PERSONAL INFORMATION
SNF collects and maintains information from its website visitors and donors to extend services like processing their donations, providing receipts thereof and tax exemption certificates, sending regular updates about the work SNF does, responding to queries, and apprising of the new opportunities to help the drought-affected people/farmers in a better way.
Depending on the type of communication or transaction, the personal information collected by SNF may include but is not limited to, name, postal address, date of birth, PIN code, telephone numbers, mobile phone numbers, organization’s name, email addresses, credit/debit card information, bank information or billing information
USAGE AND ANALYTICS DATA
SNF also collects usage information in order to assess how users access and utilize the site. This data is valuable to SNF for various internal purposes, including troubleshooting and improving the functionality of the website. The information collected by SNF includes the user’s Internet service provider, type of web browser or operating system, IP address, viewed pages, time and duration of website visits, crash logs, and other information relating to site usage.
COOKIES
Cookies are small pieces of data often stored on the visitor’s computer/hard drive by the web browser while browsing a website. A unique code is embedded in the text file which recognizes the visitors’ computer when one returns to a website that was previously visited. Web beacons are an Internet tool that helps SNF determine how the website is being used such as what pages are being visited and whether one is returning to the website or a first-time visitor.
Most web browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. One can reset the web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.
Please note, however, that certain features of the website might not function if one deletes or disables cookies. The website’s cookies do not and cannot infiltrate a user’s hard drive to collect any information stored on the hard drive.
SNF uses Google Analytics to help examine data about the use of the website. Technical information described above may be gathered by Google Analytics for this purpose.
It is clarified that the amount of information one provides is completely voluntary; however, providing less information might limit a user’s ability to access all of the features of the website.