Pankh MP Half Marathon (“We / “Us” / “Our” / “Company”) is the owner of https://mpmarathon.run/ ("Website / Platform"). Pankh MP Half Marathon can be contacted by phone at +91-9425827903, or by e-mail at [email protected]. This online privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) discloses Pankh MP Half Marathon's information practices for this Website and Services (as defined below), including the type of information being collected from you (“User / Website Visitor”), method of such information collection, use of such information and with sharing of such information with third parties. “Services” herein shall refer to services provided by Pankh MP Half Marathon or indirectly on behalf of Pankh MP Half Marathon's licensee’s / marketing affiliates which encompasses the services of the Website being made available over the Website, cellular phones or any other similar electronic devices accessed through any form or medium whatsoever, including but not limited to, internet, short message services and data networks. This Privacy Policy is meant to help the users understand what information we collect, why we collect it, what information we disclose and how the users can update, manage, export, and delete their information. It shall be read with the terms and conditions available on terms and conditions and in compliance with the following:

The Information Technology Act, 2000 (the “IT Act”);

The Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Personal Information) Rules, 2011 (the “IT Rules”);

The Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011. Any dispute relating to this Privacy Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996, or such similar laws of India which are not in conflict with each other. Such shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of Madhya Pradesh, India.

1. CONSENT

The users will be deemed to have read, understood and agreed to the terms as provided in this Privacy Policy.

By granting their assent to this Privacy Policy, users provide consent to such use, collection and disclosure of Personal Information as prescribed in this Privacy Policy.

We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time, and the users should check this Privacy Policy periodically.

Continued use of the Website after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute the user’s acknowledgement of the modifications and their consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.

Users have the right to opt out of the Platform and/ or Services at any moment.

In addition, the users can, by sending an email to [email protected], inquire whether Pankh MP Half Marathon is in possession of their personal data, and they may also require Pankh MP Half Marathon to delete and destroy all such information. In the event the Services are used on behalf of any other individual (such as a child/ parent etc.) or on behalf of any entity, the users represent that they are authorised to accept this Privacy Policy and share such data as required on behalf of such person or entity.

1. INFORMATION COLLECTED

All information collected by Pankh MP Half Marathon is with the users’ consent. Pankh MP Half Marathon is, however, free to use, collect, and disclose information of the users which is in the public domain. When users use/register on the Platform, the users may provide Pankh MP Half Marathon with certain information voluntarily specific to the nature of the service being availed on the Platform and/or certain information may be collected by the Pankh MP Half Marathon. This information may include sensitive personal information as defined under the IT rules (“Personal Information”). The users hereby consent to the collection of such information by Pankh MP Half Marathon. By your consent to this Privacy Policy, Pankh MP Half Marathon is authorised to obtain the following details:

Name, email address, and phone number strictly private and not to be disclosed to any partners;

The event organiser will be the only one to access the database;

Only our strategic partners will have access to your contact information in order to send you any postal entities;

The event organiser of the event for which you registered will be informed of any emergencies;

Any additional data that is useful to the event organiser.

We also collect certain information either when the users provide it using the Platform or Services and/or automatically as you navigate through the Platform (which may include usage details, IP address, device ID and type, your browser type and language, the operating system used by your device, access times, and information collected through cookies and other tracking technologies).

We may also collect information associated with any other account (such as your Facebook, WhatsApp, Yahoo, or Google accounts) that you use to sign in to or in any other manner connected with the Platform. This includes, without limitation, any information that you have made public through such an account, information that such account service provider shares with us, or information that is disclosed during the sign-up and sign-in processes. If MP Marathon has reasons to suspect that the information provided by any User is misleading, inaccurate, obsolete or incomplete, Pankh MP Half Marathon reserves the right to refuse the provision of the Services to the User, at its sole discretion.

3. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA FROM WEBSITE VISITORS

As you navigate within our Website, we may automatically collect and track your home server domain name, IP address, location, type of computer, and type of web browser, as well as aggregate information on the pages within our Website that you access.

We or other third parties may place internet cookies on your hard drive. When you revisit our Website, we may recognise you by the internet cookie and customise your experience accordingly. These internet cookies are stored on your hard drive and are not stored, in any form, by us. You may decline the internet cookie by using the appropriate feature of your web client software, if available. When a visitor performs a search on our Website’s search engine, we may record information identifying you or linking you to the search performed. As necessary to provide this service, we do record limited information for every search request and use that information only to solve technical problems with the service and to calculate overall usage statistics.

4. USE OF PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED

We will use personal data collected from our Website for statistical analysis of users’ behaviour, product development, and content improvement and to customise the content and layout of the Website. We may also use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer the Website.

