Privacy Policy

Our Approach to Privacy. DESI INC respects your privacy. Our staff, contractors and others who help us operate our web sites follow this policy on privacy and fair information practices for online activities of DESI INC Limited.

This Privacy Policy applies to the web sites owned by DESI INC Limited. including DesiInc.com and all other sites listed in the user agreement.
While the DESI INC Sites offer different combinations of services and tools from one site to another, this policy states Desi Inc's company-wide Privacy Policy with regard to data-collection practices.

By registering as a member of an DESI INC Site, you agree to accept this Privacy Policy and are aware that our policy may change over time as discussed below.

Overview of our Policy

The security of personal information is a high priority at DESI INC. We maintain these web sites and all associated data with technical, administrative and physical safeguards to protect against loss, unauthorized access, destruction, misuse, modification and improper disclosure. No computer system or information can ever be fully protected against every possible hazard. But DESI INC is committed to providing reasonable and appropriate security controls to protect our web sites and their information against foreseeable hazards.

The information you provide helps us, and our partners (including our service providers, advertisers and other partners) make the DESI INC Sites more fun and useful for you. It also enables us to provide you updates about our services and special offers from our partners. When you become a registered member of one of our sites, you may receive email or postal mail from DESI INC and our partners.

Please keep in mind that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information in public areas of an DESI INC Site, such as the member home pages and message boards, your information can be viewed and possibly used by others. We advise users not to disclose information that can be used to contact the user ("Personally Identifiable information") that they do not wish for others to obtain, such as full name, home address, or phone number.

Changes to this Policy

This Privacy Policy will always be available to users on this page for you to read. We will update this privacy and fair information practices policy to reflect new features, services and options, as well as any other changes with regard to the use of personal information. Users will be notified by a notice on the DESI INC Site of any significant update to our Privacy Policy. By registering as a member of an DESI INC Site, you agree to accept this Privacy Policy and are aware that our policy may change over time. Continued use of the DESI INC Sites or other DESI INC services will signify that you agree to these changes.

About Children

The DESI INC Sites are not directed to children under the age of 13. The DESI INC Sites prohibit registration by and will not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under 13. This requirement will be posted at points of data collection within the DESI INC Sites, such as registration for services.

Note to Parents. If you have any concerns about the DESI INC Sites or its related services, please contact us at info@desiinc.com.

Information Collection and Use

Below are more details about the information the DESI INC Sites gather from you and how we use it.

A. Email Newsletters. DESI INC offers email newsletters. Only registered users will be able to receive newsletters. We will use your email address only to send you the newsletter (s) that you signed up for. If you want to update your email address or stop receiving our newsletter, follow the procedures to unsubscribe at the bottom of any newsletter we send you or simply visit http://www.desiinc.com to update your profile by logging into your account.

B. Membership Information. When you register for membership on one of our sites, we ask for information about you and your interests. We do this so we can better understand what you like and tailor the site to suit you better. At a minimum, we require your name, birth date, gender, email address and zip code. The more information you volunteer, the more we can tailor the site and promotions to your interests.
Service Providers. We also offer our members other services provided by third parties such as free email and free userpages, among others. When you register for membership on an DESI INC Site or activate a service by clicking on a particular service link (i.e. email) on our sites, you may be automatically registered to receive the free services we offer and some of your Personally Identifiable Information may be transferred from DESI INC to those third-party service providers. By becoming a member, you authorize us and our third-party service providers to send you email updates and information about promotions and special offers. We take care to require that our third-party service providers only use our member’s data as necessary to provide the particular service and to give you updates on that service provider’s products and services.

Co-registration with Other Sites. As a member, we offer you the ability to co-register with select third-party partner sites. In some instances where DESI INC provides co-registration, the co-registration partners allow you to opt-out of their membership. If you choose to co-register with our partners and accept their terms of service, then you are automatically registered as a member of their select web sites and your Personally Identifiable Information is transferred to those organizations. As a result, you may receive information from one of these web sites as any of their members would. We advise you to review their privacy and data collection policies for further information. In order to cancel your membership with any of these partners you will need to go directly to the partner's site.

Advertisers. By becoming a member, you authorize DESI INC to share your Personally Identifiable Information with our advertisers. Our advertisers may use your Personally Identifiable Information to send you, via email or postal mail, advertisements or other notices, and it is possible that your information may be shared with others.

C. Email Updates to Members. If you so elect at registration, the DESI INC Sites will periodically send you promotional email about services offered by the DESI INC Sites, our partners and advertisers. If you want to update your email address or stop receiving these types of promotional emails, please follow the procedures to unsubscribe at the bottom of any email we send you or simply visit http://www.desiinc.com to update your profile by logging into your account.

