Privacy Policy

Last modified on January 15, 2021.

1. INTRODUCTION

Welcome to Seyal Veerar. The Seyal Veerar mobile application (App) is a social network for the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - DMK (Party) cadres. We understand that visitors may have questions about how this application collects and uses information. Seyal Veerar is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our users’ information. This Privacy Policy explains our privacy practices, including the information we collect from you when you use our mobile application and how we and our affiliated committees may use that information; our rights to share and disclose such information to third parties; how you can review and modify information that you provide to us; and your preferences regarding our use and disclosure of such information.

By using the App, you agree that your use is governed by this Privacy Policy. From time to time, we may update this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to periodically check this Privacy Policy for updates. Your continued use of the App affirms your agreement to any changes we make to this Privacy Policy.

2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

A. Registration Information. In order to access and use certain features, content or functions of the App (e.g., comments, communication/networking features, promotions, etc.), you may be asked to provide certain information, including your name, username, password, e-mail, date of birth, gender, address, and other descriptive information.

B. Payment. We do not collect or process any payment via the APP or related software platform.

C. Information You Choose to Provide to Us.
We collect any information you provide to us on or through the App or in any other way. For example, we collect any information you provide when you update your user account and profile (“User Account”); participate in contests, surveys, and other promotions; and sign up to receive newsletters and other communications.

In addition, the App may include features that rely on the use of information stored on, or made available through, your mobile Device. As a general note, you may choose not to provide certain information, but you may not be able to access certain content or take advantage of certain features of the App.

D. User Submissions.  You may have the ability to use the App to communicate with other users of the App and post comments to or otherwise interact with certain aspects of the App that are available to the public and/or other users. We may collect any information you submit, post, or provide in the course of such activities, and reserve the right to store any information about the people you contact via the App.

Any information, communications, or material of any type or nature that you submit to our App (including, but not limited to any of our pages contained on a social media platform or website such as Facebook or Twitter) by sharing, email, posting, messaging, uploading, downloading, or otherwise (collectively, a “Submission”), is done at your own risk and without any expectation of privacy. We cannot control the actions of other users of any social media platform or App or website and we are therefore not responsible for any content or Submissions contained on such sites and platforms. By visiting any of our pages or websites contained on a social media platform or website, you are representing and warranting to us that you have reviewed the applicable privacy policy and terms of use of that platform or website and that you will abide by all such provisions contained therein.

Additionally, in the event that we offer a message board or any other interactive or social-type feature directly by us, please be aware that these areas may allow you to publicly post, and share with other users, certain messages, content, or other information (e.g., stories, pictures, videos etc.). Although we may take certain precautions to protect those who use these areas of one of our App, we encourage you to be wary of giving out any personal information in such public forums. The information you post can be collected and used by people you do not know. We cannot guarantee the privacy and safety of these areas and are therefore not responsible for any information you choose to post. Your use of these features is fully at your own risk.

E. Usage Data and Technical Information. The App include features that automatically collect certain information, which may include the unique Device identifier assigned to your Device, Third Party Platform anonymous identifiers, and other information regarding your use of the App to, among other things, assist us in authenticating your usage and/or Device, keeping track of your preferences, creating a more tailored user experience, and better serving your particular interests and needs. The App and/or third parties may use "data" (which are small data files containing information about you that is stored on your hard drive), "embedded scripts," "pixel tags," and other similar tracking technologies (collectively, "Tracking Technologies") to collect information automatically as you interact with the Services. Such information may include "clickstream" data, the domain name of the service providing you with Internet access, your Device type and attributes, Internet protocol (IP) address, network connection type (e.g., WiFi, 3G, LTE), browser type and version, operating system and platform, the average time spent on the Services, pages viewed, content searched for, access times and other relevant statistics, and your interactions with playlists, audiovisual content, other users of the Services, advertising, and products and services which are offered, linked to or made available on or through the Services. Such information may be collected by us and/or our third-party service providers and partners. Certain Tracking Technologies enable us to customize your experience on the Services and provide tailored recommendations, promotions, advertisements and other content relating to your specific interests. Other Tracking Technologies are used to make login to the Services easier (such as by remembering your user ID) and allow us to collect non-specific location information. 

