific individual, such as a name, postal address, telephone number(s), email address, among other information (hereinafter “Personal Information”), as well as certain non-personally identifiable information collected when you visit many of our web pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Internet Explorer or Firefox), the type of operating system you are using (e.g., Windows XP or Mac OS), the domain name of your internet service provider, aggregate data about the number of visits to the site and/or aggregate data about the pages visited (hereinafter “Aggregate Data”).
This policy also applies when you use social media that overlaps Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation’s social media and/or website, as well as to personal information we collect offline. This policy does not apply to information or data Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation purchases from other sources. Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation uses its best efforts to not share information it collects from those persons it provides services to (commonly referred to as “clients”). See our supplemental donor privacy policy for how we use the information we collect through social media fundraising efforts which applies to donors in tandem with this Privacy Policy.
This policy will be updated periodically, so please be sure to reread it from time to time. The most recent date the privacy policy was updated is provided at the top of the page. By submitting your personal information to us, you are agreeing that Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation may use the information in accordance with this privacy policy.Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation collects Personal Information supplied to us voluntarily by individuals, supporters, volunteers, and visitors to this website. We may use such voluntarily provided information to improve our understanding of your interests, to improve our services, or to contact you for future support. In order to utilize certain features of our site or receive information from Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation or make a donation, you may choose to provide Personal Information. If you do submit information to us, we will use that information for the purposes for which it was submitted. We may also use your information in other ways, such as to contact you about other Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation activities and/or fundraising campaigns, to conduct matching on Facebook or other social media, or as otherwise disclosed to you at the point of collection. We may also use your name, postal address and telephone number(s) to contact you offline.
In the event an employer establishes a giving fund their employees can contribute to, Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation will ask for the donor (employee’s) consent in sharing their personal information back with the employer, for the limited purposes of substantiating the donation and acknowledging the employee’s support.
If you do not wish us to contact you offline, receive such mailings or share your information with these organizations, you may opt-out by contacting us in accordance with the “Opt-Out” section of this policy.
Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation uses third-party vendors to provide services on this website and in offline business operations. The information that you submit on this site may be provided to those vendors on a confidential basis so that those vendors can provide services (such as maintaining our database, sending email messages, facilitating fundraising activities, or processing credit card transactions) on our behalf.
Other than as described in this privacy policy, or as may be necessary to protect the rights, property, and safety of our organization or others, or as may be necessary to comply with applicable law, Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation will not give or sell the Personal Information you provide online.
Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation uses the non-personally identifiable Aggregate Data information to improve the design and content of the site and to enable Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation to personalize your Internet experience. Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation may use the Aggregate Data to analyze Site usage as well as create services and/or products to fit your needs. Also, Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation shares this Aggregate Data with Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation’s related entities, advertisers, partners, and/or other third-party vendors. Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation shall own such Aggregate Data and maintain copies of such as part of its records.
Use of Email Address:
When you donate to Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation or sign up on our website, take an advocacy action, share your story or complete some other data form, you will be asked to supply your email address. Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation does not sell or rent your email address to any third party. We share your email address with Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) FoundationNetwork. Email addresses gathered from donors or subscribers to Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation are only available to employees managing this information for purposes of contacting you or sending you emails based on your request for information, to member food banks, and to contracted service providers and vendors for purposes of providing services relating to our communications with you.
Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation and its network will only use your email address to send information about Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation and our network (such as news and events, special programs, and fundraising). From time to time, we may send out email messages that might include information about like-missioned organizations and companies, but we do not provide them with access to any Personal Information that you have provided.
All our email messages contain a link to unsubscribe from email. You may subscribe or unsubscribe to Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation at any time by contacting Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundationto the following address at the end of this policy.
User Submissions:
Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation welcomes your comments and participation on its site. However, you acknowledge that if you send us creative suggestions, stories, photos, videos, ideas, notes, drawings, concepts, or other information, the information shall be deemed, and shall remain, the property of Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation. By submission of any information to us, you assign to us and we shall exclusively own all now known or hereafter existing rights to such information and shall be entitled to unrestricted use of the information for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation.
