This Privacy Policy outlines Bharat Vasi Germany e.V. (BVG) (“we”, “our” or “the Company”) practices with respect to information collected from Members who access our website at https://bharatvasi.de (“Site”) or otherwise share personal information with us (collectively: “Members or Users”).

Who we are

Our website address is: https://bharatvasi.de.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

 If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

 Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

What personal data do we collect about you?

We collect the information necessary to be able to contact you by email or /and by post This information includes contact information, like email address, telephone number and postal address, user name and password when you register on our website and if you are happy to provide, the names of your spouse, children (only for the purpose of making them a part of BVG’s cultural, charity and social activities.) An explicit permission will be sought from you as and when required to make your family a part of BVG’s activities. Please be rest assured that we will not share the data with any external organisations. The data that we store will be protected with utmost care will never be shared with any other businesses or any other charities.

Where do we collect personal data about you from?

This is information you provide while attending our events through membership forms(online or offline), willingly filled by you.

How and Why we use your personal data?

We use your personal data only to send you information about our festival celebrations, activities and fund raising events. We will also contact you to invite you and your family to join us and actively engage with our activities and events.

Who do we share your personal Data With?

We will not share any information about you or your family to any private businesses, other charities.
We may share your information with the Government and any law enforcement agencies under court of law only under the purview of the fullest extent of the law of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Do we transfer your data outside the EU?

No, we do not transfer personal data out of the EU.

How long we retain your data

 If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

 Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Our website is hosted on the the server of hostinger.de(Germany hosting company). You can read about their privacy policy here: https://www.hostinger.de/datenschutz-bestimmungen

WordPress provide us with the online platform that allows us to connect with you. Your data may be stored through WordPress’s data storage, databases and the general WordPress applications.

How to contact us

If you have any general questions about the Site or the information we collect about you and how we use it, you can contact us at info@bharatvasi.de