Scope
This privacy policy covers how Pothi.com treats personal information that Pothi.com collects and receives, including information related to your use of Pothi.com services. Personal information is information about you that is personally identifiable like your name, address, email address, or phone number, and that is not otherwise publicly available.
This policy does not apply to the practices of companies that Pothi.com does not own or control, or to people that Pothi.com does not employ or manage.
The privacy policy is subject to change without notice. To make sure you are aware of any changes, please review this policy periodically.
Information Collection and Use
Pothi.com may collect personal information when you register, when you use Pothi.com services and when you visit Pothi.com pages or the pages related to the content contained within Pothi.com. Pothi.com may combine information about you that we have with information we obtain from business partners or other companies in order to provide services you have requested from Pothi.com.
Pothi.com automatically receives and records information on its server logs from your browser, including your IP address, browser settings, and pages requested. Pothi.com also requires a cookie, used to keep track of your login status, cart content and any other website activity to enhance user experience.
Pothi.com may collect information like Name, e-mail id, telephone number, shipping and billing addresses, bank account details, payment e-mail id, PAN etc. during one of the following activities on the website
- Registration
- Ordering
- Remitting Author Earnings
- Newsletter subscription
These details are used only for the specific purposes of
- Fulfilling your requests for products and services
- Improving our services
- Contacting you, conducting research and providing anonymous reporting to internal and external clients
- Delivering Newsletter
- Remitting Author Earnings
You have the option to opt-out from Pothi.com's newsletter, e-groups and other communication channels. However, certain critical announcements which are necessary for all our users may still be sent to you by Pothi.com
Information Sharing
Pothi.com does not share personal information about you with non-affiliated individuals or companies. The information is shared only under the following circumstances
- Pothi.com provides the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with Pothi.com under confidentiality agreements. They may only use your data as directed by Pothi.com, which includes using your personal information to help Pothi.com communicate with you, printing and shipping your books, delivering services or other products, and completing financial transactions. However, these partners do not have any independent right to share this information, nor do they have any right to contact you for matters not pertaining to Pothi.com.
- Pothi.com may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process. Pothi.com may disclose personal information to law enforcement offices, third party rights owners, or others in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to: enforce our Terms or Privacy Policy; respond to claims that an advertisement, posting or other content violates the rights of a third party; or protect the rights, property or personal safety of our users or the general public.
- Pothi.com and its affiliates will share some or all of your personal information with another business entity should we (or our assets) plan to merge with, or be acquired by that business entity. In this event, Pothi.com will notify you before information about you is transferred if it becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
Any personally identifiable information you include in the content uploaded on Pothi.com for publishing (including in the books and other products, open forums on Pothi.com) may be widely available to other users. Pothi.com does not exercise control over those users and cannot guarantee that your personal information will be protected as described in this Privacy Policy. Pothi.com does not modify the content to delete personal information. If you do not want to share the personal information, you must delete it before uploading the content.
Your Pothi.com account is password protected. It is your responsibility to safeguard your password.
Pothi.com limits access to personal information about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs.
Queries
For any queries regarding this privacy policy, please send an e-mail to info@pothi.com