Privacy Policy

Effective date: 21 September 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how the official website of Shri Dnyaneshwar Prabhakar Govekar, available at dnyaneshwargovekar.org, collects, uses, stores and protects information provided by visitors.

This website is operated by the office of Shri Dnyaneshwar Prabhakar Govekar, President of the Taleigao Block Congress Committee. In this policy, “we”, “our” and “us” refer to the website and the candidate’s authorised office team.

1. Information we collect

Information you provide

When you use the contact form, we may collect:

• Your full name
• Your email address
• Your telephone number, when provided
• The subject of your enquiry
• The contents of your message
• Your consent to use this information to respond to your enquiry

Please do not submit Aadhaar numbers, banking information, passwords, medical records or other confidential information through the contact form.

Technical information

Our hosting provider, security tools and WordPress installation may automatically process limited technical information, including:

• Internet Protocol address
• Browser and device type
• Requested pages and files
• Date and time of access
• Referring website
• Security and error logs

The contact form temporarily uses a one-way hash derived from the visitor’s IP address to prevent repeated or automated submissions. This temporary value expires after approximately one minute.

Comments

If commenting is enabled on news or blog posts, WordPress may collect the information entered in the comment form, together with the visitor’s IP address and browser information, to assist with moderation and spam detection.

2. How we use information

We may use personal information to:

• Respond to questions, requests and community concerns
• Process invitations and requests for assistance
• Respond to media and press enquiries
• Communicate about an enquiry initiated by you
• Moderate comments and prevent spam
• Protect the website against misuse, fraud and security threats
• Maintain and improve the website
• Comply with applicable legal obligations

Submitting an enquiry does not automatically subscribe you to political, promotional or campaign communications.

If a newsletter or update subscription is introduced, we will request separate consent before sending such communications.

3. Consent

When submitting the contact form, you are asked to confirm that your information may be used to respond to your enquiry.

You may withdraw your consent by contacting us. Withdrawal will not affect processing already undertaken before your request was received.

We may retain limited information when necessary to comply with legal obligations, establish or defend legal claims, prevent fraud or protect website security.

4. Sharing of information

We do not sell or rent personal information.

Information may be shared only when reasonably necessary with:

• Authorised members of Shri Dnyaneshwar Govekar’s office
• Website administrators and technical support providers
• Hosting, email, security and spam-prevention service providers
• Government authorities or law-enforcement agencies when legally required
• Professional advisers where necessary to protect legal rights

Service providers are expected to process information only for the services they provide and to apply appropriate confidentiality and security measures.

5. Website hosting and external services

The website is hosted using Hostinger infrastructure. Hostinger may process server, security and operational information necessary to provide its hosting services. Its practices are explained in the Hostinger Privacy Policy.

The website may use Google Fonts to display consistent typography. When these fonts are loaded, technical information such as an IP address and browser details may be transmitted to Google. More information is available in the Google Privacy Policy.

The website may also contain links to or embedded content from services such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Google Maps or other external websites. Those services may collect information or place cookies according to their own privacy policies. We do not control their independent privacy practices.

6. Cookies

This website may use essential cookies required for:

• WordPress administration and login security
• Remembering comment information, if comments are enabled
• Website preferences and functionality
• Security and spam prevention

Embedded content and third-party services may place their own cookies.

The website does not intentionally use advertising cookies to sell visitor information. If analytics, advertising or additional tracking technologies are introduced, this policy and any required consent controls should be updated before they are activated.

You can restrict or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling essential cookies may affect some website functions.

7. How long we retain information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.

Generally:

• Contact enquiries may be retained until the enquiry has been resolved and for a reasonable administrative follow-up period.
• Emails may remain in authorised office mailboxes until they are no longer required.
• Security and server logs are retained according to the operational schedules of the hosting and security providers.
• Published comments may remain on the website until they are removed or deletion is requested.
• Information required for legal, security or record-keeping purposes may be retained for a longer period.

Information that is no longer required will be deleted, anonymised or securely archived where reasonably practicable.

8. Security

We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards intended to protect personal information, including:

• Restricted administrative access
• WordPress security controls
• Secure form validation
• Spam and rate-limiting measures
• Reputable hosting infrastructure
• Regular software maintenance

No online service or method of transmission is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security, but we will take reasonable steps to address suspected unauthorised access or disclosure.

9. Your choices and requests

Subject to applicable law, you may request:

• Confirmation of whether we hold personal information about you
• Access to the information you provided
• Correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
• Deletion of information that is no longer required
• Withdrawal of consent
• Information about how your data has been used
• Review of a privacy-related complaint

We may need to verify your identity before completing a request. We will respond within a reasonable period and explain if a request cannot be fulfilled for legal, security or record-keeping reasons.

10. Children’s privacy

This website is intended for a general audience and does not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children.

A parent or guardian who believes that a child has submitted personal information may contact us to request its review or deletion.

11. External links

This website may link to news reports, social-media pages, government websites and other third-party resources.

We are not responsible for the content, security or privacy practices of external websites. Visitors should review the privacy policy of any external service they use.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when the website’s services, technology or legal obligations change.

The revised version will be published on this page with an updated effective date. Significant changes may also be communicated through a notice on the website.

13. Contact and grievance enquiries

For privacy questions, correction or deletion requests, consent withdrawal or complaints, contact:

Office of Shri Dnyaneshwar Prabhakar Govekar
Email: dnyaneshwarfortaleigao@gmail.com
Phone: +91 98221 03560
Address: Taleigao, Goa, India

Please use the subject line “Privacy Request” so the request can be directed appropriately.