Privacy Notice

Effective Date: 7th February 2006

This is the website of CGH Earth Ayurveda

Our postal address is:

CGH Earth

Casino Building, Willingdon Island

Cochin 682003 Kerala INDIA

Phone: +91 484 3011711, 3011500 Fax: +91 484 2668001

Email: [email protected]

In keeping with the goals and objectives of the organization, CGH Earth Ayurveda is committed to the highest degree of respect for the privacy of visitors to our site.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

As is standard practice for most websites, certain visitor characteristics are reflected in our web server logs (e.g. operating system, browser version, and Internet Protocol (IP) address). We make no attempt to link them with the individual visitors to the site.

On its website, CGH Earth Ayurveda gives visitors the option of providing certain personally identifiable information for purposes of submitting inquiries and comments. This information includes name, postal address, email address, and other pertinent data.

By voluntarily providing us with your Personal Data, you are consenting to our use of it in accordance with this Privacy Statement. Due to the nature of the Internet your communications will inevitably result in the transfer of information across international boundaries. By visiting this web site, you consent to these transfers. If you provide personal data to this site, you acknowledge and agree that such personal data may be transferred from your current location to the offices and servers of CGH Earth Ayurveda and its affiliates, agents and service providers located in India and in other countries.

WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION

With regard to non-personally identifiable information, we may periodically analyze our web site logs to assess aggregate usage trends in order to better serve the needs of visitors to the site. Under some circumstances this information may be used for purposes of systems administration or server troubleshooting and security.

We do not sell, rent or share any personally identifiable information voluntarily supplied by visitors or our membership mailing list. We may occasionally subcontract a provide such information to third party subcontractors to make specific offerings on our behalf and with our consent, but only on contractual terms that protect and after measures have been taken to monitor against misuse and unauthorized disclosure of that information.

We do not sell, rent or share any personally identifiable information voluntarily supplied by visitors or our membership mailing list. We may occasionally subcontract a provide such information to third party subcontractors to make specific offerings on our behalf and with our consent, but only on contractual terms that protect and after measures have been taken to monitor against misuse and unauthorized disclosure of that information.

Any further email addresses, phone numbers, or other contact information submitted by visitors voluntarily in the course of inquiries and comments are used only for purposes of taking action in relation to the nature of the inquiry or comment.

MEMBERSHIP DATABASE

CGH Earth Ayurveda may send periodic email or postal mailings from us with information about the group, upcoming events, or issues related to CGH Earth Ayurveda. We offer specific opt-in and opt-out options so if you do not wish to receive such mailings, please inform CGH Earth Ayurveda by email, phone, or postal mail directed to the contact information provided above.

SECURITY

While no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure, we take measures designed to protect the security of data transmitted to us upon receipt.

Our databases, and system administration logs, are restricted only to authorized users. Online transactions of a sensitive nature, e.g. credit card numbers, are protected by secure browser connections. Our site supports use of secure socket layer (SSL) encryption technology to encrypt your personally identifiable information prior to transmission over the Internet. Users whose browsers do not support SSL encryption are encouraged to contact us by phone or in writing.

CONSENT AND CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

Subject to the above provisions, by using our site, you consent to the collection and use of information by us in accordance with this policy. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.

Cookie Policy

We want to learn what is relevant to you and ensure you have a personalized experience. We use digital tools like cookies and tags on our webpages. Cookies also help us provide, protect and improve our services. To learn more, read below:

What Are Cookies?

As is common practice with almost all professional websites, this site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your computer, to improve your experience. This page describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how you can prevent these cookies from being stored, however this may downgrade or ‘break’ certain elements of the site’s functionality.

How We Use Cookies.

We use cookies for a variety of reasons as detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases, there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that you use.

The Cookies We Use:

Site Preferences Cookies

To provide you with a great experience on this site, we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. To remember your preferences, we need to set cookies so that this information can be accessed whenever you interact with a page that is affected by your preferences.

Third Party Cookies

In some special cases, we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. Third party analytics are used to track and measure usage of this site so that we can continue to produce engaging content. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site or pages you visit which helps us to understand how we can improve the site for you. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web to help us understand how you use the site and the various ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as the time spent on the site and the pages that you visit. So that we can continue to produce engaging content for you. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.

The Google AdSense service we use to advertise uses a DoubleClick cookie to serve more relevant ads across the web and limit the number of times that a given ad is shown to you. For more information on Google AdSense see the official Google AdSense privacy FAQ.

From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way the site is delivered. While we are testing new features, these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site. Thus, ensuring that we understand which optimizations our users appreciate the most.

Also, we need to understand statistics like how many visitors to our site make a purchase and this is the kind of data that these cookies will track. This is important to you as it means that we can accurately make business predictions that allow us to monitor our advertising and services costs to ensure the best possible price.

Several partners advertise on our behalf and these affiliate tracking cookies simply allow us to see if our customers have come to the site through one of our partner sites. So, we can credit them appropriately and wherever applicable. It also allows our affiliate partners to provide you with purchase bonuses from time to time.

We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that will allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest, we will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.

Disabling Cookies

You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser ‘Help ‘section). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually also result in disabling certain functionalities and features of this site. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.