Privacy Policy – Shivika Chandan Tilak

Welcome to Chandan Tilak. Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our website.

1. Who We Are

Our website address is:
https://shivika.deboxtechnology.com/

Chandan Tilak is dedicated to providing pure, traditional, and high-quality tilak and spiritual products. We are committed to protecting your personal information.

2. Comments

When visitors leave comments on our website, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent to help detect spam.

An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible to the public alongside your comment.

3. Media

If you upload images to our website (for example, in reviews), please avoid uploading images that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from such images.

4. Cookies

We use cookies to improve your browsing experience.

If you leave a comment:

You may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page:

A temporary cookie will be set to check if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is removed when you close your browser.

When you log in:

Login cookies last for 2 days
Screen preference cookies last for 1 year
If “Remember Me” is selected, login persists for 2 weeks
Logging out removes login cookies

If you edit or publish content:

A cookie will be stored indicating the post ID. It expires after 1 day.

5. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this website may include embedded content (e.g., YouTube videos, images, etc.). Embedded content behaves the same as if you visited the other website directly.

These third-party websites may:

Collect data about you
Use cookies
Monitor your interaction

We are not responsible for their privacy practices.

6. Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information.

However, we may share limited data with:

Payment gateway providers (for secure transactions)
Shipping partners (for order delivery)
Spam detection services
Legal authorities if required by law

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security purposes.

7. How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments and their metadata are stored indefinitely.
Registered users’ profile information is stored until the user deletes the account.

Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information anytime (except username). Website administrators can also access and edit this information.