Last Updated: June 2, 2025

Your Trust is Important to Us!

Welcome to sssmid.org (which we'll call "our Website," "we," "us," or "our"). We're committed to being open and honest about how we operate, especially when it comes to your privacy. This Privacy Policy is here to explain what information might be collected when you visit our Website, how it's used, and how we handle things like advertising and sponsored content. Our main goal is to provide helpful information, and we try to do that while respecting your digital space.

The Big Picture: We don't aim to collect your personal, identifiable data. We're an informational site.

Information We Collect (and What We Don't)

What We Don't Actively Collect for Identification: We do not require you to register an account or provide personal information like your name, address, or official ID numbers to use the informational content on our Website.

What We Don't Do: We absolutely do not sell any personal data to third parties. That's a promise.

Information You Might Voluntarily Provide:

• Contacting Us: If you choose to email us via the address on our Contact Us page, we will naturally receive your email address and any information you include in your message. We use this only to respond to your specific inquiry about our Website. We strongly advise you NOT to send sensitive personal data (like Aadhaar numbers, Samagra IDs, etc.) via email.

Information Collected Automatically (Mostly by Third Parties for Ads/Analytics):

• Log Files: Like most websites, our hosting server may keep standard log files. These logs might include your IP address (which can sometimes indicate your general location), browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), the pages you visited on our site, time stamps, and referring/exit pages. This information is generally used for analyzing trends, administering the site, and gathering broad demographic information for aggregate use – it's not typically linked to anything personally identifiable by us.
• Cookies and Web Beacons: Please see the dedicated section below. Cookies are small files that help websites function and can be used by advertising networks.

How We Use Advertising and Affiliate Links (Transparency is Key!)

To help support the running of sssmid.org and keep our information free for you, we use advertising and may include sponsored (affiliate) links. Here's how that works:

1. Google AdSense & Third-Party Advertisements:

• Our Website uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our Website.
• Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our Website and other sites on the Internet.
• Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie for personalized advertising by visiting the Google Ad Policies page: Google Ad Technologies. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ uses of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices/.
• Other third-party ad servers or ad networks may also use cookies to track users' activities on this website to measure advertisement effectiveness and for other reasons that will be provided in their own privacy policies. sssmid.org has no access to or control over these cookies that may be used by third-party advertisers. You should consult their respective privacy policies for more detailed information.

2. Sponsored / Affiliate Links:

• Occasionally, we might include links to products or services from other companies ("Sponsor Links" or "Affiliate Links"). If you click on one of these links and make a purchase or sign up for a service, we may earn a small commission, at no extra cost to you. This helps us keep the lights on!
• These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Cookies and Web Beacons: The Nitty-Gritty

Our Website itself may use minimal cookies for basic functionality. However, as mentioned, third-party services like Google AdSense use cookies and web beacons to personalize ads and analyze traffic.

What are Cookies? Cookies are small text files stored on your computer or mobile device by your web browser. They help websites remember things like your preferences or what's in your shopping cart (though we don't have a shopping cart!).

Managing Cookies: You have control over cookies! You can choose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in internet security programs. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.

Deleting cookies does not mean you are permanently opted out of any advertising program. Unless you have settings that disallow cookies, the next time you visit a site running the advertisements, a new cookie will be added.

Third-Party Privacy Policies

sssmid.org's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers and affiliate partners for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

Children's Information: Protecting the Young Ones

We believe it's important to provide added protection for children online. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

sssmid.org does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13 (or the relevant age in your jurisdiction). If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately (using the contact information below for privacy concerns) and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records (understanding that we don't actively seek it in the first place).

Your Data Rights (General Statement)

While our aim is not to collect identifiable personal data through your general use of the site, we respect your right to know about any data that might pertain to you if you've interacted with us directly (e.g., by emailing us). If you have questions about this or wish to make an inquiry, please contact us.

For users in regions with specific data protection laws (like GDPR or CCPA), please be aware that your primary interactions that might involve data are with third-party advertisers, and you should consult their policies and opt-out mechanisms.

Online Privacy Policy Only

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our Website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect on sssmid.org. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Your Consent

By using our Website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We might update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we do, we'll post the new version on this page and update the "Last Updated" date at the top. We encourage you to check back here periodically to stay informed.

Questions About Your Privacy?

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or if you have any concerns about your privacy while using sssmid.org, please don't hesitate to contact us. You can reach us through the email provided on our Contact Us page, specifically for privacy-related inquiries.