We value and respect “YOUR PRIVACY.”
This information is provided by “Homey Utility” ( “We”, “Us” or “Our”) on our website http://homeyutility.in ( the site) is for general information purposes only.
This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.
What and when your Information is collected?
• Information that we collect.
We only collect information from you when you choose to share it with us. This can be done in various ways. This includes when you register on our site, subscribe to our newsletter, fill out a form, participate in our online survey or comment on the site. The personal information we collect may include your name, age, date of birth, gender, address, email address, telephone number, social media accounts, health condition, your body weight, your height, your likability and your preferences.
• Information from Social Media
We may also give you options to link your social media accounts like FACEBOOK, TWITTER, and other social medium platforms through our website. If and when you choose to do so, we may automatically receive your information based on the privacy settings and registration on those third party services.
This may include but might not be limited to basic information like name, username demographic profile, updated contact information, updated address, your interests and other publicly-observed data, such as from social media platforms and online activities.
You may, however, choose to visit our site anonymously.
• Automatically Collected Information.
We may use technologies like Cookies, log files, pixel files to collect information from the visitors, the users of our site. This may also apply to the interactions with our emails and other online advertisements.
This allows us to keep track of analytics and certain other statistical information. This is done to understand and save your preferences for future visits so that we can offer better site experience and tools in the future.
We may also obtain non-personal information including but not limited to browser type, device type, operating system, Internet Protocol (IP) address, geolocation, phone model, phone operating system and domain name from which you accessed our site.
We may also collect information regarding date and time of your visit, pages of the site you visit, areas of the site you visit, the amount of time you spent on our site, where or which site you go to from our site. This information may assist us to give you a better experience by increasing our efficiency.
- Third-party Service Providers.
We may contract with third-party service providers to assist us in better understanding the visitors and users of our sides. This third part services can use cookies, log files, pixel files, web beacons and other technologies.
These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. So we do not have any control over the third-party service provider. However, to maintain transparency we may disclose the third party service providers when we use them.
Third Party Analytic Technologies
We may use third-party analytics and tracking tools. This will help us to better understand our users and visitors. This may assist us to increase our efficiency, understanding our quality of content that we provide you and studying the reach of our site.
This may help in giving the user and visitor with a better experience.
The third party may use technologies including but not limited to COOKIES, Pixel files, Log files, Web Beacon. They may collect information which may include but not limited to your personal and non-personal information (as mentioned above). The third party can collect this information from our site or other sites.
These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. So we do not have any control over the third-party service provider. However, to maintain transparency we may disclose the third party service providers when we use them.
- Information from other sources.
We may collect information regarding you from other sources. This information will be additional supplementary information to that, which you have already provided to us. This information may include but not limited to updated address, preferences, lifestyle and demographic information’s. This information’s may assist us to maintain good communication with you and help you by providing general information, product information and services that you may require.
• Combination of Information
We may combine the information that we have collected directly from you, from social medium platforms, automatically collected from our site and from third-party sources.
How do we use your information?
We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:
• To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
• To improve our website in order to better serve you.
• To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.
• To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
• To send periodic emails regarding your order or other products and services.
How do we protect your information?
• We do not use vulnerability scanning and/or scanning to PCI standards.
• We only provide articles and information. We never ask for credit card numbers.
• We do not use Malware Scanning.
We use an SSL certificate
• We only provide articles and information. We never ask for personal or private information like names, email addresses, or credit card numbers.
Do we use ‘cookies’?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
We use cookies to:
• Understand and save user’s preferences for future visits.
• Keep track of advertisements.
• Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since the browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
If users disable cookies in their browser:
If you turn cookies off it will turn off some of the features of the site.
Third-party disclosure
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when it’s release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property or safety.
These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. So we do not have any control over the third-party service provider. However, to maintain transparency we may disclose the third party service providers when we use them.
However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Third-party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
Google (This service have not yet been applied, If and when we opt-in for this service we will make changes on this page and Terms and Conditions page).
Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en
We use Google AdSense Advertising on our website.
Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on previous visits to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt-out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.
We have implemented the following:
• Remarketing with Google AdSense
• Google Display Network Impression Reporting
• Demographics and Interests Reporting
• DoubleClick Platform Integration
We, along with third-party vendors such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.
Opting out:
Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on.
California Online Privacy Protection Act
CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. – See more at The Consumer Federation of California.
According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:
Users can visit our site anonymously.
Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our homepage or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website.
Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can easily be found on the page specified above.
You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes:
• On our Privacy Policy Page
Can change your personal information:
• By logging in to your account
How does our site handle Do Not Track signals?
We honor Do Not Track signals and Do Not Track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.
Does our site allow third-party behavioral tracking?
It’s also important to note that we may allow third-party behavioral tracking. If and when we do we will disclose it.
COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)
When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States’ consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.
We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old.
Do we let third-parties, including ad networks or plug-ins, collect PII from children under 13?
Fair Information Practices
The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.
In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:
We will notify you via email
• Within 7 business days
We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.
Terms and Conditions.
Please visit our Terms and Conditions Page.
Your Consent
By visiting our site and using it, you consent to our online privacy policy.
Update to Privacy Policy
You will be notified here, in this post if and when there is an update to our privacy policy.
Personal Commitment:
We value “YOUR PRIVACY” and belief in “TRANSPARENCY.” We will disclose what platforms we use, what plugins we use and which third-party we seek help from so that we can give you a better experience and insightful information.
If you have any questions you can ask us at homeyutility@gmail.com
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