POLICY DOCUMENT

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        Hi, we hope you are doing well and we are thrilled to have you onboard with us. Before we can go ahead with therapy, we would like you to read this document carefully as it contains important information pertaining to our professional services and business policies. When you choose to use our services, it is imperative that you understand and agree to this document. This will represent a legal agreement between us. It will also give you an idea about how to go ahead with therapy. We understand the agreement is a bit long, so please choose a time when you have a few quiet minutes to read it carefully – your therapist will be happy to answer any questions you have about it before you agree to it. The word ‘therapist’ shall mean Hemangi Vyawahare or her associates, wherever appropriate. When you register for online counselling, you are asked to confirm that you want counselling and that you are not being pressured into doing so by someone else. All references to ‘we’ shall mean Hemangi Vyawahare (or her associates, as appropriate) and ‘you’ shall mean the service user agreeing to these terms. The terms of this Policy Document may change from time to time, please reach out to the therapist if you require THE latest copy.

 

1. Psychological Services

Psychotherapy varies depending on the personalities, comfort level, candidness of the service user as well as the therapist, as well as the particular difficulties/issues you as a service user brings to therapy. It is important to note that the essence of therapy depends on the relationship and trust that is built between the service user and the therapist. Various methods, discussions and techniques may be used to work through the various themes of behaviour and thought processes that you hope to address. It is important to note that Psychotherapy, unlike a medical doctor or dentist visit, requires a very active effort on your part. For therapy to be successful, you will have to work on things we talk about both, during our sessions and at home.

Psychotherapy can have both benefits and risks. Since therapy often involves discussing unpleasant aspects and experiences of your life, you may experience uncomfortable feelings such as sadness, guilt, anger, frustration, loneliness, and helplessness. On the other hand, psychotherapy has also been known to have benefits for people who go through it. Therapy often leads to better boundary setting in relationships, accountability, emotional regulation and awareness of self. Yet, due to the subjective factors that play a major role in it, there are no guarantees.

We acknowledge that therapy involves a large commitment of time, money and energy, therefore it is understandable to be careful about the therapist you choose to go ahead with. We urge you to clarify any doubts and questions pertaining to your therapist, the process of therapy, other services and any clarifications with your therapist. The service user shall provide full disclosure of any mental issues or illnesses to the best of their knowledge. The therapist shall rely on such information provided by the service user. For your own benefit, you agree not to show up for an appointment under the influence of any drug or alcohol. If, as per the therapist, the service user seems to be under any such influence, the therapist has the right to cancel the appointment. Each service user shall provide an emergency contact number before starting with therapy. The service user shall update the contact details as and when required.

 

We would like to put it out that we are strongly committed to anti-discrimination. We value difference and diversity and do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender and gender identity, sexual preference or orientation, marital/partnership status, religion, race, colour, national origin, caste, disability, heritage or political belief. Service users must note that they cannot have any kind of dual relationship with the therapist prior, during and for at least five (5) years after the end of therapy.

 

2. Appointments

 

There is a significant demand for scheduling appointments, therefore in our endeavour to reduce confusions and provide you with the earliest therapy sessions available, the following policies have been enforced to respect your time as well as ours. Additionally, we may revise our fees and charges in our sole discretion, such revisions may be informed to you prior to your appointment scheduling.

 

2.1.   Arranging your appointments

 

If you are new to therapy, you need to choose the option of ‘First session’ and subsequently fill the intake form, following which you will receive the link for your therapy session once the payment has been processed and received by us. Otherwise, you need to choose the ‘Psychotherapy’ option and make the payment, following which the link will be emailed to you. You can go ahead and book multiple sessions in advance for the month, but keeping other service users in mind, you can book a maximum of 5 therapy sessions at once for a month.

 

2.2.   Punctuality

We value and respect your time as well as ours, therefore we endeavour to start and finish sessions on time, unless there is an emergency and you will be informed of the same. In order to get the most from your appointment, please arrive to the meeting on time as we would be unable to extend appointments if you join in late as we will be answerable to the next service user.

