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Privacy Policy

Who we are

Shirdi Sai Baba Sanstha is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization established in Hampshire – suburb of Chicago in the state of Illinois, USA. Sai Vichaar site publishes news, views, opinions, experiences and stories of devotees of Shirdi Sai Baba at our website address: http://sv.saibaba.org or saibaba.org

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

Forms are used to help you contact with us and we gather minimal data to identify you and record your comments to enable us to reply and keep you posted as per your request.  This data may be shared with third party providers if needed to only provide you service and not for marketing purposes or other financial gains.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

Saibaba.Org may use information collected through its services and website for research and development purposes. However, such usage will not include any personally identifiable information in such research or analysis. We only use your information for its intended purposes and to notify you of our services, events and information related to the Saint of Shirdi.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

By completing transactions and completing the forms, you give Saibaba.Org permission to use your contact information as stated above. Saibaba.Org uses industry-leading Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology to keep your personal information as secure as possible.

Additional information

Saibaba.Org complies with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 13. Personal information collected is stored in our secure database and we reserve the right to divulge information as necessary to comply with any state and federal laws.

This website may contain links to third party websites. Saibaba.Org is not responsible for the privacy practices of these other websites. Each organization may also have its own privacy policy. We encourage all donors and/or users to learn about the privacy policies and practices of all companies and charities.