Privacy Policy and Affiliate Disclosure

Last updated: 29 June 2025.

This policy was last updated on 29 June 2025. We may update it occasionally; check back for details. For privacy questions or to request data deletion, please email bengaluruprayana@gmail.com.

Privacy Policy

Data Controller

Our website address is: https://bengaluruprayana.com. References to “BengaluruPrayana.com”, “bengaluruprayana.com”, “Bengaluru Prayana”, “BengaluruPrayana”, “bengaluruprayana”, “we”, “our”, “us”, “our website”, “site”, and “this website” mean BengaluruPrayana.com.

What Data We Collect & Why

Data Type	Source	Purpose	Legal Basis
Name, Email	Newsletter signup, Walk bookings	Send newsletters, coordinating walks	Consent
Phone Number	Walk bookings, WhatsApp group	Admin group, share the walk details	Consent
Comments & IP	Blog post comments	Spam control, community discussion	Legitimate interest
Payment Info	UPI screenshot	Confirm booking	Contract performance
Uploaded Media	Walk photography	Marketing & social feed	Consent
Device & Cookies	Website use	For analytics, login sessions	Legitimate interest

Article/Blog Posts Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string, to help with spam detection.

An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Monumentric

This Site is affiliated with Monumetric (dba for The Blogger Network, LLC) to place advertising on the Site, and Monumetric will collect and use specific data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Monumetric’s data usage, click here: Publisher Advertising Privacy.

Cookies

We use cookies for the convenience of login and commenting. You can disable cookies in your browser, though this may affect your experience.

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience, so you don’t have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

Suppose you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Embedded content may collect tracking information. We’re not responsible for their privacy practices.

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who do we share your data with?

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

Data is stored securely.
WhatsApp phone numbers: used only for group announcements and walk coordination; not shared. If anyone in the group sends you unnecessary or inappropriate messages outside of the group, please notify one of the admins. We will take the necessary actions.
Emails are used to send newsletters and walk updates; you can unsubscribe at any time.
Payment screenshots will be deleted within 30 days after the walk completion.

Participants must be 10+ years old. For those under 18, parental consent is required, and phone contacts will only be added via parents.

How long will we retain your data?

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognise and approve any follow-up comments, rather than holding them in a moderation queue.

For users who register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except that they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights do you have over your data?

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data that we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

You can request:

A copy of your data
Correction, portability, or deletion of your data
Opt out of marketing newsletters. Unsubscribe any time.

Data Retention Periods

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Comments: retained until you delete them
Walk & group data: retained till the walk is completed
Accounts: retained unless requested for deletion

Affiliate & Advertising Disclosure

Our site uses Ezoic for ads, which may collect data for ad targeting purposes.
Some blog links are “affiliate links.” If you purchase via these links, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.
Affiliate relationships or advertisers do not influence our editorial voice.

This affiliate disclosure outlines the relationship between BengaluruPrayana.com and other companies or products.

Please note: The posts displayed on this website may contain affiliate links, which means that we may earn a commission if you purchase by clicking a link in a post. Please assume that every single link on the posts/articles is an affiliate link. This will be at no additional cost to you. An affiliate link helps me maintain this website. I appreciate your support.