We are absolutely committed to protecting your privacy. We are also committed to the following: (1) We will not pass on any individual user details unless we have your prior consent; and (2) if we don't have your consent to pass on individual user details, we will only give advertisers aggregate statistics about the number of users and their traffic patterns. However, if TOM changes hands, TOM reserves the right to transfer all information collected through this site to the new owner.

TOM requests a limited amount of information from you in order to grant access to selected content. TOM may use this information to contact you directly regarding your relationship with the website. This information will not be used for promotional purposes. However, if you choose to fill out any reader surveys, order items from the TOM Store or participate in a contest, information that you submit about yourself, including your name, address, phone number and e-mail address, may be shared with associated sponsors in aggregate form, or directly when noted.

We collect these kinds of aggregate user information for two main reasons:(1) to help us continually improve the service we offer; and (2) to sell sponsorships on the site to appropriate advertisers. TOM discloses this information to advertisers. Note that advertisers do not have influence over the editorial content or reviews that appear on the site.

Information collected includes: the number of visitors to the site, the pages they visit and how long they stay. In addition, TOM collects information from visitors who click on advertisements so that we are able to measure interest in the various areas of our site and inform advertisers as to how many visitors have seen or clicked on their ads. TOM also uses demographic and preference information to allow advertising banners on our site to be targeted, in the aggregate, to the readers for whom they are most pertinent.

A Cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a Web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive.

Time Out Mumbai’s sites at www.timeoutmumbai.net uses cookies to traffic to each site. We do not track nor store the paths of each individual user. We also use cookies to track your membership to the site. This ensures that you are a subscriber, and allows you to roam freely within our subscriber-based site without typing in a password to access each page. We do not track any of your activity as it relates to your individual movements throughout our site, only as an aggregate of data in conjunction with users to our site as a whole. Your movement is not tracked once you leave our site.

A Cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a Web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive.

When you give us your e-mail address, you are also asked to let us know how we can use it: You can opt to allow us to e-mail you regarding your subscription, or to allow us to send you additional information via e-mail that we believe will be of interest to you. Such requests will be opt-in only, so that you do not inadvertently agree to receive mailings you do not want.

If you place an order in our online store, purchase a subscription to Time Out Mumbai, participate in an online survey, or submit a sweepstakes or contest entry, you may receive a one-time mailing to confirm your transaction or interaction with our site. Such mailings are one-time only. When you give us your e-mail address under these circumstances, you will also see a box that, when checked by you, will enable TOM to contact you via e-mail regarding special events, discounts and offers. If you don't want your information to be used for any of these purposes, you should not check the box.

If we ever request that you volunteer additional information, such as financial data or age—in an online survey, for example—your response will always be voluntary. In addition, there will always be a box for you to check if you choose to enable us to disclose such information to a third party.

Online users may opt to receive a regular e-mail newsletter that contains information we believe to be of value to our users, specifically special discounts and offers selected by our marketing department. Visit www.timeoutmumbai.net weekend mailer to sign-up for the free list. Such mailings include an invisible image that allows TOM to determine if an e-mail was viewed, in that it calls our server and registers a count. This image is solely for the purpose of providing aggregate data to our advertisers. Individual actions are never tracked, and we do not record whether or not you as an individual read or opened any communication from TOM. We respect that your receiving the e-mails is a choice, and you may choose to remove your name from the list at any time by following the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the e-mail or by e-mailing to unsubscribe@timeoutmumbai.net

By registering for the Time Out Mumbai e-mail newsletter, you agree to receive details about special offers, information on your TOM subscription, editorial previews and discounts from commercial participants by e-mail on a regular basis. TOM is not responsible for the satisfaction of the special offers and discounts as announced in the e-mail newsletter. If for any reason you are not satisfied with an offer or discount, contact the commercial participant making the offer. By subscribing, you agree that TOM will not be liable to you for anything connected with your participation in the E-mail Newsletter Program. We are absolutely committed to protecting your privacy.

Working from time to time with a specific sponsor (or sponsors), Time Out Mumbai may create stand-alone promotional websites for the purpose of collecting sweepstakes registrations. In these instances it will be communicated to registrants via opt-in that their contact information will be shared by the sponsor (or sponsors) and TOM for the purpose of sending confirmation and marketing e-mails. By opting into Time Out Mumbai’s promotional websites, you will also be opting-in to receive weekly e-Newsletters. Opt-in language may take the following form:

In order to be eligible to enter the sweepstakes, you must agree to receive confirmation and promotional e-mails from Time Out Mumbai and the sponsor(s).

1. Links to other sites: Our site contains links to other sites that are not under our control, even though some of them may feature the TOM logo through a marketing agreement with us. TOM cannot be held responsible for the privacy policies of other companies. We recommend that you review the privacy policy of any site you visit on the Internet. TOM may receive a commission from member transactions on these partner sites.

2. On occasion, TOM sponsors special promotions, sweepstakes and contests that are hosted by partner websites, which may require that your browser accept cookies, or that you agree to receive information from affiliated sponsors. Such requirements are clearly noted.

3. Required disclosures: TOM cooperates with all law-enforcement inquiries and reserves the right to disclose personally identifying or aggregate information in connection with a subpoena or other court-sanctioned demand for such information.

TOM has invested, and will continue to invest, in the best-quality security available to guard access to information, data quality, and physical security of servers where information is stored. Our site has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Despite these efforts, we can't guarantee that a hacker will not obtain access to communications between you and the site.

If you wish to review any personal information that TOM maintains about you, please e-mail your request to sharad@paprikamedia.com

You can unsubscribe to any e-mail you receive from TOM. All our e-mails includes instructions on how to unsubscribe.

Our site is not directed to users under the age of 13. TOM will not knowingly (i) collect information from individuals under the age of 13 ("children") or (ii) provide any personally identifying information collected from children, regardless of its source, to any third party for any purpose whatsoever. No information collected through the site from users self-identified as children will knowingly be used for any marketing or promotional purposes whatsoever, either inside or outside TOM.

This policy is effective as of 1st May 2006. TOM may change this policy at any time. You should periodically revisit our Privacy Policy to be sure that you are familiar with our current policy. Your use of the site following any modifications to the Privacy Policy will be conclusively deemed acceptance of the terms of this privacy policy and any changes to the policy. Nothing in this Privacy Policy is meant to impede TOM's right or ability to transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of any of its assets.