The Himalayan Times takes the privacy of its users seriously. We are committed to safeguard the privacy of our users while providing a personalised and valuable service. This Privacy Policy Statement explains the data processing practices of thehimalayantimes.com.

You may be required to provide personally identifiable information at several different points on our website. By providing and/ or accepting the policy, you expressly approve and consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Policy. You can visit/surf our website without providing any personal information. However, if you choose to avail of certain services on our website, you shall be required to provide certain information for the registration and/or access to such services/web pages. Such information may include, without limitation, your name, email address, contact address, mobile/telephone number(s), sex, age, occupation, interests, financial information, content, IP address, standard web log information and such other information as may be required for your interaction with the services.

choose to provide us with the above mentioned information, you consent to the use, transfer and storage of the information so provided by you on our servers. The information provided by you shall not be sold/given/rented to third parties (third parties for this purpose do not include our group / holding / subsidiary companies and or our service partners / associates) for marketing purposes and other related activities without your prior consent.

Improve our website and enable us to provide you the most user-friendly experience which is safe, smooth and customized; Improve and customize our services, content and other commercial /non - commercial features on the website; Send you information on our products, services, special deals, promotions; Send you marketing/promotional communications Send newsletter(s) to you Send you service-related announcements on rare occasions when it is necessary to do so; Provide you the opportunity to participate in contests or surveys on our website (If you participate, we may request certain additional personally identifiable information from you. Moreover, participation in these surveys or contests is shall be completely voluntary and you therefore shall have a choice whether or not to disclose such additional information); Provide customer support and the services you request; Resolve disputes, if any and troubleshooting; Avoid/check illegal and/or potentially prohibited activities and to enforce Agreements ; Provide service updates and promotional offers related to our services/products. Comply with any court judgment / decree / order / directive / legal & government authority /applicable law; Investigate potential violations or applicable national & international laws; Investigate deliberate damage to the website/services or its legitimate operation; Detect, prevent, or otherwise address security and/or technical issues; Protect the rights, property or safety of its Directors, employees and the general public at large; and Respond to Claims of third parties

The members of our corporate family, affiliates, service providers and third parties under a contract to provide joint services, contents and marketing communications; and ther third parties to whom you explicitly require us to send the information; Based upon the personally identifiable information you provide us, we will send you a welcoming email to activate your account. We will also communicate with you in response to your inquiries with respect to our services/content, to provide the services you request, and to manage your account. We will communicate with you by email or telephone, in accordance with your wishes. In order to provide certain services to you, we may on occasion supplement the personal information you submitted to us with information from third party sources (third parties for this purpose may include our group / holding / subsidiary companies and or our service partners / associates). We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information as required by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights and/or to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on our website.

You can access and modify your personal information by signing on to the website. We will not modify the information provided by you. However, you must update your personal information as soon as such changes are necessitated. Where you make a public posting, you may not be able to change or remove it nor shall you be able to close your account. However, public in general may be given control also to report any abuse or upon request, we will close your account and remove your personal information from view as soon as reasonably possible, based on your account activity and in accordance with applicable law(s). However, we will retain your personal information from closed accounts to comply with law, Avoid/check illegal and/or potentially prohibited activities and to enforce User Agreements; Comply with any court judgment / decree / order / directive / legal & government authority /applicable law; Investigate potential violations or applicable national & international laws; Investigate deliberate damage to the website/services or its legitimate operation; Detect, prevent, or otherwise address security and/or technical issues; Protect the rights, property or safety of its Directors, employees and the general public at large; Respond to Claims of third parties; and take such other actions as may be permitted by law.

Your password is the key to your account. You shall be solely responsible for all the activities happening under your username and you shall be solely responsible for keeping your password secure. Do not disclose your password to anyone. If you share your password or your personal information with others, you shall be solely responsible for all actions taken under your username and you may lose substantial control over your personal information and may be subject to legally binding actions taken on your behalf. Therefore, if your password has been compromised for any reason, you should immediately change your password.

The security of your personal information is important to us. When you enter your personal information we treat the data as an asset that must be protected and use tools (passwords, data security, physical security, etc.) to protect your personal information against unauthorized access and disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security nor can we guarantee that third parties shall not unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications, and that other users may abuse or misuse your personal information that you provide. Therefore, although we work hard to protect your information, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information or private communications will always remain private.

This privacy statement applies only to information collected by this website. It does not apply to third party advertisements or/and links which appear on our website and we suggest you read the privacy statements of such advertisers or/ and links. Changes in this Privacy Statement If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement and such other places we deem appropriate so that you are updated about the manner we collect information, what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement at any time, so please review it frequently.