Indian Christian Matrimony is an online matrimonial portal endeavouring constantly to provide you with
matrimonial services. This privacy statement is common to all the matrimonial
Website/apps operated under Indian Christian Matrimony.com Since we are strongly committed
to your right to privacy, we have drawn out a privacy statement with regard to
the information we collect from you. You acknowledge that you are disclosing
information voluntarily. By accessing /using the website/apps and/or by
providing your information, you consent to the collection and use of the info
you disclose on the website/apps in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you
do not agree for use of your information, please do not use or access this
website/apps. What information you
need to give in to use this Website/apps? The information we
gather from members and visitors who apply for the various services our
Website/Apps offers includes, but may not be limited to, photo of the user,
email address, name, date of birth, educational qualifications, a
user-specified password, mailing address, zip/pin code and telephone/mobile
number or fax number. We use a secure server
for credit card transactions to protect the credit card information of our
users and Cookies are used to store the login information. Cookies are small
files placed on your hard drive that will assist us in providing our services.
You may also encounter Cookies or identical/related devices on certain pages of
the website/apps that are placed by third parties. We do not control the use of
cookies by third parties. If you establish a
credit account with us to pay the fees we charge, some additional information,
including a billing address, a credit/debit card number and a credit/debit card
expiration date and tracking information from cheques or demand drafts is
collected. The user information
we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the website
or Apps, the choices you make and the products and features you use. The User
Information is used for authentication and account access, If a user registers
using social networking platforms such as Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and others
we may collect personal data you choose to allow us to access through their
APIs. When the user accesses our websites or apps, data relating to device ID,
log files, Geographic Location, device Information/specification are also
collected automatically. We may use also your
personal information for analysis of data, usage trends and to evaluate and
improve our site/App, marketing research, preventing of frauds. In our efforts
to continually improve our product and service offerings, we collect and
analyse demographic and profile data about our users' activity on our
website/apps. We identify and use your IP address to help diagnose problems
with our server, and to administer our website/apps. Your IP address is also
used to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information. Why does our mobile
application require permissions from you? Our services help
connect users to their matches based on several parameters and preferences. To
fix bugs within the application and improve the user experience, we require
users to grant us access to the following: Camera:
Access to the device's camera allows users to take their picture, and upload it
as their profile picture on our portal Contacts:
The mobile application will obtain the user accounts that are associated with
Facebook or Google+ for a quick signup process. Location:
Based on their GPS coordinates, users are served with profiles of members
located in the same vicinity. Also, users are provided with the information of
our physical stores that are located nearest to the user's GPS coordinates. Phone:
Our mobile application is optimized to work on multiple devices and networks.
The device information and network details help analyze and fix issues that are
isolated to a particular device or a particular network. SMS:
The mobile application detects SMS(s) and auto-fills the OTP / PIN details for
a faster and better user experience. Storage:
The users can upload pictures from their device memory and use it as their
profile picture. Furthermore, users can download horoscope details, profile
details and astro-match results on to their device memory. How the website/apps
uses the information it collects/tracks? VelamanaiduMatrimony.com
collects information for data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining
the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our
websites or apps, products, and services ,marketing research from our users
primarily to ensure that we are able to fulfil your requirements and to deliver
Personalised experience. For European Union
Members ( EU) If you are located in
the EU, you will be asked to provide consent to the collection, processing, and
sharing of your personal information. Personal information means any
information related to an identified or identifiable natural person. You have
the right to share and access your personal information and right to withdraw
consent for sharing your personal information at any point of time and right to
erase your personal information subject to applicable laws. for sharing your
personal information at any point of time. You can withdraw your consent
provided by contacting us. Your personal information may be stored in databases
located outside of the EU including in India. Where we transfer personal data
outside of EU, we either transfer personal information to countries that
provide an adequate level of protection or we have appropriate safeguards in
place. We may require proof of or need to verify your identity before we can
give effect to these rights. To request to review, update, or delete your
personal information, please submit a request form by sending an email to
privacy@matrimony.com. We may share your information with third parties who are
an anti-fraud solution provider(s) located in UK. They help us to ensure we
keep you safe from scammers and fraudster. With whom the
website/apps shares the information it collects/tracks? We may share such
identifiable information with our associates/affiliates/subsidiaries and such
associates/affiliates/subsidiaries may market to you as a result of such
sharing. Any information you give us is held with the utmost care and security.
We are also bound to cooperate fully should a situation arise where we are
required by law or legal process to provide information about a
customer/visitor. Where required or
permitted by law, information may be provided to others, such as regulators and
law enforcement agencies or to protect the rights, property or personal safety
of other members or the general public. We may voluntarily share your
information with law enforcement agencies / Gateway service providers /
anti-fraud solution provider(s) if we feel that the transaction is of
suspicious nature. From time to time, we
may consider corporate transactions such as a merger, acquisition,
reorganization, asset sale, or similar. In these instances, we may transfer or
allow access to information to enable the assessment and undertaking of that
transaction. If we buy or sell any business or assets, personal information may
be transferred to third parties involved in the transaction. Our website/apps link
to other website/apps and may collect personally identifiable information about
you. We are not responsible for the privacy policy or the contents of those
linked website/apps. How Long Do We Keep
Your Information? As stipulated in the
Privacy Policy we will retain the information we collect from users under the
following circumstances: For as long as the users
subscribe to our services to meet their suitable purpose(s) for which it was
collected, for the sake of enforcing agreements, for performing audits, for
resolving any form of disputes, for establishing legal defences, for pursuing
legitimate businesses and to comply with the relevant applicable laws. What are the Security
Precautions in respect of your personal information? We aim to protect your
personal information through a system of organizational and technical security
measures. We have implemented appropriate internal control measures designed to
protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please
also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure.
Once your information is in our possession, we adhere to security guidelines
protecting it against unauthorised access. Change of Privacy
Policy We may change this
Privacy Policy without notice from time to time without any notice to you.
However, changes will be updated in the Privacy Policy page. How to address your
Grievance: Grievance Officer :
Mr. Khader Mohiadeen. Address : Matrimony.com Limited, Contact details: No.94, TVH Beliciaa
Towers, Tower - 2,
5th Floor, MRC Nagar, Chennai,
Tamil Nadu - 600028.
Email: IndianChristian@matrimony.com The Grievance officer
shall be available between 10 am to 6 pm IST from Monday to Saturday excluding
Sunday's and Public Holidays in India. The Grievance officer
is appointed as per Section 5 (9) of the Information Technology ( Reasonable
Security & Procedures and Sensitive Personal data or Information ) Rule,
2011.