3. HOW WE USE INFORMATION THAT WE COLLECT

A. Except as prohibited by the terms and conditions of any applicable Third Party Platform (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, etc.) and subject to Section 4, we may use information we collect for, among other things, the following purposes:

4. OPTING-OUT OF CERTAIN USES OF YOUR INFORMATION.

A. User Account Privacy Settings.

You may be able to adjust certain privacy, permission and User Account settings by responding to request alerts or notifications that may be presented to you on your Device prior to or following the collection of the relevant information or by navigating to the settings, account or privacy section (as the case may be) of your Device or the applicable Third Party Platform and limiting certain Service functionality. Please be aware that if you limit the collection of certain information, you may not be able to use all of the features and functionality of the App.

B. Marketing and Promotional Communications.

At times, you may be presented with the option of whether to subscribe to receive, or be automatically entered to receive, certain marketing and promotional communications, including by text message, from us and/or Party or Party’s affiliated committees that we think will be of interest to you. Recipients of such communications can unsubscribe by either following the specific instructions included in such communications or you may “opt-out” of receiving marketing and promotional e-mails from us at any time by or by sending an email to us at dmkseyalveerar@gmail.com detailing your privacy request. Any privacy requests can be emailed to dmkseyalveerar@gmail.com. Please note that “opt-out” and “unsubscribe” requests may not take effect immediately and may take a reasonable amount of time to receive, process, and apply, during which time your information shall remain subject to the prior privacy settings. Additionally, you should be aware that any information provided to third parties prior to your election to opt-out or unsubscribe cannot be retrieved or rescinded by us unless required by applicable law, and you cannot retroactively opt-out or unsubscribe with respect to such third parties.

Please note that in order to keep you informed about the operation of our App and related services, we may always send you emails and announcements that are needed for the proper functioning and administration of our App, including for the purposes described in Section 3 above, in connection with your use of App. We may also have features that allow you to submit information, questions or feedback to us. In those instances, we may retain your emails and other information you submit to us for our internal purposes, and to help us to serve you better.

C. Privacy Preferences.

You may also change certain privacy preferences (e.g., choose to cease receiving certain communications or ask us not to share your personal information with a particular third party) by sending an email to us at dmkseyalveerar@gmail.com detailing your privacy request. If you ask us to stop using your personal information, we will honor that request, provided that we may retain a record of such information as necessary to comply with applicable law and we may continue to use your contact information to contact you about your App-related transactions and to respond to your requests, as well as your IP address to determine the country in which you are accessing the App. Other privacy preferences (e.g., deactivating your User Account, etc.) may be made by modifying your User Account settings on the App, your Device and/or the applicable Third Party Platform. You always have the right to access, review and correct the personal information you have provided and generally you may review, update or delete certain information collected by the App at any time by accessing your User Account as described herein or by contacting us as described in Section 14.

D. Opting-Out of Use of Certain Information That May be Collected by Tracking Technologies

Tracking Technologies: Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies (other than Flash cookies) and allow local storage, but you should be able to change your settings to notify you when a cookie is being set or updated, local storage is being used, and/or to block cookies and/or the use of local storage altogether. Please consult the "Help" section of your browser for more information. Please note that by blocking any or all cookies you may not have access to certain features, content and/or other personalization available through the website.

5. SHARING AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT

A. Disclosure to Third Parties

We reserve the right to use, share, exchange and/or disclose to Party affiliated committee and third parties any of your information for any lawful purpose, including, but not limited to, as described in Section 3. You may choose to opt-out of certain such uses at the time such information is collected or by subsequently changing your preferences, as further described in Section 4 above. The above excludes text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

B. Disclosure of Certain Information in User Submissions Intended to Be Disclosed

Certain information associated with a Submission may be intended for disclosure, such as your username. We will disclose any such information in connection with the display of, and other services relating to, such Submission, and by submitting a Submission on or in connection with the App you affirmatively consent to the distribution of your information as described herein.

