Industry.Guru
Privacy Policy For European union (eu) users only
Privacy Policy for Non EU (Non European Union) Users
This
page informs you of our policies regarding the usage, and disclosure of
personal data when you use our Service, visit Industry.Guru and the choices you have
associated with that data.
The
user agrees that by entering this website/app either directly or from any third
party website/app, the user shall be automatically be governed by this privacy
policy of Industry Guru (https://www.industry.guru) and irrevocably bound by
these terms and conditions of usage.
User
agrees that usage/browsing of the "Online Publications" may lead to
the user's device information, visits to and use of this website/apps,
available accounts on the device (including [Primary email address, IP address,
geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral
source, length of visit, page views, website navigation, pixel tag, etc [herein
after to be referred to as "information"] being accessible to Industry Guru and/or third party. Users
revealing personal information on third party websites/apps is not under our
direct control and hence, this site shall not be liable for any loss of privacy
or otherwise resulting from revealing personal information in such websites.
This
website may contain links to enable the user to visit other websites of
interest like the social plug-ins [viz. Facebook, Google Plus, Pinterest etc].
However, once the user shares / uses these links Industry Guru (https://www.industry.guru)
does not have any control over other websites/apps. Therefore, this site shall
not be liable and/or responsible for the protection and privacy of any
information which the user provides whilst visiting such sites / social
plug-ins. Such websites/apps are not governed by this privacy policy. The user
should exercise caution and look at the privacy policy applicable to the
website/apps in question.
https://www.industry.guru
may use social sharing buttons which help share web content directly from web
pages to the platform in question. User is advised before using such social
sharing buttons that user does so at user's own discretion. Social media and
other platforms may track and save user's request to share a web page
respectively through user's social media platform and other accounts.
Industry
Guru may use social login buttons which help to login directly into any
platform in question. User is advised before using such social login buttons
that user does so at user's own discretion. Social media and other platforms
may track and save user's request to log into a web page respectively through
user's social media platform and other accounts.
User
is invited to submit user comments, questions, ideas, reviews or any other
information concerning this site and the website's contents, provided user
understands that such comments will be subject to moderation. Industry Guru [https://www.industry.guru]
reserves the right to reject, remove or edit such content. All such submissions
should not be illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory or infringing on
privacy or on intellectual property rights of others or against public policy.
We
use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you
agree to the use and sharing of information in accordance with this policy.
Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy
Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions.
1. Definitions, Usage Policy, User’s Options
a. Service
Service
means the https://www.industry.guru website
and its mobile applications and all other online web/mobile properties operated
by this site.
b. Personal Data
Personal
Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data
(or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come
into our possession).
c. Usage Data
Usage
Data is data collected automatically either generated by the use of the Service
or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page
visit).
d. Cookies and Web Beacons - Usage Policy
A
cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s computer for
record-keeping purposes. We use cookies to store information, such as
your personal preferences when you visit our site. This could include
only showing you a popup once in your visit, or the ability to login to some of
our features, such as forums.
We
use Google AdSense to serve ads on https://www.industry.guru to support our
site. Some of these advertisers may collect non-personally identifiable
information (e.g., the pages you visit, and which links you click, which ads
you see and click on, and the categories of search terms you enter, your IP
address, your ISP, the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases,
whether you have Flash installed) when you visit our web site. These companies
may use the information outlined above (which does not include your name,
address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other
web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of
interest to you and for geotargetting purposes (showing New York real estate ads
to someone in New York, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific
sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who frequents cooking
sites).These companies often use a cookie or third party web beacon to collect
this information. If you would like more information about this practice and to
know your choices about not having this information used by these companies,
please visit:
https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/
Please
be informed that this site (https://www.industry.guru) and its associated sites
has no access to or control over these cookies that are used and served by
third-party advertisers.
e.
DoubleClick DART Cookies - Usage Policy
We also may use DART cookies for ad serving through Google’s
DoubleClick, which places a cookie on your computer when you are browsing the
web and visit a site using DoubleClick advertising (including some Google
AdSense advertisements). This cookie is used to serve Personalized ads
specific to you and your interests (formerly known as “interest based
advertising”). The ads served will be targeted based on your previous
browsing history (For example, if you have been viewing sites about visiting
Las Vegas, you may see Las Vegas hotel advertisements when viewing a
non-related site, such as on a site about hockey). DART uses “non
personally identifiable information”. It does NOT track personal
information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, telephone
number, social security numbers, bank account numbers or credit card
numbers.
