Privacy Policy

Safeguarding privacy of users’ {hereinafter also referred to as “user(s)”} during use of website www.sourcingads.com {hereinafter also referred to as “SA”} is high priority of Vibha Arora {hereinafter also referred to as “VA”} and VA is committed towards the same. VA requests all the users to read the following ‘Privacy Policy’ before starting use of the SA, to understand how their personal & business information will be treated, as they make full use of the services on SA to their benefit. This policy is applicable only to the entire network of marketplaces operated by VA and not by any other company. This policy forms part of the “Terms and Conditions of use of website www.sourcingads.com” available on the link on homepage of SA website & at the time of registration, login and submit post / information / listings.

Collection of Information
VA collects information from its user(s) when they register and / or list / advertise their business on VA’s SA website to gain access to our services or at other specific instances when they are requested to provide us with their personal & business information. During registration and listing of business, SA ask the users for their user name, e-mail address, phone nos., business information and other personal details.

Once a user registers and lists his / her / it’s / their business on VA’s SA website, it is deemed that the user has given VA the right to publish the desired business & contact details throughout its marketplaces, including but not limited to, business directory, trade leads, newsletters, catalogues etc. excluding only the password.

When you are registering, listing your business and / or advertising your business on SA and are asked for personal information, you are sharing the information with VA primarily that your  relevant details appear on SA website or may be shared with sponsor in case of a promotion. Promotions that may run on our network may be sponsored by companies other than VA or may be co-sponsored by VA and another company. However, you can decide not to participate in the promotion if you don’t want your data to be shared in such promotions.
We also gather usage statistics which may include pages viewed, number of unique visitors, etc. for analysis that helps us provide you improved user experience and services.

Use of Personal & Business Information
VA’s primary goal in collecting personal or public information is to display the registered user’s business listing or product / service offerings across our network on SA website to fetch maximum business opportunities for all relevant user(s).

VA / SA uses user’s personal & business information for listing / advertisement through its website(s), newsletters and customized mailers. In addition to it, once the user’s personal and business information is displayed on our network, the user may start receiving business enquiries through email, phone or any other form of communication, from various buyers and sellers that might or might not be of their interest of user(s). VA does not exercise any control over its user(s) for sending business enquiries to the listed advertisers and others user(s).
Geo location facility on website shows your advertised listing location.

Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, Google reCaptcha may check the visitor’s IP address and browser user / agent string to help spam detection. After approval of your comment, if applicable, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Sharing of Information
As a general rule, VA will not disclose or share user’s personally identifiable information i.e. registered users’ password except when VA has the user’s permission or under special circumstances, such as when VA believes in good faith that the law requires it or as permitted in terms of this policy and the terms and conditions of use of SA. All the information submitted by registered user on website SA is viewable publicly except the password. Hence, user must ensure a very strong password.

VA may also disclose account information in special cases when VA has reasons to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be violating the Terms & Conditions of Services / Terms and Conditions of use of SA or may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) VA’s rights or property, in VA’s network or other SA users, or if VA deems it necessary to maintain, service, and improve its products and services. Personal information collected may be transferred and shared in the event of a sale of SA or in case of transfer to another domain name.

Distribution of Information
VA may, from time to time, send to VA’s SA user(s), emails regarding its products and services. VA constantly tries and improves the marketplace tools for better efficiency, more relevance, innovative business matchmaking and better personal preferences. VA may have many match making tools on the marketplace to be used by its user(s) for making relevant business contacts with each other.  VA may allow direct mails to be sent by unidentifiable user(s) directly to advertisers using its own scripts with respect/pertaining to the products and services of third parties that it feels may be of interest to the user or if the user has shown interest in your company for business requirement.

Details (except password) provided to us may be published in our industrial / commercial directories / newsletters / catalogues / magazines in printed, CD and online formats. The individuals and contact details name in these entries may also receive direct marketing communications and materials from Vibha Arora (VA) and / or from other companies.

Updation of Information
All advertisers shall be able to edit their editable information through their login panel available at http://www.sourcingads.com except the e-mail address. The user(s) must ensure to upload the correct, complete and authentic socially acceptable image(s) / video(s) prior to uploading it on the SA as detailed in the terms and conditions of use of website www.sourcingads.com

A user may edit his/her information and profile or may delete his / her listing(s) by logging in to our SA. The requested changes normally happen in real time. Exceptions may take up to 30 days to appear online due to some unforeseen reasons and server cache policies. However, submissions may be rejected without assigning any reason, if found inappropriate at VA’s sole discretion. Advertiser may delete his / her listing(s) and / or unsubscribe from our newsletter subscription, if desire so. Residual information may remain within SA archive records.

Protection of Information
As with all information, we do not sell any data for any wrong purposes. In addition, VA does not sell any user’s personal information or business information until and unless it is permitted by the user. Any user statistics that we may provide to prospective advertisers or business associates regarding product or service usage on VA network is provided in an aggregate form only and does not include any personally identifiable information (this means registered user password only) about any individual user.

We request the users to sign out / log out of their account on SA and close their browser window when they have finished their work. This is to ensure that others cannot access their personal or business information and correspondence, if the user shares the computer with someone else or is using a computer in a public place. User must use a strong password of minimum 16 characters with a mix of letters in upper and lower case, numbers and symbols like !%^)$-(&#@, no ties to any of your personal information, no ties to any of your family personal information and no dictionary words & do not share your password with anyone. If you desire to change your password, please login at https://sourcingads.com , and thereafter in the Profile page, you can set and update your New Password.

VA takes necessary steps, within its limits of commercial viability and necessity, to ensure that the user’s personal information is treated securely except that which is published by advertiser as per the advertiser’s page design where User Name, User Photograph, e-mail ID and contact Ph. Nos. may appear publicly.

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. VA is  committed to protecting your information and make every attempt to ensure that the information provided is used only for the purpose of providing you with information and services you request. You should recognize, however, that even with our best efforts, there are potential risks to users’ privacy on the Internet. Some individuals and organizations often referred to as “hackers”, employ technology that allows them to access, without permission, information that is exchanged over the web. Therefore, the confidentiality of any communication or material transmitted or posted on SA or any other website over the Internet cannot be guaranteed.

Links to other sites
As a resource, VA may provide facility to our registered user(s), advertiser(s), to add their external website link to SA for the convenience and benefit of user(s). However, we cannot guarantee the standards of every website that is linked to SA nor can VA be responsible for the content / material that is available / visible on external websites as that content / material is not produced by us. The privacy policy described here does not apply to these other external websites.

Cookies
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.
When you log in, SA may also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited.

Changes in Privacy Policy
The policy may change from time to time, without any notice to anyone, so please check for latest updated policy on SA website.