Privacy Policy for SurakshitBharatAbhiyan.org
Effective Date: 01 April 2023
SurakshitBharatAbhiyan (SBA), operating the website surakshitbharatabhiyan.org, is committed to protecting the privacy of its users, volunteers, and supporters. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, which is dedicated to “A Secure Bharat, A Strong Bharat: Shaping the Culture of Security and Loss Prevention”.
By using our website, you consent to the data practices described in this policy.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information that may personally identify you (“Personal Information”) and information that does not personally identify you (“Non-Personal Information”).
A. Personal Information You Voluntarily Provide
This information is collected when you actively interact with the website, such as by filling out a contact form, subscribing to a newsletter, or registering for an event.
- Contact Data: Your name, email address, mailing address, and telephone number.
- Professional Data: Organization/Company Name, Job Title, or other professional details if you join our Network.
- Correspondence Data: The content of any message or attachments you send us when contacting us directly.
- Donation/Payment Data: If you make a donation, we collect transactional information. Note: We use third-party payment processors (e.g., razorpay, stripe) and do not directly store your credit card or bank account details.
B. Information Collected Automatically (Non-Personal Information)
When you access the website, certain information is automatically collected through web analytics tools, log files, and cookies.
- Usage Data: Details about how you use our website, such as the pages you visit, the time spent on those pages, and the links you click.
- Technical Data: Your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, operating system, date and time of access, and referring/exit pages.
2. How We Use Your Information (Purpose)
We use the information we collect for the following purposes, which are directly related to our mission to foster a “security and loss prevention nationalistic culture”:
- To Provide and Maintain the Website: To operate, maintain, and improve our services, content, features, and functionality.
- Communication: To respond to your inquiries, questions, and requests (e.g., via the “Contact Us” form).
- Mission Engagement: To send you updates, newsletters, and other information related to the Surakshit Bharat Abhiyan, including for marketing and promotional purposes, provided you have opted in or have not opted out.
- Analytics and Improvement: To understand and analyze how you use our website, track trends, and gather demographic information to improve site design and content.
- Security and Fraud Prevention: To identify, prevent, and protect against security threats and fraudulent activity.
- Legal Compliance: To meet legal or regulatory requirements, especially those concerning data security and personal data handling under the IT Act 2000 and SPDI Rules.
3. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We are committed to data minimization and do not share Personal Information more than necessary. We do not sell your Personal Information to any third parties. We may share your information only in the following circumstances:
- With Service Providers: We use trusted third-party service providers to perform functions on our behalf, such as website hosting, analytics processing (e.g., Google Analytics), email delivery, and payment processing. These parties are contractually required to protect your information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.
- Legal Requirements: If required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with legal process, protect and defend our rights or property, or act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users or the public.
- Affiliates/Partners: With our project affiliates or partners who are involved in supporting the Surakshit Bharat Abhiyan, under the condition that they adhere to this policy.
4. Your Rights and Choices
As a user, you have certain rights regarding the personal data we hold about you. You can act on these rights by contacting our Grievance Officer (see Section 6).
- Right of Access: You have the right to request access to the Personal Information we hold about you.
- Right of Rectification: You can request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete Personal Information we hold about you.
- Right to Opt-out/Withdraw Consent: You can opt-out of receiving future emails or promotional communications from us by using the ‘unsubscribe’ link in any email or by contacting us directly. You may withdraw any consent you previously provided to us.
5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Like most websites, surakshitbharatabhiyan.org uses ‘cookies’.
- What are cookies? Cookies are small files stored on your computer that are used to store information about visitor preferences and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited.
- How we use them: We use cookies to analyze trends, administer the site, track users’ movement, and gather demographic information. This is to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on your browser type and/or other information.
- Your choice: You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. However, turning off cookies may affect the functioning of some parts of our website.
6. Data Security and Retention
We are committed to protecting your Personal Information.
- Security Measures: We implement reasonable security practices and procedures, including technical, administrative, and physical safeguards (e.g., SSL, encryption, firewalls) to protect your data from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or modification, in accordance with the SPDI Rules.
- Retention: We retain Personal Information only for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or as required by law.
7. Grievance Officer and Contact Information
In compliance with the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 (SPDI Rules), we have appointed a Grievance Officer to address user concerns.
If you have any questions or grievances regarding the processing of your Personal Information or this Privacy Policy, please contact:
Grievance Officer: Satyajit Roy (Founder and website owner)
Address: 6C Diamondn heights, 20/1 Chetla Road, Kolkata. 700027
Email: contact@surakshitbharatabhiyan.org
Phone: +91 9830749436
8. Children’s Privacy
Our website is intended for a general audience of professionals and interested citizens. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from anyone under the age of 18. If we learn that we have collected Personal Information from anyone under the age of 18 without parental consent, we will delete that information.
9. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5992927249578654"
crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