Since Industry
Guru is totally in compliance and agreement with Google's
Privacy Policy as well as Advertising Policy, users may opt out of the use
of the DART cookie or view the complete policy at the following URL –
https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
or
https://policies.google.com/?hl=en
You can choose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or
third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in
programs such as Norton Internet Security. However, this can affect how
you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. This
could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging
into forums or accounts.
f. Data Controller
Data
Controller means the natural or legal person who (either alone or jointly or in
common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in
which any personal information are to be, processed.
For
the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your Personal
Data.
g. Data Processors (or Service Providers)
Data
Processor (or Service Provider) means any natural or legal person who processes
the data on behalf of the Data Controller.
We
may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data
more effectively.
h. Data Subject (or User)
Data
Subject is any living individual who is using our Service and is the subject of
Personal Data.
i. Third Party
Third-parties
are companies/firms/person (s) who/which processes the user data using
websites, plug-ins, scripts, cookies or applications. Accessing this website or
clicking on any third party links may allow third parties to collect or share
data about you. This website do not control these third-party websites/apps and
are not responsible for their privacy notices. When you leave our website/app,
we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website/app you visit.
2. Information Collection and Use
We
collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide
and improve our Service to you. These are the types of Data Collected
a. Usage Data
Third
Party may track information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service
or when you access the Service by or through a mobile device ("Usage
Data").
This
Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol
address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our
Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on
those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When
you access the Service by or through a mobile device, this Usage Data may
include information such as the type of mobile device you use, your mobile
device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating
system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers
and other diagnostic data.
b. Location Data
Third
Party may use and store information about your location if you give the
permission to do so (“Location Data”). This data may be used to provide
features related to Services, to improve and customize current Services.
You
can enable or disable location services when you use the Service at any time,
through your device settings.
c. Tracking & Cookies Data
Third
party may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity
on our Service and hold certain information.
Cookies
are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique
identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your
device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to
collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.
You
can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is
being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use
some portions of our Service.
Examples
of Cookies employed:
Session Cookies: Session
Cookies are used to operate the Service.
Preference Cookies:
Preference Cookies are used to remember your preferences and various settings.
Security Cookies:
Security Cookies are used for security purposes.
Essential Cookies: These cookies are used to
remember information that changes the way the Service behaves or looks, such as
a user's language preference on the Service.
Accounts-related Cookies: Accounts-related cookies
are used to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts.
These cookies are used to remember information that changes the way the Service
behaves or looks, such as the "remember me" functionality.
Analytics Cookies: Analytics cookies are used to
track information how the Service is used so that improvements can be made
wherever possible. Analytics cookies can also be used to test new pages,
features or new functionality of the Service to see how the users react to
them.
We
may use various third-parties cookies to report usage statistics of the
Service.
What are your choices regarding cookies - How to opt out
For the Chrome web browser, please
visit this page from Google: https://support.google.com/accounts/answ
er/32050
For the Internet Explorer web browser, please
visit this page from Microsoft: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835
For the Firefox web browser, please
visit this page from Mozilla: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored
For the Safari web browser, please
visit this page from Apple: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?locale=en_US
For any other web browser, please visit your web
browser's official web pages.
c. Where can you find more information about cookies
You
can learn more about cookies and the following third-party websites:
AllAboutCookies: https://www.allaboutcookies.org/
Network
Advertising Initiative: https://www.networkadvertising.org/
4. Use of Data
Third
parties collect data for various purposes:
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To provide and maintain our Service
- To notify you about changes to our Service
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To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you
choose to do so
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To provide customer support
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To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
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To monitor the usage of our Service
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To detect, prevent and address technical issues
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To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other
goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you
have already purchased or enquired or read
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To market our products
5. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR)
If
you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), https://www.industry.guru and
its associated Apps/Mobile website’s legal basis for collecting and using the
personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal
Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it because:
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We need to perform a contract with you
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You have read this privacy policy and given us permission to do so
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The processing is in our legitimate interests and it's not overridden by your
rights
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To comply with the law of the land
6. Retention of Data
Industry
Guru may retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the
purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal
Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example,
if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve
disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
Industry
Guru may also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is
generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used
to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or
we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
7. 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 by reading this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such
information represents your agreement to that transfer.
