Privacy Policy

We at Vaishnava Marriage (“Vaishnava Marriage”) know that our users (“You”) care about how Your personal information is used and shared, and in these circumstances, Vaishnava Marriage takes Your privacy very seriously. Please read the following to learn more about Vaishnava Marriage’s Privacy Policy. If You use the website https://vaisnavamarriage.com (the “Website”), features, content, or any other feature Vaishnava Marriage offers from time to time in connection therewith, You accept the practices and policies outlined in this Privacy Policy, and You hereby consent that Vaishnava Marriage will collect, use, and share Your information in the following ways-

  1. What personal information is collected by Vaishnava Marriage?

Vaishnava Marriage gathers various types of personal information from You, as explained more fully below. We may use this Personal Information to personalize and improve our services, to allow You to set up a user account and profile, to contact users, to fulfill your requests regarding any query, to analyze how our users utilize the Website, and as otherwise as set forth in this Privacy Policy. Vaishnava Marriage collects the following types of information:

  1. “Personal Information” Information that relates to a person, which, either directly or indirectly, in combination with other information is available or is likely to be available with Vaishnava Marriage and is capable of personally identifying such person, will come within the purview of Personal Information. Vaishnava Marriage receives and stores any information You knowingly provide to Vaishnava Marriage or on the Website. For example, during the registration process, Vaishnava Marriage collects Personal Information such as Your name, user name, phone number, your email address, photographs uploaded, and spiritual inclinations. You may also choose not to provide Vaishnava Marriage with certain information. In such a case, You may not be able to take advantage of many special features of the Website.
  2. Third Party Account Information” - If You provide Your third party account credentials to Vaishnava Marriage, You are consenting to have the information in those accounts such as name, phone number, gender and profile photo transmitted into Your account with Vaishnava Marriage. This Third Party Account Information is covered by this Privacy Policy. If You choose not to sign up through any social media website / Google, and sign in manually, You will have to provide Your email ID and name in order to sign up as a registered user of the Website. Passwords to these accounts are encrypted and stored on the server, and are inaccessible even to the employees of Vaishnava Marriage. 
  3. Automatically Collected Information - When You access the Website, Your data relating to device ID, log files, Geographic Location, device Information/specification are also collected automatically.

You can always opt out from disclosing information to Vaishnava Marriage, but keep in mind that some information may be needed to utilize and optimally use some features of the Website.

  1. What is the purpose of collecting Personal Information from You? 

Vaishnava Marriage collects Personal Information in order to provide the services and features intended by the Website; which is to enable You to get appropriately matched with another user registered on the Website. In order to facilitate this primary function, which entails other ancillary functions, it becomes obligatory to personally identify You.

  1. Does Vaishnava Marriage share the Personal Information collected from You, with any third party?

Vaishnava Marriage may release Personal Information if we believe that such release is necessary to comply with the law; enforce or apply Vaishnava Marriage’s conditions of use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property, or safety of Vaishnava Marriage, its employees, its users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection etcetera.

Apart from this, Vaishnava Marriage may also share Personal Information with third party service providers who assist Vaishnava Marriage in carrying out its business operations, operating the Website and providing various services to You. You hereby, and by accepting this Privacy Policy and / or using the Website, grant consent to Vaishnava Marriage to share Your Personal Information with such third parties for such purposes at present or future.

Vaishnava Marriage may conduct or authorize third parties to conduct certain targeted advertising and data analytics operations. These operations ensure that You receive suitable matches so that the Vaishnava Marriage Website is more useful and relevant to You.

By accepting this Privacy Policy and /or by using the Website, You agree that Vaishnava Marriage may use, and hereby grant permission to use, by Vaishnava Marriage, the Personal Information shared by the You for purposes set out in this Policy and for targeted advertising and data analytics if Vaishnava Marriage chooses to so utilize the same for those purposes. You also hereby, by accepting this Policy and by using the Website, grant Your consent to sharing of such Personal Information with third parties for these purposes.

Except as set forth above, You will be notified when Your Personal Information may be shared with third parties, and will be able to prevent the sharing of this information in such events. 

