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W3varsity is committed to safeguarding your privacy online.
Please read the following policy to understand how your personal
information will be treated as you make full use of our many
offerings. This policy may change from time to time so please
check back periodically.
This policy will let you know:
What
personally identifiable information does w3varsity collect
from me?
w3varsity
collects information in several ways from different parts
of our network of web sites.
Some
personal information is gathered when you register. During
registration, w3varsity asks for your name, email address,
birth date, gender, zip code, occupation, industry and personal
interests. The more information you volunteer (and the more
accurate it is), the better we are able to customize your
experience. Once you register you are no longer anonymous
to w3varsity - you are given a w3varsity ID and are able to
take full advantage of w3varsity' many offerings.
In addition to registration we may ask you for personal information
at other times, including (but not limited to) when you enter
a contest or promotion sponsored by w3varsity and/or our many
partners; when you submit a listing for a web site; and when
you report a problem with one of our sites or services. If
you contact w3varsity we may keep a record of that correspondence.
w3varsity also occasionally asks users to complete surveys
that we use for research purposes. Wherever w3varsity collects
personal information we make an effort to include a link to
this Privacy Policy on that page.
What
are cookies and how does w3varsity use them?
As
part of offering and providing customizable and personalized
services, w3varsity uses cookies to store and sometimes track
information about you. A cookie is a small amount of data
that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored
on your computer's hard drive. All sites on w3varsity where
you are prompted to log-in or that are customizable require
that you accept cookies. (See "What are
my choices regarding collection, use and distribution of my
information?" for more information on cookies.)
Generally,
we use cookies to:
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Remind us of who you are and to access your account information
(stored on our computers) in order to deliver to you a better
and more personalized service. This cookie is set when you
register or "Sign In" and is modified when you
"Sign Out" of our services. w3varsity also uses
cookies to store your zip code for other services, such
as Yellow Pages.
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Estimate our audience size. Each browser accessing w3varsity
is given a unique cookie which is then used to determine
the extent of repeat usage, usage by a registered user versus
by an unregistered user, and to help target advertisements
based on user interests and behavior.
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This information collected by cookies is sometimes called
"clickstream" or "click trail" and may
also describe which pages you have seen in each module.
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Track your progress and number of entries in some of our
promotions and contests. When a w3varsity-hosted promotion
uses cookies, the information written to the cookie indicates
the member's progress through the promotion, and may be
used to track entries, submissions, and status in prize
drawings.
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Measure certain traffic patterns, which areas of w3varsity'
network of web sites you have visited, and your visiting
patterns in the aggregate. We use this research to understand
how our users' habits are similar or different from one
another so that we can make each new experience on w3varsity
a better one. We may use this information to better personalize
the content, banners, and promotions that you and other
users will see on our sites.
Advertising
networks that serve ads onto w3varsity may also use their
own cookies.
w3varsity
also collects IP addresses for system administration and to
report aggregate information to our advertisers. In addition,
w3varsity Mail includes IP addresses in outgoing mail message
headers.
How
does w3varsity use my information?
w3varsity'
primary goal in collecting personal information is to provide
you, the user, with a customized experience on our network
of sites. This includes personalization services, interactive
communications, online shopping and many other types of services,
most of which are completely free to you. In order to provide
services free of charge, we display advertisements. By knowing
a little about you, w3varsity is able to deliver more relevant
advertisements and content, and hence better service, to you.
In
our role of delivering targeted advertisements, w3varsity
plays the middleman. Advertisers give us an advertisement
and tell us the type of audience they want to reach (for example,
females over 18 years old). w3varsity takes the advertisement
and displays it to users meeting that criteria. In this process,
the advertiser never has access to individual account information.
Only w3varsity has access to individuals' accounts. This kind
of advertisement targeting is done with banner ads as well
as promotional email through w3varsity Delivers. You will
only receive special offers via email from w3varsity if you
have indicated in your account preferences that you would
like to receive them. You can change your account preferences
at any time.
w3varsity
does research on our users' demographics, interests, and behavior
based on the information provided to us upon registration,
during a promotion, from our server log files or from surveys.
We do this to better understand and serve our users. This
research is compiled and analyzed on an aggregated basis.
w3varsity may share this aggregated data with advertisers
or business partners.
Who
is collecting information?
