Privacy Policy – Sparsha Technical Institute

At Sparshabd.com, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your data when you visit our website.

By using Sparshabd.com, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please refrain from using our website.

1. Who We Are
Our website address is: http://sparshabd.com.

2. Information We Collect
a. Comments
When you leave comments on our site, we collect:

The data shown in the comments form (name, email, website, comment).

Your IP address and browser user agent string for spam detection.

An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you use it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture (if available via Gravatar) will be publicly visible alongside your comment.

b. Media Uploads
If you upload images to the website, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from images on the website.

c. Cookies
Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience (so you don’t have to re-enter details). These cookies last one year.

A temporary cookie checks if your browser accepts cookies when you visit the login page (contains no personal data, expires when you close the browser).

If you log in, we set cookies to save login info (last 2 days) and screen display choices (last 1 year).

Selecting “Remember Me” extends login persistence to 2 weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.

Editing Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie saves the post ID (no personal data, expires after 1 day).

d. Embedded Content
Articles may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Such content behaves as if you visited the source website, which may:

Collect data about you.

Use cookies.

Embed third-party tracking.

Monitor interactions (if you’re logged into that site).

e. User Accounts
For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their profiles. Users can view, edit, or delete their data (except usernames). Administrators can also access and edit this information.

3. How Long We Retain Your Data
Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to auto-approve follow-up comments.

User profiles are stored as long as the account exists.

4. Who We Share Your Data With
Password reset requests include your IP address in the reset email.

Visitor comments may be processed by an automated spam detection service.

5. Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account or have left comments, you can:

Request an exported file of your personal data.

Request erasure of your data (excluding data retained for legal/security purposes).

To exercise these rights, contact us at sparshasatkania@gmail.com.

6. Where Your Data Is Sent
Comments may be checked via automated spam detection services.

Embedded content may involve data transfer to third-party providers.

7. Data Security
We implement security measures, but no online transmission is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy. The latest version will always be posted here with the “Last Updated” date.

9. Contact Us
For privacy-related concerns, contact:
Email: sparshasatkania@gmail.com
Website: http://sparshabd.com

Thank you for trusting Sparshabd.com!