5. USE OF INFORMATION COLLECTED

We use the information you provide about yourself and others when registering for a Race only to complete the registration for that Race. We do not share this information with outside parties except for the Event Organization for your Race. We use return email addresses to answer the emails we receive. Such addresses are not used for any other purpose and are not shared with outside parties. We will not use your email address to market races or other services directly to you, and we will not distribute your personally identifiable information to anyone other than to the Event Organization for the Race that you register for on our Website and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. In addition to the other uses described herein, we may use the information we collect from you in the following ways:

To respond to your questions and requests;

To allow us to provide customer support in connection with our Services;

To process your transactions;

Comply with laws, regulations, legal processes and law enforcement requirements;

To operate our Website and provide our Services to administer and facilitate your Race (for example, to facilitate your registration and event services, post results and provide Race information to you);

To optimise or improve our Services;

To send out service announcements, such as if there are technical issues impacting the Service;

To communicate with you about your account or transactions with us and send you information about the operation of our Website or changes to our policies; and • To detect, investigate and prevent activities that may violate our policies or be illegal. We will never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to us online in ways unrelated to the ones described in this Privacy Policy without also providing you with an opportunity to opt-out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses. It is important to note that the Race you register for may use your personally identifiable information to contact you for the purpose of completing your registration, managing and operating the Race, marketing to you for other events that they manage and for other purposes consistent with their policies and practices. Any marketing emails on behalf of a Race or directly from the Event Organization should provide you with an option for you to opt out of receiving future marketing emails. If you would like to opt out or would like other information about the use of your information by the Event Organization, please contact us.

6. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA TO THIRD PARTIES

We do not post, sell or provide individual personal information collected through our Website to third parties. We will notify you before posting collected personal data on the Website or sharing, renting, selling, or otherwise disclosing individual personal data to third parties.

We may disclose non-identifying, aggregated information collected through our Website to third parties for various purposes, but only in a way that would not allow you or any other person to be identified. If you send electronic mail messages to us, we may use your personal information (including your email address), for responding to your inquiry, improving our services to you and other customers, and tracking the inquiries we receive. We may disclose non-identifying, aggregated information collected through our Website to third parties for a variety of purposes, but only in a way that would not allow you or any other person to be identified.

7. OPT-OUT RIGHT

You may opt out of having your personal data retained by us or used by us for secondary purposes by contacting us via mail or telephone. Pankh MP Half Marathon can be contacted by phone at +91-9425827903 or by e-mail at [email protected].

8. RIGHT TO CONTACT THE USER

We reserve the right to contact Website visitors regarding changes to this privacy statement or any other policies or agreements relevant to such visitors.

9. RIGHT TO CHANGE PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to change this policy at any time by posting a notice on our Website of the existence and location of the new or revised privacy statement. Such posting shall be the sole notice required to make the new or revised policy statement effective. Please check this Privacy Policy on a regular basis.

10. SECURITY

Security of your personal information is important, and we honour your choices for its intended use. Once received, we work to protect your data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, if we receive a legal notice or other enforceable order to disclose information, we will need to comply. In addition, if we are sold, assigned, merged, etc., the successor company may receive and use your data subject to its own privacy statement.

11. OTHER SITES

This privacy statement applies only to this Website. While this Website may contain links to other third-party sites, we are not responsible for the practices or contents of such third-party sites.

12. ENFORCEMENT

If, for some reason, you believe we have not adhered to this policy statement, please notify us by phone at +91-9425827903 or by e-mail at [email protected] we will do our best to determine and correct the problem promptly. Be certain the words “Privacy Policy” are in the subject line.

13. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Unless otherwise stated, copyright and all intellectual property rights in all material presented on the Website (including but not limited to text, audio, video or graphical images), trademarks, and logos appearing on this Website are the property of Pankh MP Half Marathon, its parent, affiliates and associates and are protected under applicable Indian laws. You agree not to use any framing techniques to enclose any trademark or logo, or other proprietary information of Pankh MP Half Marathon; or remove, conceal or obliterate any copyright or other proprietary notice or any credit line or date-line on other mark or source identifier included on the Website / Service, including without limitation, the size, colour, location or style of all proprietary marks. Any infringement shall be vigorously defended and pursued to the fullest extent permitted by law.

REFUND POLICY

Running in someone else’s race number can have very serious consequences if the runner suffers a medical emergency – we have had cases where we have been unable to identify or contact families of runners who have suffered potentially life-threatening conditions whilst using someone else’s race number. The accuracy of the race results is also affected when runners are placed in the wrong age and sex category.

We reserve the right to refuse or cancel applications, including applications, or alter the date of the event, the course route or the distance.

Please send an email to [email protected] 30 days prior to the service expiration date if you wish to discontinue your services.

There is no penalty for cancelling. Your Content might not be retrieved when your account is terminated.

There will be no refund in case of cancellation or absence of a participant in the event.

By participating in any event, you acknowledge and accept that Pankh MP Half Marathon and all event organisers are not responsible for any loss, damage, disease, or injury that may arise.

You acknowledge that Pankh MP Half Marathon reserves the right to halt, cancel, or postpone the marathon in the event of unfavourable weather, significant occurrences, or threats on the day. In such a circumstance, no refunds would be provided.

You understand and agree that Pankh MP Half Marathon may save your personal information and use it for any promotional purposes.