This document covers complete details of the Guru Spakes Blog, Guru Spakes Site Membership, our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service. We know it’s tempting to skip this, but it’s important to establish what you can expect from us as you use our services, and what we expect from you.
You can contact us via Mail. The two available mail addresses are contact@guruspakes.com and guruspakes@gmail.com
Please note that by using our services, you’re agreeing to Guru Spakes Privacy & Terms.
Last Updated : 15th July, 2024
Sections Updated are as follows :
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The primary and only way to contact us is via Mail. The two available mail addresses are contact@guruspakes.com and guruspakes@gmail.com
We've made important integral changes and hence removed the phone number contact service and Guru Spakes Chat that was available for the customers.
In this document, ‘we’ and ‘our’ are used with respect to Guru Spakes.
Below are the services offered by Guru Spakes.
(1.1) Guru Spakes Website
The Guru Spakes Website - guruspakes.com is a service in itself. You can access the website without being a Guru Spakes Site Member or Subscriber. The ‘Blog tab’ contains the Guru Spakes Blog. The Community features are also featured in the website itself.
Please note that there may be links to these services from different pages within or from pages outside the website.
(1.2) Guru Spakes and You
Explains details of being a Guru Spakes Site Member and Subscriber. We’ve added examples and definitions to help explain all things clearly. Also, as we introduce new features, publish new content and expand/modify our services, our policies may change accordingly. We’ll keep you updated with all the changes we make in our policies.
(1.2.1) Guru Spakes Site Member
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When you sign up on the Guru Spakes Website, you become a ‘Site Member’. You can read articles or engage with the community on the Guru Spakes website. Apart from these offerings, Guru Spakes also offers ebooks. These ebooks are paid services. Offers and discounts keep on coming.
(1.2.2) Unsubscribing and Account Closure
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Mail us at contact@guruspakes.com or guruspakes@gmail.com using the email address you used to sign up on Guru Spakes. Soon, we'll process your request for unsubscribing or account closure.
(1.3) Guru Spakes Ebooks
Ebooks offered by Guru Spakes are special. Experience the highest ever content quality from Guru Spakes in our ebooks. Guru Spakes has spent immense time and effort in providing better interpretations of the Mulmantra topic in its ebooks. Please note that our blog is the base of all the content in our ebooks but we've transformed away from the blog model and you'll not see the same content in the blog ever again. The blog will only have a free version in English language which is generated using AI.
The prices of our ebooks are affordable and we belive it provides great value for money. Experience our highest quality content in our Ebooks now!
(1.3.1) Refund or Return Policy
Please note that there's no refund or return policy. We believe only the actually interested audience will purchase our ebooks. However if you think that the content quality could have been better, then please contant us and provide the feedback and we'll definitely be focusing on what you'll be suggesting us.
(1.4) Community Features
Guru Spakes Subscribers have access to community features on the Guru Spakes Website. These features are only used for interaction with other account holders. It includes ‘Liking Articles, Commenting, Adding or Uploading Images, Videos and GIFs’ in the comments or community section. Please follow the community guidelines for a non abusive & harmonious environment.
Also, you can leave us a review for our Ebooks and provide feedback so that we can serve you better.
Explains what information we collect and why, how we use it, and how to review and update it. We've added examples and definitions to help explain all things clearly. And if you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, you can contact us. Also, as we introduce new features, publish new content and expand/modify our services, our policies may change accordingly. We’ll keep you updated with all the changes we make in our policies.
(2.1) Information that Guru Spakes collects and how do we do it?
Guru Spakes collects and saves your full name, your phone number with country code and email information. Also, our website uses and stores cookies.
We collect this information when you sign-up for our services. In the case of cookies, when you visit our website, it automatically stores the cookies that are necessary for website functionality.
Please note that your phone number is not collected when you sign-up with Google. You need to add your phone number to your profile manually.
(2.2) How do we store your information?