 

We will wait for a period of 20 minutes into your scheduled session, if you fail to join the meeting within the first half of your appointment, you will be marked as a No-show to your scheduled appointment and shall be liable to make the whole payment. Such a No-show by the service user shall not be refundable.

 

2.3.   Payment for the appointments

 

Payments for appointments are to be made immediately after scheduling the appointment. We accept partial payment while scheduling the appointment, the remainder has to be paid immediately after the session is completed. If you fail to do so, by the end of the month in which the session is scheduled, an email will be sent out to you with respect to your sessions and the payable amount. If you fail to make the required payments for more than 60 days from the date of the session and arrangements for delayed payment have not been agreed upon by us, we will, in our sole discretion, have the option of using legal means to secure the payment. This may involve hiring a collection agency or going through court. If such legal action is necessary, its costs will be included in the claim. In most collection situations, the only information released regarding a patient’s treatment is his/her name, the nature of services provided, and the amount due.

 

2.4.   Cancellation Policy

Sometimes there are good reasons for cancelling appointments. However, unlike brief medical appointments, it is impracticable to fill a therapist’s appointment that runs for 60 minutes.

 

When you provide less than one business day's notice to cancel or change an appointment, you will be charged a fee for that appointment time as per the below table. Such cancellation or change shall only be valid once acknowledged by us upon your communication via an email on  info@hemangivyawahare.com, within business hours. The business hours shall be within 10:00 am to 8:00 pm.

 

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In case we decide to cancel any prior scheduled appointments, those will be as per the following:

 

• Upon an advance notice of fifteen (15) days, the appointment shall be rescheduled upon mutual agreement;

• In case of emergency situation, the therapist may cancel by providing a three (3) days’ notice with an option of rescheduling. In case the therapist has to cancel any time after that, the service user shall be provided with an option of rescheduling or a complete refund.

 

2.5.   Fees are payable at time of cancellation

 

Our cancellation policy is based on the same rationale as the airline industry, where you pay for your seat whether you arrive at the airport or not. Given that the time has been set aside for you, if you do not use it, then it is unlikely at short notice it can be used by anyone else. We trust you will agree that this is a fair and reasonable policy and we thank you for your understanding.

A late cancelled appointment is a loss to people:

 

1. The serviceuser

2. Another service user who has been sitting on the waiting list to see the psychologist urgently

3. The psychologist who spent the morning preparing for the session

 

Please, therefore, make sure you attend your appointments!

 

Instances of cancellation by service user

Fee chargeable

Cancels one business day before appointment

50% of our fee

Cancels on the day of appointment or

Don't come for the appointment

100% of our fee

 

3. Professional Records

In line with global and Indian standards of care and professionalism, your therapist may keep session reports or notes. The sessions will be recorded in transcribe for documentation and supervision. You may request to receive a summary of the same. As these are professional notes, they can be misinterpreted and/or be upsetting to untrained readers, therefore if you wish to see a summary of your therapy, it is recommended to do so in presence of your therapist. Service users will be charged an appropriate fee for any professional time spent in responding to information requests. If your therapist feels that you are not in an emotional state to receive these records, a request for them may be denied – however, this may happen only in out of ordinary circumstances as deemed fit by the therapist.

 

4. Minors

If you are under eighteen years of age, please be aware that the law may provide your parents the right to examine your therapy notes and summaries.

 

5. Confidentiality

In general, all communications between a service user and a psychologist is privileged and is protected by law, and information about our work to others may only be released with your explicit and written permission. But there are a few exceptions:

 

• In some legal proceedings/ court orders – such as those involving child or those in which your emotional condition is an important issue, a judge may order a therapist’s written or verbal, if they determine that the issues demand it. In such a case, we will be forced to oblige with such legalrequests.

