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Data Privacy Policy
  • Your privacy on the internet is of the utmost importance to us. Himachal Data Portal is committed to user privacy. It is possible to browse the Himachal Data Portal website and use some of the services offered thereon without directly giving any information about yourself. Sometimes, personal information is required to provide Himachal Data Portal’s e-services you request. Himachal Data Portal offers this website and all services provided, although some information we provide originates from third parties..
  • Personal data processed via this website may relate to the information you provide to us directly (through the creation of user accounts, by contacting us through our contact page, or subscribing to our newsletter) or indirectly (through automated personal data collection via your browser).
  • In the former case (data that you directly provide to us), the personal data processed by us is limited to the personal data you provide, which may include your name, contact information, affiliation and any other information you choose to divulge. Such information will solely be used for the following purposes:
    • Communicating with you in response to any requests you make;
    • Providing you with access to the e-services you wish to use on the Himachal Data Portal website;
    • Customise the information or e-services that are of interest to you;
    • Creating aggregate and anonymous statistics of user behaviour on our site, specifically to understand its use, improving the site and ensuring its correct functioning;
    • to detect and address any abuses or security issues;
    • the purposes divulged to you during data collection, e.g. provision of newsletters.
  • In the latter case (data is automatically collected), the personal data is limited to the following categories of information:
    • IP address from which you access the site;
    • the types of web browser software you use;
    • the name of the domain from which you access the internet;
    • the internet address of the website from which you linked directly to the site;
    • the date and time you access the site;
    • which pages you have visited on the site;
  • Such information will be used exclusively for the purposes of creating aggregate and anonymous statistics of user behaviour on our site, specifically with the objective of improving the site and ensuring its correct functioning; customizing the information or e-services that are of interest to you; and to detect any abuses and security issues.
  • The legal basis of our processing activities is your consent in so far as you choose to provide personal data to us. Furthermore, in relation to data that we automatically collect, the legal basis for processing in relation to cookies is your consent. For other data types that are automatically collected, the legal basis is also our legitimate interest in keeping the website fully operational and optimally functional.
  • If the Himachal Data Portal website requests you to provide personal information, you will be informed for the specific purposes for the which the information is gathered. Himachal Data Portal will take reasonable steps to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. You should, however, keep in mind that no internet transmission is ever 100 percent secure or error-free.
  • We do not sell or share any personal information, directly or indirectly, collected from users on the Himachal Data Portal website to any third party (public/private).
  • Your personal information will be retained by us if you continue to use the Himachal Data Portal website and any e-services related to the website, including by maintaining an account on this website, or so long as required for us to manage our legal responsibility and the information is only disclosed if the law requires it.