1. Identifying information

In order to take advantage of certain features the Website may choose to offer including, but not limited to, event registration, you may be asked to complete a registration form which will provide us with personally identifiable information such as your name, email address, telephone number, physical address or other personal information. Such personal information may be collected via online forms that you are required to submit on the Website. You may also be asked to choose a user ID and password in order to identify yourself during future visits to the Website.

2. Surveys and voting

From time to time we may request personally identifiable information from you via surveys or voting polls. Participation is voluntary and you will have the opportunity to decide whether or not to disclose information. At times, you may have to register to vote or to take part in a survey.

3. Links to other websites

The Website may contain links to other websites. District Grand Lodge of Bombay is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those other web sites.

4. Cookies

When you visit the Website, we may send one or more cookies – a small text file containing a string of alphanumeric characters – to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. The Website uses both session cookies and persistent cookies. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser. Persistent cookies may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the site. Persistent cookies can be removed by following your web browser help file directions. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your browser. You can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of the Website may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled.

5. Log files

When you use the Website, our servers automatically record certain information that your web browser sends whenever you visit any website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser language, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform type, number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed and the order of those pages, the amount of time spent on particular pages, the date and time of your request, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.

While we may thus collect a lot of information about you, we will NEVER share it with anyone without your specific consent other than for the purposes for which your originally shared it with us.

6. Applicability of GDPR

Residents of the European Union (“EU”) should note that this Privacy Policy has been updated in accordance with the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”). As per the provisions of the GDPR we shall be considered the Controllers of the Personal information collected as a result of your use/access of the Website.

For non-EU residents, by continuing to use or access the Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, you may not use or access the Website.

7. What Personal/ Non-Personal Information do we collect?

To register for an event, subscribe to our newsletter/alerts or to get in touch with us through the form available on our ‘contact us’ section or if you call us directly, you would need to provide us with Personal Information including but not limited to your name, organization, telephone number, e-mail address and physical address. We may also collect your Personal Information such as your name, e-mail address etc. when you communicate with us through e-mail.

i) Website and social media accounts:We may also collect, store and use your Personal Information when you (1) access our social networking handles operated by us (such as those on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) (2) share or comment on our blogs (3) comment/ provide feedback/testimonials on such social networking handles. We may also automatically collect non-personally identifiable information through cookies to improve our Website and Offerings, such as pattern of your use of the Website, our Offerings, visits, material that you viewed or searched for; page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, IP address and date and time when you access or use website. Cookies are small encrypted files, that the Website transfers to the device through which you access our Website.

ii) Google Analytics:This Website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies, text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the Website. The information generated by the cookies about your use of this Website is usually transferred to a server of Google in the US and stored there. In case of activation of IP anonymization on this Website, your IP address from Google will be truncated within Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address is transmitted to a Google server in the US and shortened there. You can refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser software.

iii) AdWords: We use Google AdWords as a marketing tool to allow the members of the public to reach out to us through our Website. We also collect and store information when you, in order to interact with us, click on our advertisement which is displayed on the Google search page and subsequently get directed to our Website.