Optimal Media Solutions (OMS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bennett Coleman & Co. Limited. OMS site is located at http://www.timesmedianet.com

OMS works like a PR agency which offers media coverage to its clients by understanding their unique needs, translating them into editorial concepts and offering exposure in print, on the radio, and TV and now, on the internet as well.

OMS respects the privacy of its users and is committed to protect it in all respects.

OMS is committed to providing its online users with services and information in an efficient and secure manner. This privacy policy explains what personal information is collected on OMS website from users of its online services, how that information is used and what measures OMS takes to safeguard its users privacy.

INFORMATION AND USE

Surfing OMS website requires registration by all users. To avail the services on our website, users are required to provide certain information for the registration process, which is Service-Dependent. The information, as supplied by the users enables us to improve our sites and provide you the most user-friendly experience.

To improve the responsiveness of the site for our users, we may use "cookies" or similar electronic tools to collect information and to assign to each visitor a unique, random number as a Pay Identification (Pay ID) to understand the users individual interests using the Identified Computer. Information about individual users collected on OMS website is used for internal business purposes and record, including customizing services, contacting members regarding submissions, and responding to requests for information. On occasions, OMS or any of its members or affiliates may also use this information to inform you of news, service upgrades and new services or products that may be of particular interest to you. The information collected during registration shall also be used by OMS to track payments made by the registered users for the paid content.

PRIVACY POLICY

Our web servers automatically collect limited information about your computers 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 deliver our web pages to you upon request, to tailor our site to the interests of our users, to measure traffic within our site and let advertisers know the geographic locations from where our visitors come. OMS tracks aggregate anonymous statistics regarding usage of the website and provides this anonymous information to members, affiliates, advertisers and for other lawful purposes.

PRESS RELAESES

One section of our website comprises Press Releases that are uploaded periodically by our clients from various backgrounds with various business interests. These are uploaded by member parties on an automated basis without any editorial intervention from our end and OMS, under no circumstances, shall be liable for lost profits or for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising from the usage of such online content.

NEWS

The current OMS website also includes online versions of news and feature articles published in the various supplements of Times of India. Much of this content would be available in the Press Clippings section of the website. This section may contain photographs, captions and text that we might be otherwise unable to carry in print. These news articles and features are accepted by OMS from its clients in good faith and OMS accepts no responsibility whatsoever regarding the bonafides of the Clients and the information provided by them.

When we present information to our advertisers — to help them understand our audience and confirm the value of advertising on our website — it is usually in the form of aggregated statistics on traffic to various pages within our site. When you register with OMS, we contact you from time to time about updation of your personal profile and allied information to provide the users such features that we believe may benefit you.

REPRESENTATION

OMS makes no representation whatsoever regarding the ‘Content’ of any other websites not belonging to OMS, i.e. third party websites, that YOU may access from ‘The Site’. When YOU access a third party website, please understand that it is independent from OMS and that OMS has no control over the ‘Content’ on that website, and the feature(s), product(s) or service(s) offered thereon. YOU bear all the risks associated with these. A link to such a website does not mean that OMS endorses or accepts any responsibility or liability for the ‘Content’ or use of such website, and the feature(s), product(s) or service(s) offered thereon.

YOU should carefully review the privacy statements and other conditions of use of such third party websites, before YOU choose to use / purchase any feature(s), product(s) or service(s) offered by the third party.

By using Services, you agree, without limitation or qualification, to be bound by this Privacy Policy or any other privacy or data collection Privacy Policy related to services offered directly by OMS.  Please note that OMS website contains links to other sites and may allow those sites to be co-branded with OMS  name. Web sites that are linked to OMS may have privacy policies that differ from that of OMS. This privacy policy only covers services offered by OMS.

This privacy statement does not cover the privacy policies of Third party advertisers and or affiliates that advertise or list their products and services on OMS. OMS allows other companies that are presenting advertisements on some of our web pages to transmit, set and access their cookies on your computer. Therefore, the following policies are those of OMS only.

The sites displayed as search results or linked to by OMS and/or its affiliates are developed by third parties over whom OMS has no control. OMS does not screen or censor any information on these sites, nor does it screen or censor any of the listings. The Internet is a worldwide system of computer networks in which any person can post information on their individual computer, which if connected to the Internet can be accessed by others, or, if they have permission, on the computers or computer networks of others.

Further, certain materials accessible on the Internet is NOT appropriate for minors. OMS is concerned about your childs safety and does not accept banner advertisements containing adult content, however OMS has no control over your childrens search queries, and the subsequent results of those queries. To limit and / or prevent your childrens access to such materials, OMS suggests that you install commercially available hardware and/or software that has the ability to filter out such content. Such hardware / software products may be set to filter out content on weapons, sexual adult content, hate and racist content as well as violent content. They may also be set to disable chat sites, e-mail and message board forums. OMS and / or its affiliated companies assume no responsibility for your decision to utilize any "hyperlinks" to sites found on OMS results pages, or for the accuracy or usefulness of any materials contained on such sites.

SHARING

OMS will not disclose your personally identifiable information without your permission unless we need to do so in order to comply with applicable law, a subpoena, or other legal process or to protect the safety of other Users or the public.

All information gathered on OMS website is securely stored within the OMS-controlled database. The database is stored on servers secured behind a firewall; access to the servers is password-protected and strictly limited. However, as effective as our security measures may be, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our database, nor can we guarantee that the information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet. And of course, any information you include for posting on the web message boards or discussion forums is available to anyone with Internet access.

 

The information you submit on OMS website upon registration for specific services is password-protected, and the parties who have access to the information besides OMS and its affiliates are only member entities and their employees. In addition, individual notified employees of members will receive individual passwords when they log on to submit press releases online. In order to protect the integrity of the password system, members should refrain from disclosing passwords and immediately change any password that may have been compromised. OMS will never ask you for your password by e-mail, so members and their employees should not respond to unsolicited e-mail requests asking for password information even if such requests appear to be from OMS.

Please be advised that no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. OMS is committed to protecting its users personal information, but cannot guarantee or warrant the security of this information when it is sent to or through the OMS website. Transmission of such information is therefore at the risk of the user.

CORRECTING/UPDATING/DELETING/DEACTIVATING PERSONAL INFORMATION

If a users personally identifiable information changes (such as phone, email or postal address), or if a user no longer desires our service, we provide a way to correct, update or delete/deactivate users personally identifiable information. This can usually be done by emailing our Customer Support at medianetweb@timesgroup.com or, contact us by telephone or postal mail at the contact information.

PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES

This policy will be updated from time to time as and when necessary, to add new websites under OMS umbrella or to address new services and functions. OMS shall provide its Users with notice of any changes or updates to this policy on the homepage of OMS website or its affiliate website.