Privacy Policy

Last updated: ​(1st April, 2023)

Delhi Poetry Slam ("us", "we", or "our") operates at​ http://www.delhipoetryslam.com ​(the "Site").

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information we receive from users of the Site.

We use your Personal Information to make our services better. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Information Collection and Use

While using our Site, we may ask you to provide certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to your name, birth date, email address, physical address and other relevant information ("Personal Information").

We collect information about you when you provide us your information through “apply online” forms, applications for trainings, scholarships, jobs, study opportunities and other relevant activities. We collect your information when you store your data on the delhipoetryslam profile, or through other communications and interactions you have with us via our Website, email or telephone. When you submit information to us, you are doing so on a completely voluntary basis, at your sole discretion and will. When applying via our system, you may also provide other information which particular company using our services requires. All these data is stored and collected on our Website as well. The information you may be requested to submit may include (but is not limited to): Name, Address, Email Address, Telephone Number, Passport and other ID details, Date of Birth, academic and educational backgrounds and interests, hobbies, poems etc.

Log Data

Like many site operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Site ("Log Data").

This Log Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, browser version, pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.

In addition, we may use third party services such as Google Analytics that collect, monitor and analyze your activities on our site.

Communications

We may use your Personal Information to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that we find useful for you.

Information Sharing

We will not share the personal information you provide to us or to the companies you are applying to with other parties. Only unidentified information may be shared to make our services better and more useful.

 

User Categories

There are 2 (two) different types of users of our Website, as follows: (1) Users as Subscribers, (2) Users as Participants.

Below are descriptions for each type of user so you can determine what category of user applies to you.

Users as Subscribers may sign up in our website using their email and password. Each user will receive a personal account page and may change the details provided during subscription or add new ones. Subscribed users may use our “APPLY ONLINE” feature and apply to different opportunities worldwide using our platform. Each user may save announcements in their favorites and receive deadline reminder about each one. All user activities are tracked on our website.

Users as Participants will receive administrative account and will be able to track each other’s text and video uploads connected to their participant account. Also Participant Account owners can receive comments from subscribed users, view those comments and download all feedback. Participant Account owners may become online paying customers and pay online to get their announcements posted on our website.

Cookies

Cookies are files with small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer's hard drive.

Like many sites, we use "cookies" to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.

Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Hosting

Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc. They provide us with the online e-commerce platform that allows us to sell our products and services to you.Your data is stored through Shopify’s data storage, databases and the general Shopify application. They store your data on a secure server behind a firewall.

Payment

If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, then Shopify stores your credit card data. It is encrypted through the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). Your purchase transaction data is stored only as long as is necessary to complete your purchase transaction. After that is complete, your purchase transaction information is deleted.

All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers. For more insight, you may also want to read Shopify’s Terms of Service (https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms) or Privacy Statement (https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy).

Changes To This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy was created and is effective as of ​1st November 2017 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page.

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications to the

Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us, or by placing a prominent notice on our website.

Contact Us

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