As a user of this site, you are responsible for your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of their posting. Therefore, do not impersonate another person and not transmit material to us that is copyrighted, unless you are the copyright owner or have the permission of the copyright owner to post it; do not send material that reveals trade secrets, unless you won them or have the permission of the owner; do not send material that infringes on any other intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others; do not send material that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing to another user or any other person or entity; and do not send sexually explicit images, advertising or solicitations of business, or chain letters.
You represent and warrant that any information and/or material you post or provide to Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation through any medium is truthful, accurate, not misleading, not confidential property of others, and not in violation of any other third party’s rights. Furthermore, you acknowledge and agree that all submissions will become the property of Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation and that we have the right to publish or republish the submission for any type of use including for promotional and advertising purposes without compensation to you of any kind. Should your submission include third party materials, you grant, represent, and warrant that you, as well as the owner of such content, have expressly granted Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide exclusive license to use the submission in any manner, media or form now known or hereafter developed.
Calls and texts:
Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation welcomes your comments and participation on its site. However, you acknowledge that if you send us creative suggestions, stories, photos, videos, ideas, notes, drawings, concepts, or other information, the information shall be deemed, and shall remain, the property of Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation. By submission of any information to us, you assign to us and we shall exclusively own all now known or hereafter existing rights to such information and shall be entitled to unrestricted use of the information for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation.
As a user of this site, you are responsible for your own communications and are responsible for the consequences of their posting. Therefore, do not impersonate another person and not transmit material to us that is copyrighted, unless you are the copyright owner or have the permission of the copyright owner to post it; do not send material that reveals trade secrets, unless you won them or have the permission of the owner; do not send material that infringes on any other intellectual property rights of others or on the privacy or publicity rights of others; do not send material that is obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, abusive, hateful, or embarrassing to another user or any other person or entity; and do not send sexually explicit images, advertising or solicitations of business, or chain letters.
You represent and warrant that any information and/or material you post or provide to Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation through any medium is truthful, accurate, not misleading, not confidential property of others, and not in violation of any other third party’s rights. Furthermore, you acknowledge and agree that all submissions will become the property of Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation and that we have the right to publish or republish the submission for any type of use including for promotional and advertising purposes without compensation to you of any kind. Should your submission include third party materials, you grant, represent, and warrant that you, as well as the owner of such content, have expressly granted Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide exclusive license to use the submission in any manner, media or form now known or hereafter developed.
All above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.
We use cookies, small files that are sent to your Web browser and stored on your computer’s hard drive, to improve our site’s operation. The cookie is used to speed up your access to the site and the information you wish to see, as well as for website analytics, marketing efforts, and for functionality. We may also use other tools to collect data when you visit our website, including pixel tags and other tracking technologies.
The Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation Website may use “cookies” and similar tools like pixel tags and similar tracking technologies, to collect aggregate statistical information and data. Aggregate information does not identify any individual person. We may use or disclose aggregate information for any purpose. The majority of browsers accept cookies, but your browser should also give you options for preventing, accepting, or receiving notice of new cookies. Please be advised that if you block cookies, some site functionality may be lost.
Types of Cookies We Use: We may use the following types of cookies on our site:
Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation also partners with digital platforms that utilize cookies for website retargeting. Purpose of website retargeting is to find visitors of these partners advertising clients’ properties (websites, apps, and newsletters) and send them digital advertising based on their visit or interaction with the client’s owned properties or advertising. The digital platforms use cookies to identify users and then personalize ads based on their browsing experience.
We only share the information obtained through the use of Google Analytics with Google. For more information on Google’s use of your information, please see Types of Cookies Used by Google. The cookies we use for these purposes do not track your Internet usage after leaving our website and do not store your personal information. They will not be used in connection with any other information to identify you in any way. Google Analytics collects information anonymously. It reports website trends without identifying individual visitors. You can opt-out of Google Analytics without affecting how you visit our site – for more information on opting out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites you use, visit this Google page.
