Uttarakhand Businessmen Association

At the Uttarakhand Businessmen Association (website: www.ukdba.in), we care a lot about protecting your privacy. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights.
If you have questions about this policy, feel free to contact us anytime.
This policy only covers what we do online on our website. It does not apply to information collected offline or through other ways.

Your Agreement
By using our website, you agree to this Privacy Policy and its rules.

What Information We Collect
• When we ask for your personal details (like name or email), we will clearly explain why we need it.
• If you contact us directly (for example, by email or form), we may get your name, email, phone number, message content, attachments, or anything else you share.
• If you create an account, we may ask for your name, company name, address, email, and phone number.
How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:
• Run and maintain our website.
• Make the website better and more personal for you.
• Understand how people use the site.
• Create new features, services, or products.
• Talk to you (directly or through partners) for support, updates, website info, marketing, or promotions.
• Send you emails.
• Detect and stop fraud.

Log Files
Like most websites, we use log files. These record basic info when you visit, such as:
• Your IP address.
• Browser type.
• Internet provider.
• Date and time.
• Pages you came from or went to.
• Number of clicks.

This info is not linked to your personal details. We use it to check trends, manage the site, track user movement, and collect general stats.

Cookies and Web Beacons
Our website uses cookies (small files stored on your device). They remember your preferences and which pages you visited. This helps us make the site better for you, based on your browser or other info.
For more about cookies, search "What Are Cookies" online.
Advertising Partners
We may have ads from third-party companies. They use their own cookies, JavaScript, or web beacons. They get your IP address automatically to show ads and measure if they work.
We do not control these third-party cookies. Check their privacy policies for details.

Other Websites and Ads
Our Privacy Policy does not cover other websites or advertisers. We suggest reading their privacy policies. You can turn off cookies in your browser settings. Look on your browser's website for how to do this.

Your Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Information)
You have rights, including:
• Ask what personal information we have about you.
• Ask us to delete your personal information.
• Ask us not to sell your personal information.
We will reply within one month. Contact us if you want to use these rights.
(Note: There is a small typo in the original about "ukdba" – we follow general privacy laws.)

Protecting Children
We want to keep children safe online. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18 years old.
If you think your child shared information on our site, contact us right away. We will remove it as quickly as possible.

Listing Policy (Business Directory Rules)
1. All business information in our directory comes from our members. We have their signed permission to use it on the website.
2. The information includes things like name, phone number, office address, GPS location, Facebook/Instagram business pages, years of experience, etc.
3. We do not sell this information to any third party. If we find anyone misusing it (like for spam calls or leads), we will take action against them.
4. When a member's membership ends, we automatically delete their information from the website and all our official groups.
Thank you for reading! We work hard to keep your information safe.

Your data is used to maintain the member directory, track business referrals, process membership applications, and communicate association updates. Limited business details are shared within the network to facilitate trade and collaboration.

If you have questions regarding data privacy or wish to update your business profile, please contact our administrative office at info@ukdba.in.