Effective Date: 22nd March 2025
At Nursing Shala, accessible from https://nursingshala.com, we are committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your information. By using this website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
1. Who We Are
Nursing Shala is an online platform dedicated to providing educational content, career guidance, and resources for nurses and aspiring healthcare professionals. Our website address is https://nursingshala.com.
2. Information We Collect
a. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
b. Media
If you upload images to our website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images.
c. Cookies
We use cookies to improve user experience.
- If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so you don’t have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies 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’ll set up several cookies to save your login information and 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, the login cookies will be removed.
- If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.
3. Embedded Content from Other Websites
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 has visited the other website.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to those websites.
4. Affiliate Links Disclosure
Nursing Shala participates in affiliate marketing programs with third-party companies like Amazon, Flipkart, and other e-commerce platforms. When you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
Our content remains unbiased, and recommendations are based on genuine analysis and value to our readers. We do not control or take responsibility for the data practices of these affiliate partners. Please check their respective privacy policies for more information.
5. Google AdSense and Third-Party Ads
We use Google AdSense to serve advertisements on our website. Google may use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to our website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and other sites on the Internet.
You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
6. Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
7. Data Retention
- If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This helps us recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
- For users who register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.
8. Your Rights 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. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we must keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
9. Data Protection
We take appropriate measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no internet-based site can be 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage users to check this page regularly to stay informed about how we are helping to protect your information.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at:
Email: nursingshala.official@gmail.com
Address: Nursing Shala, Assam, India
By using Nursing Shala, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to this Privacy Policy.
Thank you for trusting Nursing Shala!