TheHindu.club. (“The
Hindu Club”) values the privacy of children and of all of its users. This COPPA
Privacy Policy (“COPPA Policy”) is designed to comply with the Children’s
Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”) and contains important information
about how we collect, use, and disclose the personal information we collect
from children under thirteen years old who take courses provided through our
website, https://www.thehindu.club/ (the “Site”) and the services,
such as reviews, suggestions, ways, tips and tricks, provided on our Site (the “Services”).
The Hindu Club develops
and makes available educational content and we write about the newspapers,
books, magazine, and tell people what they should chose and what they don’t.
(hosted on its own platform). The Hindu Club may partner with foundations,
non-profits, or for-profit entities to make these courses available to schools
and other educational organizations. In the course of providing these Services,
The Hindu Club may come into contact with information, including personal
information, from the course taker.
Some, but not all,
courses are directed towards children under13. This COPPA Privacy Policy
applies to the information we collect from children under 13 through The Hindu
Club courses directed towards children.
The Hindu Club will
handle children’s personal information as described in this COPPA Policy. Any
personal information we collect about other users (e.g., teens and adults) will
be treated in accordance with the The Hindu Club Privacy Policy (“Privacy
Policy”). The use of our Site and any dispute over privacy, is subject to this
COPPA Policy, the Privacy Policy, and our Terms of Service, including its
applicable limitations on damages and the resolution of disputes. Our Terms of
Service and Privacy Policy are incorporated by reference into this COPPA
Policy.
Who Will Collect
Information About Children?
The Hindu Club operates
the Site and Services and will collect children’s personal information as described
in this COPPA Policy and our Privacy Policy. We can be contacted at:
- Dhanbad
- Jharkhand 826001
- hinduclub@hackitosh.com
Even if The Hindu Club
digital learning courses are offered in conjunction with an outside partner,
the partner will not receive any individual personal information from users of
the Site, including children. The Hindu Club may provide partners with
aggregate or de-identified information about users.
What Information Do We
Collect About Children and Why?
As described in further
detail below, we collect some personal information from children so that we can
track their progress through our courses. Data is retained for
education purposes only.
How Information is
Collected?
We may
collect information about children directly from children, as well as
automatically through a child’s use of our Site and Services. We will not
require a child to disclose more information than is reasonably necessary to
use our Services.
Information We Collect
Directly.
- From children
under 13, we utilize the date of birth to verify the child’s age but do
not store the age. We only store whether or not they are under 13. If a
child is under 13, we collect the child’s first name, and last initial. We
do not ask children for their full last name. Children must create their
own usernames, but are not required to provide an email. We only use user
name and email address (if provided) to track a child’s progress in our
courses or to reset passwords; we will not contact a child using his or
her email address or username. We may also collect additional demographic
information (such as race and gender) from children; however, we do not
associate this with the child’s name or other personal information and we
use it only to compile aggregate and de-identified information about
participants in our courses. Parents may ask us to stop collecting
personal information from their child by emailing us at hinduclub@hackitosh.com, however, in
such cases the child will not be able to take or complete our courses. If
a parent directs us to stop collecting and using a child’s personal
information, we must disable his or her use of our courses to ensure that
no information is collected.
Information We Collect
Automatically.
We may automatically
collect the following information about a child’s use of our Site through
cookies and other technologies: domain name; browser type and operating system;
web pages viewed; links clicked; the length of time spent on our Site; the
length of time our courses were taken; Google Analytics statistics; the
referring URL, or the webpage that led the child to our Site; language
information; device name and model; operating system type, name, and version;
and activities within our Site. We may also collect IP address, device
identifier or a similar unique identifier from users of our Site, including
children; we only use such identifiers to support the internal operations of
our Site and we do not use such identifiers to collect information about the
child outside of our Site.
Other Information We
Collect About Children.
We collect information
about children’s performance and activities on our Site, including completion
of courses. This information is for internal use only and will not be disclosed
to other entities; however, we do not use this information in personally
identifiable form for our own commercial purposes. Before we analyze or use any
activity data for our own commercial purposes, we de-identify and/or aggregate
such information.
How We Use Children’s
Information
We use personal information collected from children for the following purposes:
- To provide our
Services; and
- To respond to
customer service and technical support issues and requests.
We de-identify and/or
aggregate the information we collect from children under 13 before we use it
for any other purposes, as noted below.
Unique Identifiers. We only
collect and use unique identifiers, such as IP addresses, as necessary to
operate our Site or Services, including to maintain or analyze their
functioning; perform network communications; authenticate users or personalize
content; and protect the security or integrity of users and our Site and
Services. We never use unique identifiers to track users across third-party
apps or websites.
Aggregate or
De-identified Information. We may use aggregate or
de-identified information about children for research, analysis, and similar
purposes. When we do so, we strip out names, e-mail, contact information, and
other personal identifiers. We may use aggregate or de-identified information
for the following purposes:
- To better
understand how users access and use our Site and Services;
- To improve our
Site and Services and respond to user desires and preferences; and
- To conduct
research or analysis, including research and analysis by third parties.
How We Share Children’s
Information
We do not sell children’s personal information, and a child may not make his or
her personal information public through our services. In general, we may
disclose the personal information that we collect about children to provide our
Services, to comply with the law, and to protect The Hindu Club and other users
of our Services. For example, we may share children’s personal information as
follows:
- Service
Providers.
We may disclose the information we collect from children to third-party
vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform functions
on our behalf.
- Business
Transfers.
If we are acquired by or merged with another company, if substantially all
of our assets are transferred to another company, or as part of a
bankruptcy proceeding, we may transfer the personal information we have
collected from our users to the other company.
- In Response to
Legal Process. We also may disclose the personal information we
collect in order to comply with the law, a judicial proceeding, court
order, subpoena, or other legal process.
- To Protect Us and
Others.
We also may disclose the personal information we collect where we believe
it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal
activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the
safety of any person, violations of our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy,
or this COPPA Policy, or as evidence in litigation in which The Hindu Club
is involved.
- With Parents. Parents may
request information about the information we have collected from their
child by contacting us hinduclub@hackitosh.com
- Aggregate and
De-Identified Information. We may also use and share
aggregate or de-identified information about users with third parties for
marketing, research, or similar purposes.
- Your Rights to
Review, Delete, and Control Our Use of Children’s Personal Information
Parents have a right to review the information we have collected about their children and students, respectively, and to delete it, and to tell us to stop using it. To exercise these rights, you may contact us at hinduclub@hackitosh.com
You will be required to
authenticate yourself as the child’s parent to receive information about that
child. Please note that copies of information may remain in cached or archived
form on our systems after you request us to delete it.
Changes to This COPPA
Policy
This COPPA Policy is current as of the Effective Date set forth above. We may
change this COPPA Policy from time to time, so please be sure to check back
periodically. We will post any changes to this COPPA Policy on our Site,
at www.TheHindu.club. If we
make any changes to this COPPA Policy that materially affect our practices with
regard to the personal information we have previously collected from a child,
we will endeavor to provide you with notice in advance of such change by
highlighting the change on our Site
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