Privacy Policy for Vedic Stories
Last Updated: June 7, 2025
Welcome to Vedic Stories (https://vedicstories.com). Your privacy is critically important to us. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of information we collect, how it is collected, why we collect it, how it is used, and the steps we take to protect your data.
By using our website, you agree to the collection and use of information by this policy.
1. Information We Collect
We collect various types of information for different purposes to provide and improve our service to you.
Personal Data: While using our website, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). This may include, but is not limited to:
- Name
- Email address
- IP address (automatically collected)
- Comments (content you submit)
2. How We Collect Your Data
We collect data in the following ways:
- Direct Interactions: You provide data directly when you:
- Fill out and submit our contact form.
- Sign up for our newsletter.
- Post comments on our articles or blog posts.
- Automated Technologies or Interactions: As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. This data is collected through:
- Cookies: Cookies are small files placed on your device. We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits and for website analytics.
- Analytics Tools (Google Analytics): We use Google Analytics to track and analyze website traffic, user behavior, and overall site performance. This helps us understand how our visitors engage with our content. Google Analytics collects information such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, device type, and pages visited.
- Third-Party Embeds: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
3. Purpose of Data Collection
We collect your data for the following primary purposes:
- To Send Newsletters: If you sign up for our newsletter, we use your name and email address to send you updates, new articles, and other relevant content from Vedic Stories.
- For Website Analytics: We use collected data (especially via Google Analytics) to analyze website traffic, understand popular content, and identify areas for improvement, helping us enhance your user experience.
- To Improve User Experience: By understanding how users interact with our site, we can tailor our content and website design to better meet your needs and interests.
- For Security: IP addresses and other technical data are collected for security purposes, to detect and prevent spam, malicious activity, and unauthorized access to our website.
4. Data Sharing with Third Parties
We do not share any of your personal data with third parties. Your information is used solely for the internal purposes of Vedic Stories as described in this policy.
5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
As mentioned above, we use cookies. Specifically, we use Google Analytics, which relies on cookies to collect anonymous information about how visitors use our site. This information is aggregated to compile reports and help us improve the site.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
6. Comments Section
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://support.gravatar.com/privacy-and-security/data-privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
7. Your Data Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us via our contact form or the email address provided on our website.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through our website’s contact form at https://vedicstories.com/contact/.
