Helloaddress.com is the Real Estate portal from the media house of Malayala Manorama Company Private Ltd, one of India's largest and oldest media houses, with operations in Print, Television, Radio and Digital properties.
Personal Information
Non-Account Activity. No information / registration details are required to access the Website.
Account-Related Activity
Certain other activities on the Website like uploading information require the User to have a Registered User Account. The User is required to provide some personal information when the User creates an account, which personal information includes the User's email address, which is used to protect the User's account from unauthorized access. A Registered User Account allows the User to access many of the Website's services that require registration.
Usage Information
Helloaddress.com may record information about the User's usage, such as when the User used the Website, the favourites the User subscribed to, the contacts the User communicated with, the information the User has viewed and the frequency and size of data transfers, as well as the information the User displayed on the Website (including UI elements, settings, and other information). If the User is logged in, Hello Address may associate that information with the User's account. Hello Address may use clear GIFs (a.k.a. "Web Beacons") in HTML-based emails sent to Users to track which emails are opened by the recipients.
Content Uploaded to Site
Any personal information or information that the User voluntarily discloses online becomes publicly available and can be collected and used by others.
Users
If the User submits personally identifiable information to Hello Address through the Website, Hello Address may use the User's personal information to operate, maintain, and provide the User with general and personalized features and functionality on the Website, and process any flagging activity or correspondence the User sends to Hello Address.
The User's account name is displayed to other Users when the User uploads information or sends messages through the Website and other Users can contact the User through messages and comments. Any information that the User submits to the Website may be redistributed through the internet and other media channels, and may be viewed by the general public.
Hello Address does not use the User's email address or other personally identifiable information to send commercial or marketing messages without the User's consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which the User will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out. Hello Address may, however, use the User's email address without further consent for non-marketing or administrative purposes (such as notifying the User of major Website changes or for User service purposes).
Hello Address uses both the User's personally identifiable information and certain non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous user usage data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, clickstream data, etc.) to improve the quality and design of the Website and to create new features, promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, analyzing, and processing User preferences and trends, as well as User activity and communications.
Hello Address uses cookies, clear gifs, and log file information to: (a) store information so that the User will not have to re-enter the same during the User's next visit; (b) provide customised, personalized content and information; (c) monitor the effectiveness of the Website's marketing campaigns; (d) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, pages viewed, etc.; and (e) track the User's entries, submissions, and status in promotions, sweepstakes, and contests.
Information that is publicly available
When the User creates an account on the Website, some information about the User's account and the User's account activity will be provided to other Users of the Website. This may include the date the User opened the User's account, the date the User last logged into the User's account, the User's age (if the User choose to make it public), the country and the number of / information relating to real estate that the User has visited. The User's account name is displayed to other Users when the User engages in certain activities on the Website, such as when the User uploads information or sends messages through the Website. Other Users can contact the User through messages and comments.
The User may also choose to add personal information that will be visible to other Users. Any information that the User submits to the Website can be redistributed through the internet and other media by Hello Address, without obtaining any consent from the User, and may be viewed by the general public.
The User's Choices
The User may, of course, decline to submit personally identifiable information through the Website, in which case the Website may not be able to provide certain services to the User. Some advanced features may, for authentication purposes, require the User to sign up for other services. The privacy notices of those services govern the use of the User's personal information associated with them.
The User may update or correct the User's personal profile information at any time.
Third-party Advertisers, Links to Other Sites
Hello Address allows other companies, called third-party ad servers or ad networks, to display advertisements within the Website. These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send advertisements and links that appear on the Website directly to the User's browser. They automatically receive the User's IP address when this happens. They may also use other technology (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize the advertising content the User sees.
Hello Address does not provide any personally identifiable information to these third-party ad servers or ad networks without the User's consent or except as part of a specific program or feature for which the User will have the ability to opt-in or opt-out. However, please note that if an advertiser asks Hello Address to show an advertisement to a certain audience and the User responds to that advertisement, the advertiser or ad-server may conclude that the User fits the description of the audience they are trying to reach. The advertiser may also use information regarding the User's use of the Website, such as the number of times the User viewed an ad (but not any personally identifiable information), to determine which ads to deliver to the User.
The User should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers or ad networks for more information on their practices and for instructions on how to opt-out of certain practices. The Website's privacy policy does not apply to, and Hello Address cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites. Any data obtained by third-party ad servers subsequently shared with Hello Address is maintained and dealt with by Hello Address in accordance with this privacy policy.
More Information
For questions concerning the Website or the User's account, please read the Help page.
For more information about the Website's privacy practices, write to Hello Address
Disclaimer of warranties
This Website service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. Hello Address expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied or statutory, including, but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, data accuracy & completeness in the Website or any part thereof or any transactions entered into through the Website, and any warranties relating to viruses and non-infringement in the Website or any transactions entered into, through the Website. Hello Address makes no representations or warranties, either express or implied that the use of the Website will not infringe any patent, copyright or other right of any third party. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by the User through, or from, the Website shall create any warranty not expressly stated herein.
Hello Address makes no warranty that the Website will meet the User's requirements, or that the Website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error free; nor does Helloaddress.com make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of the Website or as to the accuracy or reliability of the information/material on the Website.