Privacy Policy
Personal Information
Vari Masala is the licensed owner of the website varimasala.com (“The Site”). Vari Masala respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy provides a clear understanding of how your data is collected and used by Vari Masala on the Site. As a visitor to the Site/Customer, please carefully read the Privacy Policy. By accessing the services provided by the Site, you agree to the collection and use of your data by Vari Masala as described in this Privacy Policy.
What information is or may be collected from you?
As part of the registration process on the Site, Vari Masala may collect the following personally identifiable information about you: Name including first and last name, alternate email address, mobile phone number, contact details, Postal code, Demographic profile (such as age, gender, occupation, education, address, etc.), and information about the pages on the site you visit/access, the links you click on the site, the number of times you access the page, and similar browsing information.
How do we collect the information?
Vari Masala will collect personally identifiable information about you only as part of a voluntary registration process, online survey, or any combination thereof. The Site may contain links to other websites. Vari Masala is not responsible for the privacy practices of such websites, which it does not own, manage, or control. The Site and third-party vendors, including Google, use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) together to inform, optimize, and serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Site.
How is the information used?
Vari Masala will use your personal information to provide personalized features to you on the Site and to offer promotional offers to you through the Site and other channels. Vari Masala will also provide this information to its business associates and partners to contact you when necessary to provide the services requested by you. This information will be used to preserve transaction history as governed by existing law or policy. Vari Masala may also use contact information internally to improve products, contact you as a survey respondent, notify you if you win any contest, and send you promotional materials from its contest sponsors or advertisers. Vari Masala will also use this information to serve various promotional and advertising materials to you via display advertisements through the Google Ad network on third-party websites. You can opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display network ads using the Ads Preferences Manager.
With whom will your information be shared?
Vari Masala will not use your financial information for any purpose other than to complete a transaction with you. Vari Masala does not rent, sell, or share your personal information and will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information to third parties. In cases where it has your permission to provide products or services you’ve requested and such information is necessary to provide these products or services, the information may be shared with Vari Masala’s business associates and partners. Additionally, Vari Masala may use this information for promotional offers, to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding unlawful activities, suspected fraud, potential threats, violations of the Site’s terms of use, or to defend against legal claims; special circumstances such as compliance with subpoenas, court orders, requests/orders from legal authorities or law enforcement agencies requiring such disclosure.
What choices are available to you, regarding collection, use, and distribution of information?
Supplying personally identifiable information is voluntary. You are required to register with the Site to shop on the site. You may change your interests and opt-in or opt-out of marketing/promotional/newsletter mailings. Vari Masala and the Site reserve the right to send you certain service-related communication, considered a part of your Site account without offering you the facility to opt-out. You may update your information and change your account settings at any time. Upon request, Vari Masala will remove/block your personally identifiable information from its database, canceling your registration. Your information may remain stored in archives on Vari Masala’s servers even after the deletion or termination of your account. If Vari Masala plans to use your personally identifiable information for any commercial purposes, it will notify you at the time it collects that information and allow you to opt-out of having your information used for those purposes.
What security procedures are in place to protect information from loss or misuse, or alteration?
To protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under its control, Vari Masala has in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures. For example, Vari Masala servers are accessible only to authorized personnel and your information is shared with employees and authorized personnel on a need-to-know basis to complete the transaction and provide the services requested by you. While Vari Masala strives to safeguard the confidentiality of your personally identifiable information, transmissions made via the Internet cannot be made absolutely secure. By using this site, you agree that Vari Masala will have no liability for disclosure of your information due to errors in transmission or unauthorized acts of third parties.