Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Introduction

Welcome to Samiksha Gupta's website ("https://www.samikshagupta.com/", "we", "us", or "our"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

This privacy policy applies to all visitors, users, and customers who access our website or purchase our prints online. Please read this privacy policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data.

1. Important Information and Who We Are

Purpose of this Privacy Policy

This privacy policy aims to give you information on how we collect and process your personal data through your use of this website, including any data you may provide when you sign up for our newsletter, purchase a product, or engage with our website in any other way.

Controller

Samiksha Gupta is the controller and responsible for your personal data (referred to as "we", "us", or "our" in this privacy policy).

Contact Details

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

  • Email address: studiosamikshagupta@gmail.com
  • Postal address: E 45/4 Okhla Industrial Area Phase II, New Delhi 110021

2. The Data We Collect About You

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

  • Identity Data includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier.
  • Contact Data includes billing address, delivery address, email address and telephone numbers.
  • Financial Data includes payment card details. We do not store complete payment information as payments are processed through secure third-party payment processors.
  • Transaction Data includes details about payments to and from you and other details of products you have purchased from us.
  • Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
  • Profile Data includes your username and password, purchases or orders made by you, your preferences, feedback, and survey responses.
  • Usage Data includes information about how you use our website and products.
  • Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.

3. How We Collect Your Personal Data

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

  • Direct interactions. You may give us your Identity, Contact, and Financial Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you:
    • Purchase our products;
    • Create an account on our website;
    • Subscribe to our newsletter or publications;
    • Request marketing to be sent to you;
    • Enter a competition, promotion, or survey; or
    • Give us feedback or contact us.
  • Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs, and other similar technologies.
  • Third parties or publicly available sources. We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources such as analytics providers, advertising networks, and search information providers.

4. How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you (for example, when you purchase a print from us).
  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
  • Where we need to comply with a legal obligation.

Purposes for Which We Will Use Your Personal Data

We have set out below a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data:

  • To register you as a new customer
  • To process and deliver your order
  • To manage your relationship with us
  • To enable you to participate in a promotion or survey
  • To administer and protect our business and website
  • To deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you
  • To use data analytics to improve our website, products, marketing, customer relationships, and experiences
  • To make suggestions and recommendations to you about goods that may be of interest to you

5. International Transfers

We operate internationally and may transfer your personal data outside India, including to countries that may not have the same level of data protection as India. Whenever we transfer your personal data out of India, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by implementing safeguards.

6. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

7. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, or reporting requirements.

8. Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including the right to:

  • Request access to your personal data
  • Request correction of your personal data
  • Request erasure of your personal data
  • Object to processing of your personal data
  • Request restriction of processing your personal data
  • Request transfer of your personal data
  • Right to withdraw consent

9. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

10. Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16.

11. Changes to the Privacy Policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this privacy policy.

12. India-Specific Privacy Information

For users and customers in India, we comply with the applicable provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000, and the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011.

Sensitive personal data or information includes passwords, financial information (such as bank account, credit card, debit card, or other payment instrument details), physical, physiological and mental health condition, sexual orientation, medical records and history, and biometric information.

We will obtain your consent before collecting any sensitive personal data or information and will use it only for the purpose for which it was collected.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

  • Email address: studiosamikshagupta@gmail.com
  • Postal address: E 45/4 Okhla Industrial Area Phase II, New Delhi 110020