Privacy Policy
Effective Date: January 18, 2021
Md Arif Ishtiaq or www.mdarifishtiaq.com is committed to protect your privacy. This privacy policy describes how we collect, use, store, process, and share your information in relation to the website. By accessing, browsing, or using the site; you expressly consent to the collection, use, storage, processing, and disclosure of your information; including personally identifiable information, as described in this policy. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS POLICY, DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SITE.
Disclaimer: We cannot ensure that all of your information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this policy. For example, a third party may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications, or other users of the site may abuse or misuse your personal information. No transmission of data over the internet can be 100% secure.
1. Changes to this Policy
We reserve the right to change this policy at any time, in our sole discretion, upon notice to you. We may give notice by posting the updated policy on the site, sending you an email, or by any other reasonable means. You should periodically review this policy for changes and you can review the most current policy at any time at: www.mdarifishtiaq.com/privacy-policy. The updated policy will govern your use of the site as of the effective date indicated at the top of this policy. If you do not agree to the updated policy, you should stop using the site. Your use of the site after the effective date of the updated version of this policy will constitute your acceptance of the updated policy.
2. Information collection
General: When you visit the site, you can browse without submitting any personal information about yourself. We will, however, receive and store some non-personally identifiable information about your visit, as described below. In order to participate in certain functionalities, you may be asked to provide personally identifiable information. Personally identifiable information is information that can identify you, including, for example your name or email address. It will always be your choice, or the choice of anyone acting for you, to provide personally identifiable information.
User content and user discussions: The site may allow you to submit comments, photos, videos, or other information (“User Content”) to interactive portions of the site, including, but not limited to, the user discussion areas of the site.
Requests or communications submitted by you: The site provides users the option to submit questions, feedback, or comments by filling out a form available under the “Contact” link. This form asks for your name and email address and we will use this information to respond to your inquiries. Any communications and contact information that you voluntarily submit to us may be saved indefinitely.
Automatically collected information: Similar to other websites, we may collect some information automatically and store it in log files. This collection may include, but is not limited to: your domain name and host for Internet access, the Internet address of the site from which you came, the date and time of your access, your computer’s IP address and information about its operating system, browser, etc. We collect these non-identifying information in order to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer the site. We also use it to gather broad demographic information. If you elect to create an account, this information may be combined with your personal information to service your account or otherwise improve your user experience on the site. Any such combined information will be treated as personally identifiable information in accordance with this policy.
We may automatically collect information using the following mechanisms;
Cookies: A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a computer for record-keeping purposes. We and our third-party analytics providers use cookies to record information about your activities on the site and to “remember” you when you return to the site. Some cookies remain on your computer until you delete them. Others, like session ID cookies, expire when you close your browser. You may set your browser setting to attempt to reject cookies and you may still use the site, however certain features of the site may not be available if your browser does not accept cookies. We do not control the use of cookies by third parties. Also see the section on “Third party analytics providers” below.
Third party analytics providers: We use third parties to help us operate and improve the site. We may provide these third parties with information we collect and they may collect information from you about your use of the site. If we provide information to third parties, it will, unless specifically noted otherwise in this policy, be governed by this policy and may only be used by those third parties to help us operate or improve the site and to provide services to us. We do not control information independently collected by third parties and are not responsible for their use of that information.
3. Information use
Use of personally identifiable information: We may use your personally identifiable information, such as your email address to send you promotional or informational emails that you expressly choose (or “opt in”) to receive. You may also receive emails or other communications from us in response to inquiries that you submit using the “Contact” link. When you receive a promotional or informational email from us, the email will contain our contact information and an unsubscribe link that will allow you to opt-out of future emails from us. If you opt-out, you will still continue to receive email responses to your inquiries or other service-related emails. We may also use personally identifiable information to resolve disputes; to detect and protect against errors, fraud, and criminal activity; to assist law enforcement; to enforce this policy; or for any other purpose described in this policy or that we describe to you at the time of collection.
Use of non-personally identifiable information: We may use non-personally identifiable information for any lawful purpose, including, but not limited to analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movements on the site, and for management and improvement of the site. We may also use this information to monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors or pages viewed; or to track submissions in any interactive portion of the site. We may also combine non-personally identifiable information with non-personally identifiable information collected from other sources.
Information retention: We will retain your information indefinitely, or as long as legally required or allowed. We may dispose of any information at our discretion without notice, subject to applicable law. We do not undertake any retention obligations through this statement.
4. Information disclosure
Affiliated entities or service providers: We will not sell or rent any of your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes. However, we may disclose your information to any affiliated entity or organization and to agents and service providers. These third parties may include various business service providers or providers that supply support for the site or otherwise are working directly with us. For information on the use of information by agents and service providers, also see the “Third Party Analytics Providers” section above.
Campaign partners: We may, with your consent, share your personal information with third party campaign partners. These third parties may include various non-profit organizations or other organizations whose goals and missions align with those of Md Arif Ishtiaq. Campaign partners may collect information such as your name, address, zip code, email address, or phone number. In some cases, the personal information you share with campaign partners may be publicly disclosed. Please review the notices, disclosures, and privacy policies of all third-party campaign partners prior to sharing any information with them. We have no control over and are not liable or responsible for the privacy practices, terms of use, or content of campaign partner sites. For more information on the use of information by third party campaign partners, also see the “Linked sites” section below.
User content: If you submit user content to any interactive portion of the site, including, but not limited to user discussion sections of the site, your user content will be made publicly available to anyone who visits that area of the site. Other users or the general public may access, re-post, or use user content that you make publicly available through the site. Even if you remove or delete your user content, copies may remain in cached or archived areas of the site. If you share user content with linked sites, the content you share will be subject to that site’s privacy policy.
Legal requirements: In some cases, we may disclose your information (1) as required by any applicable law or legal regulation; (2) if we believe disclosure is needed to protect our rights, property, or safety; (3) to government regulators or law enforcement authorities in connection with any judicial proceeding, court order, subpoena, or legal process served on us or the site; and (4) to respond to a physical threat to you or another person.
5. Children’s privacy
This site is not for or directed towards children. Our primary audience is adults and young adults. We do not intend to and will not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 18; children under the age of 18 are prohibited from using the site without parent/guardian supervision. We also recommend that children over the age of 18 ask their parents for permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone over the internet.
6. Linked Sites
The site contains links to other sites. We have no control over and are not liable or responsible for the privacy practices, terms of use, or content of linked sites. The linked sites may collect personally identifiable information from you that is not subject to our control. The data collection practices of linked sites will be governed by that site’s privacy policy. Please review the privacy policies of any linked sites you may access.
7. Accessing, updating, or deleting your personal information
If personal information that you have submitted to us changes or if you would like to remove your personal information, please contact us. We will make good faith efforts to resolve requests to remove information or correct inaccurate information except where the request is unreasonable, requires disproportionate technical effort or expense, jeopardizes the privacy of others, or would be impractical.
8. Contact information and privacy questions
If you have questions about this policy or other matters that relate to it, you may contact us by going to the “Contact” link and using the form located there.