AY. THOMAS, PRIVACY POLICY
Ay. Thomas, is committed to respecting your privacy.
PRIVACY POLICY
‘Ay. Thomas’ owns and operates Aythomas.com and Morphothinkers.com website
businesses. All references to “we”, “us”, this
“website” or this “site” shall be construed to mean Ay.
Thomas and the businesses we own and operate. Aythomas.com and
Morphothinkers.com belong to Ay Thomas – all other trademarks and associates
are the property of their respective owners.
This Privacy Policy describes collection, use, and sharing of information,
including the sharing of information with our marketing partners for purposes
of serving personalized ads based on your interests. Our marketing partners
include third party service providers, advertisers, advertising networks and
platforms, advertising agencies, and data brokers and aggregators.
Our Privacy Policy applies to all of the services offered by us and our
affiliated entities, including services accessed by mobile devices and
application programming interface (API), but excludes services that have
separate privacy policies which do not incorporate this Privacy Policy.
Our Privacy Policy does not cover the information practices of other companies
and organizations who advertise our services, and who may use cookies, web
beacons (pixel tags), and other methodologies to serve personalized ads.
HOW WE MODIFY THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time, and without prior notice, by
posting an amended Privacy Policy that is always accessible by clicking on the
“Privacy Policy” link on this site’s home page. Your continued use of
this site indicates your acceptance of the amended Privacy Policy.
Regarding Personal Information (defined below), if any modifications are
materially less restrictive on our use or disclosure of the Personal
Information previously disclosed by you, we will obtain your consent before
implementing such revisions with respect to such information.
THE TYPES OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Personal Information. “Personal Information” includes any information
regarding a natural person that may be used directly to identify the person.
Personal Information that we collect may vary with each separate purpose for
which you provide it, and it may include one or more of the following
categories: name, physical address, email address, phone number, screen names
(and/or user IDs), Payment ID’s (example: PayPal user name), profile
photograph, website, last 4 digits of credit card number, credit card
expiration date, login credentials, and location data.
We also may collect publicly available Personal Information posted on social
media platforms and profiles. When you engage with our content on or through social
media platforms or other third party platforms, plug-ins, integrations or
applications, you may allow us to have access to certain Personal Information
in your profile that you have added to these platforms. This may include your
name, e-mail address, photo, gender, birthday, location, an ID associated with
the applicable third-party platform or social media account user files,
“like” photos and videos, your list of friends or connections, people
you follow and/or who follow you, or your posts or “likes.”
Passively or Automatically Collected Data (“Usage Data”).
We, our aythomas.com, and our marketing partners including third party service
providers, advertisers, advertising networks and platforms, advertising
agencies, and data brokers and aggregators may use automated means to collect
various types of information about you, your computer or other device used to
access this site or its services. This information is based on your usage of
this site, including information collected automatically from this site (or by
our marketing partners employed in this site).
A representative, non-exhaustive list of the types of passively or
automatically collected information may include: network or Internet protocol
address and type of browser you are using (e.g., Chrome, Safari, Firefox,
Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g.,
Microsoft Windows or Mac OS), the name of your Internet service provider (e.g.,
Comcast, Verizon or AT&T) and domains used by such providers, mobile network,
device identifiers (such as an Apple IDFA or an Android Advertising ID), device
settings, browser settings, the web pages of this site you have visited, pages
or service visited before and after you visit a page or service, the type of
handheld or mobile device used to view the page or service (e.g., iOS,
Android), location information, and the content and advertisements you have
accessed, seen, forwarded and/or clicked on, the various time details per visit
(e.g., the time spent on each page or service within the site) and the details
about the path followed within the site with special reference to the sequence
of pages visited, other parameters about the device operating system and/or the
user’s IT environment, and conversion rates and marketing and conversion data
and statistics, reports and analytics, including without limitation your
interactions to emails we send, and reviews and surveys regarding this site or
any products listed on this site. Usage Data is essentially anonymous when
collected, but could be used indirectly to identify a person.
