Privacy Policy

Splainer aims to cater to the information needs of the modern working population ranging from work to parenthood to personal finance to health. Our services helps our readers better understand the things that matter to them and in the world through text, photographs, and other forms of digital content

We know that you care about how your personal information is used and shared, and we take your privacy very seriously. By visiting the splainer website, you are accepting the privacy practices outlined in this policy.

This Privacy Policy covers Splainer’s treatment of users’ personal information that splainer gathers on the splainer website. This policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that splainer does not own or control, or to individuals that splainer does not employ or manage.

Information Collected by splainer

We only collect personal information that is relevant to the purpose of our websites and offerings. This information allows us to provide users an efficient experience. We collect the following types of information from our users:

Summary
  We collect only the information required to make splainer websites useful to you.

Information You Provide to Us:

1. We receive and store any information you enter on our website or provide to us in any other way. You can choose to not provide certain information, but then you may not be able to take advantage of some of our special features.
2. Subscription: To subscribe to the splainer Daily email and access the associated services, you will be required to provide your email id and some personal information This information will be used at an individual level only to manage your subscription account, and at an aggregate level only to tailor our offerings to our audience
3. Founding Membership: To enroll in the splainer Founding Membership, you will be required to provide some personal information and This information may include your username, name, email id, phone number and mailing address. This will be used at an individual level only to manage your subscription account, and at an aggregate level only to tailor our offerings to our audience.
4. Automatic Information: We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. splainer and its authorized agents automatically receive and record certain “traffic data” on their server logs from your browser including your IP address, splainer cookie information, and the page you requested. splainer uses this traffic data, only at an aggregate level, to help diagnose problems with its servers, analyze trends and administer the website.
5. splainer may collect the total counts that page has viewed.
6. Many companies offer programs that help you to visit websites anonymously. While splainer will not be able to provide you with a personalized experience if we cannot recognize you, we want you to be aware that these programs are available.

Summary
We collect your subscription and Founding Membership profile data. Our servers also collect and log traffic information.

E-mail Communications

Splainer is very concerned about your privacy and we will never provide your email address to a third party without your explicit permission, as detailed in the “Sharing Your Information” section below. splainer may send out e-mails with splainer-related news, products, offers, surveys, or promotions. You may also receive notification e-mails from splainer, which inform you of actions (e.g. successful subscription) that have been performed on the site. If you do not want to receive e-mails from us, please follow the unsubscribe link on the emails. However, please note that in all cases you will continue to receive all system e-mails (e.g., those regarding forgotten user passwords) and legal notices (e.g., updates to our policies) from us.

Summary 
From time to time, we may send emails to all our users.

Cookies

Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser to enable our systems to recognize your browser and tell us how and when pages in our website are visited and by how many people. splainer cookies do not collect personal information, and we do not combine information collected through cookies with other personal information to tell us who you are or what your screen name or e-mail address is.

The “help” portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, or how to fully disable cookies. We recommend that you leave the cookies activated because cookies allow you to use some of Splainer’s coolest features. Some of our business partners, like our advertisers, may use cookies on our website. We have no access to, or control over, these cookies.

Sharing Your Information

Because splainer enables people to discover and share information with one another, information about the people who use splainer is an integral part of the splainer experience. Rest assured that we neither rent nor sell your personal information to anyone and that we will share your personal information only as described below:

1. Splainer Personnel: splainer personnel and authorized consultants and/or contractors may have access to user information if necessary in the normal course of splainer business.
2. Business Transfers: In some cases, we may choose to buy or sell assets. In these types of transactions, user information is typically one of the business assets that is transferred. Moreover, if splainer, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred. The conditions of this Privacy Policy will be binding and applicable on all entities who may acquire your personal information as part of the transferred assets.
3. Protection of splainer and Others: We may release personal information when we believe in good faith that release is necessary to comply with a law; to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other policies; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of splainer, our employees, our users, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
4. With Your Consent: Except as noted above, we will contact you when your personal information is shared with third parties or used for a purpose incompatible with the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, and you will be able to opt out to prevent the sharing of this information.

Summary
We do not sell your information to anyone. However, we share the data provided by you for the specific purpose of sharing with partners (e.g, partners providing exclusive offers to splainer subscribers) and may release other information to authorities where required by law.

Keeping Information Secure

Your splainer account information is protected by a password for your privacy and security. Protect against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer by logging off once you have finished using a shared computer.

Only employees who need personal information to perform a specific job (e.g., a customer service representative) are granted access to it. All of our employees are kept up to date on our privacy and security practices.

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Your account is protected by an encrypted password. We keep it secure, and you must also keep it safe. Our employees may not access your account unless required to do a specific job.

Ways to Control Display and Use of Your Information

As stated previously, you can always opt not to disclose information, but then you may be unable to use certain features on our website.

As explained earlier, the “help” portion of the toolbar on the majority of browsers will direct you on how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to command the browser to tell you when you receive a new cookie, or how to fully disable cookies. Please note, however, that if your browser does not accept cookies, you will not be able to take advantage of some of our attractive features.

Summary 
You can choose not to share information with us, but your experience of the site may be limited. However, until your account is deleted, you may receive all system emails.

You must be 18 years and older to register to become a splainer Founding Member. As a result, splainer does not specifically collect information about children. If we learn that splainer has collected information from a child under the age of 18, we will delete that information as quickly as possible

Summary 
Please register only if you are more than 18 years old.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Splainer may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, at its sole discretion. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make changes to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you by posting an announcement on the splainer website so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances if any, it is disclosed.

Summary 
The Privacy Policy may change.

Conditions of Use

If you decide to visit splainer-owned websites, your visit and any possible dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, including limitations on damages, arbitration of disputes, and application of Indian law.

Summary
Visiting all splainer websites is subject to Terms and Privacy policy.

This privacy policy reflects our beliefs on how we want to protect user privacy.

Effective Date of this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy is effective as of May 2020.