1. INDIAN SOCIETY OF HYPOXIA AND MOUNTAIN MEDICINE (ISHMM) operates the WWW.ISHMM.ORG website, which IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION REGSIETRED UNDER THE Registration of Societies Act XXI of 1860. The registration is with Registrar of Societies, SDM Dwarka, New Delhi. The society is a Scientific Society and provides services relating to membership of the society, academic, learning and research activities, events and publications in the field of hypoxia, mountains and high altitude medicine.
2. This page is for the purpose of informing website visitors regarding the policies on collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information accessed during the course of use of ISHMM services through this website.
3. By choosing to use this website the visitor agrees to the collection and use of information in relation with this policy. The Personal Information that is collected is used for providing and improving the services. It will not be used or shared with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.
4. The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which is accessible on this website, unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy.
Information Collection and Use
5. For a better experience while using this website and to avail services, it may be required that visitor provides certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to name, phone number, email and postal address. The information that will only be used to contact or identify the visitor for the purpose of offering and / or providing ISHMM services.
Log Data
6. On every visit to the website information visitor’s web browser sends to Log Data that gets collected. This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser version, pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other similar statistics.
Cookies
7. Cookies are files with small amount of data that is commonly used as anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website and are stored on your computer’s hard drive.
8. This website uses these “cookies” to collection information and to improve service. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies and know when a cookie is being sent to your computer. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Services through this website.
Service Providers
9. ISHMM may employ third-party companies and individuals for the following: -
- 9.1. To facilitate our services;
- 9.2. To provide the service on our behalf;
- 9.3. To perform service-related actions; or
- 9.4. To assist us in analysing how our services are used.
10. ISHMM wishes to inform that these third parties have access to your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated by us not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.
Security
11. ISHMM values your trust in providing Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But it must be understood that no method of transmission of information over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Links to Other Sites
12. ISHMM website may contain links (third party links) to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by ISHMM. Therefore, it is strongly advised to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. ISHMM has no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Children’s Privacy
13. ISHMM services do not address anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 18 years. In the case we discover that a child under the age of 18 years has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
14. ISHMM may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, it is advised to review this page periodically for any changes. ISHMM will notify of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this website. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted.
Contact Us
15. If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at sectt@ishmm.org.