Privacy Policy – Sibodh Sah

Effective Date: , 2025

Last Updated: , 2026

Please Read Carefully!

This policy may be called the “Privacy Policy of Sibodhsah.com Website, 2082 (2025)”. This policy will be effective from its commencement (effective) date. This Policy governs the manner in which Sibodhsah.com collects, uses, maintains, and discloses information collected from its users (each, a “User”) of the https://sibodhsah.com website (“Site”). It applies only to this website and all products and/or services it offers. It does not apply to any information collected offline or through any channels other than this website. On this website, the privacy of visitors is extremely important to us, and we respect it wholeheartedly.

1. Definitions:

“I/Me/We/Us/Our (either capitalized or not)” means Sibodhsah.com, https://sibodhsah.com, and/or https://sibodhsah.com/.
“You/Your (either capitalized or not)” means the individual, company, or other legal entity accessing or using our website, products, and/or services.
“Data” means any information or details that we collect from you, your computer, and/or other devices you use to access our website, products, and/or services to fulfill our various purposes. This may be Personally Identifiable and/or Non-personally Identifiable information.
“Processing” means any action or set of actions conducted on any of your data and/or sets of data.
“Consent” means a voluntary agreement to engage in an activity and/or action.
“Personally Identifiable Information” means any information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify an individual. This includes name, address, phone number, email, etc.
“Non-personally Identifiable Information” means any information that cannot be used to identify any individual directly. It is often collected for research, analytics, advertising, and other purposes.
“Device Identifiers” means unique strings of characters that help identify individual devices.
“IP Address” means a unique numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network that communicates via the Internet Protocol.
“Internet Service Provider” means a company that provides internet access to its customers.
“Cookies” means small pieces of data that websites and/or apps use to store information on your device. This information can be used for a variety of purposes, including personalization, authentication, analytics, advertising, and more.
“CCPA Privacy Rights” means the California Consumer Privacy Act, which gives California residents many rights to protect their personal information and control how it is used.
“Data Subject’s Rights” means a set of rights granted to you under data protection laws, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union. These rights empower you to exercise control over your personal data and how it is processed by us.
“International Users” means users who access our website, products, and/or services from outside Nepal.
“Child” means a natural person under the age of 18 as defined by Nepali law.

2. Consent:

By using our website, products, and/or services, you consent to our data collection, use, disclosure, and retention practices described in this Privacy Policy. We may change or add to this Policy from time to time as needed, so we encourage you to review it periodically. Your continued use of this site, even after changes are made to this Policy, constitutes your acceptance of those changes.

3. Data We Collect:

For the purposes of providing our products and/or services, responding to your inquiries, and informing you about our products and/or services, we collect the following types of data from you or your respective computers or devices:

3.1 Data You Provide To Us:

We may collect Personally Identifiable Information from you in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when you visit our site, subscribe to a newsletter, respond to surveys, comment on our articles, contact us, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources offered on our site.

Where appropriate, we may ask you for your name, email address, physical address, photo and/or graphic avatar, age, gender, geographic location information, company name, blog or website URL, social media handles, or other related details.

We will only collect personally identifiable information from you if you voluntarily submit such information to us. We do not associate any data collected from any source with any personally identifiable information unless you have expressly provided your consent. In addition, you can always decline to provide personally identifiable information, but doing so may prevent you from engaging in certain site-related activities.

Note: When you provide us with your information in any way, you acknowledge and agree that you will only provide true, accurate, up-to-date, and complete information.

3.2 Data Collected Automatically:

We may use automated means to collect and log certain types of data about you, your computer, or other devices you use to access our website or services.

This may include browser name, type of computer or device, operating system type, IP address, Internet service provider used, device identifiers, device settings, browser settings, referring site or service, time of visit, registration time, geographic location information, and the content and advertisements you access, view, forward, and/or click on, and other similar information.

We also use Google Analytics to compile usage statistics. This service is provided by Google, Inc., and here is their Privacy Policy. Please note that we never use statistical analysis tools to track or collect any of your personally identifiable information on our website. Additionally, you have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings in your browser.

3.3 Data From Our Partners:

When you use any third-party website, product, and/or service that is integrated with us, including third-party social networking or blogging sites, such as YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), WordPress, and other third-party websites or services, we may receive certain data about your account, including personally identifiable information, from such third-party websites, products, and/or services.

This may include your name, nickname, username, email address, photo and/or graphic avatar, age, gender, location, blog or website URL, unique third-party website identifiers (User ID), professional title, likes and interests, list of friends or connections, people you follow and/or who follow you, your posts, and any other information that is publicly available on such third-party websites products, and/or services. Please note that we are not responsible for compliance with the policies or practices of any third-party websites or services.