More broadly, we may work with data providers to target advertising to you personally, through online and offline methods including email, display media and direct mail. This advertising may be directed to you because you visited or logged in to our website. When we generate this advertising, data we collect from you through online cookies and other technologies may be combined with other de-identified data (such as a hashed, non-readable email or postal address) in order to tailor ads to you based on your preferences and other information about you.
Technologies other than HTTP cookies may be used by third parties in a similar way, to recognize the email recipients’ computer or device and to keep track of which user identities match to which devices or browsers, and those technologies may not respond to browser settings that block conventional cookies.
Disabling cookies
If you wish, you can usually adjust your browser so that your computer does not accept cookies:
Alternatively, you can adjust your browser to tell you when a website tries to put a cookie on your computer.
How you adjust your browser to stop it accepting cookies or to notify you of them, will depend on the type of internet browser program your computer uses. You can follow the appropriate instructions for your specific browser type at https://www.aboutcookies.org. (Again, we are not responsible for external websites).
Cookies do not contain confidential information such as your home address, telephone number or credit card details. We do not exchange cookies with any third-party websites or external data suppliers. If you do choose to disable cookies, you may find that certain sections of our site do not work properly.
If you use social media logins (like Google and Facebook) to log into our website, we may access your public social media profile information. You can always limit this sharing using your social media service settings.
1. Identifiers for our Donors and Those Who Provide Personal Information
Sources of Information
We collect this information from our users, donors, and any business partners. We also generate identifiers internally.
How We Use It
To enable use of our sites, services, and products, to communicate with you, to understand how our users interact with our sites and to improve our offerings and collect your monetary and in-kind support.
Types of Individuals Affected
People who donate to us; use our sites or mobile applications; create a user account; volunteer with us; or obtain a service from us.
How We Share It
We share this data with our service providers and with business partners.
2. Commercial Information
Sources of Information
We collect this information from our donors; and generate it internally during transactions with our donors.
How We Use It
To transact with you if you use our service or make a donation, and to enable transactions you have requested.
Types of Individuals Affected
People who make a donation to us.
How We Share It
We do not share this information except with third party processors for purposes of completing their services to us. All such data is sent protected and encrypted.
3. Electronic Network Activity Information
Sources of Information
We collect this information from our website visitors and social media visitors.
How We Use It
To enable use of our sites, services, and products, to communicate with you, to understand how our users interact with our sites and to improve our offerings and collect your monetary and in-kind support.
Types of Individuals Affected
People who use our sites or mobile applications.
How We Share It
We share this data with our service providers and with business partners, including those to whom you instruct us to send this information.
5. Geolocation Data
Sources of Information
We collect this information from our users and donors.
How We Use It
To enable use of our sites, services, and products, to communicate with you, to understand how our users interact with our sites and to improve our offerings and collect your monetary and in-kind support.
Types of Individuals Affected
People who use our sites or mobile applications and allow us to collect their location data.
How We Share It
We share this data with our service providers.
Notice of Right to Opt-Out of Sale of Personal Information
The purpose of this notice is to inform you of your right to request we not sell your personal information. You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information by Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation.
We understand that no matter how we collect your information, we have a responsibility to protect it. We take that responsibility seriously. We build security into our website features and donation processing from the ground up to help protect data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.
We’re always looking for threats and take reasonable steps to respond to those threats, protecting the information users share with us. Of course, no method of Internet transmission or data storage can provide guaranteed protection to your information. If anything should ever happen to your information, we’ll let you know as soon as we can and try our best to make it right.
Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation is based in India and the information we collect is governed primarily by Indian Laws. Where we are subject to the privacy laws of other countries, we comply with those requirements.
This website has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. The security measures used on this site include, but are not limited to, industry-standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology, firewalls, and internal policies to maintain the security of stored data. While we follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100 percent secure.
Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
VENKATARAYA-SREEDHAR (SRREDHRAYA) Foundation MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND CONCERNING THE ACCURACY, SUITABILITY, OR SAFETY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS WEBSITE OR ANY LINKED SITE FOR ANY PURPOSE. ALL SUCH INFORMATION IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND WITH SPECIFIC DISCLAIMER OF ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. VENKATARAYA-SREEDHAR (SRREDHRAYA) Foundation MAKES NO WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND THAT THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THIS WEBSITE OR ANY LINKED SITE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR THAT THE SITE OR THE SERVER THAT HOSTS THE SITE ARE FREE FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER FORMS OF HARMFUL COMPUTER CODE. IN NO EVENT SHALL VENKATARAYA-SREEDHAR (SRREDHRAYA) Foundation, ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR ANY OTHER PERSON WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION OR DELIVERY OF THIS WEBSITE, BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS SITE OR ANY LINKED SITE.
EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED, VENKATARAYA-SREEDHAR (SRREDHRAYA) Foundation EXPRESLLY DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY, CONTENT, AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, SERVICES OR MERCHANDISE FOUND ON THIRD PARTY STIES THAT LINK TO OR FROM VENKATARAYA-SREEDHAR (SRREDHRAYA) Foundation SITE. VENKATARAYA-SREEDHAR (SRREDHRAYA) Foundation DISCLAIMS ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR PRODUCT OR SERVICE ORDERING FUNCTIONS, ORDER FULFILLMENT OR COMPLIANCE OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES WITH ANY MANUFACTURER’S WARRANTIES ORSPECIFICATIONS. VENKATARAYA-SREEDHAR (SRREDHRAYA) Foundation CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MATERIAL CONTAINED ON THIRD PARTY SITES AND/OR RELATED SERVICES NOR DOES VENKATARAYA-SREEDHAR (SRREDHRAYA) Foundation MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE SECURITY OF ANY INFORMATION YOU MIGHT BE REQUESTED TO GIVE TO THIRD PARTY SITES.
Links to other Websites do not imply an endorsement of the materials disseminated at those Websites, nor does the existence of a link to another site imply that the organization or person publishing at that site endorses any of the materials at this site. Links to other Websites are provided by Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation as a convenience to its users. Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation is not responsible for the materials contained at any Website linked to this site. Our privacy policies and terms of use apply only to your use of the Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation site and direct interactions with Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation. We do not disclose personally identifiable information to those operating linked sites and we are not responsible for their privacy practices.
Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation does not knowingly gather any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. You must be 13 years of age or older to access the site. Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation has no interest in collecting information from children under the age of 13.
By accessing the Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation Website, you agree that the terms, combined with your act of using the website and/or services offered on or through the website have the same legal force and effect as a written contract with your written signature and satisfy any laws that require a writing or signature, including any applicable stature of frauds. You further agree that you shall not challenge the validity, enforceability or admissibility of the terms on the grounds that it was electronically transmitted or authorized. In addition, you acknowledge that you have had the opportunity to print the terms.
Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation may change this Privacy Policy and Terms of use at any time by posting the changed or amended Privacy Policy and Terms of Use on the Website. Your continued viewing of or use of this website following the posting of any changes to this Privacy Policy and Terms of Use will signify your assent to any such changes or amendments.
If you wish to have your data deleted, opt-out of receiving future communications, opt-out of having your information shared by Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation, or exercise any other privacy right you may have by law, please contact Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation at the below address or submit your request via Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation’s website.
All deletion and opt-out requests will be honored, but please be patient with us as it may take six (6) to eight (8) weeks for opt-out changes to be fully implemented.
Should you have any questions about this Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, the practices of this website, or your dealings with this website, contact Venkataraya-Sreedhar (SreedhaRaya) Foundation at:
Attn: Chief Protection Officer
Email:
contact@sreedharaya.org
Registered address:
3-172, 7th Lane,
Pandaripuram, Chilakaluripet,
Palnadu District, AP,
India PIN 522616