Privacy Policy

In general, you can browse the IMA site without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. The only information we gather during general browsing is from standard server logs. These include your IP (Internet Protocol) address, domain name, browser type, operating system, and information such as the web site that referred you to us, the files you download, the pages you visit, and the dates/times of those visits.

If you register for a newsletter, log on to certain IMA sites, order a book, request information, provide feedback, apply for a job, join a discussion group or join an electronic mailing list, you will be asked to provide personal information such as your name, postal address and e-mail address.
This information is collected only with your knowledge and permission, and is kept in various IMA databases and mailing lists. If you are purchasing something using the web, you may be asked to provide your credit card details. These details are transferred to a secure, online payment service, hosted outside IMA. Credit card information is not retained by IMA. IMA sites with specific requirements to collect personal information may publish a privacy policy specific for that site. In these cases, the site-specific policies will be complementary to this general IMA privacy policy, but will give additional details for that particular site. For certain IMA sites, registering or supplying personal information sets a cookie. By setting this cookie, IMA will remember your details the next time you visit, so you don't have to re-enter the information. This helps us to provide you with a better service. Joining electronic discussion groups may mean that other participants of the discussion group (including non-IMA employees) will see personal information that you have volunteered. For open discussion groups, this information will be public.

The information gathered during general browsing of the "imavatakara.com" domain is used to analyse trends and usage of the IMA site and to improve the usefulness of the site. It is not connected with any personal information.

IMA may use the personal information you provide to:

1. Contact you - either in response to a query or suggestion, or to mail newsletters, documents, publications etc. to you;
2. Manage and process your job application;
3. Confirm your purchases and registrations on the site;
4. Obtain payment for purchases through the site (via credit card);
5. Help you quickly find information that is relevant to you based on your interests, and help us create site content most relevant to you;
6. Statistical analysis.