PRIVACY POLITY AND DATA USAGE

Value Media Services, is in the business of providing B2B news, media, marketing and communication services pertaining to the hospitals and healthcare industry is the various forms of content like articles, videos, interviews, press releases, newsletters, etc. through digital and print medium.

Value Media Services is registered as a Proprietorship Firm under the laws of India, having registered office at 10-1/8, Nehru Nagar Colony, HCL X Road, ECIL, Ranga Reddy District, Telangana, India – 500062. We publish various magazines and websites providing media, marketing and communication services for various industries like Healthcare, Construction, Pharmaceutical, Energy, Telecom, Finance, Packaging, etc.

We thank you for your patronage and recognize that privacy is important to you. This Privacy Policy sets out how Value Media Services collects and uses information from users (“User” or “you”) of our website and/or any website which is operated by Value Media Services  (“Value Media”, “Value Media Services”, “Value Media Group”, “our”, “we” or “us”). This Privacy Policy applies to the Website and all products and services offered by Value Media Services and by continuing to use in all it's products, websites and journals, you signify that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.

What User Date we collect?

We collect personal information and non-personal data from our users in a wide variety of ways (refer to the next point to find how we collect your information), that includes:

• Personal Identity Details:
  Name, Gender, Email address, Telephone number, Address, Country, IP address, Your Picture (if you are a content contributor).

• Technical Non Personal Details:
  Browser name, Time Zone settings, Operating systems, Internet service provider, Device used, Mobile Carrier, Platform, Type of computer, and other technical and similar information.

• We also collect your employers details like:
  • Employer name;
  • Department;
  • Job Position and/or Designation and/or Job Functions & Responsibilities;
  • Employer type (i.e Healthcare Provider, Educational Institute, Manufacturer or Service Provider, etc.)
  • Legal status of the Company (i.e limited, partnership, holding, etc.)

• Other Data:
  • Educational Qualification;
  • Eligibility information (e.g., for students, event attendees, etc.)
  • Any other information you provide us through enquiry form, contact form, customer support and/or sales communications.

This is to also bring to your notice that do not ask, collect or store any of your financial information (like credit card details, credit score, etc.)

• We also collect information about how you came to our website:
  Including search terms entered into a search engine which lead you to our website, which social media promotion made you click to open our site, this information may be anonymous or it may be associated with you.

• We also collect Information on how you use our websites:
  The individual web pages or products that you view, banner or links you clicked on our website and other information about how you interact with the website.

Though to help keep our databases current and to provide you the most relevant content and experiences, we may combine information provided by you with information from third party sources, in accordance with applicable law. For example, the size, industry, and other information about the company you work for (where you have provided company name) will be obtained from sources including, professional networking sites and information service providers.

How we collect user information?

We collect personal information from our users in a wide variety of ways, which includes but not limited to, when somebody uses our website, subscribes to any of our newsletters and/or magazines, places an enquiry, fills up a form, responds to our survey, and in connection with our activities, services, features and resources we make available on our site.

The data is collected either directly on our website and/or information we receive from you on official social media channels and website, and/or information we receive from other sources e.g. our official page on social media websites, this information can be collected through the process and technology developed by us and or through 3rd party associates like Google. This is information you may provide to us by you or is automatically collected.

We also collects User Data from third parties which are located in various countries. This includes, but is not limited to, event organizers, our associates (including, amongst others, publishers, news providers), our service providers, and other channels including our booths at the events and marketing & Sales operations.

we site also uses a technology called “cookies.” A cookie is a token that a server gives to your browser when you access a Website. Cookies are capable of storing many types of data. Cookies help provide additional functionality to the site or help we analyze site usage more accurately. For instance, the we server may set a cookie that keeps you from having to enter your name more than once during a visit to one of its sites. In all cases in which cookies are used, the cookie will not collect personally identifiable information unless with your explicit permission.

We also use few more technologies to collect Device Information:
– “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
– “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
– “Google Analytics”, “events” and “pixels” that records traffic-related information and how you interact with the site.

What is the purpose of collecting User Data and how we use it?

As it is in our legitimate interests to be responsive to you, not only to serve you with the latest news and developments along with customised communication & marketing services, but to also to treat the personal data that you give us with utmost care and security, which we will use to:

• To process your enquiry or requests.
• To sending you necessary communications.
• To send you latest news, updates and developments.
• To improve and personalize your experience.
• To improve our website.
• To provide and improve customer service or support.
• To administer a promotion, contest, survey or any other site features.
• To send periodic emails:
  • Provide relevant information about our other products.
  • To market and communicate information about our promotion’s or our client’s promotions, contests, events and draws.