Geo-Location Data. If you are accessing a page or service from a computer or a
mobile device, you may be asked to share your precise (GPS level) geo-location
information with us so we can customize your experience on our services or on
other services when we work with a marketing partner such as a third party
service provider, advertiser, advertising network and platform, advertising
agency, and a data broker or aggregator. If you agree to the collection of location
data, in most cases, you will be able to turn off such data collection at any
time by accessing the privacy settings of your mobile device.
Data Collected Via Social Media Platforms and Other Third-Party Sources. When
we interact with you through our content on social media platforms, third-party
platforms, third-party websites, applications, integrations, and services of
our marketing partners, we may obtain any information regarding your
interaction with that content, such as content you have viewed, your game
performance, high scores, and information about advertisements within the
content you have been shown or may have clicked on. For a description on how
social media services and other third party platforms, plug-ins, integrations
or applications handle your information, please refer to their respective
privacy policies and terms of use, which may permit you to modify your privacy
settings.
HOW AND WHEN DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION
Your
Communications with Us. We collect Personal Information that we receive from
you as you communicate with us. If you complete a signup form subscribing to
information from our site or to participate in our mailing list activities, we
will receive your Personal Information from our email services and/or auto
responder service.
Personal
information. We collect Personal Information at the time you provide it to us.
We collect Personal Information through sign-up forms and as part of your
registration for an account, product, or service, promotion, or contest from
this website. Personal Information that we collect may vary with each sign-up
or registration. In addition, we collect personal information from all
communications with site visitors including without limitation, text messages,
faxes, telephone calls, and regular “snail mail”, as well as from
third-party outside sources including data brokers and aggregators. As
indicated above, we may collect publicly available Personal Information posted
on social media profile information including photos both directly and through
the use of contact management applications.
Usage Data. We collect Usage Data as you use this site, including your
interactions with emails we send, and via social media platforms, third-party
platforms, third-party websites, applications, integrations, and services of
our marketing partners. This data may be passively or automatically collected
(that is, gathered without your actively providing the information) using
various analytics and reporting technologies, such as cookies, web beacons,
locally stored objects, and mobile device identifiers and SDKs, and other
similar methodologies as well as similar technologies developed in the future.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We may
use publicly available Personal Information posted on social media profile
information including photos for purposes of assisting us, and our marketing
partners with marketing and advertising activities and with contact management.
We may
use your Personal Information and Usage Data for the performance of the
services or transaction for which it was given and for the basic purpose of
this site. We may use your Personal Information in connection with other
products, services, promotions, personalized ads, or contests we may offer, and
our private, internal reporting for this site, and security assessments for
this site. We may also send you messages related to certain features or your
activity on this site. We may also send you news or updates about changes to
our site or services. By default, you will receive these messages via email.
We may combine and use the Personal Information and Usage Data we collect from
all services and products offered by us and our affiliated entities over
various websites to provide, protect, and improve them, and to develop and
offer new services and products. We will treat you as a single user of these
combined services and products. We may also use this information to provide you
personalized ads.
We may
make full, unrestricted use of Usage Data for any purpose in our sole
discretion, including without limitation, to customize or personalize ads,
offers and content made available to you based on your visits to and/or usage
of this site or its services, and to analyze the performance of those ads, offers
and content, as well as your interaction with them.
INFORMATION
SHARING AND DISCLOSURE
General Disclosure Policy. We may share and disclose your Personal Information
as described below. We may share and disclose Usage Data without restriction,
including without limitation, as described below.
We may provide your Personal Information and Usage Data to any affiliated
entities we may have, including our subsidiaries. Affiliated entities are
entities that we legally control or that control us.
Service Providers. We may provide access to your Personal Information and Usage
Data to our trusted service providers that assist us with the operation and
maintenance of this site. For example, we may contract with third parties to
finance purchases from this site, process payments, host our servers, provide
security, and provide production, fulfilment, optimization, analytics,
reporting, and software maintenance and development services. In addition, our
service providers will be given access to your information only as is
reasonably necessary to provide the services for which they are contracted.
