PRIVACY POLICY

Taxindiaonline.com (hereinafter referred as 'TIOL', 'tiolcorplaws.com', 'tioltube.com'  'we', 'us', 'our'), run by TIOL Pvt Ltd, is concerned about the privacy of information of the users. This Privacy Policy helps you understand how we collect, use, store, process, transfer and protect all your information when you visit our website and use our services. This Privacy Policy applies to the TIOL & its sister Portals and all activities undertaken by or through the Website.

By accessing or using Website you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree please do not access or use the Website. By mere use of Website, you expressly consent to our collection, use, storage, processing, and disclosure of your personal and / or non-personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

INFORMATION COLLECTION

When you access or use the Website, your following information is collected by us:

1. Certain personally identifiable information ('personal information'); and
   
   
2. Certain non-personally identifiable information ('non-personal information').

Personal information may include information such as your name, residence, location, pin code, age, gender, work place, telephone/mobile number, email address, sometimes financial information etc. whereas non-personal information may include your IP address, standard log information, the pages you visit, internet browser and cookie information.

Our Website may use "cookies" to enhance user experience. User's web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. User may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the Website may not function properly.

Additionally, we may receive your information from third parties such as social media, and in such case, the information we collect may include your user name associated with that social media, any information or content the social media has the right to share with us, such as your profile picture, email address or friends list, and any information you have made public in connection with that social media. When you access the Website or otherwise deal with us through social media, you are authorizingus to collect, store, use and retain such information and content in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.

HOW IS YOUR INFORMATION COLLECTED?

We collect and retain your personal information by expressly requesting it from you in the prescribed process available on Website or any other prescribed manner. We automatically receive and record your non-personal information on our server logs or other information technology infrastructure, when you access or visit Website.

HOW IS YOUR INFORMATION USED?

Information collected is used:

1. to provide you information about various initiatives taken by TIOL;
2. to inform you about various new features of the Website;
3. for surveys, research and various types of analysis;
4. to enforce our Terms of Use, policies, monitor user activity such as searches or postings and more effectively manage traffic;
5. to enable you to manage user accounts, and to provide updates and experience, resolving your queries or concerns;
6. to communicate with you including without limitation for sending marketing and promotional communication, collecting feedback etc.;
7. to troubleshoot problems; and
8. to do other things as described when we collect the information.

HOW IS YOUR INFORMATION SHARED AND DISCLOSED?

• We do not sell or rent your personal information with third parties except to fulfil your inquiries, and provide information you've requested or when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:
  
  
• We may share your personal or non-personal information, to the extent required, with our research partners, trusted affiliates and advertisers to enable them to fulfil your inquiries or market their products or services.
  
  
• We may use other third parties such as a wallet, credit/debit card processing company (payment gateway) to bill you for availing certain services (in future) on Website. When you sign up for these services, we will share those personally identifiable information as necessary for the third party or payment gateway or wallet companies to provide that service, including your name, residence and email address.
  
  
• We provide non-personal information to interested third-parties for the purpose of understanding the usage patterns for certain content, features, advertisements, promotions, and/or functionality on Website.
  
  
• We may disclose your personal information to enforce our policies, respond to claims that a posting or other content violates other's rights, or protects anyone's rights, property or safety.
  
  
• We use both your personal information and certain non-personal information to improve the design, quality, appearance and services on Website and to create new features, functionality, promotions, offerings and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing user preferences and trends.
  
  
• We reserve the right to disclose your personally identifiable information when required to do so by law or regulation, or in response to a request from a law enforcement or governmental agency or authority or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.
  
  
• We may share personal information if we believe it is necessary in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Terms of Use or policies.
  
  
• Any personal information posts or comments that you voluntarily disclose on Website, such asblogs, chats, forums or on comment pages may become publicly available. Your account name is displayed to other users when you send and/or post messages through Website. You should note that any comment or other content that you post or send to Website becomes a published content and is not considered personally identifiable information and is not subject to this Privacy Policy.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECURITY

We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. No method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, is hundred percent secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. You may reach us if you have any questions about this by sending us an email at systems@tiol.in.

We may provide access to your personal information to our employees, agents, authorised representatives only on a need to know basis to perform their jobs and to serve you better.

Users who use any of the features on Website agree and accept that they have been fully informed by Website that the use of features may lead to publication, to all users of Website, of any personal information posted by them while using any specific feature on Website. Users further agree that the authenticity of, and consequences from the posting by users of any personal information of themselves or any other person, are the sole responsibility of the user. Users further agree and accept that the terms of the Privacy Policy will be applicable to the use of all features, existing and new. However, the users agree and accept that confidentiality of information posted on such features has been waived by the users of such features themselves. We strongly discourage posting any information on such features or in any content posted by you that you do not want others to see.

MODIFICATIONS, ALTERATIONS OR UPDATION OF YOUR INFORMATION OR DATA

For updating, amending or modifying any personal information, data provided by you on Website, you need to communicate us through the communication mode mentioned on Website or alternatively, you may visit your profile or information page and make the necessary updations, amendments or modifications. We shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for updating, amending or modifying any of the information, data provided by you on Website. There may be a charge associated with such requests but these will not exceed the amounts permitted by law. We delete personal information when we no longer need it for the purposes we described earlier. We retain personal information as permitted by law to resolve disputes and enforce our policies.

CONSEQUENCES OF NOT PROVIDING INFORMATION

You may choose not to provide us with your personally identifiable information. However, choosing not to provide certain requested information will prevent you from accessing and taking advantage of the features or services offered by us.

UPDATION OF PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right, at any time, to modify, alter, or update this policy, without any prior notice to you and any such modifications, alterations, or updates will be effective upon posting on the Website. In the event we modify this Privacy Policy, your continued use of Website will signify your acceptance of the modified Privacy Policy.

AUTHORISATION

Pursuant to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) guidelines, you authorizeus or otherwise who are accessing your information by virtue of their association withus to communicate with you through telephone/mobile, Email, SMS or other modes of communication even if your number/numbers(s) is/are registered in the National Do Not Call Registry (NDNC) or www.nccptrai.gov.in.

THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

This Privacy Policy is only applicable to our Website, and not to any other websites that you may be able to access from the Website, each of which may have data collection, storage, and use practices and policies that differ materially from this Privacy Policy.

GRIEVANCE, CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions, comments or grievance about this Privacy Policy, you can contact our grievance officer at systems@tiol.in. The name of the grievance officer is Shikher R Singh, Director (Technical), TIOL Pvt Ltd.