If you are in our mailing list, you will receive emails that may include company and/or industry news, updates, related product or service information, promotions etc. We use personal information to target advertisement or marketing communication that may be of your direct interest. If at any time the user would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email or user may contact us via our Website.

We also use Customer Data to derive Statistical Data, such as the number of visitors, subscribers, clicks, etc. This is processed and stored purely for analytical purposes, and is entirely anonymous. This information will not be stored to your customer record, and will only be aggregated for statistical analysis so that we can better understand our customer’s profile and improve our service offering.

Your Rights to Opt Out?

If you do not want to continue to receive e-mail communications from us, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.

If you want us to remove you from all mailing list of we you can delete your account from Manage Subscription, also given at the bottom of each email or can mail us by This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

If you want us to remove you from all mailing list of all our sites, products, magazines with where your record will be deleted from Value Media network, please let us know by sending an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with content as “Remove me from Value Media network”.

Should you request that we amend or suppress records containing your personal data we will endeavor to do so as promptly as practical; however you may receive communications for a transitional period whilst we process your records.

Sharing your personal data?

We do not trade, sell or rent our users personal information. We will share your personal information within the Value Media Group family of companies for the purposes identified above.

We will also share your personal information with 3rd party companies that help us to run our business by processing personal information on behalf of us for the purposes identified above. Such companies include providers of support services, email, social media, and other marketing platforms and service providers, and hosting services.

For example we use 3rd party server storage space where the website and database is stored or we use 3rd party clod storage for backups. With whatever 3rd party vendors we work with or use the services of we make sure that all of them follow GDPR rules and guidelines, and maintain high security and standards of User Data Protection.

We share analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of the Website.

All the data we share with companies, organizations or individuals outside Value Media Network is only if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to detect, prevent, or otherwise security or technical issues, as well as to protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of Value Media , our users, or the public as required or permitted by law.

Where do we store your personal data?

Your personal information and files are stored on the servers of companies we hire to provide services to us. Presently our server are operational with below mentioned companies:

1. Site Ground
2. Media Temple
3. Go Daddy
4. Cloud Flair
5. Google

How we protect your information?

We understand that the security of your personal information is important. We provide reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security controls to protect your personal information.

Right to access?

If you are a European resident, you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us by sending an e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Please note that we may time and again change our current settings or how we process your information. But will always try to improvise the way we describe our practices and the options you have to review, update, restrict and delete your data.

Third Party Links

As a news platform we website may currently contains links to a number of sites that may offer useful information, the privacy policies and procedures described here do not apply to those sites.

Along with being a news site as we are also a marketing and advertising platform, you will find third party products or services listed, advertised, promoted or endorsed on our website, these third parties may have separate Privacy Policies. We do not control the privacy policies of our advertisers, sponsors or other sites or businesses to which we provide hyperlinks or access to, please visit the site of these businesses to review their privacy policies. We therefore take no responsibility of the content or activities of these third party sites. Nonetheless we are particular of your privacy and are welcome to any feedback about these sites.

We use Google AdWords and Advertisement Tools

This website uses the Google AdWords re-marketing services to advertise on the third party websites (including Google) to previous visitors to our site. It could mean that we advertise to previous visitors who haven’t completed a task on our site, for example using the contact form to register for a webinar or download a white paper. This could be in the form of an advertisement on the Google search results page, or a site in the Google Display Network. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the we website. Of course, any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy. You can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Preferences page, and if you want to you can opt out of interest-based advertising entirely by cookie settings or permanently using a browser plugin.

No Tracking

Please be informed we do not track signals from your browser or alter our data collection process when we notice a DO NOT TRACK signal from your browser.

Your Consent

By using our site, you consent to our Privacy Policy.

Retention of Data

When you engage with us through our site, we maintain your order information for our records until and unless you ask us to delete the same.

Changes

We may update our privacy policy from time to time and may revise our policy at any time. For information on the same, we will post updates on our website directly. We encourage all to check this frequently to stay updated with any changes to our Policy.

Dispute Resolution

If you have any concerns or complaints please feel free to  contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Contact Us

If you have any question regarding this new privacy Policy and practices of our websites feel free to contact us. Should you have any specific queries/clarifications with respect to data protection, please do not hesitate to contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by referring to the contact us page of our site.