Guru Spakes is hosted on the Wix.com platform and is integrated with business solutions provided by Wix.com. Wix.com provides us with the online platform that allows us to provide our services to you. Your data may be stored through Wix.com’s data storage, databases and the general Wix.com applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall. Your information is completely safe with us. It is not shared with any other third party.
(2.3) Why Guru Spakes collects data and how we use it?
(2.3.1) Communicate with You
Guru Spakes collects this information to interact with you directly. The communication may be via WhatsApp using your phone number or by email. For example, we may contact you to notify you regarding your account, to troubleshoot problems with your account, to resolve a dispute, to poll your opinions, to let you know about upcoming changes or improvements to our services or we may notify you regarding any changes in our policy. And if you contact us, we’ll keep a record of your request in order to help solve any issues you might be facing.
(2.3.2) Usage of Cookies
The Guru Spakes website uses cookies to provide necessary website functionality. Our website is integrated with Wix business solutions and Google Analytics, where both are third-party apps or third-party integrations and may place additional cookies on our site.
Wix uses cookies for important reasons, such as:
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To provide a great experience for our visitors and customers.
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To identify our registered members (users who signed up to our site).
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To monitor and analyse the performance, operation and effectiveness of Wix business platform.
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To ensure the Wix platform is secure and safe to use.
(2.3.3) Measure Performance
We use data for analytics and measurement to understand how you behave on our website. For example, we analyse data about your visits to our blog. We use Google Analytics and Wix business solutions to do this.
Google Analytics uses cookies to collect data about your visits, basic device information, the browser you use and more. Your IP address and user-agent may be shared with Google along with performance and security metrics to ensure quality of service, and generate usage statistics. We use this data to provide a better experience to you on our website.
(2.3.4) Display Personalised Ads
Guru Spakes Blog uses Google Adsense to display advertisements and sponsored content to you. Google Adsense may use cookies to show you personalised ads based on your interests.
Guru Spakes doesn’t share your information with anyone. Any advertisements that may be shown on your device while browsing the Guru Spakes Blog are based on your interest and online activity. Guru Spakes only shows ads that are served by Google. Also, Google Adsense uses cookies to show ads on your device and to collect data about the ads with which you interact to help advertisers understand the performance of their ad campaigns. Hence Guru Spakes is not responsible for the ads that may be shown on your device.
However, we have the power to block advertisement(s) on our blog. If you find any advertisement(s) disturbing, you can contact us and ask us to block it from showing up on our blog. We’ll review the advertisement(s) and act accordingly.
(2.4) Keeping Your Information Secure
When you use our services, you’re trusting us with your information. We understand that this is a big responsibility. We respect your privacy and we protect it at all costs.
As we’ve already explained to you what kind of data we use and why, we now want to let you know that Guru Spakes uses the information which is voluntarily provided by you while signing-up to our services. We always keep your information secured and uncompromised.
(2.5) About this Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to all services offered by Guru Spakes. We change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your consent. We always indicate the date when the last changes were published. Also, we’ll notify you about any change we make in this policy.
Describes the rules which you agree to when using our services. These Terms of Service reflect the way Guru Spakes works. These Terms of Service help define Guru Spakes’ relationship with you as you use our services. These terms include what you can expect from us, what we expect from you and what to do in case of problems or disagreements. Understanding these terms is important because, by using Guru Spakes’ services, you’re agreeing to these terms. Broadly speaking, we give you permission to use our services if you agree to follow these terms.
(3.1) What you can expect from us
(3.1.1) Provide useful service
You can expect us to provide useful service. All our services are subject to these terms.
(3.1.2) Improve and update our services
We’re constantly engaged in improving, updating and maintaining our services to better your experience.
(3.2) What we expect from you
(3.2.1) Follow these terms
The permission that we give you to use our services continues as long as you comply with these terms. Although we give you permission to use our services, we retain any intellectual property rights that we have in the services. We want to make it clear that our service, content and trademark are our exclusive property. We therefore request you to not indulge in any malpractices like using our brand name or copy-pasting without permission, to name a few. Our services include content that belongs to Guru Spakes. For example, our articles in the Guru Spakes Blog. We retain any intellectual property rights that we have in our content. Don’t remove, obscure or alter any of our branding, logos or legal notices.
