Privacy Policy

Introduction

Protecting our consumer and customer information is very important. We safeguard the information of those we serve. Soul Mitr handles and safeguards personal information, and we understand that the information we hold represents real people and life events.

 

Soul Mitr’s Privacy Policy is dedicated to the responsible and compliant collection, use, maintenance and disclosure of information for the individuals and customers we serve.  The Soul Mitr’sPrivacy Policy is designed to protect information and to comply with applicable privacy rules and regulations. Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle information collected from https://soulmitr.org/or any of our incidental services(‘Soul Mitr’).By using the Soul Mitr, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

 

If you have questions about the Soul Mitr Privacy Policy, please go to our Contact Us section to connect with us.

 

Purpose

The purpose of this policy is to let you know how we handle the information collected through the use of this website.As used in this policy, terms such as “we,” “us,” “our,” and “Company” refer to Soul Mitr and its current and future affiliated entities.

This website is intended for an Indian audience. Any information you provide, including any personal information, will be transferred to and processed by a computer server located within India.

 

Cookies and Tracking

Soul Mitrmay use various technologies, including cookies, tokens, tags, web logs, web beacons, scripts, and web server logs to gather automatically collected information and may aggregate this information from our website visitors or to enable certain features of our website.This information may include demographic data, unique device identifierssuch as technical information about the technology (e.g., phone, computer) used to connect to our website,web browser information, your IP address, and browsing behaviour such as pages visited and how often they are visited (‘Activity Information’). We may also use third-party analytics companies to provide these services.

We may also allow third-party service providers to use cookies and other technologies to collect information and to track browsing activity over time and across third-party websites such as web browsers used to read our websites, which websites are referring traffic or linking to our websites, and to deliver targeted advertisements to you. We do not control these third-party technologies and their use is governed by the privacy policies of third parties using such technologies.

 

Activity Information is captured using various technologies and may include cookies. “Cookies” are small text files that may be placed on your computer when you visit an online service or click on a URL. Cookies may include “single-session cookies” which generally record information during only a single visit to a website and then are erased, and “persistent” cookies which are generally stored on a computer unless or until they are deleted or are set to expire. You may disable cookies and similar items by adjusting your browser preferences at any time; however, this may limit your ability to take advantage of all the features on our website.

As described above, we may use tracking technologies that allow us to recognize your device when you return to our website within a period of time, as determined by us, to serve you better.

 

Personal Information

This website may include web pages that give you the opportunity to provide us with identifiable personal information about yourself such as name, phone number, email id, postal address, etc. You do not have to provide us with personal information if you do not want to; however, that may limit your ability to use certain functions of this website or to request certain services or information.

We may use personal information for a number of purposes such as:

  • To respond to an email or particular request from you.
  • To personalize the website for you.
  • To process an application as requested by you.
  • To administer surveys and promotions.
  • To provide you with information that we believe may be useful to you, such as information about health products or services provided by us or other businesses.
  • To perform analytics and to improve our products, websites, and advertising.
  • To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal process.
  • To protect someone’s health, safety, or welfare.
  • To protect our rights, the rights of affiliates or related third parties, or take appropriate legal action, such as to enforce our Terms of Use.
  • To keep a record of our transactions and communications.
  • As otherwise necessary or useful for us to conduct our business, so long as such use is permitted by law.

 

We may use personal information to contact you through any contact information you provide through this website, including any email address, telephone number, cell phone number, text message number, or fax number. Please see the section below titled “Our Online Communications Practices.”  

We may also share personal information within Soul Mitr, and we may combine personal information that you provide us through this website with other information we have received from you, whether online or offline, or from other sources for a better user experience.

 

Sharing Personal Information

We will only share your personal information with third parties as outlined in this policy and as otherwise permitted by law.

We may share personal information if all or part of the entity is sold, merged, dissolved, acquired, or involved in a similar transaction.

We may share personal information in response to a court order, search warrant, law or regulation. We may cooperate with law enforcement authorities in investigating and prosecuting activities that are illegal, violate our rules, or may be harmful to other visitors.

We may also share personal information with other third-party companies that we collaborate with or hire to perform services on our behalf. For example, we may hire a company to help us send and manage email, and we might provide the company with your email address and certain other information in order for them to send you an email message on our behalf. Similarly, we may hire companies to host or operate some of our websites and related computers and software applications.

We may use third-party service providers to monitor and analyze the use of Soul Mitr.

 

How do we collect, protect and share information you provide during a consultation?

  1. All information shared by you during personal consultation which does not include name, age, gender, address and other such personal identifiers is confidential. (‘Confidential Information’).Your Confidential Information shall not be disclosed or shared by Soul Mitr, its employees, its agents or any third party contractors, including experts with any third party, either orally or in writing, except in the following circumstances:
    • If SoulMitrbelieves that there is a significant/ real/ imminent threat or risk to your health, safety or life or to the health, safety or life of any other person or the public;
    • If Soul Mitris required to share such Confidential Information to any authority by law; and
    • If you have claimed a health care insurance and such Confidential Information is required by the insurer.
  1. In case of the above circumstances, Soul Mitrmay share your Confidential Information and other personal information with your employer, institution or other entity enabling you to access Soul Mitr.

 

Website and Information Security

We maintain reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards designed to protect the information that you provide on this website. However, no security system is impenetrable and we cannot guarantee the security of our website, nor can we guarantee that the information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the internet, and we are not liable for the illegal acts of third parties such as criminal hackers.

 

Transfer of Data

Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside India and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including personal data, to India and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Soul Mitr will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your personal data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

 

Our Online Communication Practices

We may send electronic newsletters, notification of appointment status, and other communications, such as marketing communications, on a periodic basis to various individuals and organizations. We may also send email communications regarding topics such as general health benefits, website updates, health conditions, and general health topics.

 

Children’s Privacy

We will not intentionally collect any personal information from children under the age of 18 (‘Children’) through this website without receiving parental consent. If you think that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 18 through this website, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from Children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

 

Contact Us

To contact us regarding this policy and our related privacy practices, please email us or write to us at:


Sri “Roop Arcade”, Shop No. E3,

5th Floor, No.9,
General Muthia Street,

Sowcarpet,
Chennai – 600079.

 

Phone : +91  9591106777
Email : ask@soulmitr.org

 

If you believe we or any company associated with us has misused any of your information, please contact us immediately and report such misuse.

 

Changes to this website Privacy Policy

We may change this policy. If we do so, such change will appear on this page of our website. We will also provide appropriate notice and choices to you, on this website and in other appropriate locations, based on the scope and extent of changes. You may always visit this policy to learn of any updates.

 

Governing law and jurisdiction

This Privacy Policy shall be governed by and constructed in accordance with the laws of India, without reference to conflict of laws principles. The courts in Bengaluru shall have exclusive jurisdiction to determine any disputes arising in relation to, or under, the terms of this Privacy Policy.

 

Effective Date

The Effective Date of this Privacy Policy is July 3, 2021.

 

 

Disclaimer

SoulMitr is operated by volunteers associated with Sri Bhramarishi Ashram for the purpose of providing Emotional and Mental Health Counselling for the benefit of the public. Helpline Number is limited for service within India. International assistance provided through email requests only.

 

Our assessments and counselling are based on the information you choose to share with us. While our counsellors will make every effort to assist you with the issues or problems you identify – you are in the best position to determine how relevant this information is to your situation. Services provided by Soul Mitr are not a substitute for independent professional advice from your own or another mental healthcare professional.

 

Nothing contained in this site is intended to be used as medical advice and is not intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

 

Soul Mitr does not accept any liability for any injury, loss or damage incurred by use of or reliance on this information.

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