TARSHI respects your privacy and is committed towards ensuring that your personal information is not misused and utilised with your permission and knowledge.

Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.tarshi.net/selfcare. TARSHI is an NGO based in New Delhi, India, that works on sexuality and wellbeing. Read more about our work on www.tarshi.net.

Disclaimer

Our website is not intended for use by those below the age of 18.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

When you communicate with us, we collect your message and any other information you choose to provide us within the communication. We do not ask for your name, age, location, or any other contact or identifying information unless you choose to provide it in your communication.

Emailing us or using other forms on the website

If you choose to email us at selfcare@tarshi.net with your suggestions, we will receive your email ID, the name that you share and any other information identifying you that may be in your email. If you complete forms on our website, we will receive information that is asked for in the form, which may include your name, email ID, and any other information you provide in the form, which may or may not identify you. This information will only be accessible by selected TARSHI team members and any consultants working on this website. It will not be shared with anyone outside the organisation for any purposes.

• We may incorporate your suggestions received via email or the contact form on the website, but without personally identifying you as the person who suggested this addition
• For those who emailed us, we may add your email to a newsletter subscription. If you want to stop receiving the newsletters, you may unsubscribe any time.

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your computer’s hard drive by your web browser when you first visit the Site. The cookie allows us to identify your computer and find out details about your last visit. Most Internet browsers accept cookies automatically, but usually you can alter the settings of your browser to erase cookies or prevent automatic acceptance if you prefer.

The information collected by cookies is not personally identifiable, it includes general information about your computer settings, your connection to the Internet e.g. operating system and platform, IP address.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

We are not responsible for information collected by external websites that we link to on our website. Kindly read their privacy policies to understand what data they may be collecting.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand users’ use of the website, determine the popularity of content on the website and better understand users’ online activity on the site. When you visit this website, your browser automatically sends information to Google. This includes the URL of the page that you’re visiting and your IP address. They may also set cookies on your browser or read cookies that are already there.

Many websites and apps use Google Analytics to understand how visitors engage with their sites or apps. If you don’t want Analytics to be used in your browser, you can install the Google Analytics browser add-on.

Who we share your data with

TARSHI will not disclose any of your personally identifiable information, and will not sell or rent lists containing your information to third parties. TARSHI may disclose information when it has your permission to do so or under special circumstances, such as when it believes in good faith that the law requires it.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

If you would like to contact us with any questions regarding this policy, please write to tarshiweb@tarshi.net.