Privacy Policy
Our Assertions
We are committed to an online privacy tagline that defines what data and information we gather while the user visits our website or else communicates with it, how we use it, and also when we may share it. This statement thus explains how we describe our website practices. It will never apply to how we mainly collect or use the personal information we gather from or about you as a client or a student website.
Our websites moreover may link to other third-party websites, services, websites or platforms that we do not control, including social media platforms collectively to be “Third Party Sites.” You should be aware that all Third-party Websites may have multiple privacy practices from our website and may offer reduced security than this website. The choice to access a third-party website is yours, at our sole discretion.
Kindly note that this Online Privacy Statement is also website to you when visiting the website, even if you use a mobile device. This Online Privacy Statement no longer relates to you after you leave our site or are routed to a third-party website.
What Information We Gather and How We Collect It?
In general, we work on gathering information and receiving certain information about you whenever you access the website. What we receive further, and how we obtain it, in a segment depends on what you do while accessing the website.
When the Information is provided to you, we collect it
We gather the information that is personally identifiable like your name, address, phone number, email and much more and non-personally identifiable information provided by you to us. For instance, if you request us to receive offers, alerts and notifications while you finish an online survey. Our business partners and service providers in addition might grant us some more information about you. But please mark that, except for the limited reasons where you pick to interact with us and give us your personal information directly, you do not need to submit any information that is identified as personal. You can, however, browse the website and review the content on the website without having to submit the data.
We even gather personal information provided by you while filling out the forms on the website, including the registration forms. We may also ask for your data while you enter a contest or promotion sponsored by us, or while you report an issue with the Site.
We further accumulate information while you use your website, automatically.
We may automatically collect information that is either personally identifiable or non-personally identifiable about you while you use our website.
Tools- Technologies to Monitor
Whenever you download, use and access our website, you use technologies and tools to quickly collect:
- Usage Data: We would gather certain information about your access to rapidly and use of the website. Thus, it would include traffic information, data, logs additional communication information and the sources that you use and access through the website.
- Device Information: We would grab the information about your device and an internet connection, involving the unique device identifier, IP address, operating system, browser system, telephone number of your device and the mobile network data.
- Collected Information and Files: The website would additionally collect and use the meta data and other details linked to your files stored on your device. Thus, it would include photographs, graphics, address book data, audio, video clips, personal contacts and others.
However, while you use the website or its content, specifically third parties might use tracking tools like web beacons, cookies and other quick information collection technologies to grab details about you or your device, whenever you access the website. These third parties might include:
- Parties who we use to gather payments on our behalf.
- The party manufacturing your mobile device.
- The party providing your mobile service.
The data they gather might be connected to your personal information, or they could obtain data about your online activity over time and from multiple websites, applications, and other online services websites. Comments on this behaviour, either alone or together, could be sent to us.
The tracking technologies employed by these third parties and their potential uses are beyond our control. Speaking directly with the competent supplier is the best course of action if you have any issues with an advertisement or other tailored content.
If in case you do not want us or any third party to grab this information do not download any page of the website or delete it from your device. When you visit the website, we or our service providers might potentially gather personal information about you. The Website and a few emails you could get from us may additionally make use of standard tracking technologies such as:
- Cookies: A cookie is typically a small text file that is positioned on your mobile or computer device to distinguish you from other visitors to the website.
- Web Beacons: A web beacon, also called a "pixel tag," is a little piece of code that is inserted into an email or on a website in order to track how you interact with the email or website, analyze traffic trends, and make you stand out from other users.
Advertising Behaviour
To assist us decide what offers or adverts would be of interest to you, we or our service providers may utilize information about your activity on the Site, including the pages you visit and the keywords you use to search for content. Either the Site or Third Party Sites may have these adverts. This kind of information is known as "online behavioural advertising." We think that based on the websites you visit, online behavioural advertising helps show you more relevant ads.
By following the guidelines in this Online Privacy Statement's "Your Options" section, you can choose not to receive online behavioural advertising. Please be aware that you will still receive advertisements even if you choose to opt out of online behavioural advertising. The advertisements you view, though, might not be as pertinent to you.
How We Make Use of the Data We Gather
Your online experience is enhanced by the data we gather about you and how you browse the web. We may use the data you give us or that we get from your visit to the Site, among other purposes, to:
- When using the Site, confirm your identification and/or keep in mind any personal preferences or settings
- Identify your needs and interests so that we can make appropriate product and service recommendations
- verify your eligibility for the goods and services you've requested and handle your transactions.
