Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at Himalayan Magazine (“Himalayan Magazine”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any queries about our privacy policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us.

In this privacy policy, we will explain what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue website. This privacy policy applies to all information collected through our website Himalayan Magazine and/or any related services, sales, marketing or events (we refer to them collectively in this privacy policy as the “Services”).

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

We collect and process the following information which may include your personal data.

  • To respond to your enquiries and requests for support
    We may process contact information (i.e. name & email) through our contact us which you have provided us. This is solely for the purpose of responding to your enquiries and support requests.
  • Information used for the purposes of serving advertisements
    Through our third party advertising network partners Adsense we may gather information about your devices when you use our website. For detail information please visit here.
  • Information collected for the purposes of providing analytics
    We may collect technical information about your use of our services through the use of tracking technologies and analytics with Google Analytics.
  • To help us improve our online services and fix any bugs
    To provide better user experience we may collect information such as your device Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, device name, operating system version, browser, the time and date of your use of the Service, and other statistics via Google Analytics.

HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short : We process your information for purposes based on legitimate business interests, the fulfilment of our contract with you, compliance with our legal obligations, and/or your consent.

Below are some definitions that will help you understand the roles and responsibilities of Himalayan Magazine:

  • Data controller means a person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information are, or are to be used.
  • Data processor in relation to personal information, means any person (other than an employee of the data controller) who processes the data on behalf of the data controller.

If you provide the data and the instructions, then you are the data controller whereas Himalayan Magazine is the data processor. If we determine the purposes for which we collect and use your personal information, then we are the Controller.

We use the information we collect or receive:

  • Deliver targeted advertising to you
    We may use your information to develop and display content and advertising tailored to your interests or location.
  • Request Feedback
    We may use your information to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our services. 
  • To protect our Services
    We may use your information as part of our efforts to keep our services safe and secure (for example, for fraud monitoring, DDOS attack and prevention).
  • To enforce our terms, conditions and policies for Business Purposes, Legal Reasons and Contractual
  • To respond to legal requests and prevent harm
    If we receive a subpoena or other legal request, we may need to inspect the data we hold to determine how to respond.
  • To deliver services to the user
    We may use your information to provide you with the requested service.
  • To deliver better user experience with analytics

WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH ANYONE

We only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfil business obligations.

We may process or share data based on the following legal basis:

  • Consent
    We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information in a specific purpose.Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.
  • Legal Obligations
    We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
  • Vital Interests
    We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

WHO WILL YOUR INFORMATION BE SHARED WITH?

We only share information with Google Analytics. If you wish to revoke your consent, please contact us at “info@himalayanmagazine.com” or fill a form on our website here.

COOKIES

Cookies are files with a small amount of data that are commonly used as anonymous unique identifiers. Cookies are sent to your browser from the websites when you visit our website. They are stored on your device’s internal memory.

This Service does not use these “cookies” explicitly. However, the website may use third party code and libraries that use “cookies” to collect information and improve their services. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies and know when a cookie is being sent to your device. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use our services.

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through your browser settings. To find out more about cookies generally and how to manage or delete them, you can visit here.

Our website may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

CHILDREN

We do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will immediately delete this from our servers. Any queries, please contact us at “info@himalayanmagazine.com” so that we will be able to take necessary actions.

SECURITY

We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. We will take all reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. For example, our databases are password protected and limited to essential members only (members whose main role requires cms management).

Please be aware that, although we endeavour to provide reasonable security for information we process and maintain, no security system can prevent all potential security breaches.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately after they are posted on this page.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at ‘info@himalayanmagazine.com’ or you can fill the form on the website here.