Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how OrthoShathi ("we," "us," "our"), which operates orthoshathi.com (the "Site"), collects, uses and protects information when you visit. By using the Site, you agree to this policy.
Information we collect
Information you give us. If you email us, we receive your email address and anything you include in your message. We use it only to reply and to improve the Site.
Information collected automatically. Like most websites, our hosting provider and any analytics or advertising services we use may automatically collect:
- Your IP address and approximate location (country or city level)
- Browser type, device type and operating system
- Pages you visit, time spent and the page that referred you
- Cookie identifiers (see below)
We do not ask you to create an account, and we do not knowingly collect sensitive personal information.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We and our partners use them to:
- Remember your preferences (for example, that you've dismissed our cookie notice)
- Understand how visitors use the Site (analytics)
- Show and measure advertising
You can control or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how the Site works. See our Cookie Policy for details.
Advertising and Google AdSense
We may use Google AdSense to display ads. In connection with this:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this Site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info/choices or, in the EU, www.youronlinechoices.eu.
- If you have not opted out, other third-party vendors or ad networks may also use cookies to serve ads on our Site.
Learn more about how Google uses data at How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.
Users in the EEA, UK and Switzerland: where required by law, we will ask for your consent before personalized ads or non-essential cookies are used, through a consent management platform. You can change your choice at any time.
Analytics
We may use analytics services (such as Google Analytics) to understand traffic and improve the Site. These services may set cookies and collect usage data as described above. You can opt out of Google Analytics using the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
How we use information
We use information to:
- Operate, maintain and improve the Site
- Respond to your messages
- Understand which content is useful
- Display advertising that helps fund the Site
- Protect the Site against abuse and comply with the law
We do not sell your personal information.
Sharing information
We share information only with service providers that help us run the Site (such as hosting, analytics and advertising partners), when required by law, or to protect our rights and the safety of users.
Data retention
We keep emails only as long as needed to respond and for reasonable record-keeping. Analytics and advertising partners retain data according to their own policies.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal information we hold about you, object to or restrict certain processing, and withdraw consent.
- EEA/UK (GDPR): our legal bases are consent (for non-essential cookies and personalized ads) and legitimate interests (operating and securing the Site). You can complain to your local data protection authority.
- California (CCPA/CPRA): you have the right to know, delete and correct personal information, and to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. We don't sell personal information; you can limit ad personalization using the links above.
To make a request, email contact@orthoshathi.com.
Children's privacy
The Site is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.
External links
Our articles link to other websites, including Chick-fil-A's. We aren't responsible for the privacy practices of other sites, so please review their policies.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top shows when it last changed.
Contact
Questions about privacy? Email contact@orthoshathi.com.