Successors. If we sell or otherwise transfer part or all of our business or
assets to another organization, such as in the course of an acquisition,
merger, bankruptcy or liquidation, we may transfer your Personal Information
and Usage Data. In such an event, we will require the buyer or transferee to
agree to our commitments provided in this Privacy Policy.
Legal Process, Enforcement and Security Notice. We may disclose your Personal
Information and Usage Data if we have a good faith belief that access, use,
preservation or disclosure of such information is reasonably necessary (i) to
satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable
governmental request (such as for example, to comply with a subpoena or court
order), (ii) to detect, prevent, and address fraud or other illegal activity,
and (iii) to investigate, respond to, or enforce violations of our rights or
the security of this site.
Joint Venture Partners. We may participate with another company or individual
for purposes of jointly promoting our products, services, promotions or
contests or their products, services, promotions, or contests. We reserve the
right to disclose your Personal Information and Usage Data to them for purposes
of (i) compensation, transaction processing, fulfilment, and support, and (ii)
for purposes of offering you other products, services, promotions, and
contests. These joint venture marketing partners may also contact you regarding
other products, services, promotions, or contests.
Marketing Partners. We may share your Personal Information and Usage Data with
our marketing partners including third party service providers, advertisers,
advertising networks and platforms, advertising agencies, and data brokers and
aggregators to serve and offer personalized ads.
With Your Consent. We may share your Personal Information with other parties
with your consent.
SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT COOKIES AND WEB BEACONS
In order to provide better service for our site, we and our marketing partners
may use cookies and other data collection methodologies discussed below to
collect Usage Data to store your preferences and information about what pages
you visit and past activity at our site and other websites. This information
helps us and our marketing partners display personalized ads, compile
aggregated statistics regarding the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns
or other operations of our site.
“Cookies” are tiny pieces of information stored by your browser on
your computer’s hard drive. Cookies are also used to customize content based on
your browser. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you want to
disable cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you
to turn off cookies. Please remember, however, that cookies may be required to
allow you to use certain features of our site.
Flash Cookies – third party cookies that use an Adobe Flash Media Player local
shared object (LSO) – may be used along with other third party cookies for
purposes of crediting any purchase you may make on this site to one of our
joint venture partners that may have referred you to us. These cookies will be
used for purposes of crediting sales to the referring joint venture marketing
partner. Flash cookies are not the same as “browser cookies”. The
Adobe Flash Media Player is software that enables users to view content on
their computers. Flash cookies are also accompanied by a browser cookie. If you
delete the browser cookie, the Flash cookie may automatically create (or
re-spawn) a replacement for the browser cookie.
Web Beacons (sometimes called single-pixel gifs or clear gifs) are used to
assist in delivering cookies, and they allow us to count users who have visited
pages of our site. We may include Web Beacons in promotional e-mail messages or
our newsletters in order to determine whether messages have been opened and
acted upon.
Locally Stored Objects – we may employ locally stored objects
(“LSOs”) and other client-side storage tracking technologies in
certain situations where they help to provide a better user experience, such as
to remember settings, preferences and usage similar to browser cookies, or in order
to target or help our Partners target ads, analyse Ad performance, or perform
user, website or market analytics. In addition, some, but not all browsers,
provide the ability to remove LSOs, sometimes within cookie and privacy
settings.
PERSONALIZED ADS
We may participate with our marketing partners for purposes of providing
personalized ads based on your interests. This activity is performed by
collecting Usage Data and by using cookies and other tracking and data
collection methodologies discussed above to transfer information to our
marketing partners which manage advertising activities.
Our marketing partners may also use cookies and other tracking and data
collection methodologies discussed above to measure advertisement effectiveness
and for other purposes that are disclosed in their own privacy policies. We
have no access or control over these cookies and other tracking and data
collection methodologies that may be used by our marketing partners, and we
have no responsibility or liability for the privacy policies and practices of
these sites.
