Privacy Statement

Thank you for visiting the Sumonto.Com website and reviewing our Privacy Statement. Here is how we handle information about your visit to our web site:

All personal information collected by Sumonto.Com is dealt with as per the provisions of its Privacy Policy.

Security of Information:

You should be aware that there are inherent risks associated with the transmission of information via the Internet. For those who do not wish to use the Internet, Sumonto.Com may provide alternative ways of providing information. For example, forms may be requested or printed and lodged by post.

Our internal network and databases are protected from unauthorized access using firewall and other technologies. However, we do not guarantee the security of the Information that you may provide to us. Therefore before providing any information to us please remember that such information may be accessed by unauthorized individuals/groups which may be used against you for unlawful purposes. Therefore, do not provide vital information such as your social security number, credit card details, debit card details and/or other financial data and/or any other information which you may not wish to share with others.

To improve security of critical personal information such as credit card, bank account details etc, some electronic forms that collect this information have been secured under the HTTPS protocol (Hypertext Transport Protocol Secure), a standard Web communications protocol that encrypts and decrypts a message for online transmission.

The Data We Collect – E-mails and Electronic Forms:

We will record your e-mail address if you send us a e-mail message. Also at the time of initial Membership Registration you are required to provide your valid email address. Your personal information will only be used for the purposes for which you have provided it. Your e-mail address will not be added to a third party mailing list, unless you have provided it to us in order to subscribe to one of our subscription services such as Sumonto.Com Free Monthly News Letter Services and/or any other Paid or Free Services from Sumonto.Com. However, Sumonto.Com reserves the right to send you information through email which relates to this website and other information which it considers to be of use to you.

Where you choose to send us a completed electronic form that includes your personal details, we do collect personally identifiable information, such as name, address and email address.

The information collected by email or electronic forms will be used only for the purpose for which you provided it, and we will not disclose it without your consent, except where authorized or required by law or except where it is intended for such purpose.

Publishing Personal Information:

We will only publish personal information on this site if it has been collected for this purpose with your knowledge or if you have consented to the disclosure. When giving such consent you should be aware that information published on this site is accessible to millions of users from all over the world, that it will be indexed by search engines and that it may be copied and used by any web user. This means that, once the information is published on this site, we will have no control over its subsequent use and disclosure. To avail of some services provided by Sumonto.Com it may be necessary to provide your personal information for publishing in the Internet. If you choose to avail of such paid and/or free services from Sumonto.Com your personal information will automatically be published without any further consent from you.

The Data We May Collect - Browsing (Click stream Data):

When you look at this web site, our server makes a record of your visit and logs the following information:

the user's server address,

the user's top level domain name (for example .com, .co.in, .nic, .co.uk etc),

the date and time of visit to the site,

the pages accessed and documents viewed,

the previous site visited, and

the type of browser used.

The data listed above is collected for the following purposes:

Web site and system administration, including monitoring to prevent security breaches;

Enhancement of the web site to the user's needs; and

research and development.

No attempt will be made to identify users through the normal use of our website, except in the unlikely event that a law enforcement (or other government) agency exercises a legal authority to inspect ISP logs (eg, by warrant, subpoena, or notice to produce) or for the purpose related to security of this website and its features.

If You Complete an Online Application:

Information we have about you may also be given to Central, State, and local government and/or non government agencies for checking on law violations or other lawful and/or business purposes. We may send your name and address to State and local Government agencies, and other public offices, and public international organizations, if they request names of people.

If You Send Us An Email Or A Forms Request:

If you choose to provide us with personal information as in an email to one of our Online email boxes, or by filling out a form with your personal information and submitting it to us through our web site, we use that information to respond to your message and to help us get you the information you have requested. We treat E-mails and forms request the same way we treat letters sent to OPM, but we do not collect personal information for any purpose other than to respond to you. We collect personally identifiable information (name, email address, Social Security number, or other unique identifier) only if specifically and knowingly provided by you. We only share the information you give us with another government agency if your inquiry relates to that agency, or as otherwise required by law.

Links to Other Sites:

Our web site has links to other websites. We also link to other organizations' web sites when we have a good business reason to do so. This does not constitute an endorsement of their policies or products. Once you link to another site, you are subject to the privacy policy of the new site as well as its separate Terms & Conditions.

