Privacy policy

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 7 September 2026
Last Updated: 7 September 2026

Welcome to ShikheeCares (“Website”, “Site”, “we”, “us”, “our” or “ShikheeCares”).

ShikheeCares is a personal website and digital journal through which Shikhee shares her thoughts, experiences, stories and perspectives across different aspects of her life, including motherhood, family and roots, beauty and skincare, travel, work, leadership, facilitation, personal experiences and other subjects that interest her.

We respect the privacy of every person who visits this Website. We also recognise that, because this is a personal website, some of the content published on it may relate not only to Shikhee herself but also to her family members, children, friends, colleagues and other individuals who may appear in stories, photographs or other content.

This Privacy Policy explains how information relating to visitors and users of the Website may be collected, used, stored, protected and disclosed.

It also specifically addresses the protection of personal and family-related information and photographs appearing on ShikheeCares.

By accessing or using the Website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. Where consent is required by applicable law for a particular processing activity, such processing will be carried out on the basis required by applicable law.

1. About ShikheeCares

ShikheeCares is primarily a personal content, storytelling and personal-brand website.

The Website may contain:

• Personal essays and reflections;

• Stories and experiences relating to motherhood and family life;

• Family history, roots, traditions and memories;

• Travel stories and experiences;

• Beauty, skincare and self-care content;

• Professional experiences and perspectives;

• Leadership and workplace-related writing;

• Information about Shikhee's professional activities;

• Photographs, videos and other visual material;

• References to people, places, experiences and events; and

• Information and content that Shikhee chooses to share as part of her personal digital presence.

The Website is not intended to function as a public database of personal information about Shikhee or any other individual.

2. Information We May Collect

Depending on how you interact with the Website, we may collect or receive different categories of information.

2.1 Information You Voluntarily Provide

You may voluntarily provide information when you:

• Contact Shikhee through the Website;

• Send an email;

• Submit an enquiry or message through a contact form;

• Subscribe to a newsletter or mailing list, if such functionality is introduced;

• Respond to a survey or feedback request;

• Participate in an interaction, discussion or other feature made available through the Website; or

• Otherwise communicate with Shikhee or the Website.

Such information may include your:

• Name;

• Email address;

• Telephone or mobile number, where provided;

• Organisation or professional details;

• Location, where voluntarily provided;

• Message or communication;

• Preferences or interests that you choose to disclose; and

• Any other information that you voluntarily include in your communication.

You are not required to provide more personal information than is reasonably necessary for the particular interaction.

3. Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Website, certain technical and usage information may be collected automatically by the Website, hosting provider, analytics services or other technology used to operate the Site.

This may include:

• IP address;

• Browser type and version;

• Device type;

• Operating system;

• Approximate geographic region;

• Language preferences;

• Date and time of access;

• Pages visited;

• Referring and exit pages;

• Links or buttons interacted with;

• Approximate duration of visits;

• Website usage patterns;

• Error and diagnostic information; and

• Other technical information ordinarily transmitted by a browser or device when accessing a website.

This information is generally used in aggregate or technical form to operate, secure, maintain and improve the Website.

Where technically possible, reasonable measures may be used to minimise the identification of individual visitors from such information.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

ShikheeCares may use cookies, pixels, local storage and similar technologies.

These technologies may be used to:

• Make the Website function properly;

• Remember certain preferences;

• Understand how visitors use the Website;

• Measure Website performance;

• Improve navigation and user experience;

• Identify technical problems;

• Understand aggregate traffic patterns; and

• Support analytics or other legitimate Website functions.

Certain third-party services incorporated into the Website may also place their own cookies or similar technologies.

Further information is provided in the Cookie Policy of ShikheeCares.

You may also control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of parts of the Website.

