23 Pally Durga Mandir Society
Website: https://23pallydurgamandirsociety.com
Email: [email protected]
Last Updated: 30 September 2026
23 Pally Durga Mandir Society (“Society”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) respects the privacy of visitors, devotees, donors, members, volunteers, and other users (“you” or “your”) of our website.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, protect, and disclose information when you visit or interact with our website, including when you contact us, make a donation, submit an enquiry, or otherwise use services provided through the website.
By using our website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
1. About the Society
23 Pally Durga Mandir Society is a nonprofit religious and community-oriented society associated with 23 Pally Durga Mandir, Kolkata.
Our address is:
109, Harish Mukherjee Road
Near Jatin Das Park Metro
Landmark: Near Ashutosh College
Kolkata – 700026, West Bengal, India
2. Information We May Collect
Depending on how you interact with our website, we may collect information such as:
- Name
- Mobile or telephone number
- Email address
- Postal/address information where voluntarily provided
- Donation/payment-related information necessary to process or acknowledge a donation
- Information submitted through contact, enquiry, membership, volunteer, or other forms
- Messages, enquiries, feedback, or correspondence sent to us
- Technical information such as IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, approximate location, referring website, and website activity
- Cookies and similar technologies
- Information required for maintaining website security and preventing fraudulent or abusive activity
We do not intentionally collect more personal information than is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it is collected.
3. How We Collect Information
Information may be collected when you:
- Visit or browse our website
- Contact us by email, telephone, or online forms
- Submit an enquiry
- Make or initiate an online donation
- Subscribe to any communication or notification service, if available
- Participate in Society activities through an online form
- Submit feedback
- Communicate with Society representatives
Some information may also be collected automatically through standard website technologies such as cookies, server logs, analytics, and security tools.
4. How We Use Personal Information
We may use information collected from you for legitimate purposes including:
- Responding to your enquiries
- Processing and acknowledging donations
- Maintaining donation and accounting records
- Communicating with donors, devotees, members, volunteers, and supporters
- Providing information about temple activities, religious programmes, charitable initiatives, or Society activities where appropriate
- Managing requests submitted through the website
- Maintaining and improving the website
- Preventing fraud, abuse, spam, or security incidents
- Maintaining technical and operational records
- Complying with applicable legal, regulatory, accounting, tax, and governmental requirements
- Protecting the rights, property, safety, and legitimate interests of the Society and its users
We will not knowingly use personal information for purposes unrelated to the purpose for which it was collected unless permitted or required by applicable law.
5. Donations and Payment Information
If you make an online donation, payment processing may be handled by an independent third-party payment gateway or financial institution.
The Society generally does not need to receive or store your complete debit card, credit card, UPI PIN, banking password, or other sensitive payment credentials.
Such information may be processed directly by the relevant payment service provider in accordance with its own privacy policy and terms.
We may receive limited transaction information such as:
- Donor name
- Email address
- Mobile number
- Donation amount
- Transaction/reference number
- Date and time of transaction
- Payment status
- Other information necessary for accounting, reconciliation, acknowledgement, or legal compliance
You should review the privacy policy and terms of the payment provider before completing a transaction.
6. Cookies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies may be used to:
- Keep the website functioning properly
- Remember certain preferences
- Improve website performance
- Understand website usage
- Maintain security
- Support analytics or other legitimate website functions
You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of some parts of the website.
7. Third-Party Services
The website may use third-party services such as:
- Payment gateways
- Website hosting providers
- Email service providers
- Analytics services
- Security and spam-prevention services
- Maps or location services
- Social media services
- Cloud or technical service providers
Where such services process personal information, their processing may also be governed by their respective privacy policies and terms.
We encourage users to review the privacy policies of third-party services when interacting with them.
8. Sharing of Personal Information
We do not sell, rent, or commercially trade your personal information.
We may share information where reasonably necessary with:
- Payment processors and financial institutions
- Website hosting and technical service providers
- Email and communication service providers
- Professional advisers, auditors, accountants, or legal advisers
- Government authorities or law-enforcement agencies where required by law
- Service providers assisting us in operating or securing the website
We will seek to limit disclosure to information reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.
9. Legal and Regulatory Requirements
We may collect, retain, use, or disclose information where necessary to:
- Comply with applicable law
- Respond to lawful requests from government authorities
- Maintain financial and accounting records
- Meet tax, regulatory, or statutory obligations
- Detect or investigate suspected fraud or unlawful activity
- Protect the Society, its representatives, devotees, donors, website users, or property
10. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, or for longer where required for legal, accounting, tax, security, dispute-resolution, or other legitimate purposes.
Donation and financial records may need to be retained for longer periods to comply with applicable laws and accounting requirements.
When personal information is no longer required, we may delete, anonymise, or securely dispose of it, subject to applicable legal requirements.
11. Data Security
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organisational measures to protect personal information from unauthorised access, misuse, alteration, disclosure, loss, or destruction.
However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Therefore, while we take reasonable precautions, we cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted to or through the website.
12. Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intentionally designed to collect personal information from children independently.
Where applicable law requires parental or guardian consent for the processing of a child’s personal information, such requirements will apply.
Parents or legal guardians who believe that a child has provided personal information to us without appropriate consent may contact us.
13. Your Rights and Choices
Subject to applicable law, you may have rights concerning your personal information, including rights relating to:
- Access to information held about you
- Correction of inaccurate information
- Withdrawal of consent where consent is the basis for processing
- Requesting deletion of personal information where applicable
- Raising a grievance concerning the processing of your personal information
Requests may be made using the contact details provided below.
Withdrawal of consent does not affect processing that was lawfully carried out before consent was withdrawn and does not prevent processing where another lawful basis or legal requirement applies.
14. External Links
Our website may contain links to external websites, social media pages, payment services, or other third-party websites.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or policies of external websites.
You should review the privacy policy of each external website before providing personal information.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our activities, website functionality, legal requirements, technology, or privacy practices.
Any updated version will be published on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.
Your continued use of the website after an updated policy is published constitutes acknowledgement of the updated policy, to the extent permitted by law.
16. Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, requests, or complaints relating to this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact us.
23 Pally Durga Mandir Society
Address:
109, Harish Mukherjee Road,
Near Jatin Das Park Metro,
Landmark: Near Ashutosh College,
Kolkata – 700026, West Bengal, India
Email:
[email protected]
Contact Numbers:
+91-9830071944 – Tapas Saha
+91-7900072937 – Debashish Ghosh
+91-9339745137 – Partha Sarathi Roy
We will make reasonable efforts to address legitimate privacy-related enquiries and grievances within a reasonable period.
17. Acceptance
By using https://23pallydurgamandirsociety.com, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please discontinue use of the website.