• There are some situations in which we are legally obligated to take action to protect you and/or others from harm, even if some information about a service user’s treatment has to be revealed in the process of doing so. For example, if your therapist believes that a child, elderly person, or disabled person is being abused, we may file a report with the appropriate state If we believe that a service user is threatening serious bodily harm to another or themselves, we are legallyrequiredtonotifylegalauthorities.Theseactionsmayincludenotifyingthepotentialvictim, contacting the police, seeking hospitalization for the service

 

Your therapist may occasionally find it helpful to consult other professionals and/or peers about a session or a particular case. Your personal information will not be shared or discussed during these supervision/consultation sessions.

 

Finally, it is important to acknowledge that therapy is not a quick-fix solution. We will try our best to provide you with tools (techniques, knowledge and suggestions) to enable you to be aware and accountable for the circumstances and make the decision you see fit. We cannot, however, guarantee that the difficulties that you come to us with, will be solved. The onus for those lies on you. Please discuss it with your therapist, if you feel that the therapy is not working for you even after 2-3 months, you and your therapist can come to a decision on how to take it forward.

 

It is also important to note that your therapist will be a trained counsellor/psychotherapist/psychologist. They may not be a psychiatrist or surgeon. While a psychologist is a trained health care professional, they may not have a formal training in pharmacology and cannot prescribe medication. Thus, if you receive any advice or suggestions for any medications from us, please discuss them with a licensed medical doctor (and obtain a prescription for the same from them, if necessary) before using them.

 

6. Mode of therapy

The preferred mode of the therapy sessions shall be online, via Zoom. However, if mutually agreed between the therapist and the service user, offline sessions may be conducted and the service user agrees to abide by the policies of premises and Covid -19 protocols. In case of any issues/difficulties, the Zoom session may be moved to another audio-video platform as mutually agreed between parties. Service user acknowledges and agrees that the therapist shall not be responsible for any kind of breach due to such third-party applications. Service users confirm that they shall not record any of the Zoom sessions.

 

In case of any internet breakdown or technical difficulty beyond the reasonable control of the therapist, if such difficulty is not resolved within 15 minutes, the session will be rescheduled upon mutual agreement. In case of any internet breakdown or technical difficulty beyond the reasonable control of the service user, the parties may mutually agree to reschedule the session to an alternate time.

7. Boundaries

It is important to make sure that you and your therapist maintain certain boundaries to ensure there is no bias that decreases the efficacy of your therapy. We kindly request you to remain in an empty room with closed doors for your therapy session and to minimize as much of the disturbance as possible.

 

Please do refrain from contacting your therapist outside the session time allocated to you, if you feel there is an urgent query or an emergency, you may contact your therapist via a message or an email, and please be cognizant that they may choose to reply based on their discretion, and their decision may be influenced by personal and professional factors.

 

Similarly, service users are requested not to add or communicate with their therapist on social media websites while therapy is ongoing. A strictly professional relationship must be maintained, and any outside communication may act as grounds for dismissal of therapist or refusal of service. We are not a crisis service, if you need immediate medical help or are in an emergency, contact your local emergency services.

 

Your use of our services indicates that you have read the information in this document and agree to abide by its terms during our professional relationship. It also means that the information you have provided to us is accurate to the best of your knowledge, and that you have read and understood the Policy Document, Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy mentioned on our website.

 

8.Dispute Resolution and Jurisdiction

In case of any concerns or disputes, the service users shall need to bring these up with therapist, and in case of no resolution, it shall be next raised with Hemangi Vyawahare. The service user and therapist shall use their best efforts to resolve the disputes amicably. The service being provided will be classified as counselling. Any client living in another city outside of Bangalore, agree that the work being undertaken is in accordance with, and any disputes are subject to Indian laws and within the exclusive jurisdiction of courts of Bangalore.

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE OF WEBSITE (“Terms and Conditions”)

 

The terms “We” / “Us” / “Our”/” Firm” individually and collectively refer to Hemangi Vyawahare and associates whereas the terms “Visitor” “User” “you” refer to the users of the website.

