Thank you for taking out some of your valuable time in order to check how important your privacy is to us. We deeply care about protecting the privacy of the user(s) and are committed to giving them the best of experience on our website.
This Privacy Policy is followed in accordance with the existing data privacy laws in the areas in which we operate. www.thehealthmechanic.com is the sole registered domain name of the website under which The Health Mechanic (sometimes referred to as THM) works. It must also be noted that this privacy policy is applicable across all the sub-domains that are hosted on the domain www.thehealthmechanic.com (referred to as “Website” in later sections).
Henceforth, the terms “we”, “us” or “our” refers to all the administrators, managers and employees who are associated with the “Website”, and by the terms “user(s)”, “you” or “your”, we refer to any person accessing the “Website” and/or subscribing to any of our offerings, unless explicitly mentioned otherwise.
This privacy policy outlines the usage of all the information that is provided by the user(s) or is collected through any of the other channel(s) including the website(s) and/or application(s) offered by our affiliate(s). The information also includes the data that is collected, either directly or indirectly, through the other mediums like mobile applications, websites, and social media platforms (for e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Quora, Pinterest, etc.).
You might also come across our services through a third-party site or platform as well, and all the information you provide there gets channeled back to us. The information collected by third-party sites is subjected to their own privacy policies and only the information that is transferred to us will be dealt with according to the privacy policy transcribed here. It must also be noted that our “Website” may contain links to other websites as well, and we cannot be held liable for the privacy practices that those websites follow.
By accessing the ‘Website’, you accept and agree to be bounded by this Privacy Policy. It must also be understood that we may timely update our Privacy Policies and the continued use of the “Website”, post any changes, constitutes to your acceptance of all the changes and updates. If you do not wish to be bounded by this Privacy Policy then you must not access the “Website”.
Being an informational website you can freely access all the general features of the “Website”, however, you might come across certain interactive sections that invite you to provide some personal and non-personal information. These services help us to provide an enhanced and personalized experience for our user(s). We may also collect the browsing data of all the visitors who visit the “Website” as this helps us to provide the best data to our audience. By voluntarily providing us with your personal information, you consent to our use of it in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
We might also host some services that require you to either subscribe or make a payment. When proceeding with it you consent us and/or our gateway provider to collect some of your personal information (including billing information, address, credit/debit card number, and expiration date, etc.). In case if you face an issue or have any query related to it then you can directly email us at contact@thehealthmechanic.com.
At times we may collect some additional information, including (but not limited to) your feedback for our services, your responses to our surveys, account preferences, and/or any communication with us.
The Health Mechanic does not knowingly collect the Personal Information of the minors. If you are a minor, we request you not to submit any Personal Information on the website. We ask the Parents and the Legal Guardians of the children to administer their internet usage and help us to enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing the children not to furnish any Personal Information. If you have a reason to believe that any minor has shared Personal Information through our website, please contact us, and we shall endeavor to delete that information from our database.
In order to increase the responsiveness of the “Website” and cater to our users with the best experience, we might use “cookies” that will assign a unique identification to each visitor. A cookie cannot read any of your data and only contain the information you provide. Using the cookies we can understand the individual interests of every user.
The information collected is only used for internal research and is not shared by any third party that is not mentioned in this Privacy Policy.
We can use data to:
All the data that is collected will be processed as per the directions that are set by the law. All the data that is collected through the different channels are collectively processed and may be used to analyze, administer, enhance, and personalize the services that we offer.
Collected information is used to:
It must be noted that any piece of information that you share in the public sections of the “Website”, or is available in the public domain like comments and messages on social media are not considered to be sensitive and/or Personally Identifiable Information subject to this Privacy Policy.
We are strictly against Renting, Selling, and/or Sharing the Personal Information of our users with any other company(ies) or individual(s). All data of our users is securely stored on allocated servers maintained by ‘The Health Mechanic’.
We give our users enough rights to easily modify Personal Information which you have provided on the website. You can further ensure that any data if found inaccurate, can be corrected or amended by you as feasible. In case of a doubt, you can write to us directly at contact@thehealthmechanic.com.
It must be noted that even if you wish to stop using our services, we might retain some of your data as necessary for our legitimate business interests. We also retain some of your information as a reference to any future fraud detection and prevention and to ensure the safety of our customers.
Other information that you might have provided in the public domain (e.g. Product Reviews, Forums, Comments, etc.) may continue to be visible to the public.
Additionally, other information (internally referred to as log data) may be retained but is disassociated with any personal identifiers.
We take huge care in providing all the necessary credits to their traced owners for any borrowed content that is made available on our “Website”. But if you (as a copyright holder) come across any infringement of Copyright Policy, you can get to us at contact@thehealthmechanic.com.
We will try to resolve the issue as soon as possible by either giving proper credits as required by you (copyright holder) or will remove the requested content from the “Website”.
We strive to give our user(s) the best information, and all the data that is put on our “Website” go through thorough research and reevaluation. However, we give our user(s) enough freedom to question upon or ask for any rectification of the content that is hosted on the “Website” by dropping us an email on contact@thehealthmechanic.com. If deemed necessary we will go through with the proper modifications or might also scrap the suggestion. The decision taken by the administrators of the “Website” will be final and could not be further challenged.
This freedom of asking for Data Rectification can be seen as a reflection of our dedication in providing our user(s) with the best and up-to-date information. Any misuse of this freedom is seriously prohibited.
Even after going through this Privacy Policy if you wish for any further clarification of how we use and process your data, then you can email us at contact@thehealthmechanic.com.
Any privacy issues that a user has will be dealt with in accordance with the Indian Anti-Piracy Laws. We understand the importance of timely redressal of complaints and give priority to resolving them at the earliest.