1. Introduction
1.1. Mathom.in ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to safeguarding your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, and treat your personal information.
1.2. By using our website, you consent to the practices described in this policy, including the use of cookies for personalization and advertising as outlined below.
2. Collecting Personal Information
We may collect, store, and use the following kinds of personal information:
(a) Technical Data: Your IP address, geographical location, browser type/version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views, and website navigation paths.
(b) Account Data: Information you provide when registering (e.g., email address) and completing your profile (e.g., name, profile pictures, gender, date of birth, interests, educational and employment details).
(c) Service Data: Information provided when subscribing to email notifications/newsletters, using our services, or making purchases (e.g., transaction details, email, address, telephone number, service usage patterns).
(d) Publication Data: Information you post for publication on the internet (e.g., user name, profile pictures, post content).
(e) Communication Data: Information contained in any communication you send to us (e.g., content and metadata).
(f) Advertising Data: Data about your browsing habits collected through cookies and similar technologies to serve personalized ads. This includes information about your interaction with our website and ads.
2.2. Before disclosing another person's personal information to us, you must obtain their consent for both the disclosure and processing as per this policy.
3. Using Your Personal Information
3.1. We will use your personal information for the purposes specified in this policy.
3.2. We may use your information to:
Administer our website and business.
Personalize your experience on our website.
Enable your use of our services.
Deliver digital products and services you purchase.
Manage payments, invoices, and refunds.
Send you non-marketing and marketing communications (where you have consented).
Send you email notifications and newsletters you have requested.
Serve personalized advertisements to you on our site and on third-party sites (like through Google Ads) based on your interests.
Provide third parties with non-identifiable statistical information about our users.
Deal with enquiries and complaints.
Keep our website secure and prevent fraud.
Verify compliance with our terms and conditions.
3.5. We will not, without your express consent, supply your personal information (like your name and email) to any third party for their direct marketing. However, we share online identifiers (like cookie data and IP addresses) with third-party advertising partners, like Google, to serve personalized ads and measure their performance.
3.6. All financial transactions are handled by our payment services providers . We will share information with them only to the extent necessary for processing payments, refunds, and dealing with queries.
4. Disclosing Personal Information
4.1. We may disclose your personal information to our employees, officers, insurers, professional advisers, agents, suppliers, or subcontractors as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.
4.2. We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group of companies.
4.3. We may disclose your personal information:
(a) to the extent required by law;
(b) in connection with any legal proceedings;
(c) to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights;
(d) to a purchaser of our business or assets.
4.4. Except as provided in this policy, we will not provide your personal information to third parties.
5. International Data Transfers
5.1. Information we collect may be stored, processed, and transferred between any countries we operate in to enable us to use the information per this policy.
5.2. Personal information you publish may be available worldwide via the internet. We cannot prevent its use or misuse by others.
5.3. You expressly agree to such transfers. Where we transfer your data outside the European Economic Area (EEA) or the UK, we ensure it is protected by appropriate safeguards, such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses.
6. Retaining Personal Information
6.1. We will not retain your personal data longer than necessary for its purposes.
6.2. We may retain documents containing personal data:
(a) where required by law;
(b) if relevant to ongoing or prospective legal proceedings;
(c) to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights.
7. Security of Personal Information
7.1. We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse, or alteration of your personal information.
7.2. We store all personal information on secure (password- and firewall-protected) servers.
7.3. All electronic financial transactions are protected by encryption technology.
7.4. You acknowledge that internet data transmission is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
7.5. You are responsible for keeping your website password confidential.
8. Your Rights
8.1. You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you; provision of such information may be subject to a fee.
8.2. You have the right to opt-out of marketing communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link in our emails or by contacting us.
8.3. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings (see Section 11).
8.4. You can opt out of Google’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings page.
9. Amendments
We may update this policy by publishing a new version on our website. We will notify you of significant changes by email or through our website's messaging system.
10. Third Party Websites
We are not responsible for the privacy policies of third-party websites linked from our site.
11. Cookies
11.1. Our website uses cookies.
11.2. We use both session and persistent cookies on our website.
11.3. The cookies we use include:
Authentication and Status: Cookies used to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our site and to determine if you are logged into the website.
Personalization: Cookies used to store information about your preferences and to personalize the website for you.
Security: Cookies as part of security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials.
Advertising: Cookies used to help us to display advertisements that will be relevant to you and to track the performance of our ads (e.g., Google Ads cookies like _gcl_au).
Analysis: Cookies used to analyze the use and performance of our website and services (e.g., Google Analytics cookies like _ga, _gid, _gat).
11.4. Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. Blocking or deleting cookies will negatively impact the usability of our and many other websites.
11.5. For detailed instructions on managing cookies, please visit All About Cookies.
12. Our Details
12.1. This website is owned and operated by Jai Ram (Mathom Dot In).
12.2. Our registered office is at Mathom Dot In, House No. 496 A, Road No. 3, Nehru Nagar, Patna 13.
12.3. You can contact us:
(a) by post, to the address above;
(b) through our website: https://mathom.in/
(c) by email, at [email protected].