Privacy Policy


Privacy Statement

Our Privacy Policy is deliberated to help you appreciate how we gather and apply the personal data you present us and to help you in making informed decisions when using contents and services of our website. By using our website you agree to meet the terms of our guiding principles and policies.

What personal data/information do we gather?

On visiting our website you present us with the following information:
1) You consciously reveal your basic personal information on an individual basis
2) and as you and many others browse our site, the usage information is recorded on a summative basis.

Personal information that you decide to reveal
Registration Information

In order to verify whether you are eligible to access and/or use the contents and services of our site, www.arked.co.in you are required to present valid information about yourself. This information may be used to assist you with user services or issues like technical support, follow up with your educational needs, and to augment your relationship with Arked Infotech. It is entirely your discretion to partake of this. However, by not taking part, you may not access and use all information, contents and services offered by our site.

We may ask you to provide basic personal data only when you:

Log in to access our site www.arked.co.in and get a permanent ID number to help you skip login details every time you want to visit our site. However, you have to remember the user ID. You may have to provide us with:
your name, present residential address / postal address, profession, mobile number, name of school, class-section, subject for which you are seeking assistance, subjects taught, name of the prescribed book, its author and chapter, valid email address, username and password as a precondition to access, register or sign up to access other services, subscribe for specialized educational sections (e-books on various subjects, project materials etc), put in special requests and provide feedback for online activities.

As stated and mentioned above, in general we ask for your name, present residential address, mobile number, e-mail address, login name and password. We may ask for other related personal data required for you to register or subscribe to other services or special offers. Sometimes we may require additional information to allow you access and use of certain contents and services. In the case of newsletters or mailing lists, you will have the freedom to "unsubscribe" at any time. Efforts shall be made to link all pages to the Privacy Policy from wherever www.arked.co.in gathers personal data.

HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION

The personal data gathered by Arked Infotech are put into effect for specific reasons only. The personal data shared with us viz your name, present residential address / postal address, name of school, class-section, subject for which you are seeking assistance, name of the prescribed book, its author and chapter, email id, username and password will not be disclosed but used to carry forward your connection with Arked Infotech to inform of special offers, regular updates, make known new services, or offers from third parties that we may deem to be of importance/significance to you. Representatives or service providers of Arked Infotech who are given the right to use your individual data will essentially keep the information private and not use it for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are assigned by Arked Infotech.

For example, we request information from you when:


  • You may be prompted to provide your user id and password for gaining access to certain areas of the website, resources and services;

  • We may require login name and password if you subscribe to our newsletter or download e-books;

  • User id and password may be required at the time of placing an order;

  • For providing your opinion on any online survey conducted by Arked Infotech.










Sharing information with Third Parties

Arked Infotech may enhance or integrate personal information submitted to its website with data from third parties for the purpose of marketing products or services to you. With regard to network advertising companies, online advertising companies (companies that manage and provide advertising for numerous unrelated companies), to the extent that Arked Infotech makes use of such advertising companies to provide advertisements on the website to cater to your preferences, may provide these companies with your sign in name and any demographic information about you that you submit on our website by way of registration / request or queries. Advertising companies associated with Arked Infotech may combine that data with non-personally identifiable data collected by the advertising company from your computer, solely for the purpose of delivering on our website, advertisements that are targeted to your preferences as specified by you.

Circumstances may arise where we may be required to disclose your personal information to third parties for purposes other than to support your customer relationship with Arked Infotech such as in connection with a corporate divestiture or dissolution where we sell all or a portion of our business or assets (including our associated customer lists containing your personal information), or if disclosure is required by law or is pertinent to judicial or governmental investigations or proceedings.

We will send you information about our various products and services, or other products and services we feel may be of interest to you. Only Arked Infotech (or agents or contractors associated with Arked Infotech and under confidentiality agreements) will send you these direct mailings.

Cookies

A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a website, that site's computer requests prior permission from your computer to store this file in a segment of your hard drive specifically assigned for storing cookies. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.

