Welcome to varan.in (website). We, at varan matrimonial services and our affiliated companies worldwide (hereinafter collectively referred to as “VARAN”), are committed to respecting your online privacy and recognize the need for appropriate protection and management of any personally identifiable information you share with us.
For the purposes of this Website, "Users" shall mean any person who uses the Website, and/or any of the services provided on the Website including but not limited to any person (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Users”). who posts any content including but not limited to text, data, images, video, information, and other materials or services on the Website or who views such content or materials. The Website shall be deemed to be used by you when it is loaded and/or continues to be loaded in the temporary or permanent memory of your mobile phone, computer or any other device or in the internet browser thereof.
For the purposes of the Privacy Policy, “You" or “Your” shall mean the person who is accessing the Platform.
This Privacy Policy ("Policy") describes how VARAN collects, discloses and transfers, uses personal information of users through its applications and websites, including through www.varan.in, mobile applications and online services (collectively, the "Platform").
Eligibility
This Website is intended to facilitate lawful marriages between persons by providing a medium for contact between such persons. It is therefore essential that Users are capable of entering into a legal and binding contract of marriage as per the law applicable to them. By using this Platform, therefore you confirm that you are registering for a person who is:
i. 18 years or above (if you are a woman) or 21 years or above (if you are a man); If local laws require that you must be older for VARAN to be able to lawfully provide the services over the Platform to you then that older age shall apply as the applicable minimum age.
ii. Legally competent to enter into a valid contract of marriage as per the law applicable to you; and
iii. Not prohibited or prevented by any applicable law for the time being in force from entering into a valid contract of marriage
The VARAN reserves the right to forthwith terminate your use and / or registration with the Platform without refund of any of subscription fee paid, if at any time the VARAN is, in its sole discretion, of the opinion or has any reason to believe that, you are not eligible to use this Platform or that you have made any misrepresentation about your eligibility.
If you are under the age of 18 or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you must use the Platform under the supervision of your parent, legal guardian or responsible adult.
How the platform uses the information it collects/tracks?
VARAN collects information for identifying usage trends, data analysis, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our websites or apps, products, and services ,marketing research from our users primarily to ensure that we are able to fulfil your requirements and to deliver personalised experience.
Third Party Content:
Please be aware that the Platform sometimes contains links to other sites that are not governed by this Privacy Policy. Users may be directed to third-party sites for more information, such as advertisers, blogs, content sponsorships, vendor services, social networks, etc.
We recommend that you review the applicable privacy statements and policies of each third-party site linked from the Platform to determine their use of your personal information.
VARAN makes no representations or warranties regarding how your information is stored or used on third-party servers.
What are the Security Precautions in respect of your personal information?
We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures. However, please also remember that we cannot guarantee that the internet itself is 100% secure. Once your information is in our possession, we adhere to security guidelines protecting it against unauthorised access.
We have implemented appropriate internal control measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process.
Confidentiality and Security
The security and confidentiality of your Personal Information is important to us and VARAN has invested significant resources to protect the safekeeping and confidentiality of your personal data.
Regardless of where your Personal Information is transferred or stored, we take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that personal data is kept secure.
When using external service providers acting as processors, we require that they adhere to the same standards as VARAN does.
We seek to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and Rules made there under to ensure the protection and preservation of your privacy. We have physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with the laws prevalent in India to protect your Personal Information.
By accepting the terms of this Privacy Policy, you agree that the standards and practices being implemented by us, are reasonable and sufficient for the protection of your Personal Information.
What information you need to give in to use this Website/apps?
The information we gather from Users who apply for the various services our Website/Apps offers includes, but may not be limited to, photo of the user, email address, name, date of birth, educational qualifications, a user-specified password, mailing address, zip/pin code and telephone/mobile number or fax number.
The user information we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the website or Apps, the choices you make and the products and features you use.
The User Information is used for authentication and account access, If a user registers using social networking platforms such as Facebook, Google, LinkedIn and others we may collect personal data you choose to allow us to access through their APIs. When the user accesses our websites or apps, data relating to device ID, log files ,Geographic Location, device Information/specification are also collected automatically.
We use a secure server for credit card transactions to protect the credit card information of our users and Cookies are used to store the login information. Cookies are small files placed on your hard drive that will assist us in providing our services. You may also encounter Cookies or identical/related devices on certain pages of the website/apps that are placed by third parties. We do not control the use of cookies by third parties.
If you establish a credit account with us to pay the fees we charge, some additional information, including a billing address, a credit/debit card number and a credit/debit card expiration date and tracking information from cheques or demand drafts is collected.
We may use also your personal information for verification, analysis of data, usage trends and to evaluate and improve our site/App, marketing research , preventing of frauds. In our efforts to continually improve our product and service offerings, we collect and analyse demographic and profile data about our users' activity on our website/apps. We identify and use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our website/apps. Your IP address is also used to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information.
How Long Do We Keep Users / Your Information?
As stipulated in the Privacy Policy we will retain the information we collect from users under the following circumstances:
For as long as the users subscribe to our services to meet their suitable purpose(s) for which it was collected, for the sake of enforcing agreements, for performing audits, for resolving any form of disputes, for establishing legal defences, for pursuing legitimate businesses and to comply with the relevant applicable laws.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
VARAN reserves the right to update, change or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. The Privacy Policy shall come to effect from the date of publication of such update, change or modification. However, changes will be updated in the Privacy Policy page.
Disclaimer
VARAN does not store any account related information or any credit / debit card details.
In case any Personal Information is shared by you with VARAN , which is not requested by VARAN during registration, (whether mandatorily or optionally), VARAN will not be liable for any information security breach or disclosure in relation to such information.
VARAN shall not be liable for any loss or damage sustained by Users as a result of any disclosure (inadvertent or otherwise) of any information concerning the User's account, credit cards or debit cards in the course of any online transactions or payments made for any products and/or services offered through the Platform.
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the protection of your Personal Information, please contact VARAN’s team at the following:
How to address your Grievance :
The Grievance officer, Address; Varan.in Matrimony Private Limited, No.115/1B, Site No 23, 1st Floor, Sri Balaji Nagar, Koundampalayam, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu - 641030, India
Email : grievanceofficer@varan.in
The Grievance officer shall be available between 10 am to 6 pm IST from Monday to Saturday excluding Sunday's and Public Holidays in India.
The Grievance officer is appointed as per Section 5 (9) of the Information Technology ( Reasonable Security & Procedures and Sensitive Personal data or Information ) Rule, 2011.