  1. Payments and Card Storage Policy

At this stage, Vaishnava Marriage does not collect any payment / donations towards provision of services. However, Vaishnava Marriage has the discretion to change this policy, with due notice to You. In the event of paid services, Vaishnava Marriage shall collect the credit / debit card information, its expiration date, billing address, that You input on the Website to make payments. In such cases, Vaishnava Marriage shall use a secure server for card transactions, to protect the card transactions and the cookies used to store the login information.

  1. Does the Website use and store cookies? 

We use cookies to store information to provide better services. You as the user may also encounter cookies related pop-ups or instructions requesting your acceptance on certain pages of the site and application. Any third-party cookies collection on our site is not controlled by Vaishnava Marriage and is purely at Your discretion.

  1. How secure is the Personal Information furnished by You?

At the time of creating an account on the Website, You are sent a verification email to the email address specified during signup to complete the signup process. We may in future extend the signup procedure and send a One Time Password (OTP)  to your mobile phone as part of extended sign up process and security process. In that case, You are expected to have the mobile phone in your possession, and will need to prevent unauthorized access to Your account and Personal Information by limiting access to Your phone and the Website.

We at Vaishnava Marriage have also incorporated a slew of organizational and security measures. These measures have been implemented to control and protect the security of Your Personal Information. Vaishnava Marriage endeavors to protect the privacy of Your account and other Personal Information it holds in its records, but Vaishnava Marriage cannot guarantee complete security. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors, may compromise the security of user information at any time. 

  1. Can You access Your Personal Information?

Through Your account settings, You may access and, in some cases, change or delete certain information You have provided to Vaishnava Marriage. The information You can view and update through Your account may change as the Website changes. 

If you reside in the EU or the UK, You have the right to write to us and let us know if you believe Vaishnava Marriage is not entitled to hold certain Personal Information which Vaishnava Marriage holds about You. Additionally, you are entitled to opt out from sharing Personal Information that you believe is detrimental to sharing with Vaishnava Marriage. However, please note that if such Personal Information is pivotal to the services provided by Vaishnava Marriage, then Vaishnava Marriage will not be able to provide any services to you. 

If you wish to review, delete or update or review any of your information, please contact us  through email at contact@vaisnavamarriage.com. We may also use your data to track any anti-fraud activities with such third-party providers.

Vaishnava Marriage shall be forthcoming to accede to any requests in compliance with the local laws. To enable such compliance, we request You to furnish a government ID Proof, in this respect. 

  1. How long is Your Personal Information preserved with VMB?

Vaishnava Marriage preserves Your Personal Information till such time you are registered with the Website. For clarification, the Personal Information in a dormant profile will also be in the records of Vaishnava Marriage till such time such account is deactivated and permanently deleted, unless the same is required for any legal obligations. 

  1. Changes to this Privacy Policy

Vaishnava Marriage may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Use of information Vaishnava Marriage collects now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If Vaishnava Marriage makes changes in the way it uses Personal Information, it will notify You by posting an announcement on the Website, or on Your email. You are bound by any changes to the Privacy Policy when You use the Website after such changes have been first posted.

  1. How secure are the duly filled up Questionnaires? 

During the process of updating Your profile on the Website, You will be given the option to answer a detailed set of questions related to the grihastha ashram and your views on allied subject matters. Such questions could be a mixture of both objective and descriptive. The questionnaire helps us (i) to provide better services in tune with Your personal requirements, (ii) to serve genuine seekers, and (iii) know the potential match better by getting upfront answers for such individual’s views. 

The answers provided by You will be securely stored on our databases. The duly filled up questionnaire shall be disclosed to a potential match only after your consent. However, should You choose not to fill up and submit the questionnaire, You will be unable to view the duly filled up questionnaires of Your potential matches.

Please refrain from sharing sensitive information on the questionnaire. It is in our discretion to update or review the questionnaire periodically. 

  1. Questions or concerns 

If You have any questions or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy, please send us a detailed message to contact@vaisnavamarriage.com. We will make every effort to resolve your concerns.