Privacy Policy

PRIVACY STATEMENT

Scope:

This statement applies to user interactions with
the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) News Website,
at http://news.iskcon.com/

General:

The site makes some use of data that directly or indirectly
identifies users. We do not use any personal information for any purpose which
is not related to the services we provide to you via this site. We take great
care with practices that affect personal privacy.  The ISKCON News staff, welcome feedback from
their users in relation to the site's design and practices, and to this Privacy
Statement. Questions and feedback should be addressed to editor@iskcon.com

Data Collection:

Data that in some way identifies the user is gathered during
interactions with the ISKCON web-site in the following circumstances:

User Account:

The User Account system allows users to create an account to
better interact with ISKCON News and its services. Currently, the information
required to create an account includes First name, Last name and Email address.
This information is stored on the ISKCON.com web servers and is used to allow
users to register for site features.

Computer Information:

It is a necessary part of visiting any web-site, including
the ISKCON News site, that the user's web-browser provides the machine's
identity (its IP-address) to the web-server, so that the server can address the
reply to the correct machine. In addition, the browser-type and operating
system are provided.

Navigation and Click-Stream Data

Browsing any web-site, including the ISKCON News site,
generates a trail of the pages that are visited, and the time apparently spent
displaying each page. We use anonymous temporary cookies to better analyze user
navigation trends and to provide additional information to our web analysis
software. These cookies can be blocked without impacting your interaction with
the ISKCON News website.

Online Forms

The site has several forms that collect voluntary data from
our users for the purposes of improving our service to clients and individuals
who want to work with us.

User Feedback

We seek feedback from our users in order to improve the
service offered by the site. Providing feedback is voluntary and does not in
any way affect your access to the ISKCON News site.

Data Storage, Use and Disclosure, and Retention

All personal data described in the preceding section is
stored securely, and archived for a period of at least 12 months and possibly
up to 7 years.

The data is used by ISKCON News site software, and by staff
involved in the management of the ISKCON News site, only for:

- web-site and system administration, including monitoring
to prevent security breaches;
- evaluation, research and development.

Identified data can only be re-disclosed to the user if the
user provides the unique request session number. Identified data may be
disclosed to a third party only in circumstances in which it is legally
authorized, such as in the investigation of a criminal offence, and in
compliance with a search warrant or subpoena.

Accountability

The staff who operate the ISKCON News site, are Subject to
any and all applicable international laws and treaties.

DISCLAIMER

This web site is presented by ISKCON News for the purpose of disseminating
information free of charge for the benefit of the public.

ISKCON News monitors the quality of the information available on this web
site and updates the information regularly.

However, the ISKCON News does not guarantee, and accepts no legal liability
whatsoever arising from or connected to, the accuracy, reliability, currency or
completeness of any material contained on this web site or on any linked site.

ISKCON News recommends that users exercise their own skill and care with
respect to their use of this web site and that users carefully evaluate the
accuracy, currency, completeness and relevance of the material on the web site
for their purposes.

This web site is not a substitute for independent professional advice and
users should obtain any appropriate professional advice relevant to their
particular circumstances.

The material on this web site may include the views or recommendations of
third parties, which do not necessarily reflect the views of ISKCON News, or
indicate its commitment to a particular course of action.

Links to external web sites:

This web site contains links to other web sites that are external to ISKCON
News. ISKCON News takes reasonable care in linking web sites but has no direct
control over the content of the linked sites, or the changes that may occur to
the content on those sites. It is the responsibility of the user to make their
own decisions about the accuracy, currency, reliability and correctness of
information contained in linked external web sites.

Links to external web sites do not constitute an endorsement or a
recommendation of any material on those sites or of any third party products or
services offered by, from or through those sites. Users of links provided by
this web site are responsible for being aware of which organisation is hosting
the web site they visit.

Security of the ISKCON News web site:

ISKCON News applies a range of security controls to protect its website from
unauthorized access. However, users should be aware that the World Wide Web is
an insecure public network that gives rise to a potential risk that a user's
transactions are being viewed, intercepted or modified by third parties or that
files which the user downloads may contain computer viruses, disabling codes,
worms or other devices or defects.

ISKCON News accepts no liability for any interference with or damage to a
user's computer system, software or data occurring in connection with or
relating to this web site or its use. Users are encouraged to take appropriate
and adequate precautions to ensure that whatever is selected from this site is
free of viruses or other contamination that may interfere with or damage the
user's computer system, software or data.

COPYRIGHT 

Except as otherwise expressly
permitted under copyright law, you agree not to reproduce, retransmit,
disseminate, sell, distribute, publish, broadcast or circulate the
information received through the ISKCON News website at http//www.iskcon.com/news to anyone, including, but not limited to, others in the same
company or organization, without the express prior written consent of
the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Office of
Communications (ISKCON Communciations). 

Unless
otherwise stated, the rights to all written, photographic, audio, and
video content on ISKCON NEWS are exclusively held and reserved by the
original author(s) and/or originating website.