 

This page states the Terms and Conditions under which you may visit this website. Please read this page carefully. If you do not accept the Terms and Conditions stated here, we would request you to exit this site. The Firm reserve their respective rights to revise these Terms and Conditions at any time by updating this posting. You should visit this page periodically to re-appraise yourself of the Terms and Conditions, because they are binding on all users of this Website. This Site or any content herein are not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis, treatment, psychotherapy, counseling, or mental health services. All content, including text, graphics, images and information, contained on or available through this Site is for general information purposes only. You should always seek the advice of a physician, licensed mental health provider, or other qualified health provider with any questions regarding any mental health or medical symptoms or conditions. NEVER DISREGARD PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL OR MEDICAL ADVICE OR DELAY IN SEEKING EVALUATION OR MEDICAL TREATMENT BECAUSE OF SOMETHING YOU HAVE READ ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH THIS SITE.

 

USE OF CONTENT

All logos, brands, marks headings, labels, names, signatures, numerals, shapes or any combinations thereof, appearing in this site, except as otherwise noted, are properties either owned, or used under licence, by the Firm or business and / or its associate entities who feature on this Website. The use of these properties or any other content on this site, except as provided in these Terms and Conditions or in the site content, is strictly prohibited. These Terms and Conditions govern your use the website hemangivyawahare.com, any kinds of newsletter and any materials, online communications and other information that is or becomes available on the Site (the “Site”).

 

You may not use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of these Terms and Conditions.  You shall abide by all applicable state or local laws including those pertaining to such areas as libel, slander, defamation, trade libel, product disparagement, harassment, invasion of privacy, tort, obscenity, indecency and copyright or trademark infringement. The Firm authorizes you to view and download the materials on the Site solely for your personal, non-commercial use. You may not sell or modify the content of this Website or reproduce, display, publicly perform, distribute, or otherwise use the materials in any way for any public or commercial purpose without the respective organisation’s or entity’s written permission.

 

General Disclaimer

 

The information available on this Site is provided free of charge as a user convenience and is to be used for informational purposes only. Information may be provided by third parties, and may represent opinion or judgment or contain inadvertent technical oversights, factual inaccuracies, or typographical errors. The Firm has no obligation to, and does not in the normal course, monitor or control any Information that is or becomes available through the Site, nor does the Firm guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information. The Firm is not responsible for any errors, inaccuracies, omissions or deficiencies in the information on this Site. The information is provided “as is,” with no guarantees of completeness, non-infringement, accuracy or timeliness, and without warranties of any kind, express or implied. You therefore assume sole responsibility for all risks associated with the use of the information and rely on such information at your own risk. By using the Site, you acknowledge that the Firm is in no way responsible for any consequences whatsoever to anyone arising from your use or interpretation of any information contained within or linked to the Site.  Before making decisions based on the information, you should consultant with a professional therapist or other qualified professional, and visit any programs or treatment centers you are considering. The Firm does not represent that any information on the website may be downloaded outside of India.

 

Copyright Policy

 

We as a Firm respect the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement or are aware of any infringing material on the Site, please contact the Firm at  info@hemangivyawahare.com and provide the following information: an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest; a description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed; a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Site; your address, telephone number, and email address; a written statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf. The Firm shall instantly take such information down or provide due credits in the copyright owner’s discretion.

 

ACCEPTABLE WEBSITE USE

 

• Security rules

 

Visitors are prohibited from violating or attempting to violate the security of the Website, including, without limitation,

1. accessing data not intended for such user or logging into a server or account which the user is not authorised toaccess,

2. attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without properauthorisation,

3. attempting to interfere with service to any host or network, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus or “Trojan horse” to the overloading, “flooding”, “mail bombing” or “crashing”,or

4. sending unsolicited electronic mail, including promotions and/or advertising of products or services. of system or network security may result in civil or criminal The business and / or its associate entities will have the right to investigate occurrences that they suspect as involving such violations and will have the right to involve, and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved in suchviolations.