Linking to the Sumonto.Com Web Site:

Links to Sumonto.Com's web site are permissible, if our Terms of Use are followed. However, we do ask that all links point to the home page (http://www.Sumonto.Com) rather than to a specific page as those links may change from time to time.

Information Collected and How It is Used:

If you do nothing during your visit to the Sumonto.Com's web site but browse or download information, we automatically collect and store the following information about your visit:

The Internet Protocol address and domain name used but not the e-mail address. The Internet Protocol address is a numerical identifier assigned either to your Internet service provider or directly to your computer. We use the Internet Protocol Address to direct Internet traffic to you;

The type of browser and operating system you used and your connection speed; The date and time you visited this site;

The web pages or services you accessed at this site; and

The web site you visited prior to coming to this web site.

The information we automatically collect or store is used to improve the content of our web services and to help us understand how people are using our services.

Sumonto.Com's analyzes our web site logs to continually improve the value of the materials available on our site. Our web site logs are not personally identifiable, and we make no attempt to link them with the individuals that browse our web site.

If during your visit to the web site you participate in a survey or send an e-mail, the following additional information will be collected:

E-mail correspondence:

The e-mail address and contents of the e-mail;

Surveys:

Any information you volunteered in response to a survey.

The information is retained in accordance with Sumonto.Com's records retention and disclosure policy. We use your e-mail to respond appropriately. This may be to respond to you, to address issues you identify, to further improve our web site, or to forward the e-mail to another agency for appropriate action. Survey information is used for the purpose designated.

Personal Information and Choice:

" Personal information" is information about an individual that is readily identifiable to that specific individual. Personal information includes personal identifiers such as an individual's name, address, and phone number. A domain name or Internet Protocol address is not considered personal information.

We collect no personal information about you unless you voluntarily participate in an activity that asks for information (i.e. sending an e-mail or participating in a survey or using certain features available in our website).However, to protect the interest of innocent users of this website we do require our Members/Users to provide such personal information as we think fit and proper. If you choose not to participate in these activities or Register with us your choice will limit your ability to use those other features of Sumonto.Com's website, which are available to its Members only.

If personal information is requested on the website or volunteered by the user, state law and the Central Privacy Act may protect it. However, this information is a public record once you provide it, and may be subject to public inspection and copying if not protected by Central or State law.

Users are cautioned that the collection of personal information requested from or volunteered by children on-line or by e-mail will be treated the same as information given by an adult and may be subject to public access.

If you identify yourself by sending an e-mail message containing personal information: You may decide to send Sumonto.Com personally-identifying information, for example your Social Security Number or mailing address, in an e-mail message requesting that information or records be mailed to you. Information collected in this manner is used by Sumonto.Com solely for responding to requests for information or records.

If you choose to send e-mail to Sumonto.Com containing personally-identifying information, you should be aware that such communications are not secure and, in theory, could be viewed by anyone with access to the Internet.

Public Disclosure:

We strive to protect personally identifiable information by collecting only information necessary to deliver our services. All information collected at this site becomes public record that may be subject to inspection and copying by the public, unless an exemption in law exists.

Related Information: Cookies:

What is a Cookie?

A cookie is a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier, that is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and may either be used only during your session (a "session" cookie) or may be stored on your computer's hard drive (a "persistent" cookie). Cookies can contain data about user movement during the visit to the web site. If your browser software is set to allow cookies, a web site can send its own cookie to you. A web site that has set a cookie can only access those cookies it has sent to you, it cannot access cookies sent to you by other sites.

Why are Cookies Used on Web Sites?

Cookies are one mechanism for maintaining continuity during a user's visit to a web site. They allow data to be maintained for users' benefit as they navigate a site. This is referred to as "session" or "state management" cookie. These cookies go away when you terminate your visit to the web site as they are maintained only in your browser's active memory during your session. Cookies may be also be stored on your computer to so that you can be recognized by a web site on subsequent visits. They can be read by the web site that set them whenever you enter the website. They are often used on websites that require you to log in to save you entering all of your log-in information. They may store information on your unique identifier and the areas of the web site you have visited before. These cookies are stored on your computer's hard drive after you have left your website visit and consequently are often referred to as "persistent" cookies.

Choices about Cookies:

You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. (Each browser is different, so check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.). However, in the event your browser does not accept our cookies in such events you shall not be able to use or enjoy many of our features.

General Practices Regarding Cookies:

The website uses various forms of cookies. The information on these cookies is retained by us in a table that lists the unique identifiers of those having used the site.

