Privacy Policy

Effective Date: June 24, 2024

Introduction

International Watercolor Society of India ("IWS India") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of information that you may provide through our services including our E-Magazine and membership offerings.

1. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information to provide and improve our services:

Personal Information: This may include your name, email address, phone number, and address, which you provide when you subscribe to our E-Magazine, apply for membership, or contact us for any queries.
Usage Data: We may collect information on how our services are accessed and used. This may include information such as your device's Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other diagnostic data.

Use of Information

We use the collected information for various purposes:

To provide and maintain our E-Magazine and membership services.
To notify you about changes to our services.
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our services when you choose to do so.
To provide customer support and respond to inquiries.
To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our services.
To monitor the usage of our services.
To detect, prevent, and address technical issues.

3. Sharing of Information

We do not share your personal information with third parties except in the following circumstances:

Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our services, to provide services on our behalf, to perform service-related activities, or to assist us in analyzing how our services are used. These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

4. Security of Information

We value your trust in providing us your personal information and are committed to using commercially acceptable means of protecting it. However, please remember that no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

5. Your Rights:

You have the right to:

Access the personal information we hold about you.
Request correction of inaccurate information.
Request the deletion of your personal information.
Object to the processing of your personal information.
Withdraw your consent at any time where IWS India relied on your consent to process your personal information.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at amitiwsindia@gmail.com.

6. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy