Privacy matters.
Here’s how we handle it.
This policy describes how Quilon Amateur Radio League handles information when you use the QARL website and services.
◷ Effective date: January 01, 2022PRIVACY
POLICY
Information collection and use
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service. While using the Service, we may ask you to provide personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”).
Usage Data may include your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type and version, pages of the Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
Tracking and cookies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are small data files, which may include an anonymous unique identifier, sent to your browser and stored on your device. Beacons, tags and scripts may also be used to collect information and improve and analyze the Service.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. If you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of the Service.
- Session Cookies: used to operate the Service.
- Preference Cookies: used to remember preferences and various settings.
- Security Cookies: used for security purposes.
Use of data
QUILON AMATEUR RADIO LEAGUE uses collected data for the following purposes:
- To provide and maintain the Service.
- To notify you about changes to the Service.
- To allow you to participate in interactive features when you choose to do so.
- To provide customer care and support.
- To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service.
- To monitor use of the Service.
- To detect, prevent and address technical issues.
Transfer of data
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction, where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.
If you are located outside India and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to India and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
QARL will take steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. The policy states that no transfer of Personal Data will take place to an organization or country unless adequate controls are in place, including controls for security of your data and other personal information.
Disclosure of data
QARL may disclose Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation.
- Protect and defend the rights or property of QARL.
- Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service.
- Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public.
- Protect against legal liability.
Security of data and service providers
The security of your data is important to us. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate the Service, provide the Service on our behalf, perform service-related services or assist us in analyzing how the Service is used. These third parties have access to Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Analytics
We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze use of the Service. The policy identifies Google Analytics as a web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses collected data to track and monitor use of the Service; this data is shared with other Google services. Google may use it to contextualize and personalize ads in its advertising network.
You can opt out of making your activity available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. For more information about Google’s privacy practices, visit Google Privacy & Terms.
Links to other sites
The Service may contain links to sites not operated by QARL. If you click a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. QARL has no control over and assumes no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of third-party sites or services.
Children’s privacy
The Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and are aware that your child has provided Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on the Service before the change becomes effective and update the effective date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically. Changes are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact QARL
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us through the QARL website contact page.