5. How We Use Information

Information collected through or in connection with the Website may be used for purposes including:

• Operating and maintaining ShikheeCares;

• Responding to enquiries and communications;

• Providing information requested by visitors;

• Managing newsletter or communication subscriptions, where applicable;

• Understanding Website usage;

• Improving content, functionality and user experience;

• Maintaining Website security;

• Detecting, preventing or investigating misuse, abuse, fraud or security incidents;

• Maintaining technical records;

• Complying with applicable legal obligations;

• Protecting the rights, privacy and safety of Shikhee, her family and other individuals; and

• Any other purpose that is reasonably connected with operating and maintaining the Website or that is disclosed to you at the time information is collected.

We do not intend to use information collected from visitors for purposes that are materially inconsistent with the purpose for which it was provided, except where permitted or required by applicable law.

6. Our Approach to Personal Information

ShikheeCares is a personal website and is not intended to operate as a data-harvesting or data-brokerage platform.

We do not intend to sell, rent or commercially trade visitors' personal information to third parties.

We will generally only share personal information where:

• You have requested or authorised us to do so;

• It is necessary to provide a service or functionality you have requested;

• It is necessary for Website operations;

• It is required by law or legal process;

• It is necessary to protect the Website, Shikhee, her family, visitors or another person's rights or safety;

• It is necessary to investigate suspected unlawful activity or misuse; or

• It is otherwise permitted under applicable law.

7. Protection of Shikhee's Personal and Family Information

This section is particularly important to ShikheeCares.

Because ShikheeCares is a personal website, some published content may contain information relating to Shikhee's personal life, family, children, relatives, friends and other people connected with her.

Such information may include:

• Names;

• Family relationships;

• Personal stories;

• Family histories and memories;

• Photographs;

• Videos;

• Voice recordings;

• Personal experiences;

• Travel experiences;

• Celebrations and occasions;

• Educational or professional references;

• General information about locations;

• Other contextual information appearing in stories or photographs.

The fact that information or an image appears on the Website does not mean that the information is intended to be freely collected, reproduced, copied, republished, redistributed, commercially exploited or used for another person's purposes.

Personal and family-related content published on ShikheeCares remains subject to the applicable intellectual-property, privacy, personality, publicity and other legal rights of the relevant individuals.

Visitors are expected to respect these rights.

8. Photographs and Images of Shikhee and Her Family

ShikheeCares may contain photographs and other visual material featuring:

• Shikhee;

• Her children;

• Family members;

• Friends;

• Colleagues;

• Other identifiable or potentially identifiable individuals;

• Places associated with personal or family experiences; and

• Personal events, journeys and occasions.

These photographs are part of the personal storytelling and editorial content of ShikheeCares.

8.1 No implied permission

Viewing an image on ShikheeCares does not grant you permission to:

• Download it for personal or commercial use;

• Reproduce it;

• Republish it;

• Upload it elsewhere;

• Use it as profile or promotional material;

• Use it in advertising;

• Alter or manipulate it;

• Use it for artificial intelligence training or dataset creation;

• Use facial recognition or biometric analysis;

• Create derivative works from it; or

• Otherwise exploit the image.

Any use beyond ordinary private viewing of the Website requires appropriate permission from the relevant rights holder.

9. Protection of Children's and Minors' Information

Some stories and photographs on ShikheeCares may involve children or other minors, particularly in connection with the Motherhood and family-related content.

We recognise that information concerning children requires particular care.

ShikheeCares does not operate as a service specifically directed at children and does not intentionally seek to collect personal information directly from children through the Website.

Where children appear in photographs, stories or other content published by Shikhee, such content is presented as part of Shikhee's personal and family storytelling.

Visitors must not:

• Attempt to identify, locate or contact a child appearing on the Website;

• Collect or compile information about children appearing in Website content;

• Repost photographs of children from the Website;

• Use children's images for commercial, promotional or advertising purposes;

• Use such images for facial recognition, biometric profiling or AI dataset creation;

• Attempt to establish a child's school, residence, routine, location or other sensitive information from Website content; or

• Use Website content to harass, threaten, target or otherwise endanger a child or family member.