When
you are on a w3varsity site and are asked for personal information,
you are sharing that information with w3varsity alone, unless
it is specifically stated otherwise. For example, some w3varsity
services, like w3varsity Travel, are offered in conjunction
with a partner company. In order to provide this co-branded
service to you, it is necessary for us to share your personal
information with our partner company. If data is being collected
and/or maintained by any company other than w3varsity, you
will be notified prior to the time of the data collection
or transfer. If you do not want your data to be shared, you
can choose not to allow the transfer by not using that particular
service.
Promotions
that run on w3varsity may be sponsored by companies other
than w3varsity or may be cosponsored by w3varsity and another
company. Some or all data collected during a promotion may
be shared with the sponsor. If data will be shared, you will
be notified prior to the time of data collection or transfer.
You can decide not to participate in the promotion if you
don't want your data to be shared. Currently, most w3varsity
Promotion are limited to Indian residents.
Please
be aware that w3varsity Internet access partners, advertisers,
and web sites that have links on our site may collect personally
identifiable information about you. The information practices
of those Internet access partners, advertisers, and web sites
linked to w3varsity are not covered by this privacy statement.
With whom does w3varsity share my information?
As
a general rule, w3varsity will not disclose any of your personally
identifiable information except when we have your permission
or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in
good faith that the law requires it or under the circumstances
described below. Please see the Terms of Service or Use Agreements
for each of our products and services for more detailed information
about how your personal information may be shared. The following
describes some of the ways that your information may be disclosed.
BUSINESS
PARTNERS & SPONSORS: w3varsity may disclose your personal
information to business partners or sponsors, but this is
specifically described to you prior to data collection or
prior to transferring the data. Details of shared use can
be found in specific Terms of Service or Use Agreements, and
sweepstakes and promotions rules. Some or all data collected
during a w3varsity promotion may be shared with a sponsor.
If personally identifying data about you will be shared, we
will tell you before we collect or transfer the data.
Many
promotions offer opportunities to request additional information
from sponsors. By requesting more information, you give w3varsity
permission to transfer your personal information to the sponsor
so they can fulfill your request. In many instances, only
your email address will be shared. If more information will
be shared with the sponsor, you will be notified prior to
the transfer.
THIRD
PARTY DATA & DATA IN THE AGGREGATE:Under confidentiality
agreements, w3varsity may match user information with third
party data. Also, w3varsity discloses aggregated user statistics
(for example, 30% of our users are female) in order to describe
our services to current and prospective partners, advertisers,
and other third parties, and for other lawful purposes.
OTHER:
w3varsity may also disclose account information in special
cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this
information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal
action against someone who may be violating w3varsity' Terms
of Service or may be causing injury to or interference with
(either intentionally or unintentionally) w3varsity's rights
or property, other w3varsity users, or anyone else that could
be harmed by such activities. w3varsity may disclose or access
account information when we believe in good faith that the
law requires it and for administrative and other purposes
that we deem necessary to maintain, service, and improve our
products and services.
What
are my choices regarding collection, use, and distribution
of my information?
w3varsity
may, from time to time, send you email regarding our products
and services. In addition, if you indicated upon registration
that you are interested in receiving offers or information
from w3varsity and our partners, we may occasionally send
you direct mail about products and services that we feel may
be of interest to you. Only w3varsity (or agents working on
behalf of w3varsity and under confidentiality agreements)
will send you these direct mailings and only if you indicated
that you do not object to these offers. If you do not want
to receive such mailings, simply tell us when you give us
your personal information. Or, at any time you can easily
edit your w3varsity Account Information to no longer receive
such offers and mailings. You will need your w3varsity ID
and Password in order to access your w3varsity Account Information.
On
some types of w3varsity promotions, we will ask for your email
address in order to update you on your score, entries, and
status in prize drawings. When you participate in these types
of promotions, you automatically receive promotion-related
email. Occasionally these promotion-related email messages
may include targeted advertisements.
w3varsity
does not sell or rent user information to anyone. We will
notify you at the time of data collection or transfer if your
data will be shared with a third party and you will always
have the option of not permitting the transfer. If you do
not wish to allow your data to be shared, you can choose not
to use a particular service or not to participate in certain
promotions or contests.
What
is w3varsity's policy on allowing me to update, correct, or
delete my personally identifiable information?
Your
w3varsity account can be deleted or deactivated, but doing
so will result in not being able to access any members-only
area of the w3varsity network, including your w3varsity Mail
account (if you have one). If you saved the confirmation email
you received when you first created your w3varsity account,
you can use the URL provided in that message to delete your
account at any time. Please contact support@mastercomputech.com
for further instructions about deleting or deactivating your
w3varsity account. Residual information will remain within
our archive records.
