Protecting your private information is my priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to https://glorioushinduism.com and Glorious Hinduism and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Glorious Hinduism include https://glorioushinduism.com. The Glorious Hinduism website is a blog site. By using the Glorious Hinduism website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
If you have any privacy-related questions or concerns, feel free to contact me.
Collection of Personal Data
In context of this privacy policy, “personal data” or “personal information” refers to any personally identifiable information or data.
Comments and Contact Forms
In short: I collect the information shown in the comment/contact forms. Spam protection services will scan your submissions. I also use cookies for our comment form.
When visitors submit comments or contact forms on the site, I collect the data shown in the respective forms, which consists of the visitor’s name and email address. I also collect the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An automated spam detection service called Akismet will check visitor comments. For more information, see the Akismet privacy policy: https://akismet.com/privacy/. The invisible Google reCAPTCHA service will check your contact form submissions to protect against spam and abuse. Your use of the invisible reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
If you submit a comment, an anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment. You may also opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
Website Analytics
In short: We use Google Analytics for statistics to improve our website. Google Analytics will collect your data, but you will remain anonymous. I encourage you to read the Google Analytics privacy policy for more information.
I may also utilize selected third-party vendors, such as Google Analytics, to allow tracking technologies on Glorious Hinduism through the use of first-party cookies and third-party cookies, to, among other things, analyze and track users’ use of the website, determine the popularity of certain content, better understand online activity, and improve the overall functionality of the website. To ensure privacy, I have enabled IP anonymization such that you will remain anonymous on Google Analytics. By accessing Glorious Hinduism, you consent to the collection and use of your information by Google Analytics.
You are encouraged to review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your questions. You can visit the Google Analytics privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. We do not transfer personal information to Google Analytics. However, if you do not want any information to be collected and used by tracking technologies, you can visit the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Addon https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout to enable you to opt-out of Google’s programs.
Media
In short: If you embed media, make sure to omit embedded location data.
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Embedded content from other websites
In short: I may embed content from third-party sites for informational purposes. These third-party sites may collect your data/cookies.
Articles on Glorious Hinduism may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Your Rights to Privacy
In short: You may reqest to have a copy of the personal data I hold about you.
If you have left comments or submitted a contact form, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data I hold about you, including any data you have provided. You can also request that I erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data I am obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Privacy Policy Changes
In short: My policy may change, and I encourage you to periodically check.
Glorious Hinduism may occasionally change its privacy policy. This will happen if I implement other third-party services or plugins into our website. Glorious Hinduism encourages you to periodically check this privacy policy page for any changes.