Collection of your Personal Information

Akhilan.com explicitly asks when it needs information that personally identifies you ("Personal Information") pertinent to the specific product or service you are choosing to use or subscribe to on the Akhilam.com web sites. This information can include your e-mail address, name, address, and telephone number, as applicable. Akhilam.com also may ask for non-personal information or demographic information. None of the information we gather can be used by the public (visitors, other members, and anyone not employed by Akhilam.com, its corporate affiliates, or the financial institutions we use to process membership charges) to identify a specific individual. Members choose when to disclose their personal information at their own risk such as when contacting others through the contact system.

We are a membership-based service. We collect the name and email address of standard account members. Anyone on the Internet can search our profiles or sign up for a standard free account and use all standard member features at no charge. Anyone is also welcome to create a online profile free of charge. For maximum exposure, member profiles are viewable on any of the Akhilam.com web sites. All sites of Akhilam.com are owned and operated by Open Boot Incorporated and none of the information is shared with any third party unless you join on our partner "co-brand" sites in which you will be notified up-front that your Akhilam.com information will be shared with the Akhilam.com co-brand partner. All Akhilam.com web sites and profiles reside on our one central database and on no third party systems.

Akhilam.com gathers two types of information: information that users submit to us and information not directly submitted by users.

Information submitted to Akhilam.com

There are two types of information we collect that users submit: public and private. We define private information to be any information that allows others to contact a user other than through Akhilam.com or allows the collection of information about the user other than what is displayed on the site. Public information is personal information that may be displayed on the site, such as gender, age and height, but cannot be linked to a particular user.

Private Information

The information gathered from standard free account members includes, email address, IP address, first and last name.

Public Information

To accomplish the goal of bringing compatible individuals together, we must gather personal information such as gender, age, appearance, caste, religion and more for the online profiles. This information is meant to be seen by members and visitors to the site but cannot be used to identify a specific member by name, address, etc. Akhilam.com does not require individuals to include contact information in their profile descriptions/text fields.

Information that users do not submit to us is aggregate information: This is information we collect that is not personally identifiable, such as what kind of browser you are using, IP address and occasionally trace route to your computer. This information is gathered for all visitors to the site.

Use of your Personal Information

Private Information

Akhilam.com and our sites use your personal information to operate the Akhilam.com sites and to provide the services you have requested. The information is also used to communicate with you regarding your Akhilam.com account by sending out periodic newsletters and notices that are considered as essential to the operation of the service.. The non- personal information is used to compile general demographic statistics which is shared in the aggregate with Akhilam.com advertisers. We also use your e-mail address to respond to incoming service and support requests from you, to collect customer feedback, customer satisfaction surveys, and other service informational mailings. Should the situation arise, customer information may be subject to disclosure pursuant to judicial or other government subpoenas, warrants, or orders. All information collected in our registration process is not accessible by other members except for the following:

If a member has a profile on the site and another member contacts them, an email is sent to the contacted member with their message and the contacter's reply-to email address. What the contacter discloses in this email is up to them and is done at their own risk. If the contacted member wishes to respond it is up to them how to do it and what they want to disclose. They can retrieve the contacter's reply-to email address via their contact manager or in the initial message itself. When a member contacts another member on the site via our contact system they are disclosing their email address on file to the contacted at their own risk. This is done so the contacted can get back in touch with them.

Public Information

Public information supplied by the user on their profile is intended to be viewed by visitors and members of the site. This information is disclosed by members at their discretion.

Information that users do not submit to us is aggregate information: We use your server, IP address, and browser-type related information in the general administration of our web site for tracking where people come from and other data.

Sharing your Personal Information with Third Parties

Akhilam.com does not disclose any member information with any other third party except as disclosed in the privacy statement . In the latter case you are notified up-front before you join a Akhilam.com

Third Party Links

Any links to sites outside of Akhilam.com or the Akhilam.com sites, are not controlled or operated by Akhilam.com. Hence this privacy information no longer applies when you leave this site. This includes links to partners, any banner ads, or links in individuals profiles etc.

Use of Cookies

To make it easy and convenient for you to login to our services, the Akhilam.com site does require you to enable cookies to utilize our services. Because we use cookies, you can bookmark your Akhilam.com start page and access your account without logging in.

A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. Our server generates a random pair of numbers that is placed in three cookies, and is set in your browser. This random pair of numbers is then sent back to the server each time you request a page on the Akhilam.com site. Our server uses those numbers to identify your computer, and for example, remember where you were in your search results or any of the various things that can be customized on Akhilam.com. Rest assured that there is absolutely NO PERSONAL information being stored on your machine or sent back and forth between your computer and Akhilam.com. Our cookies only store those two random numbers and cannot personally identify you. Note however that if you are a logged in member on a shared computer or public kiosk remember to click on the logout button. This will log you out of your session and prevent others from accessing your account.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you will not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Akhilam.com site and on other Akhilam.com Web sites or other web sites you visit.

Control of your Personal Information

Members have full control over any information they submit to this site. The members profile can be edited, deleted, or hidden at anytime by logging in with the username and password and clicking the "Update profile" link. The members private information can be modified at anytime via the same process above, by selecting the "edit my information" link. The only exception to the above is information a member submits on our payment forms. This is not editable by members because we need to keep a static record of all transactions.

If you have chosen to receive information from Akhilam.com and then at a later date decide you do not wish to continue receiving such information, you can unsubscribe by logging with your username and password, go to your member home page, and then click on "Email preferences". There you can choose to be removed from our list. You can also choose to deactivate your account from your member home page. This will also have the effect of removing you from all mailings.

Security of your Personal Information

Akhilam.com secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Akhilam.com secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.

Use of Privacy Statements by Akhilam.com Partners and Affiliates

While Akhilam.com supports other web site operators using Akhilam.com services complying with these principles, you should carefully examine the privacy statements of sites linking to or from Akhilam.com. Personal information that you choose to provide to other web sites will be subject to the privacy policies of that specific web site.

Changes to this Statement

Akhilam.com will occasionally update this Privacy Statement to reflect company and customer feedback. When Akhilam.com posts changes to this Statement, we will also revise the "last updated" date at the top of the Privacy Statement. If there are material changes to this Statement, Akhilam.com will notify you by placing prominent notice on the Web site or via email. Akhilam.com encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Akhilam.com is protecting your information.

Contact Information

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Statement, please send an email to privacy@akhilam.com