If
you are participating in a w3varsity promotion and you wish
to update your email address on the promotions mailing list
or to quit a promotion and cease receiving promotion-related
email, please contact support@mastercomputech.com
How
does w3varsity protect my personal financial and health-related
information?
Keeping
your personal financial and health-related information private
is vitally important to us. As with all information, w3varsity
will never rent or sell your personal financial or health-related
information. This includes information kept in your w3varsity
Portfolio or from any w3varsity Health assessment tools. If
you use w3varsity Online Banking Access, w3varsity will work
with your financial institution to present your account balances
and history to you on your customized w3varsity pages. In
order to present your financial information to you, w3varsity
receives that information from your financial institution
in an encrypted format and presents it to you over a secure-server.
w3varsity Online Banking Access is regularly updated. w3varsity
encrypts this data and stores it on our secure servers.
Knowing
that you use certain services or features may help us to offer
you better and more relevant content and advertisements. But
as with all personally identifiable information, we do not
make this available to any third parties without your permission.
Any user statistics that we may provide to prospective advertisers
or partners regarding financial product or service usage on
w3varsity are provided in the aggregate only and do not include
any personally identifiable information about any individual
user.
Please
note that there are several places on the w3varsity network
of Web sites where you can transmit credit card information
in order to complete a purchase transaction or for verification
purposes. Any time we ask for a credit card number we transmit
that credit card number in an encrypted format. We use industry-standard,
SSL (secure socket layer) encryption.
What
security precautions are in place to protect the loss, misuse,
or alteration of my information?
Your
w3varsity Account Information and w3varsity Profile are password-protected
so that you and only you have access to this personal information.
We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone.
w3varsity will never ask you for your password in an unsolicited
phone call or in an unsolicited email. Also remember to sign
out of your w3varsity account and close your browser window
when you have finished your work. This is to ensure that others
cannot access your personal information and correspondence
if you share a computer with someone else or are using a computer
in a public place like a library or Internet cafe.
As
a global company w3varsity has international sites and users
all over the world. When you give w3varsity personal information,
that information may be sent electronically to servers outside
of the country where you originally entered the information,
such as to the United States or other countries. In addition,
that information may be used, stored and processed outside
of the country where you entered that information. Whenever
w3varsity handles personal information as described above,
regardless of where this occurs, w3varsity takes steps to
ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance
with the relevant Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy.
Unfortunately,
no data transmission over the Internet or any wireless network
can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we
strive to protect your personal information, w3varsity cannot
ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit
to us or from our online products or services, and you do
so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we
make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.
What
about children's privacy?
Naturally, the safety of children is very important to us.
w3varsity recommends that parents and kids try, a web guide
designed especially for users between the ages of 4 and 18.
w3varsity
is a general audience web site that complies with the Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act. When a child age between 4
and 18 years attempts to register with w3varsity, we ask that
they have a parent or guardian establish a w3varsity Account.
This is to ensure that the parent or guardian consents to
the collection and use of personally identifying information
from that child. w3varsity Accounts allows parents to review,
edit and delete information relating to their child's w3varsity
account. If a parent wishes to refuse to permit further collection
or use of their child's information by w3varsity, that parent
can send an email to account-remove@w3varsity.com to request
deletion of their child's account.
Under
the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, no web site
operator is permitted to require a child under the age of
13 to disclose more information than is reasonably necessary
to participate in an activity as a condition of participation.
w3varsity abides by this requirement.
w3varsity
does not share personally identifying information about users
who are under the age of 13 with business partners or other
third parties. All w3varsity account holders, including parents
and children with w3varsity Accounts, are subject to this
Privacy Policy.
What
else should I know about my privacy?
Please
keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal
information online - for example on message boards, through
email, or in chat areas - that information can be collected
and used by others. In short, if you post personal information
online that is accessible to the public, you may receive unsolicited
messages from other parties in return.
Ultimately,
you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of
your passwords and/or any account information. Please be careful
and responsible whenever you're online.
Additional
Information
If you have a question that was not addressed in this privacy
policy you may contact us at support@mastercomputech.com
or at the following:
Master
Computech Pvt. Ltd.
Attention: Customer Care - Privacy Policy Issues
C/o Master Computech Pvt.Ltd.
Hedavkar Estate, Bhavani Shankar Road,
Dadar (West)
Mumbai - 400028 (India)
If
you do not receive acknowledgement or if your inquiry has
not been satisfactorily addressed, you should contact Master
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