You should ensure that you are comfortable with the data that such third-party websites may provide to us by reviewing the privacy policies and terms of service of those websites and modifying your privacy settings and preferences on those services. Any data we receive from third-party websites or services will be governed solely by this Privacy Policy.

3.4 Publicly Available Data:

We may also collect publicly available data about you from other sources, such as newspapers, blogs, commercial websites, and/or third-party data aggregators. We may use such data to supplement the personal information we hold about you. We may also collect personal information that you voluntarily disclose on the Website, without any request from us.

4. How Long We Retain Collected Data:

We will only retain your data for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes set forth in this Privacy Policy. The retention period will depend on legal, operational, business, and/or organizational requirements. However, you can contact us at any time and request that all of your data be removed from our servers or website. Please note that it may take up to 30 days from the date of such a request to complete the data deletion process.

Similarly, we will store your personal information that we collect when you subscribe to our newsletter until you decide to unsubscribe. In addition, we reserve the right to delete, anonymize, or obfuscate your data from our servers or website once the purpose for which it was collected has been fulfilled.

5. How We Use Collected Data:

We may collect and use your data or information for the following purposes:

To communicate with you, resolve any disputes, and respond to your inquiries and/or other requests.
To verify your identity when you sign in to our website, products, and/or services.
To provide you with any of our products and/or services.
To understand how you engage with our website, products, or services.
To personalize and enhance your experience on our site.
To improve our website, products, and/or services based on your feedback.
To run promotions, contests, surveys, or other site features with your consent.
To send you surprise gifts, discount coupon codes, amazing giveaways, and other related things as per your loyalty towards us.
To better understand your preferences.
To send you periodic emails (newsletters) with our updates, notifications, and related product or service information, with your consent. You may opt out of receiving these types of emails at any time.
To keep you safe by sending you notifications regarding scam alerts with your consent.
To detect and resolve any technical issues related to our website, products, and/or services.
To measure the overall effectiveness of our online advertising, content, and programming.
To fulfill any other purposes for which you have consented to us using your information.

We will let you know when we add additional purposes. Please note that we only use your data for legitimate purposes and with your consent. We also provide you with the option to choose whether you would like to receive marketing or promotional communications.

Note: We reserve the right to aggregate usage data to measure the performance of our website, product, and/or services, but no personally identifiable information will ever be disclosed to third parties.

6. How We Protect Your Data:

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage, processing practices, and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of the personal information you provide to us. All of your information will be stored on our secure servers behind firewalls.

Unfortunately, no method of transmission or electronic storage of data over the Internet is completely secure. Although we make every effort to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its 100% security in the manner described in this Privacy Policy.

7. Sharing Your Personal And/Or Other Data

Please note that we never share, sell, or rent any data collected from you to any unauthorized person, company, website, and/or service provider. We may share it (including some personal data) with our specific and trusted third-party companies, websites, and/or service providers, such as data storage service providers, marketing and remarketing service providers, communication service providers, business partners, affiliates, advertisers, and other related partners, only with your consent to fulfill the purposes mentioned above.

We may also disclose your personal and/or other data to third parties or public authorities, such as law enforcement agencies, when legally required or necessary to protect our rights or the rights of third parties. In addition, if you have given us your consent, we may also share your data with trusted third parties for other legal purposes, including commercial or business purposes.

8. Cookies And/Or Similar Technologies

When you visit our website, we use cookies and/or similar technologies to analyze your online behavior, administer our website, display personalized content, and enhance your experience. A cookie is a small piece of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, which the visitor’s browser provides to that website each time the visitor returns.

8.1 Purposes:

Our purposes for using cookies are as follows:

Necessary Cookies: These cookies allow us to provide you with the best possible experience as you visit, navigate, and use the features of our website. For example, these cookies allow us to recognize you when you create an account and log in to access content.
Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow us to administer our website based on the choices you make. For example, we will remember your username and how you have personalized this website and its features on future visits.
Analytical Cookies: These cookies allow us and our third-party partners to collect aggregate data about how you use our website. These cookies do not contain personally identifiable information, such as your name or email address, and are used to help us enhance your online experience.
Advertising Cookies: These cookies enable us and third parties to provide you with more relevant advertising and collect aggregate audit data, research, and performance reports for advertisers. They also allow us to better understand and deliver ads to you, as well as track when certain ads are presented to you. Your web browser may request ads directly from ad network servers; these networks may view, change, or set their own cookies, such as when you request a web page from their site. Although we do not use cookies to build a profile of your browsing activity on third-party websites, we do use data aggregated from third-party sources to provide relevant, interest-based advertising.

8.2 Duration Of Cookies:

Cookies are classified as either “session” or “persistent.” Session cookies are stored on your device until the browser session ends, which is usually when you leave our website. Persistent cookies remain on your device even after your browser session ends. They remain on your device for anywhere from one day to two years after you leave our website.

8.3 Your Choices:

If you do not like the concept of cookies or certain types of cookies, you can modify your browser settings to delete existing cookies and refuse to accept new cookies. Please note that if you do so, some aspects of the site may stop working properly.

8.4 Third-party cookies:

These cookies are placed on their website by someone other than us for their own purposes. When you visit our website, you may see embedded content, such as YouTube videos, or you may be directed to other sites to complete surveys or perform other related tasks. These websites and embedded content may set their own cookies. We have no control over the placement of cookies by other websites, even if you are directed there from our site. For more information about how cookies are used, we recommend that you read the privacy policy and cookie notices of those websites.

9. Links To Other Websites

Our website, products, and/or services may also contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on those links, you will be directed to that third-party website. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, security, privacy policies, or other practices of those third-party websites, products, and/or services, and those sites are not governed by this Policy. Therefore, we strongly advise you to always review the privacy policy and terms and conditions of each site you visit.

10. CCPA Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, under the CCPA, among other rights, you have the right to:

Request to know the categories of your personal data that we have collected, used, and/or disclosed to third parties.
Request to know what personal data we intend to collect from you before you go to a collection point.
Request to opt in or out of marketing, analytics, and other similar activities that we conduct.
Request the deletion of any personal data we have collected about you.
Not to be discriminated against by us for exercising your privacy rights under the CCPA.

If you submit a request, we have 30 days to respond to you. If you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact us.

11. Rights Of The Data Subject

The rights of the data subject are as follows:

Right to information: You have the right to know whether your personal data is being processed; what data is collected, where it is obtained from, and why and by whom it is processed.
Right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
Right to rectification: You have the right to request that your personal data be edited, corrected, or completed if you find it inaccurate or incomplete.
Right to erasure: You have the right to request the erasure of your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to restrict processing: You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
Right to object to automated Processing: You have the right to object to automated Processing, including profiling; and not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated Processing.
Right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the personal data that we have collected about you to another organization or directly to you under certain conditions.
Right to withdraw consent: You have the right to withdraw any consent you have given us to use your personal data.

Note: “Under certain conditions” means that data subject rights are not absolute and can only be exercised if specific criteria are met. These conditions are designed to balance an individual’s right to privacy with other legitimate interests, such as public safety & security, freedom of expression, legal obligations, and/or the operational needs of organizations.

If you submit a request, we have 30 days to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of your rights, please contact us.

12. International Users (Data Transfer)

If you are accessing our website, products, and/or services from outside Nepal, please note that your data may be transferred, stored, and processed in Nepal, where our servers are located, and/or where our central database is operated. By using our website, products, and/or services, you consent to the transfer of your data to our facilities and the facilities of third parties with whom we share data, as described in this Policy. If you are a resident of a European Union jurisdiction, we declare that we comply with the GDPR.

13. Children’s Data:

Please note that we do not knowingly collect or solicit any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, please do not provide any of your information through this website or any of its features. Similarly, if you are a parent and you believe that your child has provided this type of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately, and we will do our best to promptly remove such information from our records.

14. Affiliate Disclosure (Privacy Policy)

We are affiliates of many online tools, products, and/or services that we consider to be very trustworthy and reliable. Therefore, some of the links on this website may also contain affiliate links, and we may earn a certain amount (percentage) of commission when you sign up or you make a purchase through those links. This does not affect your sign-ups or purchases or the price you pay in any way, but it does greatly help us to provide you with the best and most honest reviews and recommendations. Please also review their Privacy Policy as this policy is sole for this website. Thank you very much for your support! If you have any questions related to this, please feel free to contact us at Namaste@sibodhsah.com.np.

15. Do Not Track (DNT) Signals

We do not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals at this time. However, you can disable certain tracking by disabling cookies.

16. Changes To The Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to edit, change, or update this Privacy Policy at any time, in our sole discretion, without prior notice to you. Any changes made to this Policy will be effective from the date they are posted on this Website. Although most changes are likely to be minor, we will post a notice on our website to notify you of any significant changes to this Policy and to indicate at the top of this policy when it was last updated.

In addition, we encourage you to check this page frequently to learn about any changes to this policy. You also acknowledge and agree that it is your own responsibility to review it periodically and to be aware of any changes. Your continued use of this site, even after changes are made to this Policy, constitutes your acceptance of those changes.

17. Severability (Privacy Policy)

You and we agree and acknowledge that if any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Privacy Policy is found to be invalid, unenforceable, or otherwise ineffective, the remaining portion(s) of this Privacy Policy will remain valid.

18. Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the ways in which your data is collected or processed, please feel free to contact us.

Name: SIBODH SAH

Email: Namaste@sibodhsah.com.np

Address: Birgunj, NEPAL

Thank You! Jay Nepal!