Privacy Policy
General
At TechPeek, we respect your need for online privacy and protect any Personal Information that you may share with us in an appropriate manner. Our practice with respect to the use of your Personal Information is as set forth below in this Privacy Policy Statement. As a condition to the use of TechPeek Services, you consent to the terms of the Privacy Policy Statement as it may be updated from time to time. This Privacy Policy Statement applies exclusively to www.techpeek.in.
Information Recorded and Use:
Personal Information
During the Registration Process for creating a user account, we request your name and email address. You will also be asked to choose a unique username and a password, which will be used solely for the purpose of providing access to your user account. Your name and email address will be used to inform you regarding new services, releases, upcoming events, and changes in this Privacy Policy Statement. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to, your Name, Email Address, Phone Numbers, and Address.
TechPeek will have access to third-party personal information provided by you as part of using TechPeek Services in your TechPeek account. We do not share this third-party personal information with anyone for promotional purposes, nor do we utilize it for any purposes not expressly consented to by you.
Usage Details
Your usage details such as time, frequency, duration, and pattern of use, features used, and the amount of storage used will be recorded by us to enhance your experience of the TechPeek Services and to help us provide you with the best possible service.
Contents of Your User Account
To prevent loss of data due to errors or system failures, we also keep backup copies of data, including the contents of your user account. Hence, your files and data may remain on our servers even after deletion or termination of your user account. We may retain and use your Personal Information and data as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our rights. We assure you that the contents of your user account will not be disclosed to anyone except in circumstances specifically mentioned in this Privacy Policy Statement.
Payment Information
In the case of services requiring payment, we request credit card or other payment account information, which will be used solely for processing payments. Your financial information will not be stored by us except for the name and address of the cardholder, the expiry date, and the last four digits of the Credit Card number. Subject to your prior consent and where necessary for processing future payments, your financial information will be stored in encrypted form on secure servers of our reputed Payment Gateway Service Provider, who is beholden to treating your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy Statement.
Visitor Details
We use the Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, referring URL, files accessed, errors generated, time zone, operating system, and other visitor details collected in our log files to analyze trends, administer the website, track visitors’ movements, and improve our website. We link this automatically collected data to other information we collect about you. In addition, we may use third-party services such as Google Analytics that collect, monitor, and analyze this information.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
We use temporary and permanent cookies to enhance your experience of our TechPeek Services. Temporary cookies will be removed from your computer each time you close your browser. If you have turned cookies off, you may not be able to use registered areas of the website. We tie cookie information to your email address when you elect to remain logged in to maintain and recall your preferences within the website.
Technologies such as cookies, beacons, tags, and scripts are used by TechPeek. These technologies are used to analyze trends, administer the site, track users’ movements around the site, and gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.
We use Local Storage Objects (LSOs) such as HTML5 to store content information and preferences. Third parties with whom we partner to provide certain features on our site or to display advertising based on your Web browsing activity use LSOs such as HTML5 to collect and store information. Various browsers may offer their own management tools for removing HTML5 LSOs.
Links from Our Website
Some pages of our website contain external links. You are advised to verify the privacy practices of such other websites. We are not responsible for the manner of use or misuse of information made available by you at such other websites. We encourage you not to provide Personal Information without assuring yourselves of the Privacy Policy Statement of other websites.
With Whom We Share Information
We may need to share your Personal Information and your data with our service providers and business partners solely for the purpose of providing TechPeek Services to you. The purposes for which we may disclose your Personal Information or data to our service providers may include, but are not limited to, data storage, database management, web analytics, and payment processing. These service providers are authorized to use your Personal Information or data only as necessary to provide these services to us. In such cases, TechPeek will also ensure that such affiliates, resellers, service providers, and business partners comply with this Privacy Policy Statement and adopt appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
We will obtain your prior specific consent before we share your Personal Information or data with any person outside TechPeek for any purpose that is not directly connected with providing TechPeek Services to you. We will share your Personal Information with third parties only in the ways described in this Privacy Policy Statement. We do not sell your Personal Information to third parties. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any Personal Information regarding visitors and users with our business partners and advertisers.
Please be aware that laws in various jurisdictions in which we operate may obligate us to disclose user information and the contents of your user account to local law enforcement authorities under a legal process or an enforceable government request. In addition, we may also disclose Personal Information and the contents of your user account to law enforcement authorities if such disclosure is determined to be necessary by TechPeek in our sole and absolute discretion for protecting the safety of our users, employees, or the general public.
If TechPeek is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its business or assets, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our website of any change in ownership or uses of your Personal Information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your Personal Information.
How Secure is Your Information
We adopt industry-standard data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures, as well as physical security measures, to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your Personal Information, username, password, transaction information, and data stored in your user account. Access to your name and email address is restricted to our employees who need to know such information in connection with providing TechPeek Services to you and are bound by confidentiality obligations.
Your Choice in Information Use
In the event we decide to use your Personal Information for any purpose other than as stated in this Privacy Policy Statement, we will offer you an effective way to opt out of the use of your Personal Information for those other purposes. From time to time, we may send emails to you regarding new services, releases, and upcoming events. You may opt out of receiving newsletters and other secondary messages from TechPeek by selecting the ‘unsubscribe’ function present in every email we send. However, you will continue to receive essential transactional emails.
Accessing, Updating, and Removing Personal Information
Upon request, we will provide you with information about whether we hold any of your Personal Information. Users who wish to correct, update, or remove any Personal Information on our site may do so either by accessing their user account or by contacting TechPeek Customer Support Services at [email protected]. Such changes may take up to 48 hours to take effect. We respond to all inquiries within 30 days.
Investigation of Illegal Activity
We may need to provide access to your Personal Information and the contents of your user account to our employees and service providers for the purpose of investigating any suspected illegal activity or potential violation of the terms and conditions for the use of TechPeek Services. However, TechPeek will ensure that such access is in compliance with this Privacy Policy Statement and subject to appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
Enforcement of Privacy Policy
We make every effort, including periodic reviews, to ensure that Personal Information provided by you is used in conformity with this Privacy Policy Statement. If you have any concerns regarding our adherence to this Privacy Policy Statement or the manner in which Personal Information is used for the purpose of providing TechPeek Services, kindly contact TechPeek Customer Support Services at [email protected]. We will contact you to address your concerns and will also cooperate with regulatory authorities in this regard if needed.
Notification of Changes
We may modify the Privacy Policy Statement upon notice to you at any time through a service announcement or by sending an email to your primary email address or by placing a prominent notice on our website. If we make significant changes to the Privacy Policy Statement that affect your rights, you will be provided with at least 30 days’ advance notice of the changes by email to your primary email address. You may terminate your use of TechPeek Services by providing TechPeek notice by email within 30 days of being notified of the availability of the modified Privacy Policy Statement if the Privacy Policy Statement is modified in a manner that substantially affects your rights in connection with the use of TechPeek Services.
Your continued use of TechPeek Services after the effective date of any change to the Privacy Policy Statement will be deemed to be your agreement to the modified Privacy Policy Statement. You will not receive email notification of minor changes to the Privacy Policy Statement. If you are concerned about how your Personal Information is used, you should check back on the Privacy Policy Statement periodically.
Third-Party Widgets
TechPeek supports third-party widgets such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn buttons on the website that allow users to share articles and other information on different platforms. These widgets may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the widgets to function properly. These widgets do not collect or store any Personal Information from users on the website and simply act as a bridge for your convenience in sharing information. Your interactions with these widgets are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing them.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy Statement, please contact us at [email protected]. We shall respond to all inquiries within 30 days of receipt upon ascertaining your identity.