We reserve the right to remove, modify or restrict access to any content involving minors where we believe doing so is appropriate for privacy, safety or other legitimate reasons.

10. Location and Travel Information

ShikheeCares may contain travel stories, photographs and references to locations.

Such content may identify:

• Cities;

• Countries;

• Hotels or accommodation;

• Restaurants or attractions;

• Events;

• Places visited;

• Travel experiences; or

• General geographic information.

Because travel and personal stories may sometimes contain information about where Shikhee or her family have been, we take reasonable steps to avoid intentionally publishing information that would unnecessarily expose sensitive personal details such as private residential addresses, real-time whereabouts, private contact information or other information that could create an unreasonable safety or privacy risk.

Travel stories may also be published after the relevant event rather than in real time.

However, readers should understand that publicly available content can sometimes be combined with information from other sources. No online publication can completely eliminate the possibility of such inference.

11. Information About Other People Appearing in Stories

Shikhee may occasionally write about experiences involving friends, relatives, colleagues, mentors, professional contacts or other individuals.

Where another person is mentioned or appears in content:

• Information will generally be shared because it forms part of the relevant story or experience;

• Shikhee may use names, photographs or contextual details where she considers their inclusion appropriate;

• Sensitive personal information will not intentionally be published merely for curiosity or unnecessary exposure; and

• Where appropriate, identifying details may be omitted, changed, generalised or otherwise limited.

If you believe that a story, photograph or other content on ShikheeCares identifies you in a manner that creates a genuine privacy or safety concern, you may contact us using the contact information provided below.

Requests will be reviewed reasonably and in good faith, although removal may not always be possible where content is necessary to preserve the integrity of an editorial, historical, professional or personal account, or where there is another legitimate reason for retaining it.

12. Publicly Available Content Is Not the Same as Publicly Reusable Content

An important distinction applies throughout ShikheeCares:

Content being accessible on the public internet does not mean that it is free for unrestricted reuse.

Articles, photographs, graphics, videos, personal stories and other materials published on ShikheeCares may contain copyright, personality rights, privacy rights, moral rights, trademarks or other legally protected interests.

Accordingly, users must not assume that Website content can be copied, scraped, archived, republished, monetised or incorporated into another website, publication, database, AI system or commercial service merely because it can technically be accessed.

Additional provisions concerning content and image usage may be set out in the Website's Content & Image Usage Policy.

13. Third-Party Services

ShikheeCares may use third-party services to help operate the Website.

These may include:

• Website hosting providers;

• Content management systems;

• Analytics providers;

• Email or newsletter providers;

• Spam and security services;

• Embedded video or image services;

• Social-media platforms;

• Website performance and monitoring services; and

• Other technical service providers.

Such providers may process certain information as necessary to provide their services.

Where a third-party service operates independently from ShikheeCares, its own privacy policy and terms may apply.

We encourage visitors to review the privacy practices of third-party services before interacting with them.

14. Social Media and Embedded Content

The Website may contain links to or integrations with social-media platforms, including platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

The Website currently provides links to Shikhee's social profiles.

Clicking on such links may take you outside ShikheeCares.

Third-party platforms may collect information about your interaction with their content according to their own policies. ShikheeCares does not control the privacy practices of such external platforms.

Similarly, embedded videos, posts, widgets or other third-party content may allow the relevant provider to collect information when the content is loaded or interacted with.

15. External Links

ShikheeCares may contain links to third-party websites, products, services, publications, organisations, destinations or other online resources.

These links may be provided for convenience, reference, storytelling or informational purposes.

We do not control the privacy practices of third-party websites.

Visiting an external website is subject to that website's own privacy policy, terms and practices.

You should exercise appropriate caution before providing personal information to any third-party website.

16. Professional, Beauty, Skincare and Lifestyle Information

ShikheeCares contains personal perspectives and experiences relating to subjects including beauty, skincare, motherhood, travel, work, leadership and other areas of life.