- Place advertising content on third-party websites and use pixel tags and web beacons to tell us and other parties about the pages you visit after seeing our offers or advertisements.
- Evaluate the effectiveness and calibre of the Website and advertising campaigns; Fulfill our responsibilities and uphold our rights under any agreements we may have with you, such as those about invoicing and collection; and
We notify you of any changes to any items or services we offer or supply through the website, as well as when updates are available. By relevant legislation, we may also use data that we gather in an anonymous or aggregate manner (i.e., so that it does not identify any specific customer) for a variety of business objectives, such as providing goods or services, conducting research, marketing, or examining marketing trends.
How We Transmit the Data We Gather
With our service providers, we might disclose personally identifiable information that you give us or that we get from our business partners and/or service providers. For instance, we offer service providers who send emails on our behalf with your email address. Non-personally identifiable information may also be disclosed to businesses that run or maintain the Site, as well as to third parties that handle advertising on our behalf. We do not give these third parties permission to gather, utilize, or disclose this information unless it's required to carry out services for us or to abide by legal requirements. Unless you give permission, these third parties are not permitted to independently market to you using the information we give them.
If you are a website customer, our customer privacy policy, which you can view by clicking here, will control how we share your personally identifiable information.
- There might be more situations where we give a third party access to either personally identifiable information about you or non-personally identifiable information about you. As an illustration:
- In compliance with their terms or as further authorized or mandated by law, to answer a subpoena, warrant, court order, or other official governmental acts that are served upon us;
- If we suspect fraud or for other risk management purposes
- In response to our regulators or other governmental authorities
- To protect or defend the website or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, or their directors, officers, employees, agents, partners, or independent contractors in any legal proceeding
- As required or permitted by law; or As otherwise instructed or authorized by you.
Online Security
In order to safeguard data as it travels from your computer to the network that hosts the Site, we have created and upheld security standards. The Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol is the most widely used data transfer security mechanism on the Internet.
On the other hand, you play a big part in keeping your information secure. For instance, make sure your computer is running the most recent versions of your anti-virus and anti-malware programs. Additionally, you should be aware that websites will never send you emails or make demands for sensitive personal information via the Internet. In a similar vein, never send us your private information via an insecure email channel.
You give us (or our service providers) permission to respond to you electronically if you communicate with us.
Additionally, you have discretion over the data you voluntarily or inadvertently provide to the website. The simplest course of action is to withhold personally identifiable information from us if it makes you uncomfortable. You are aware, though, that we might not be able to help you with some transactions if you do not provide us with this information.
Personal Information of Children
The target audience for the website, along with the goods and services it offers, is anyone who is at least 13 years old. You shouldn't be on the Site if you are younger than thirteen. We don't intentionally gather or keep personal data from kids younger than thirteen. It is encouraged that you do not reveal or supply any personally identifiable information on the website if you are under the age of thirteen and accessing or using the Site in any other way.
What if Anyone Visits the Website From Outside of India
If you don't live in India, you acknowledge and consent that any information you give us on the Site will be transferred from the nation where you now call home to India. Please do not submit us with any personally identifying information if you do not want it sent to India. You agree that your information may be sent to India by giving it to us.
NDNC Policy
By accessing the Website and/or registering to it, you consent to receive communications from us by phone, email, text message, or WhatsApp regarding our services, product knowledge, promotional offers that are running on the Website and offers from affiliated third parties. For these purposes, personally identifiable information may be gathered. You also permit us to call you on behalf of The Student Helpline for the aforementioned purposes for a full year after you registered with us, even if you have also registered under DND, DNC, or NCPR service. This privacy statement governs how The Student Helpline handles the personally identifiable data that it receives from you while you use its services and browse its website. This policy also governs how The Student Helpline handles personally identifiable data that The Student Helpline receives from its business partner. When you access The Student Helpline website, enter promotions, or use specific The Student Helpline products or services, this policy does not apply. Additionally, The Student Helpline might get personally identifiable information from our associates. We require your first and last name, email address, and contact number when you join Leapscholar. You are no longer anonymous to us after you create an account on The Student Helpline and log in to our services. To receive text messages and other services on your wireless device, you can also be asked to register your email address, pager, cell phone, and other devices during the registration process. By registering, you permit us to contact you via email or SMS with login instructions, any additional service requirements, and occasionally promotional emails or texts.
Corrections to the Online Privacy Declaration
This online privacy statement is subject to change at any time and without prior notice to you. It is your responsibility to periodically check this Online Privacy Statement to see if any modifications have been made. You agree to any changes made to this online privacy statement by using the site after they are posted.