Our Website
https://www.tarabling.org
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
We collect the personal information limited to the email ID and contact number voluntarily shared by any individuals. This information may be used for future communications strictly related to the Unity In Duality Education Program or the Unity In Duality-related activities organized by Tarab Ling Institute or any other Local Institutes affiliated to Tarab Institute International.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, forms, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
Your data will not be intentionally shared with any other third-party apps/vendors. The Tarab Ling Institute stores the data on Google India’s cloud storage. We schedule weekly data backups to ensure data safety and security. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. Also, the data removed from our online database may remain to be a part of the metadata of the third-party service providers.
Your contact information
Your contact information will be added to the local database created and maintained by Tarab Ling Institute. The digital database is hosted on Google Cloud Storage and the sensitive personal information such as your contact number, email ID, address, and any other information which is a part of the registration/enrolment forms. Please write to us if you wish us to remove your data from our storage, however, the information may continue to exist in the metadata of the service providers.
How we protect your data
The online database is established as per the designated protocols of the Tarab Ling Institute, and the access points are password/pin-protected with two-factor verification. The information is regularly monitored by the Admin to ensure that there are no loopholes in the access settings and security measures. The Tarab Ling Institute strives to reduce the dependency on the printed version of the data which might lead to unwanted data disclosures. All the systems used by the Administrators and staff of the Tarab Ling Institute are properly maintained and are equipped with up-to-date antivirus programs to ensure maximum safety. The Tarab Ling Institute strictly prohibits any unauthorized usage of the official software, internet connection/s, and computer systems.
What data breach procedures we have in place
The Tarab Ling Institute has put in maximum effort in preventing any possible data breaches. The Tarab Ling Institute uses only the standard third-party vendors for creating and maintaining the online databases. Also, the Tarab Ling Institute has set up a robust process of backing up of the online data in the secured local system to prevent any form of data loss.
What third parties we receive data from
The Tarab Ling Institute hosts the data on Google India’s online cloud platform. Apart from this, we don’t share or receive information from any other third-party service providers.