The DESI INC Sites may contact you regarding account status, changes to the user agreement, and to confirm registration.

D. Promotions. We may ask you for Personally Identifiable Information at other times, including, but not limited to, when you enter sweepstakes, contests or promotions sponsored by a third party. If you choose to enter sweepstakes, contests or promotions of this nature, we may share your Personally Identifiable Information with the third party so they can contact you. The third party may use that information to send you advertisements or other notices, and it is possible that your information may be shared with others.

E. Surveys and User Research. DESI INC conducts email and web-delivered surveys from time to time, as well as instant polls, to gather information about our audience. It is important to remember that taking these surveys and polls is entirely optional. You have no obligation to respond to them. We share only the aggregate results of these surveys, not individual data, with our advertisers and partners to help them better understand our services and monitor the reach of their advertising on our service. We also store some of the information that our users provide in these surveys to help us understand your interests and to make the site more useful for you.

F. Use of Cookies. On the Internet, a "cookie" is a piece of information (a file) that a Web site transfers to a user's computer for record-keeping purposes. The use of cookies is common on the Internet. The process we use to serve advertisements and to track use of our site involves cookies. Cookies help DESI INC and our advertising service (discussed below) track the frequency and placement of advertisements. Cookies also enable us to measure aggregate, or total usage and traffic to our site and to specific offerings. This aids us in producing content that best meets our users' preferences. In order to implement new services, we may use other types of cookies as well. We also may use cookies to understand better what parts of our site you like best. We may use that information to display advertisements that we think will be of particular interest to you. You may configure your browser to reject cookies, but this may interfere with some functionality of the DESI INC Sites. To find out more about changing your browser to reject cookies, we suggest the DESI INC Cookies Page

G. Sites You Visit. As you access our Affiliate Sites and browse around the DESI INC Sites, DESI INC may store information about which pages and which Affiliate Sites you visit and other information presented in your browser's URL address line. DESI INC will use this information to help determine what our users are most interested in.

H. Other Third Parties. DESI INC may share non-personal, aggregate, or summary, information regarding our users with other third parties not mentioned in this policy. This kind of information does not identify you individually.

I. Merger or Acquisition. In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of all or substantially all of its assets, or the sale of an individual website owned by DESI INC, DESI INC may transfer your Personally Identifiable Information to a third party as a part of such merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale.

J. Legal Authorities. The DESI INC Sites may also disclose Personally Identifiable Information in cases when we have reason to believe that it is necessary to identify someone who may be violating Desi Inc's User Agreement or may be causing injury to Desi Inc's rights or property, other users, or anyone else. The DESI INC Sites may disclose Personally Identifiable Information of our users to government authorities at our discretion.

Access to Other Sites Through DESI INC

Our Affiliates Sites. You should be aware that when you are on an DESI INC Site, you will have the opportunity to visit, or link to, other sites associated with DESI INC. These sites are identified as our "Affiliates" and/or - "Partner Sites" These sites are not owned or operated by DESI INC, but are part of a larger network of sites with which the DESI INC Sites share content and advertising opportunities. We do not share Personally Identifiable Information of our members with these Affiliate Sites.

Linking to Other Sites. You may also visit independent web sites, not operated by DESI INC, that are connected to our network for our users. Such sites are operated by external, third-party service providers. Some of these sites will have their own separate membership processes and privacy policies. The DESI INC Sites do not control sites that are operated by others and so cannot be responsible for the information practices of these sites. Other sites may set their own cookies, collect data or solicit personal information. It is always a good idea to check the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use of any site before offering any of your personal information.

Security

The DESI INC Sites use diligent efforts to protect the security and integrity of the information you provide to us once it is received on our systems. However, when you submit information about yourself to the DESI INC Sites over the Internet, the information may travel over many systems that are not under the control of DESI INC. We take the protection of user data very seriously and to that end provide extra assurances that your information will not be intercepted. In the case of shopping pages, for example, the credit card information you submit is protected by secure servers.

Updating Your Information

To update your account information such as your city or interests, please use the "Edit profile page" at the DESI INC Site on which you are registered.

Cancellations

Canceling Newsletters. You may cancel participation in email newsletters by following the instructions at the bottom of each newsletter.

Email updates and special offers: You may cancel participation in the email announcements by following the instructions at the bottom of each email.
Still Have Questions?

If you have any other questions about the DESI INC Privacy Policy, please contact us:

By mail:
Desi Inc Limited
attn: Customer Service
25 The Courtyards
Williamsville, NY 14221

By phone:
(877) DESI-NOW

By email:
info@desiinc.com