Industry
Guru, its Apps/Website/Mobilesite may 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.
8. Disclosure of Data
Legal
Requirements
Industry Guru may disclose your Personal Data in the good
faith belief that such action is necessary to:
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To comply with a legal obligation
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To initiate proceedings and make claim for breach/misuse/unlawful usage
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To protect and defend the rights or property in its own interest
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To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
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To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
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To protect against legal liability
9. Security of Data
The
security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of
transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100 percent
secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your
Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
10. Service Providers
We
may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service
("Service Providers"), to provide the Service on our behalf, to
perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service
is used.
These
third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on
our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
a. Analytics
We
may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our
Service.
Google Analytics
Google
Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports
website/app traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the
use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may
use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own
advertising network.
For
more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google
Privacy & Terms web page: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
Firebase
Firebase
is analytics service provided by Google Inc.
You
may opt-out of certain Firebase features through your mobile device settings,
such as your device advertising settings or by following the instructions
provided by Google in their Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
We also encourage you to review the Google's policy for safeguarding your data: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
For
more information on what type of information Firebase collects, please visit
please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
Piwik or Matomo
Piwik
or Matomo is a web analytics service. You can visit their Privacy Policy page
here: https://matomo.org/privacy-policy
Flurry Analytics
Flurry
Analytics service is provided by Yahoo! Inc.
You
can opt-out from Flurry Analytics service to prevent Flurry Analytics from
using and sharing your information by visiting the Flurry's Opt-out page: https://dev.flurry.com/secure/optOut.do
For
more information on the privacy practices and policies of Yahoo!, please visit
their Privacy Policy page: https://policies.oath.com/us/en/oath/privacy/index.html
b. Advertising
We
use third-party Service Providers such as Google AdSense & DoubleClick to
show advertisements to you to help support and maintain our Service.
Google AdSense &
DoubleClick Cookie
Google,
as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our Service. Google's use
of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users
based on their visit to our Service or other websites on the Internet.
You
may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick Cookie for interest-based advertising
by visiting the Google Ads Settings web page: https://www.google.com/ads/preferences/
AdMob by Google
AdMob
by Google is provided by Google Inc.
You
can opt-out from AdMob by Google service by following the instructions
described by Google: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en
For
more information on how Google uses the collected information, please visit the
"How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or app"
page: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/
or
visit
the Privacy Policy of Google: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Flurry
Flurry
is provided by Yahoo! Inc.
You
can opt-out from Flurry service and prevent it from using and sharing your
information by visiting the Flurry Opt-out page: https://dev.flurry.com/secure/optOut.do
For
more information on the privacy practices policies of Yahoo!, please visit
their Privacy Policy: https://policies.oath.com/us/en/oath/privacy/index.html
InMobi
InMobi
is provided by InMobi Pte Ltd.
You
can opt-out from InMobi service by following the instructions as described on
the InMobi Opt-out page: https://www.inmobi.com/page/opt-out/
For
more information on the privacy practices and policies of InMobi, please visit
the InMobi Privacy Policy: https://www.inmobi.com/privacy-policy/
11. Links to Other Sites
Our
Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you
click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site at
your risk and responsibility. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy
Policy of every site you visit.
We
have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy
policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We
may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any
changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
You
are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes
to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
13. Contact Us
If
you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at -
https://www.industry.guru/contact.html
Industry
Guru may change this policy from time to time by updating this page without
intimation and shall be applicable to you and irrevocably bound by it. User
should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are aware of the
applicable privacy policy.
The
Courts in Kolkata in India shall have the exclusive jurisdiction to the
exclusion of other courts and applicable law shall be Indian Law for usage of
websites/apps including adherence/compliance/performance of the terms and
conditions, thereto.
(Updated: 24-July-2023)