Privacy Policy
Effective Date: [16/06/2025]
Last Updated: [16/06/2025]
1. Introduction and Agreement to Policy
Welcome to Ratioci.in (“we,” “us,” “our,” or “the Site”). We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data in an open and transparent manner.
This Privacy Policy governs the privacy of our users. It explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and safeguard your information when you visit and use our website. This document should be read in conjunction with our Terms and Conditions. By accessing the Site, you agree to be bound by both our Terms and Conditions and this Privacy Policy. All capitalized terms not defined in this Policy have the meanings given to them in the Terms and Conditions.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with its terms, kindly abstain from using our site in any way.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways to provide and improve our services. The information we may collect on the Site includes:
a. Personal Data You Provide to Us:
- Account Information: When you register for an account, we collect your name, email address, username, password, and any other information you choose to provide.
- Public Content: We collect the information you submit publicly on the Site. This includes comments, forum posts, and any “Content” you contribute as a Guest Author, as defined in our Terms and Conditions.
- Communications: When you contact us via email, a contact form, or other means, we may collect your name, email address, and the contents of your message.
b. Data We Collect Automatically:
- Log and Usage Data: Our servers automatically record information your browser sends whenever you visit our Site. This data may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and settings, device information, the date and time of your request, and how you interacted with the Site.
- Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Site, maintain user sessions, and hold certain information. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. However, disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some parts of our Site.
c. Information from Other Sources:
- Embedded Content: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, code snippets, images). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you visited the other website. These external sites may collect data about you, use their own cookies, and monitor your interaction with that content.
3. Legal Basis and Purpose for Using Your Information
We use the information we collect based on the following legal grounds and for the specified purposes:
- To Fulfill Our Contract with You: To provide and maintain the services you request, such as creating your account and allowing you to post Content, as outlined in our Terms and Conditions.
- For Our Legitimate Interests:
- To improve, personalize, and expand our Site and its features.
- To understand and analyze user behaviour to enhance the user experience.
- To communicate with you regarding updates, security alerts, and administrative messages.
- To ensure the security of our Site and prevent fraud or spam.
- With Your Consent: For marketing and promotional purposes, we will only send you communications where we have your explicit consent to do so. You may withdraw this consent at any time.
- To Comply with Legal Obligations: We may process your information to comply with applicable laws, legal processes, or governmental requests.
4. How We Share Your Information
Your trust is important, and we do not sell your personal data. We may share your information in the following limited circumstances:
- With Service Providers: We may share information with trusted third-party vendors who assist us in operating our website, processing data, and providing services (e.g., hosting providers, spam detection services), provided they adhere to strict confidentiality obligations.
- For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect and defend our rights or property, or protect the personal safety of users or the public.
- Publicly Shared Information: Any information you post in public areas of the Site, such as comments or Guest Author Content, will be visible to the public.
5. Data Retention and Security
- Retention: We retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically.
- Security: We implement a variety of administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure your data, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
6. Your Data Protection Rights
As a user, you have rights over your personal data. Subject to any exemptions provided by law, you may have the right to:
- Access and Rectify: Request access to your personal data and ask us to correct or complete it.
- Erasure: Request to erase your personal data. If you have an account, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you and can also request that we erase any personal data we hold. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
- Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent at any time where we are relying on it to process your data.
To exercise these rights, please contact our Grievance Officer.
7. Grievance Officer
In accordance with India’s Information Technology Act, 2000, and the rules made thereunder, the name and contact details of the Grievance Officer are provided below:
Name: Devansh Mishra
Contact: Click Here (By contact page)
Please contact the Grievance Officer for any queries or complaints regarding the processing of your personal information.
8. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
This Privacy Policy and your use of the Site are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India. You agree that any legal action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Policy will be brought exclusively in the competent courts of Prayagraj, India.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed.
10. Contact Us
For any general questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
- By email: ratiociofficial@gmail.com
- By visiting our contact page: Click Here