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Privacy Policy

Last Updated On 5 May 2021

1. Overview

At PunjabiBusinessDirectory, accessible from https://punjabibusinessdirectory.com/, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that are collected and recorded by PunjabiBusinessDirectory.com and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in PunjabiBusinessDirectory.com. This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

2. Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

3. Information We Collect

The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.

The information may be provided through the following sources:

  • Directly by you;
  • By your internet service provider;
  • Analytics providers;
  • Operating systems and platforms;

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

  • To fulfill or meet the reason you provided the information
  • Provide services to you
  • Operate and maintain our website & service
  • Improve, personalize, and expand our website & service
  • Understand and analyze how you use our website & service
  • Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
  • Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
  • Send you emails
  • Find and prevent fraud

PunjabiBusinessDirectory.com never uses the personal information we collected from you for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you the proper notice.

5. Aggregated Data

We may also use your personal information to generate Aggregated Data for internal use and for sharing with others on a selective basis. “Aggregated Data” means records that have been stripped of information potentially identifying users, and which have been manipulated or combined to provide generalized, anonymous information. Your identity and personal information will be kept anonymous in Aggregated Data.

6. Log Files

PunjabiBusinessDirectory.com follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any personally identifiable information. The purpose of the information is to analyze trends, administer the site, track users’ movement on the website, and gather demographic information.

7. Cookies and Web Beacons

PunjabiBusinessDirectory.com uses ‘cookies to track user information. These cookies are tiny files, which are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.

8. Links

Our Site and/or Services may contain links to other sites and platforms. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of linked sites. Their privacy policies and practices can differ from our policies and practices.

9. Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of PunjabiBusinessDirectory.com.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on PunjabiBusinessDirectory.com, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or personalize the advertising content you see on websites you visit.

Note that PunjabiBusinessDirectory.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

10. Third-Party Privacy Policies

PunjabiBusinessDirectory.com’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt out of certain options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. It can be found at the browsers ‘ respective websites to know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers.

11. Rights to Your Information (Access, Edit & Delete)

You have the right to access, edit, and delete your information at any time through the web interface provided as part of the Services. On written request and subject to proof of identity, you may access the personal information that we hold, used, or communicated and ask that any necessary corrections be made, where applicable, as authorized or required by law.

You if no longer want to use our services for any reason, you can delete your personal information that we have collected by visiting our contact us page. You may need to prove your identity to delete your account and other details. It may take 45 calendar days to fully remove your account and personal information from our system. Your request may be denied in an exceptional case permitted by the law.

If you think that the personal information we maintain about you is inaccurate or not up to date, please inform us immediately of any change in your personal information by contacting us.

12. CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Among other rights, The CCPA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information. This section describes your CCPA rights and explains how to exercise those rights.

  1. The right to know about our collection and use of your personal information over the past 12 months. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will disclose certain information to you:
    • The categories of personal information we collected about you.
    • The categories of sources for the personal information we collected about you.
    • Our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that personal information.
    • The categories of third parties with whom we share that personal information.
    • The specific pieces of personal information we collected about you.
  2. The right to request the deletion of any personal data about the consumer that we have collected from you.
    • You can ask for the deletion by visiting our contact us page.
    • We will act upon your deletion request within 45 calendar days. We may take another 45 days (90 days total) after notifying you in some exceptional cases.
    • We may ask you for additional information for verification purposes.
    • We may deny your deletion request by explaining the proper reason in some exceptional cases.
  3. The right to Opt-out
    • You can request not to sell your personal information (the “right to opt-out”) by visiting our contact us page.
  4. The right to Non-Discrimination
    • We will never deny goods or services, charge you a different price, or provide a different level or quality of goods or services just because you exercised your rights under the CCPA (Unless permitted by the CCPA).
  5. You can read more about this act here.

13. GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

  • The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
  • The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
  • The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
  • If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

14. Children’s Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

You must be at least 13 years old or such greater age required in your country to register for or use our Services. PunjabiBusinessDirectory.com does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

15. Security and Retention

We store and process your data with the utmost security and use different kinds of security layers to prevent unauthorized access to your data. But noting is 100% secure on the internet. You’re advised to never share your personal and sensitive information with anyone. In case of any data breach, we will inform you through your given contact details as soon as possible.

16. Changes To This Privacy

We may update or change our privacy policy from time to time. If we do so, we will update you through an email and a notice on our website. You need to agree with our updated privacy policy to use our services.

18. Contact Us

If you’ve any questions, feedback, or any kind of other queries regarding our privacy policy, please contact us. Our support team will contact you back as soon as possible.