 

• General rules

 

Visitors may not use the Web Site in order to transmit, distribute, store or destroy material

 

1. that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense or violate any applicable law or regulation,

2. in a manner that will infringe the copyright, trademark, trade secret or other intellectual property rights of others or violate the privacy or publicity of other personal rights of others, or

3. that is libellous, defamatory, pornographic, profane, obscene, threatening, abusive or hateful.

 

INDEMNITY

 

The User unilaterally agree to indemnify and hold harmless, without objection, the Firm, its owner, its officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any claims, actions and/or demands and/or liabilities and/or losses and/or damages whatsoever arising from or resulting from their use of hemangivyawahare.com or their breach of the terms. As a condition of your use of the Service, you agree to indemnify the Firm and its, partners, officers, employees, and agents from and against any and all liabilities, expenses (including attorneys’ fees) and damages arising out of any and all claims resulting from your use of the Site, including without limitation any claims alleging facts that if true would constitute a breach by you of these Terms and Conditions. This indemnity shall include, without limitation, any claim of inaccuracy or defamation based on materials that you submit for use on the site.

 

LIABILITY

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User agrees that the Firm or its associates shall not be liable for any damages arising from interruption, suspension or termination of service, including but not limited to direct or/and indirect or/and incidental or/and special consequential or/and exemplary damages, whether such interruption or/and suspension or/and termination was justified or not, negligent or intentional, inadvertent or advertent. User agrees that the Firm or associates shall not be responsible or liable to the user, or anyone, for the statements or conduct of any third party of the service. Firm’s total liability to the User for all damages or/and losses or/and causes of action exceed the amount paid by the User to the Owner and associates, if any, that is related to the cause of action. To the extent permitted by law, under no circumstances shall the Firm or any of its partners, officers, employees, or agents shall be held liable for any damages, whether direct, incidental, indirect, special, or consequential damages, including, without limitation, lost use, data, revenues, time, money, profits or goodwill arising from or in connection with the use, reliance on, or performance of the information on the website, even when the Firm has been advised of the possibility of such damages. The Firm shall not be liable for damages or injury caused in whole or in part, whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, and whether based in tort (including defamation), contract, strict liability or otherwise by the Service, the Information, or any third-party links therein. If you are dissatisfied with any aspect of the Site, your sole and exclusive remedy is to stop using the Site. The Firm is not liable for any loss, damages, or injury resulting from your access to, inability to access, receipt of any codes from or through, or reliance on any information obtained from or through the Site.

 

THIRD-PARTY SITES

 

The Site may contain links and references to third-party websites and resources. The Firm provides these links solely to assist users in locating other resources that may be of interest to them. No reference or link to a third party or a third-party website shall constitute an endorsement by the Firm of such third party or such third-party website. You assume sole responsibility and risk for your use of links to third-party websites. The Firm does not operate or control any information, content, products or services on such third-party websites. The Firm does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any of the information, content or advertisements contained on, distributed through, or linked, downloaded or accessed from any of the services contained on these third-party websites. We do not make any recommendations or guarantees regarding the quality of response and medical advice you might receive from any of the helplines listed on this Site. The Firm does not endorse these helplines and makes no representations, warranties or guarantees as to, and assumes no responsibility for, the services provided by these entities. The Firm disclaims all liability for damages of any kind arising out of calls made to these helpline numbers

 

SPECIFIC DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

 

ALL MATERIALS AND SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH THE SERVICE, INCLUDING THOSE PROVIDED BY LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES, ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE CONTENT PUBLISHED ON THE SERVICE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY MADE TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN. THE FIRM MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE REGARDING THE SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION; THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, COMPLETENESS OR TIMELINESS OF THE CONTENT, SERVICES, PRODUCTS, TEXT, GRAPHICS, LINKS, OR OTHER ITEMS CONTAINED WITHIN THE WEBSITE, OR THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM ACCESSING AND USING THIS SITE AND/OR THE CONTENT CONTAINED HEREIN. THE FIRM DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT THIS SITE, INCLUDING THE SERVER THAT MAKES IT AVAILABLE, IS FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS. IN ADDITION, THE FIRM SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY LOSS OR INJURY CAUSED IN WHOLE OR PART BY CONTINGENCIES BEYOND ITS CONTROL IN PROCURING, COMPILING, INTERPRETING, REPORTING OR DELIVERING THE SERVICE AND INFORMATION THROUGH THE SITE AND YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY MAINTENANCE, REPAIR OR CORRECTION ARISING FROM ANY SUCH LOSS OR INJURY.