AdWords (Google) – We may participate in AdWords program which is a
personalized ad service provided by Google Inc. that connects the activity of
this site with the AdWords advertising network and the Double click cookie.
Google Analytics for Display Advertising (Google) – We may participate in any
and all of the following Google Analytics Advertising Features provided by
Google: Google Analytics, Google Display Network Impression Reporting, the
Double Click Campaign Manager integration, and Google Analytics Demographics
and Interest Reporting. These features use first party cookies (such as the
Google Analytics cookie) for connecting the tracking activity performed by
Google Analytics and its cookies with the AdWords advertising network and the
Double Click cookie (a third-party cookie). Information collected: cookie and
Usage Data, including audience data such as age, gender, and interests.
Custom Audience (Facebook). We may participate in Facebook.com’s Custom Audience
program which enables us to display personalized ads to persons on our email
lists when they visit Facebook.com. We provide Personal Information such as
your email address and phone number to Facebook to enable Facebook to determine
if you are a registered account holder with Facebook. You may opt-out of
participation in our Facebook Custom Audience by sending an email, from the
email address you are opting out of, to the email address provided in our
contact information below. For your opt-out to be effective, you must: (i)
place the following text in the subject line of the email – “Opting Out of
Facebook.com Website Custom Audience Ads”, and (ii) in the body of the
email, include your name and email address. We will forward your name and email
address to Facebook.com with a request to delete you from all of our Facebook
Custom Audience Ads.
Tailored Audiences/Conversion Tracking Programs (Twitter). We may participate
in Twitter.com’s Tailored Audiences/Conversion Tracking Programs which enable
us to display personalized ads.
Other Personalized and Behavioural Advertising Services. We may participate in
additional retargeting and behavioural advertising services that will be
similar to the services described above.
Managing Personalized Ads. You can control the placement of cookies and other
data collection methodologies for purposes of opting out.
Managing Cookies Via Your Browser. You should note that although most browsers
are initially set up to accept cookies, you may be able to change your browser
settings to cause your browser to refuse first party or third-party cookies or
to indicate when a third-party cookie is being sent. However, disabling or
limiting cookies may cause certain features of this website to not function
properly or optimally.
Managing Flash Cookies. Flash cookies, also called local shared objects (LSOs),
function similarly to standard cookies except that they are often larger and
are downloaded to a computer or mobile device by the Adobe Flash Player. In
some cases, these Flash cookies can be managed through browser settings. Adobe
also provides a means of controlling Flash cookies on its Flash Player: Setting
Manager page.
Network Advertising Initiative (NAI). A number of companies that use cookies to
collect information about your online activities are members of NAI, which
offers a single location to opt out of receiving personalized ads from member
companies.
Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA). DAA member advertising associations have
developed an industry self-regulatory program to give consumers a better
understanding of and greater control over ads that are customized based on
their online behaviour across different websites.
Opting Out with Ad Choices for Mobile Devices. When using mobile applications
you may receive personalized in-application advertisements. Depending on your
device, you may be able to reset your mobile device’s advertising identifier at
any time by accessing the privacy settings on your mobile device. In addition,
each operating system (iOS for Apple phones, Android for Android devices and
Windows for Microsoft devices) provides its own instructions on how to prevent
the delivery of personalized in-application advertisements. You may review the
support materials and/or the privacy settings for the respective operating
systems in order to opt-out of these advertisements.
ANALYTICS
We may participate with third party analytics partners to monitor and analyze
Web traffic and to keep track of user behaviour on this site.
Google Analytics (Google) – Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided
by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google utilizes the data collected to
track and examine the use of this site, to prepare reports on its activities,
and to share them with other Google services.
DO NOT TRACK REQUESTS
Some Web browsers incorporate a “Do Not Track” feature that signals
to websites that during your visit, that you do not want to have your online
activity tracked. Each browser communicates “Do Not Track” signals to
websites differently, making it unworkable to honour each and every request
correctly. In order to alleviate any communication error between browsers and
website, we do not respond to “Do Not Track” signals at this time. As
the technology and communication between browser and website improves, we will
re-evaluate the ability to honour “Do Not Track” signals and may make
changes to our policy.