(3.2.2) Respect others
The Guru Spakes Blog allows its Site Members to like & comment on our content. In order to maintain a respectful environment for everyone, you must follow these basic rules of conduct:
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Respect the rights of others, including privacy and intellectual property rights,
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Don’t abuse or harm others or yourself (or threaten or encourage such abuse or harm) – for example, by misleading, defrauding, illegally impersonating, defaming, bullying, harassing or stalking others; hosting or publishing any obscene content or inciting the breach of applicable laws,
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Don’t abuse, harm, interfere with, or disrupt the services – for example, by accessing or using them in fraudulent or deceptive ways, introducing malware or spamming.
(3.3) In case of problems or disagreements
Both the law and these terms give you the right to (a) a certain quality of service and (b) ways to fix problems if things go wrong.
(3.3.1) Warranty
We provide our services using reasonable skill and care. If we don’t meet the quality level described in this warranty, you agree to tell us and we’ll work with you to try to resolve the issue.
(3.3.2) Disclaimers
The only commitments that we make about our services are provided in (3.3.1) the Warranty section.
(3.3.3) Liabilities
(3.3.3-A) For all users
Guru Spakes is not liable for any claims of hurt or injury from our content. Guru Spakes is liable only for its breaches of these terms.
The information provided in the blog is a try to explain all things clearly & provided for educational purposes only. The reader must be aware that the information may not be a provable fact. While Guru Spakes strives to ensure the accuracy, completeness and adequacy of the content of our website, we cannot guarantee that all content is 100% error-free or 100% up-to-date.
(3.3.4) Taking action in case of problems
Before taking action as described below, we’ll provide you with advance notice when reasonably possible, describe the reason for our action and give you an opportunity to fix the problem, unless we reasonably believe that doing so would:
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cause harm or liability to a user, third party or Guru Spakes,
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compromise the operation, integrity, quality or security of our services.
(3.3.4-A) Removing your content
If we reasonably believe that any of your content (a) breaches these terms, (b) violates applicable law, or (c) could harm our users, third parties or Guru Spakes, then we reserve the right to take down some or all of that content. Examples include content that facilitates harassment, spamming and content that infringes someone else’s intellectual property rights.
(3.3.4-B) Suspending or terminating your Site Membership
Guru Spakes reserves the right to suspend or terminate your access to the services or delete your Guru Spakes Site Membership if any of these things happen:
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you materially or repeatedly breach these terms,
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we reasonably believe that your conduct causes harm or liability to a user, third party or Guru Spakes – for example, by hacking, phishing, harassing, spamming, misleading others or scraping content that doesn’t belong to you.
If you believe that your Site Membership has been suspended or terminated in error, you can appeal via mailing to us at contact@guruspakes.com or guruspakes@gmail.com
Of course, you’re always free to stop using our services at any time. If you do stop using a service, we’d appreciate knowing why so that we can continue improving our services.
(3.4) About these terms
By law, you have certain rights that can’t be limited by a contract like these Terms of Service. These terms are in no way intended to restrict those rights.
These terms describe the relationship between you and Guru Spakes. They don’t create any legal rights for other people or organisations, even if others benefit from that relationship under these terms.
We want to make these terms easy to understand, so we’ve used examples from our services.
If you don’t follow these terms, and we don’t take action right away, that doesn’t mean we’re giving up any rights that we may have, such as taking action in the future.
We may update these terms (a) to reflect changes in our services or how we do business – for example, when we add new services, features, technologies, pricing or benefits (or remove old ones), (b) for legal, regulatory or security reasons or (c) to prevent abuse or harm.
If we materially change these terms, we'll provide you with reasonable advance notice and the opportunity to review the changes, except (a) when we launch a new service or feature, or (b) in urgent situations, such as preventing ongoing abuse or responding to legal requirements. If you don't agree to the new terms, you should stop using our services. You can also end your relationship with us at any time by closing your Site Membership.