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GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION AND VENUE.

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You agree that the laws of India apply to all matters relating to these Terms and Conditions and this Site, notwithstanding your actual place of residence. These Terms and Conditions may be enforced exclusively in the courts of Bangalore and each party hereto consents to the jurisdiction and venue of any such court and waives any argument that venue in such forum is not convenient. If either party hereto commences any action arising directly or indirectly from these Terms and Conditions in another jurisdiction or venue, the other party to these shall have the Terms and Conditions option of transferring the case to the above-described venue or jurisdiction or, if such transfer cannot be accomplished, to have such case dismissed without prejudice.

 

Privacy Policy

 

This is the privacy policy of this website. Effective date: March, 2021

Hemangi Vyawahare and associates (“us”, “we”,    or “our”) operate    the http://www.hemangivyawahare.com website (the “website”).

 

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our service and/or website. We use your data to provide and improve the Service offered on this website, as well as at the offerings under us; including but not limited to: providing clinical services, therapeutic services, preparing case files, record keeping and so on. By using this website and/or any of our other service offerings, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

 

More about collecting data…

 

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

 

Types of Data Collected Personal Data

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While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

 

• Email address

• First name and lastname

• Phone number

• Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, Country

• Cookies and UsageData

 

Usage Data

 

We may also collect information how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address),

 

browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

 

Tracking & Cookies Data

 

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.

 

Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

 

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

 

Examples of Cookies we use:

 

• Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.

• Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.

• Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

 

 

What is your data used for?

 

We use the collected data for various purposes:

 

• To provide and maintain the Service

• To notify you about changes to our Service

• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so

• To provide customer care and support

• To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service

• To monitor the usage of the Service

• To detect, prevent and address technical issues

 

 

Where your data goes?

 

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

 

If you are located outside India and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to India and process it there. It is also important to note that some of your data may be stored or processed on servers outside India.

 

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

 

Your Data and Disclosure. Legal Requirements

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We may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

 

• To comply with a legal obligation

• To protect and defend the rights or property of Hemangi Vyawahare and associates

• To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service

• To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public

• To protect against legal liability

 

 

What about Confidential Data?

 

Please keep in mind that some data collected from you may be classified as confidential information. Such data will not be shared with anyone without explicit and written consent by you, unless it is specifically mandated by law or judicial body. Some personally identifiable information may be disclosed if we feel that you may be considered a threat to yourself or others.

 

Is your Data completely Safe?

 

No. The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

 

Third Party Providers.

 

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

 

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

 

Analyzing your data

 

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

 

• Google Analytics Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

 

Links to other sites.

 

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

 

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

 

Children’s Privacy.

 

Our Service does address under the age of 18 (“Children”).

 

If you are aged between 13-18, please ensure you have parental consent to use this website as your usage automatically implies that your parents or legal guardians have read this policy and agree to it. If you are under 13, please do not use this website and log off at this time.

 

This Policy is subject to Change.

 

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.

 

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

 

What about HIPAA, GDPR, CalOPPA?

 

These terms are names of different regulations related to data safe-keeping around the world. You can read more about them on their respective websites. While HIPAA and CalOPPA are American regulations, GDPR is European. Our service is based in India and is thus not required to comply with these regulations. However, be assured that we are indeed compliant with Indian regulatory requirements regarding data privacy online.

 

Thank you.

 

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@hemangivyawahare.com

 

Policy document and the Terms and Conditions have been drafted by Ms. Bhumika Mathkar.

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