DATA SECURITY
We will implement reasonable and appropriate security procedures consistent
with prevailing industry standards to protect data from unauthorized access by
physical and electronic intrusion. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the
Internet or method of data storage can be guaranteed 100% secure. Therefore,
while we strive to protect your Personal Information by following generally
accepted industry standards, we cannot ensure or warrant the absolute security
of any information you transmit to us or archive at this site.
When you transmit Personal Information through our registration process or if
you purchase products or services, we encrypt that information in transit using
secure socket layer technology (SSL).
COMPENSATION DISCLOSURE
Time to time, we promote, endorse, and or suggest products and or services of
others. In most of the cases, we will be compensated – either as an affiliate
with a commission based on sales, and or with a free product to review or use.
Our recommendations are always based on (i) our personal belief in the high
quality and value of the product or service, and (ii) our review of the product
or service, or a prior relationship or positive experience with the sponsoring
person or organization.
ONWARD TRANSFER OUTSIDE YOUR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE
Any Personal Information which we may collect on this site may be stored and
processed in our servers located in the United States or in any other country
in which we, or our affiliates, subsidiaries, or agents maintain facilities. By
using this site, you consent to any such transfer of Personal Information
outside your country of residence to any such location.
UPDATING PERSONAL INFORMATION
Upon request, we will permit you to request or make changes or updates to your
Personal Information for legitimate purposes. We request identification prior
to approving such requests. We reserve the right to decline any requests that
are unreasonably repetitive or systematic, require unreasonable time or effort
of our technical or administrative personnel, or undermine the privacy rights
of others. We reserve the right to permit you to access your Personal Information
in any account you establish with this site for purposes of making your own
changes or updates, and in such case, instructions for making such changes or
updates will be provided where necessary.
LINKS TO JOINT VENTURE MARKETING PARTNER SITES
This site may contain links to other websites operated by our joint venture
marketing partners. If you do click on any of the links to their websites or
accept any of their promotional offers, your click-through information and any
information that you provide in the process of registration or purchase will be
transferred to these sites. We have no responsibility or liability for the
policies and practices of these sites. You should be careful to review any
privacy policies posted on any of these sites before providing information to
them.
ANTI –
SPAM POLICY
We hate unsolicited commercial email, spam or junk email.
We endorse and comply with the requirements of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003
(Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act), and
all other applicable unsolicited commercial email laws.
You have
the option to immediately unsubscribe to any newsletters or any other
communication from our website which you have subscribed for.
Any questions, comments or concerns, please contact us on email to support@aythomas.com
CHILDREN’S
ONLINE POLICY
We are committed to preserving online privacy for all of its website visitors,
including children. This site is a general audience site. Consistent with the
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), we will not knowingly collect
any information from, or sell to, children under the age of 13. If you are a
parent or guardian who has discovered that your child under the age of 13 has
submitted his or her personally identifiable information without your
permission or consent, we will remove the information from our active list, at
your request. To request the removal of your child’s information, please
contact our site as provided below under “Contact Us”, and be sure to
include in your message the same login information that your child submitted.
Arbitration: Actions to protect intellectual property rights and to enforce an
arbitrator’s decision hereunder, all disputes, controversies, or claims arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or a breach thereof shall be submitted to
and finally resolved by arbitration under the rules and laws of India.
Jurisdiction and Venue: The courts in Bangalore, India will be the exclusive
jurisdiction and venue for all legal proceedings that are under these Terms of
Use.
Controlling Law: This Agreement shall be construed under the laws of India.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact the
owner and operator of this website business at:
Ay. Thomas,
No:43, Ground Floor,
Prakruthi Township,
Horamavu Agrah Road,
Kalyan Nagar Post,
Bangalore – 560 043
E-mail: support@aythomas.com
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