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PRIVACY AND SECURITY POLICY
THE INTERNET, PRIVACY AND SRCM
The Internet contains a wealth of information; unfortunately,
it may also contain personal details about you that you don't
want everyone to know. For example, your real name (lots of people
on the Internet use aliases, alter egos, or nicknames), street
address, phone number, or e-mail address. When you go online,
sites you visit may be gathering information about you without
your knowledge. At SRCM we strive to help our members protect
their privacy while using our services.
SRCM PRIVACY POLICY
SRCM policy is to respect and protect the privacy of our users.
This policy statement tells you how we collect information from
you and how we use it. Using the Internet should be a fun experience
and we want to help you make it so.
You authorize SRCM to display your name on the Preceptors List.
With exception of forwarding your contact information as listed
on the Preceptors List to potential new members, be assured that
SRCM will not disclose your personal information to third parties
without your consent. SRCM may disclose user information in special
cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information
is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against
someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either
intentionally or unintentionally) SRCM's rights or property, other
SRCM users, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities.
SRCM may disclose user information when we believe in good faith
that the law requires it.
There are cases where SRCM may ask you for personal information
such as your name, e-mail address, and birth date. For example,
we request personal information when you register for any classes,
courses, workshops, gatherings, seminars, shopping or transactions,
or for services that require registration or subscription (for
example SRCM Sahaj Net News newsletter). SRCM needs to collect
this information for fulfilling orders, tracking/verifying compliance
with SRCM policies as well as federal, state, and local laws,
and/or for editorial and feedback solicitation purposes. In case
you change your mind or some personal information changes (such
as your ZIP code), we will endeavor to provide a way to correct,
update, or remove the personal data you give us. You can do this
by contacting us at info@srcm.org
OPTING OUT
To keep you in control of your personal information and the communications
directed to you, we allow you to opt out of the following services:
sharing your information in our member directory, receiving communications
from SRCM, and receiving communications from related web sites
such as www.sahajmarg.org
and related service providers and volunteers that we think would
be of value to you. If a person objects to such use for any reason,
he/she may stop that use -- by e-mail request to info@srcm.com.
Information provided when purchasing products from any of our
online stores shall not be used for marketing and promotional
purposes.
POLICIES FOR KIDS (INDIVIDUALS UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE)
SRCM encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with
their children and to participate in the activities offered on
the site. No information should be submitted to or posted at SRCM
by persons under 18 years of age without the consent of their
parent or guardian. Unless otherwise disclosed during collection,
SRCM does not provide any personally identifying information,
regardless of its source, to any third party for any purpose whatsoever
from persons under 18 years of age. All registrants receive an
e-mail confirming their registration. In addition, when a person
under 18 registers, he/she is required to provide the e-mail address
of his/her parent or guardian and that parent or guardian receives
an e-mail alerting them to that registration. No information collected
from persons under 18 years of age is used for any marketing or
promotional purposes whatsoever, either inside or outside SRCM
except as explicitly stated during registration for contests or
promotions (and in that case, the information collected is used
only for the specific contest or promotion).
Although persons under 18 years of age may be allowed to participate
in some essay writing competition or any other related contests,
if such a person wins, notification and prizes are sent to the
parent or guardian identified in the initial registration process.
Publication of names, ages, or images for contest winners under
18 require parental or guardian consent.
We do not allow persons under 18 years of age to be listed in
our member directory or to receive direct communications from
SRCM or related sites.
USE OF IP ADDRESSES
An IP address is a number that's automatically assigned to your
computer whenever you're surfing the Web. Web servers -- the big
computers that "serve up" Web pages -- automatically identify
your computer by its IP address.
SRCM may collect IP addresses for the purposes of system administration,
to report aggregate information to our advertisers, and to audit
the use of our site. When Persons request pages from SRCM sites,
our servers log the persons' IP addresses. We do not normally
link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable, which means
that a user's session will be logged, but the user remains anonymous
to us. We can and will use IP addresses to identify a user when
we feel it is necessary to enforce compliance with our house rules
or terms of service or to protect our service, site, members,
or others. Some services within SRCM, such as certain message
boards, may display IP addresses along with the message poster's
name and message. Please review each service prior to use and
only use those that disclose information you are comfortable with
sharing.
USE OF COOKIES
SRCM may issue cookies. What are cookies? Cookies are pieces of
information that a Web site transfers to an individual's hard
drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies make Web-surfing easier
for you by saving your preferences while you're at our site. We
never save passwords or credit card information in cookies. The
use of cookies is an industry standard -- you'll find them at
most major Web sites.
By showing how and when persons use a site, cookies help us see
which areas are popular and which are not. Many improvements and
updates to the site are based on such data as total number of
visitors and pages viewed. This information is most easily tracked
with cookies. We use the information from cookies to provide services
better tailored to our users' needs.
SRCM has one primary use for its cookies. We use them to specify
unique preferences. We use cookies to track user trends and patterns.
This helps us better understand and improve areas of the SRCM
service that our users find valuable. While this activity depends
on the use of a cookie, visitors to SRCM always have the option
of disabling cookies via their browser preferences.
Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can
reset your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie
is being sent. However, note that some parts of the SRCM service
will not function properly or may be considerably slower if you
refuse cookies. For example, without cookies, you may have difficulty
completing shopping transactions, entering contests, or playing
games.
You may occasionally get cookies from our advertisers. SRCM does
not control these cookies. The use of advertising cookies sent
by third-party servers is standard in the Internet industry.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
Users should be aware that when they are on SRCM, they could be
directed to other sites that are beyond our control. There are
links to other sites from SRCM pages that take you outside our
service. These other sites may send their own cookies to users,
collect data, or solicit personal information. Their privacy policy
may differ from then SRCM policy. Please keep in mind that whenever
you give out personal information online --- for example, via
message boards or chat --- that information can be collected and
used by people you don't know. While SRCM strives to protect their
users' personal information and privacy, we cannot guarantee the
security of any information you disclose online and you do so
at your own risk.
SRCM's policy does not extend to anything that is inherent in
the operation of the Internet, and therefore beyond SRCM's control,
and is not to be applied in any manner contrary to applicable
law or governmental regulation.
SECURITY
The importance of security for all personally identifiable information
associated with our persons is of utmost concern to us. We exercise
great care in providing secure transmission of your information
from your PC to our servers. Unfortunately, no data transmission
over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result,
while we strive to protect your personal information, SRCM can't
ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit
to us or from our online products or services, and you do so at
your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our
best effort to ensure its security on our systems. When credit
card information is transmitted we use industry standard, SSL
(secure socket layer) encryption.
Your SRCM login if assigned, is password-protected so that only
you can access it and view the information relevant to the account.
We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone.
SRCM may also have group user IDs and passwords for certain categories
of its members. This is to facilitate administrators, prefects,
coordinators etc., to access certain privileged information. Such
user Ids and Passwords are to be maintained strictly confidential.
SRCM at its discretion may cancel the login and password if it
believes it is in the best interest of the site and the members.
In such cases, the member shall re-register for accessing such
pages that are affected. You are responsible for maintaining the
secrecy of your passwords and any account information.
Remember to sign out of SRCM and close your browser window when
you have finished your work or order transaction. This is to ensure
that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence
if your computer is accessible to others or if you share a computer
with someone else or are using a computer in a public place like
a library or Internet café.
YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS
By using this site, you signify your assent to the SRCM Privacy
Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use
our site. Your continued use of the SRCM site following the posting
of changes to these terms will mean you accept those changes.
DISCLAIMER
THE MATERIALS IN THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES
OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE
PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE LAW, SRCM DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SRCM
DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE MATERIALS
WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED,
OR THAT THIS SITE OR THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE ARE FREE
OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. SRCM DOES NOT WARRANT
OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF
THE USE OF THE MATERIALS IN THIS SITE IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS,
ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. YOU (AND NOT SRCM) ASSUME
THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION.
APPLICABLE LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Further, SRCM explicitly disclaims any responsibility for the
accuracy, content, or availability of information found on sites
that link to or from SRCM from third parties not associated with
SRCM. SRCM encourages discretion when browsing the Internet using
our or anyone else's service. Because some sites employ automated
search results or otherwise link you to sites containing information
that may be deemed inappropriate or offensive, SRCM cannot be
held responsible for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality,
or decency of material contained in third-party sites, and you
hereby irrevocably waive any claim against us with respect to
such sites.
SRCM cannot ensure that you will be satisfied with any products
or services that you purchase from a third-party site that links
to or from SRCM since other shop channels are owned and operated
by independent retailers. SRCM does not endorse any of the merchandise
unless otherwise specifically stated, nor has SRCM taken any steps
to confirm the accuracy or reliability of, any of the information
contained in such third-party sites.
SRCM does not make any representations or warranties as to the
security of any information (including, without limitation, credit
card and other personal information) you might be requested to
give any third party, and you hereby irrevocably waive any claim
against us with respect to such sites. We strongly encourage you
to make whatever investigation you feel necessary or appropriate
before proceeding with any online or offline transaction with
any of these third parties.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE,
SHALL SRCM BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE MATERIALS
IN THIS SITE, EVEN IF SRCM OR A SRCM AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. APPLICABLE
LAW MAY NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY OR
INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR
EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO EVENT SHALL SRCM'S TOTAL
LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION
(WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT [INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE],
OR OTHERWISE) EXCEED US$1.00.
NO LIABILITY FOR ACTS OF THIRD PARTIES
Although SRCM will use all reasonable efforts to safeguard the
confidentiality of the material, transmissions made by means of
the Internet cannot be made absolutely secure. SRCM will have
no liability for disclosure of material due to errors in transmission
or unauthorized acts of third parties.
OTHER
These terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Texas,USA, without giving effect to any
principles of conflicts of law. You agree that any action at law
or in equity arising out of or relating to these terms shall be
filed only in the state or federal courts located in Austin, Texas,
USA and you hereby consent and submit to the personal jurisdiction
of such courts for the purposes of litigating any such action.
If any provision of these terms shall be unlawful, void, or for
any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed
severable from these terms and shall not affect the validity and
enforceability of any remaining provisions. This is the entire
agreement between us relating to the subject matter herein and
shall not be modified except in writing, signed by both parties.
