This site namely Chinmaya Jivan Darshan is owned and operated by Chinmaya Mission Houston (CMH). Your privacy on the Internet is very important to us and we are committed to treating your personal information responsibly. Chinmaya Mission Houston (CMH) and its affiliates including other affiliates within the Chinmaya Mission Worldwide organization together referred to as “we”, appreciate that you may be concerned about the privacy of personal information that you provide to us through one of our websites. Accordingly, we have developed this Privacy Policy to inform you of Chinmaya Mission Houston’s (CMH) policy and practice regarding nature, purpose, use, and sharing of any information we collect about you on our website. 

Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. Use of this application and/website constitutes your consent to our collection and use of personal data in accordance with the terms hereof. We endeavor to maintain appropriate procedures and safeguards to protect the confidentiality of personal information we collect from visitors to this website. Personal information collected is accessible only by designated staff or agents of our organization who are also bound to this statement, except as expressly described below. However, it is important to recognize that "perfect security" does not exist on the Internet. Therefore, while we endeavor to maintain appropriate physical and electronic procedures and safeguards to protect information collected from this website, we cannot guarantee the confidentiality of any information that you disclose online and transmit to us, and you understand that you do so at your own risk.

We will not collect any personally identifiable information about you through this website unless you provide it to us voluntarily, with the exception of your computer's IP address. You agree that we can use your personal identifying information for editorial, promotional, or marketing purposes, unless you request that your information not be used in such manner. Users may remove themselves from any mailing list subscribed to upon request. The information we collect will vary depending on how you use this website. On some pages you can register or request to receive materials, announcements and other information from us or from others. The types of personal information collected may include, without limitation, your name and contact information (such as your postal address, pin/zip code, phone number or e-mail address), your gender, the number and/or ages of members of your household or business, information about the type of products you are interested in and other general information relating to product preferences, personal interests, household income or areas of interest on our website.  

Most information is collected automatically when you visit and navigate through our site or applications through the use of cookies, automatic data collection technologies or similar technologies. We use information you provide on an aggregated basis to do such things as operate our site, enhance our site, and to better understand the profile of our online audience. We may also use this data, both aggregate and personal to you, to enhance your site experience on our site by displaying content and marketing messages that we believe will be of interest to you. In some cases we use your personal information to contact you or to provide information to you, such as to send newsletters to you that you request.CMH may provide your information to third parties such as other Chinmaya Mission centers worldwide including our parent organization in India to enable them to follow-up with you on your requests. We may also use your information for market research purposes, for project planning or for developing prospect lists for our existing and future projects involving Chinmaya Mission Houston (CMH) or other affiliates within the Chinmaya Mission Worldwide organization. In doing so, we may reproduce, publish, broadcast or post such information to third parties assisting with our planning.

We do not knowingly collect information from Children under 18 years of age. If you are under 18 years of age, do not use this site and or application, register or make any changes or provide any information about you to us. By using this Site or application you represent that you are at least 18 years or age or are doing so with consent of your parent or guardian. If you become aware of any data collected from Children under 18 years of age promptly email us at info@chinmayajivandarshanhouston.org

We do not sell or rent your personal information or share your personal information with other people or non affiliated companies, except with your permission or as described above, or under the following limited circumstances:

• We may need to share the information or send the information to partners who work on our behalf under confidentiality agreements in order to provide the information, product or services you have requested or to help us communicate with you;
• We may share aggregated, non-personally identifiable information about our users with other Chinmaya Mission centers for marketing and promotional purposes;
• We may store and disclose personal information as allowed or required by applicable law, including making disclosures in order to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process;
• We may establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims as necessary or advisable to protect the rights, safety or property of our communities or others and to conform to legal or regulatory requirements;
• We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of the website terms of use, or as otherwise required by law;
• We may transfer information about you if this company is acquired by or merged with another company; and
• Third parties (hackers) may unlawfully intercept or access information or confidential transmissions

This website may contain links to third-party websites for, which are provided solely as a convenience to viewers and not as an endorsement of the contents of such sites. While we endeavor to only provide links to websites maintained by reputable organizations, you should be aware that these third parties might be able to gather information from and about you if you visit their websites. In these cases, those third parties will use such information in accordance with their own privacy policies, which may differ substantially from our policy. We assume no liability for the privacy practices of such other sites and are not responsible for the availability or content of, any off-site pages or any other sites linked to our website. Your linking to off-site pages or other sites is at your own risk.

You acknowledge that Chinmaya Mission Houston (CMH) reserves the right to, and may from time to time, monitor any and all information transmitted or received through the website. Chinmaya Mission Houston (CMH), at its sole discretion and without further notice to you, may (but is not obligated to) review, censor or prohibit the transmission or receipt of any information which Chinmaya Mission Houston (CMH) deems inappropriate or that violates any term or condition of this agreement. During monitoring, information may be examined, recorded, copied, and used for authorized purposes. Use of the website, authorized or unauthorized, constitutes consent to such monitoring.

This Privacy Policy may be updated and modified from time to time by us at our sole discretion. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy or if we make any material changes in our privacy practices that affect user information already collected through our site, we will post a notice of those changes on our homepage. If you do not agree to any provision of this Privacy Policy, or any update or modification thereto, please do not use our website. Your continued use of this website after we make the changes will be deemed as acceptance to those changes. If you have additional questions about this Privacy Policy or to close your account please make your request by emailing us at info@chinmayajivandarshanhouston.org or by mail at 10353 Synott Road, Sugar Land, TX 77498-1130.