Terms and Conditions

In this Privacy Policy, terms such as “we”, “us, “our” or similar expressions shall mean Kailasa® Om Awards.

Kailasa Om® Award, accessible from https://awards.kailaasa.org, is committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and security of personal information entrusted to us by those who visit our website. We do this by being transparent about the types of data we collect, how we use it, who has access to it, and by taking reasonable measures to protect any personal data given or otherwise collected from our website.

Receipt of a Kailasa Om® Award does not constitute an endorsement or warranty by us of you or your products and services. We reserve the right to disqualify you, or rescind an award if your conduct is not in the spirit of the Kailasa Om® Awards.

This Privacy Policy sets out the following:

• The type of data we may collect about you;
• How we collect information about you, the nominator, and about the nominees and laureates
• How and why we may use the information we collect about you, the nominator, and about the nominees and laureates;
• Whether we will disclose your details to anyone else;
• How we log and retain data and for how long;
• The use of cookies on the Kailasa Om® Awards website and how you can exercise your choices in relation to cookies, as well as the potential use of web beacons;
• Whether we respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals;
• Your rights regarding the personal information you provide to us, and how you can exercise your rights;
• How we ensure children’s privacy;
• How we amend our privacy policy and how you will be notified of such changes;
• How you can contact us.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or which is collected in awards.kailaasa.org. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Third Party Privacy Policies

This Privacy Policy does not apply to other websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

We keep our privacy policy under regular review.

CONSENT

By browsing and using our website, you hereby agree to our Privacy Policy governing your use of our website and agree to its terms.

PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT

Personal data means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified.

When filling our nomination form, we may collect various types of personal data about both you (the nominator) and the candidate you are nominating (the nominee), that can be used to contact or identify you or the nominee. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Identity Data, which comprises information such as title, first name and last name, as well as a profile picture of the nominee.

Contact Data, which comprises information such as your email address, phone number, as well as the mailing address of the nominee in order for us to mail the award certificate and gift.

Profile Data, which comprises information such as your interests, preferences, relationship with the nominee, as well as a short biography of the nominee

We do not usually collect “sensitive personal data” about the nominator nor the nominee , e.g. health status.

Please note that if you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

HOW WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA

You provide us with your personal data when you:

• Access or use our website
• Fill out our nomination form
• Otherwise interact or communicate with us (including via email, social media or telephone)

HOW AND WHY WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

• Contact you regarding the candidate you have nominated for the KAILASA Om® Award
• Determine the eligibility of a candidate for the KAILASA Om® Award
• Provide, operate, and maintain our website
• Improve, personalize, and expand our website
• Understand and analyze how you use our website
• Send you emails, including regarding future events or opportunities
• Find and prevent fraud

Nominators

We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it as described above, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

Nominees

Personal data provided for the nominees through the nomination form is regularly reviewed as nominees are eligible for consideration for several years.

Laureates

Once selected as a Laureate, the personal data of the individual remains in our network database. Personal details such as contact information are securely stored to communicate with them, support their work, and invite them to events, meetings, and conferences. The stored personal details are regularly reviewed.

We also use audio recording and photography during our events to publicly promote events and to share events remotely with those who are unable to attend in person. The material is also used in our communication efforts and to provide an archive of the events.

You may at any time opt-out of receiving future emails by emailing us at [email protected].

What if you do not want to share your personal data?

Unless otherwise specified above, we generally collect your personal data on a voluntary basis. However, please note that if you decline to provide certain mandatory personal data, we may not be able to consider the candidate you are nominating for the Kailasa Om® Award.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We will only use your information for the purposes described in the “How and Why We Use Your Personal Data” section.

We will not, under any circumstances, share or sell your personal data with any third party individual or organization for any purpose other than for the services and activities described in this privacy policy and to support and maintain the operations of our website technology.

LOG OF FILES AND DATA RETENTION

We follow a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this as part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

We will only keep your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for.

Please note that nominees are eligible for consideration by the jury for several years, so we maintain and review records as long as they are relevant.

THE USE OF COOKIES AND WEB BEACONS

Cookies. Cookies are small text files on your device. They are made by your web browser when you visit a website. Cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. Every time you go back to that website, your browser will send the cookie file back to the website’s server. They improve your experience of using a website, for example, by remembering your preference settings and by measuring your use of a website to ensure that it meets your needs.

You can, at any time, control your cookie preferences, including disabling cookies through your individual browser options. To find more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, please visit the browsers’ respective websites.

Why does Kailasa Om® Award use Cookies?

Like many websites, Kailasa Om® Award uses cookies in order to provide you with a more personalized web service.

Web Beacons. Our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

DO NOT TRACK (DNT)

Kailasa Om® Award does not track its visitors over time or across third party websites to provide targeted advertising and therefore does not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals.

Kailasa Om® Award does not track its visitors over time or across third party websites to provide targeted advertising and therefore does not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals.

YOUR RIGHTS

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.

Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.

Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

Make a Request

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Please note that requests should be made in writing. We will consider your request in accordance with applicable laws and will respond to your request without undue delay. Please note that, to protect your privacy and security, we may ask you to verify your identity before complying with the request.

In responding to such requests, we will explain the impact of any objections, restrictions or deletions requested.

We will not charge you a fee to exercise your rights unless your request is clearly unfounded or excessive, in which case we may charge you a reasonable fee. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with the request in such circumstances.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity. We do not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13, and no part of our website is designed to attract anyone under 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

USE OF THE Kailasa Om® AWARD IDENTITY AND CONTENT

Any use of “Kailasa Om® Award,” its logo, or text or graphic materials contained in this website in any manner to express or imply endorsement, sponsorship, affiliation or association of the user with or by the Kailasa Om® Award, is strictly prohibited. Without prior written consent of the Kailasa Om® Award, you may not create a link to this website that incorporates or relies upon, in whole or in part, any content from any page on this website, or that incorporates any copyrighted or otherwise intellectual property of the foundation.

AMENDMENTS TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy is currently valid. We may amend our Privacy Policy from time to time. Such changes will be publicly posted on this page and on the nomination form as “last date modified”.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact us using the following contact details: [email protected]

Last updated on December 28, 2022.