Contact Information:

To offer comments about this website or to comment about the information presented in this Privacy Notice, please contact our Webmaster at webmaster@Sumonto.com.

Security Measures:

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, Sumonto.Com's computer system may be using software programs not stated hereinabove to monitor network traffic to identify any unauthorized and/or illegal attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.

In all such cases, Sumonto.Com's reserves the right to take all appropriate measures it thinks fit and proper (including but not limited to measures to identify the source including personal identification of the individual/group involved in such illegal attempts), whatsoever to protect the interests of Sumonto.Com's website.

General Privacy Policy:

At personal and other information collected is used for the purpose for which it is intended. We do not sell your personal information to third party for profit. However, your information may be provided to our agents and staffs and contractors for providing you additional or better services and information. Generally speaking, we collect personal information from you through this website when you fill up our forms. We intend to make use of such information for improvement of our services and for contacting you as and when necessary. For example, we may need to collect information to respond to your listing requests, posting reviews, requesting information, or to allow you to send or post messages, or for billing purposes. We also keep information about customers, and purchases in password protected and/or secure databases on our servers in order to fulfill online transaction and banking requirements. However, due to the nature of internet and online data transfer processes, we do not guarantee that such information will always remain private and secret, even though we intend and take reasonable steps to keep your information private and secured.

Anonymous Information:

We may also collect certain non-personal information from your IP address. This information is used only to provide an enhanced on-line experience for our visitors by optimizing our WebPages for your computer (i.e., the identity of your Internet browser, IP address, referral data, platform type, and search terms). We may also use this non-personal information to determine the total number of visitors to our Website and track other useful data which can be utilized for improving our services.

Use of Cookies:

When you view our Web site, we may store some information on your computer. This information will be in the form of a 'Cookie' and will help us in many ways. For example, Cookies allow us to tailor our Website to better match your interests and preferences. With most Internet Browsers, you can erase Cookies from your computer hard drive, block all Cookies, or receive a warning before a Cookie is stored. Please refer to your Browser instructions or help screen to learn more about these functions. Please note that if in your browser you have disabled the cookies you may not be able to use the features of this website properly.

Information Collected

In the course of delivering an advertisement to visitors, Advertisers, or its advertising agencies, does collect personally-identifiable information about the Website user, such as the user's name, address, phone number or email address. Advertisers and their advertising agencies does, also, collect non-personally identifiable information, such as the server a user's computer is logged onto, the user's browser type (for example, Netscape or Internet Explorer or Fire Fox), and whether the user responded to the advertisement delivered.

Sumonto’s use of your non-personally identifiable information collected by Sumonto may include targeting advertisements and measuring advertisement effectiveness.

Personally Identifiable Information:

Personally identifiable information about our visitors is collected only when knowingly and voluntarily submitted by those visitors. Sumonto uses such information only for the purpose for which it was submitted, unless we disclose other uses at the time of collection. We does not sell personal information to third parties. We may share personally identifiable information with other parts of our company, but this will never be used on an individual basis outside of the company, other than through our agents and contractors. Sumonto maintains appropriate safeguards to ensure the security, integrity, and privacy of personally identifiable information in its possession. We may use such personally identifiable information to make our Website better and more responsive to the needs of our visitors. However, the statistical compilation of non-identifiable information may be used by or provided to others for marketing, advertising, or research purposes.

Links to Other Websites:

Sumonto chooses its advertisers and business partners carefully. However, is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of Web sites operated by third parties that are linked to or from our Website. These links are meant for the visitor's convenience only. Links to third party Websites do not constitute sponsorship, endorsement, or approval by of content, policies or practices of such sites. Once you have left the Web site via such a link, you should check the applicable privacy policy of the third party site. We may also be linked to Web sites operated by companies affiliated with us. Visitors to those sites should refer to their separate privacy policies and practices.

Message Boards, Forums, Blogs, Cms's and Submissions:

Should any visitor to our Website provide information, questions, comments, suggestions, reviews or any material through the feedback mechanisms located in the Website, we shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such information and shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose and distribute the information to others without limitation.

The information expressed by third parties or other members in any Reviews, Directories, Search Engines, Message Boards or Chat Rooms, Blogs or other forums, if any, are not necessarily those of Sumonto.Com's views or views of its affiliated or related entities or content providers and makes no representations or warranties regarding those information and/or contents, comments or those opinions.