Usage of cookies makes web browsing easier by performing certain functions such as saving your passwords, your personal preferences regarding your use of the particular website and to make sure you don't see the same ad repetitively. The use of cookies is also considered as an industry standard. If you opt to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that certain areas of our website may not function properly. You may also note that if you visit Arked Infotech website (www.arked .co.in) where you are prompted to log in or to submit customized information, you may be required to accept cookies. Advertisers, associates and partners may also use cookies. We do not control use of these cookies and disclaim responsibility for information collected through them.

How Do We Secure Information Transmissions?

Email is not considered as a secure medium of communication. It is thereby suggested that you do not send private information to us via email. This website does not, however, provide facilities for the secure transmission of information across the Internet and takes no responsibility for security of communication over the internet whatsoever. You should know that there are inherent / potential risks associated with the transmissions of Personal Information via the Internet.

In case you do not wish to use the Internet to send / transmit personal information you can either send hard copies by post, or phone us, details are provided in the 'contact us' section.

How Can You Access and Correct Your Information?

As mentioned above email is not considered a secure medium of communication. You may request access to all your personally identifiable information submitted to us online and that which is maintained in our database by communicating with Arked Infotech over phone after confirming your identity for your security of data.

Certain Disclosures
Your personal information may be disclosed if it is required by law or subpoena or if we believe that such action is necessary to
(a) conform to the law of the country / state or comply with legal process served on us or affiliated parties; (b) protect and defend our rights and property, our website, the users / customers / clients of our site and company, and/or our affiliated parties;
(c) act under circumstances to protect the safety of users of our website, us, or third parties.

What About Other Websites Linked to Our Website?

We claim no responsibility for the practices and processes employed by websites linked to or from our website nor for the information or content contained therein. Often links or 'useful links' to other websites are provided solely for informational purpose on topics that may be useful to the users of our website.

Please remember that when you use a link or 'useful link' to connect from our website to another website, our Privacy Policy stands to be ineffective. Your browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link or a 'useful link' on our website, is subject to that website's own rules and policies. It is suggested that you read over those rules and policies before proceeding on other websites linked to www.arked.co.in .

Children's Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children below 15 years of age. If we come to know or made aware of the fact that we have personal information of a child below 15 years of age, we shall delete that information from our systems and database. Even for personal information of children of the age of 15 years and above, if collected is only for the purpose of their educational needs, requirement or service needs as provided by this website.

Spamming

Sending of unsolicited email, mail, messages, including, without limitation, commercial advertising and informational announcements, is expressly prohibited. A user is not permitted to use another website's mail server to relay email without the express permission of the website.

Customers and users of arked.co.in are not permitted by way of policy to make use of our servers to effect or participate in the following:

  • To post or relay information, email, messages to any newsgroup, forum, blog, e-mail mailing list or any related or similar group / entity or list content which are off-topic as per agreement or any FAQ, description, list published by another entity or owner.

  • To send or relay unsolicited mass e-mailings, if such unsolicited e-mailings provoke complaints from the recipients.

  • To engage in any of the foregoing activities using the service of another provider, but channeling such activities through Arked Infotech provided server, or using Arked Infotech provided server as a maildrop for any responses whatsoever.

  • To falsify / forge user information provided to Arked Infotech or to other users of the website in connection with use of Arked Infotech services.







Consequences of Violation

In case Arked Infotech becomes aware of an alleged / deliberate violation of its Acceptable Use Policy, Arked Infotech will initiate an investigation. During the investigation Arked Infotech may restrict the identified Customer 's access in order to prevent further possible unauthorised activity. Depending on the extent of the violation, Arked Infotech may, at its sole discretion, restrict, suspend, or terminate Customer's account and pursue other civil remedies or claim damage. If such violation is a criminal offence, Arked Infotech will notify the appropriate law enforcement department of such violation.

Your Consent

By using our website you consent to our collection and use of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.

How to contact us

If you want to contact us, please contact us for any reason regarding our privacy practices, at:

Address
Arked Infotech
8J, Ananda Palit Road,
Kolkata - 700014

Revisions to this policy

Arked Infotech reserves the right to revise, amend or modify this policy at any time and in any manner it pleases without any notification on an individual basis. Any change, amendment or revision shall be posted on our website www.arked.co.in .

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