C. Service Providers, Owners and Licensees

We may provide and disclose your information to affiliates, operators, service providers, and other third parties for the purpose of providing, offering, supporting, administering and maintaining the App, and providing the full range of content, activities, services, features, and functions offered on or in connection with the App.

D. Additional Disclosures

There may be instances when Party may access or disclose information without providing you a choice in the following circumstances: (i) to protect or defend the legal rights or property of Party, our affiliated committees or their employees, agents and contractors (including enforcement of our agreements), (ii) to protect the safety and security of our App and users, (iii) protect against fraud or for risk management purposes, (iv) if we believe your actions violate this Privacy Policy or Terms of Service, or (v) to comply with law or legal process.

6. DATA COLLECTION FROM CHILDREN

We do not knowingly contact or collect personal information from children under the age of 13 without appropriate parental notice and consent, and our App are not intended to solicit information of any kind from children under the age of 13. If we are informed that we have unintentionally received personal information from a child under  the age of 13, we will delete that information. If you want to notify us of our possible receipt of information by children under the age of 13, please contact us at dmkseyalveerar@gmail.com.

7. SECURITY

While no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure from intrusion, we maintain reasonable physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your information. However, it is possible that third parties may unlawfully intercept or access transmissions or private communications despite our efforts to prevent this, and we therefore make no guarantees regarding the security of user information.

8. INTEGRATION OF THIRD PARTY PLATFORMS AND SERVICES

The App may be linked to, rely on, and/or be integrated with websites, applications, interfaces, services, and/or platforms operated by third party companies, including service providers and Third Party Platforms. Party is not responsible for the privacy practices of any websites, applications, interfaces, services, and platforms operated by such third parties that are linked to, rely on, and/or are integrated with the App. Once you leave this App via such a link, access a third party application, interface, service, or platform, including Third Party Platforms and websites operated by service providers, you should check the applicable privacy policy of such third party to determine, among other things, how they will handle any personally identifiable or other information that they may collect from you.

9. PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES

From time to time, we may modify this Privacy Policy to reflect industry initiatives, third party requirements or changes in the law, technology, our information collection and use practices, or the features and functionality of the App, and such modifications shall be effective upon posting. When we change this Privacy Policy in a material way, a notice will be posted on our website along with the updated Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the App after we post a revised Privacy Policy (and, where appropriate, notify you of this change) signifies your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. It is therefore important that you review this Privacy Policy regularly to ensure you are updated as to any changes. We may also seek your affirmative consent to the terms of the updated Privacy Policy. For example, we may ask for your consent before implementing new uses of the personal information that we have already collected from you, if such new use was not addressed by the privacy policy under which such information was collected.

10. ACCURACY

It is your responsibility to give us current, complete, truthful, and accurate information, and to keep such information up to date. We cannot and will not be responsible for any problems or liability that may arise if you do not give us accurate, truthful, or complete information, or you fail to update such information. We will reject and delete any entry that we believe in good faith to be false, fraudulent, or inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.

12. INTERNATIONAL USAGE

The App are controlled, operated, and administered entirely within India. If you visit, access, interact with, and/or otherwise use the App from a location outside India, please be advised that any information you provide in connection with any such activity may be processed in and/or transferred to India and/or other territories and locations, where privacy protections may not be as comprehensive as those in the territory or location where you interact with or otherwise use the App. By using the App, you affirmatively consent to the transfer, use, disclosure, provision, and other administration of your information as described herein.

13. GRIEVANCE OFFICER

As per the Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules made there under, we are required to maintain a Grievance Officer.

If you find any discrepancies or have any grievances in relation to the collection, storage, use, disclosure and transfer of your Information under this Privacy Policy or Terms and Conditions, please contact:

Grievance officer from the Party DMK.

14. CONTACT US

If you have any questions about our privacy practices or any of the terms or conditions of this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us at:

Email: dmkseyalveerar@gmail.com

15. SOLE STATEMENT

This document is the sole statement of the App’s Privacy Policy and no summary, restatement or other version thereof, or other privacy statement or policy, in any form, including, without limitation, machine-generated, is valid.