PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated 10 January 2021
Society for Environmental Communications' Down To Earth (DTE) has
adopted a set of information management guidelines that serve as the basis
for our relationships with our friends, visitors, customers and others interested
in environment, development and sustainability issues. These guidelines have
been developed with the recognition that Internet technologies are rapidly
evolving, and that underlying business models are still not established.
Accordingly, guidelines are subject to change. If the changes represent a
material departure from our current practices with respect to the use of
personal information, the changes will be posted on this page thirty days prior
to taking effect.
Most importantly we understand and appreciate how much you care
about how your personal information is used and shared. We take your
privacy very seriously.
Information gathered and tracked
Information submitted through all feedback forms on any DTE website is
stored in a database. Specifically, we store the name, e-mail address, and
demographic information (address, occupation, etc) of the visitors to our
website who wish to receive certain free services from DTE, including but not
limited to newsletters, e-mail lists, and online discussions. We also use such
information to send out occasional promotional materials, including alerts on
new publications available for sale. We have clearly marked which information
is optional and which is mandatory.
As a proactive organisation deeply involved in disseminating research on
science, environment, development and sustainability such information is
crucial in helping us sustain our advocacy efforts. We guarantee that personal
information about users will not be provided to any third party without their
consent. We perform statistical analyses of user behaviour in order to
measure interest in our newsletters and other services for future content
development purposes.
E-mail / Mailing list policies
Using the e-mail addresses provided at registration, we construct mailing lists
used for regular newsletters and occasional promotional e-mails. We may
contact users regarding account status, changes to the subscriber agreement,
and to confirm registration via e-mail. The e-mail addresses that users supply
to use this service will not be used for any other purpose without their
consent.
Addresses provided by registered users may occasionally be used for sending
promotional materials regarding DTE activities. In addition, the address and
other contact details of experts working in various fields are also used in
specialised contact directories published by DTE, but only with the express
consent of those included in such directories. However you will not be
contacted in any other way, nor will your information be offered to a third-
party. We do not sell, rent or share our mailing list.If you do not want to
receive e-mails from us, please follow the instructions contained in the
unwanted e-mail message
Subscription
To subscribe to DTE and access the associated services, you will be required
to provide some personal information and accept the terms and conditions
applicable. This information may include your username, name, email id,
phone number and state of residence. This information will be used at an
individual level only to manage your subscription account, and at an
aggregate level only to tailor our offerings to our audience. We use third party
payment service providers to process the payment of subscription fees. We
do not store any user payment data. Our third party payment service providers
will be visible to you while making the payment and you may choose the one
you prefer out of the options available.
Data security
Your account is protected by an encrypted password. We keep it secure, and
you must also keep it safe. Our employees may not access your account
unless required to do a specific job.
Opting-out, corrections and cancellations
Upon request, we will immediately a) Remove user information from our
database thereby cancelling that user's registration; b) Correct personal
information that a user states is erroneous; or c) Permit a user to "opt out" of
further e-mail contact, while still allowing access to the site.
To request a correction or cancellation please send us an e-mail addressed
to:
dte@cseindia.org with 'Un-subscribe' in the subject.
Compliance with legal process / compelled disclosure
If we are required by law to disclose any information that you have provided to
us, we will try and ensure that we give you notice (unless we are prohibited)
that a request for your information has been made and give you an
opportunity to object. We will send you this notice by email (if you have
provided it to us) or by post. If we do not receive a reply we will supply this
information, which we are bound to do so by law.
Reservation
Down To Earth (DTE) reserves the right to change our policy at any time in
order to address new issues and reflect changes on our site. By using these
services after we post changes, you indicate your acceptance to those
changes.
Questions?Comments?
Please write to Richard Mahapatra
richard@cseindia.org