Information collected through the Website is not intended to be used to create individual profiles about visitors based on their health, beauty, parenting or lifestyle preferences.

Where visitors voluntarily provide such information in a message or enquiry, we will handle it with reasonable care and use it primarily for the purpose for which it was provided.

Visitors should avoid sending highly sensitive personal information through ordinary website forms or email unless specifically requested and appropriate safeguards have been provided.

17. Communications and Newsletters

If ShikheeCares introduces a newsletter, mailing list or similar communication service, you may be asked to provide information such as your name and email address.

Such information may be used to:

• Send newsletters;

• Share new articles or stories;

• Provide updates about Shikhee's work or activities;

• Respond to requests;

• Send other communications that you have requested or consented to receive.

You may unsubscribe from non-essential marketing or newsletter communications at any time using the unsubscribe mechanism provided in the communication or by contacting us.

We may continue to send essential administrative or transactional communications where reasonably necessary.

18. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell or rent your personal information.

Information may be disclosed to third parties only where reasonably necessary for purposes such as:

Service providers

We may use trusted providers that assist with:

• Hosting;

• Website maintenance;

• Analytics;

• Security;

• Email delivery;

• Technical support; and

• Other Website-related functions.

Legal requirements

Information may be disclosed where we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:

• Comply with applicable law;

• Respond to a lawful governmental or regulatory request;

• Comply with a court order or legal process;

• Protect against fraud or unlawful activity; or

• Protect the rights, safety or property of Shikhee, her family, visitors or others.

Business or structural changes

If the Website or its underlying operations are reorganised, transferred, merged or otherwise changed, information may be transferred as part of that process, subject to applicable law and appropriate safeguards.

19. We Do Not Sell Personal Information

ShikheeCares does not intend to sell, rent, lease or otherwise commercially trade personal information collected through the Website.

We also do not intend to provide visitor databases to advertisers, data brokers or unrelated third parties for their independent marketing purposes.

If our practices materially change in the future, this Privacy Policy will be updated accordingly and, where required, appropriate notice or consent will be provided.

20. Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures intended to protect personal information against:

• Unauthorised access;

• Accidental loss;

• Misuse;

• Unauthorised disclosure;

• Alteration;

• Destruction; and

• Other reasonably foreseeable security risks.

These measures may include appropriate access controls, secure hosting practices, software updates, authentication controls and other security measures appropriate to the nature of the information.

However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Accordingly, while we take reasonable precautions, we cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted to or through the Website.

21. Special Protection of Personal Photographs and Family Content

Because photographs and personal stories are an important part of ShikheeCares, we treat them differently from ordinary website content from a practical privacy perspective.

We may take reasonable measures to:

• Avoid unnecessarily publishing private contact information;

• Avoid unnecessarily publishing private residential addresses;

• Avoid publishing sensitive real-time location information where doing so could create a safety concern;

• Limit unnecessary identifying information about children;

• Remove or modify content where a genuine privacy or safety concern is identified;

• Restrict access to administrative areas containing unpublished personal material;

• Use reasonable technical safeguards for stored media; and

• Review requests relating to personal or family photographs in good faith.

However, once content has been intentionally published on the public internet, it may be copied, cached, indexed, screenshotted or otherwise reproduced by third parties without our permission.

We therefore cannot guarantee that removal of content from ShikheeCares will automatically result in removal from every third-party search engine, archive, social-media platform, website or other location.

22. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, unless a longer period is required or permitted by applicable law.

Retention periods may depend on:

• The nature of the information;

• The reason it was collected;

• Whether an ongoing relationship exists;

• Legal or regulatory requirements;

• Security and dispute-resolution requirements; and

• Legitimate operational needs.

Where personal information is no longer reasonably required, appropriate steps may be taken to delete, anonymise or securely dispose of it.

23. Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Subject to applicable law, you may have rights concerning your personal information, including rights to:

• Request information about personal data processed about you;

• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;

• Request deletion of personal information where applicable;

• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;

• Opt out of certain communications;

• Raise a complaint regarding processing of your personal information; and

• Exercise other rights available under applicable data-protection law.

Requests may be subject to reasonable verification requirements to protect against unauthorised requests.

Certain rights may be limited by law or may not apply in every circumstance.

24. Requests Concerning Photographs or Personal Content

If you believe that a photograph, story or other content on ShikheeCares:

• Contains your personal information that should not reasonably be publicly available;

• Creates a genuine safety or privacy concern;

• Contains an image of you that you believe has been published inappropriately;

• Contains information about a child that you believe should be removed or restricted; or

• Has been reproduced without appropriate permission,

you may contact us at:

info@shikheecares.com

Please provide:

• Your name;

• The URL of the relevant page, where available;

• A description of the photograph, story or information concerned;

• The nature of your concern; and

• Any information reasonably necessary for us to evaluate the request.

We will review genuine privacy and safety requests in good faith and take appropriate action where warranted.

We may request reasonable information to verify the identity of the person making a request, particularly where the request involves removal or modification of personal information.

25. Children's Privacy

ShikheeCares is not designed as a service for children.

We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information directly from children for the purpose of creating accounts, profiles or marketing databases.

If a parent, guardian or other authorised person believes that a child has directly provided personal information to the Website without appropriate consent, they may contact us.

Separately, children may appear in photographs or stories published by Shikhee as part of her personal and family content. The protection provisions described above apply to such content.

26. International Visitors

ShikheeCares may be accessible from countries outside India.

If you access the Website from another country, information collected through your interaction with the Website may be processed or stored in India or in another jurisdiction where our service providers operate.

By using the Website, you acknowledge that data-protection laws may differ between jurisdictions.

Where required by applicable law, appropriate safeguards will be applied to relevant cross-border processing.

27. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

Changes may be made to reflect:

• Changes to the Website;

• New features or technologies;

• Changes in the way information is processed;

• Changes in legal or regulatory requirements;

• Changes in third-party services; or

• Improvements to our privacy practices.

The updated version will be published on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.

Where required by applicable law, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent for material changes.

28. No Waiver of Legal Rights

Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to remove, restrict or waive any privacy, data-protection, copyright, personality, publicity or other legal rights that may apply to Shikhee, her family members, Website visitors or other individuals.

Nothing in this policy limits any rights or remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited under applicable law.

29. Governing Law

This Privacy Policy shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of India, subject to applicable mandatory provisions of law.

Any dispute relating to this Privacy Policy or the handling of personal information shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts and authorities having jurisdiction under applicable Indian law.

30. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, requests or complaints relating to this Privacy Policy or the privacy practices of ShikheeCares, please contact:

ShikheeCares
Email: info@shikheecares.com

For privacy-related requests concerning photographs, family information or other personal content, please clearly mention “Privacy Request” in the subject line of your communication.

We will make reasonable efforts to review and respond to genuine privacy requests within a reasonable period, subject to the nature and complexity of the request and applicable law.

31. Important Notice Regarding Personal and Family Content

ShikheeCares is intentionally personal.

Some of the most meaningful content on the Website may involve memories, photographs, stories and experiences relating to Shikhee's family and personal life.

Such content is shared for storytelling and personal expression. It should be understood in that context.

Access to such content is not permission to appropriate, reproduce, commercially exploit, profile, identify, track or otherwise use Shikhee or her family members as subjects of third-party activity.

In particular, the photographs and personal information of children and family members appearing on the Website should be treated with the highest degree of respect and should not be copied, redistributed, republished, used for AI training, facial recognition, advertising, commercial profiling or any other unrelated purpose without appropriate permission.

ShikheeCares reserves the right to take appropriate action, including requesting removal, reporting misuse to relevant platforms, and pursuing available legal remedies, where its content or the privacy rights of Shikhee or her family are misused.

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