Department of Economics and Statistics (DES), a department of Tata Services Ltd. DES, has launched a new website - www.statisticsofindia.com for the benefit of the subscribers of Statistical Outline of India (SOI). DES respects the privacy of its users and is committed to protect it in all respects.

With a view to offer the most enriching and holistic internet experience to its users, DES offers SOI subscribers a vast repository of data and information spread across different research categories. The online services are offered to the subscribers of SOI through a unique auto-generated username and password, which is provided by DES in every copy of the SOI. Users are provided with the facility to change the password, and personal details whenever desired. The information about the user as collected by DES include: (a) information supplied by users and (b) information automatically tracked while navigation.

To avail the services on our site, users are required to provide certain information for the registration process namely:- a) your name, b) email address, c) sex, d) age, e) PIN code etc., and / or your occupation, interests, and the like. The Information as supplied by the users enables us to understand the needs of the users and provide the most relevant contents. If we use this information in a manner different than the purpose for which it was collected, then we will ask for your consent prior to such use.

In future, we may furnish aggregated statistical data on the nature of subscribers visiting our site to potential advertisers on our site. However, no individual personal information of any subscriber will be disclosed to any advertisers or to any other persons, except to our employees on need-to-know basis and as required pursuant to a process under law.

When you use our site, you will be provided with access to your personal information either to correct this data if it is inaccurate or to delete such data, at your request, if it is not otherwise required to be retained by law or for legitimate business purposes.

Our web servers automatically collect limited information about your computer's connection to the Internet, including your IP address, when you visit our site. (Your IP address is a number that lets computers attached to the Internet know where to send you data -- such as the web pages you view.) Your IP address does not identify you personally. We use this information to predominantly understand the geographical locations from which our site is accessed. In addition to the IP, the web servers also maintain an history of page sites visited. This information is primarily collected to understand the usage patterns of users. This information is in turn used by DES to optimize the content and structure of the site.

DES may include links to other external websites. Such sites are governed by their respective privacy policies, which are beyond our control. Once you leave our domain (you can see where you are by checking the URL in the location bar on your browser), use of any information from any other website, is governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the site you are visiting. That policy may differ from ours. If you can't find the privacy policy of any of these sites via a link from the site's homepage, you should contact the site directly for more information. Note that no user information will be transmitted to any external website.

When you register with DES, we may contact you, from time to time, for your feedback and/or updation of the content, to provide the users such features that we believe may benefit them.

All information gathered by DES is securely stored within the DES controlled database. The database is stored on servers secured behind a firewall; access to the servers is password-protected and is strictly limited. However, as effective as our security measures are, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our database, nor can we guarantee that information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet. And, of course, any information you include in a posting to the discussion areas is available to anyone with Internet access.
The use of any information on our site will always be consistent with, and subject to, the policy under such the information was collected from the owner.

We may change our privacy policy from time to time to incorporate necessary future changes. We will post any such changes on this page, and if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice.

Any questions or clarifications with respect to this Policy can be sent to DES at :
des@tata.com / sroy@tata.com
Or contact on 91 22 6665 8282 or Fax 91 22 6665 8166.