Privacy Policy Last updated: 2024
Privacy Policy at The Belgaum Tech
This Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy / Policy") outlines the privacy practices for The Belgaum Tech, operated by [Company Name] ("we," "us," or "our") with regard to your ("you" or "your") use of the online platform www.thebelgaumtech.in ("Website"). This Privacy Policy, along with the Terms of Use, describes our practices regarding how we collect, store, use, share, and secure your personal information across our Website. It also outlines your choices regarding the use, access, and correction of your personal information, your rights concerning your personal information, and how to contact us or supervisory authorities in the event of a complaint.
By visiting this Website, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using the Website, you indicate that you understand, agree, and consent to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use or access this Website.
We may review this Privacy Policy periodically to ensure it is up-to-date. As a visitor, please note that this Privacy Policy is subject to change at any time without notice. To stay informed about any changes, please review this Policy periodically. If you are our registered user, we will notify you before making changes to this Policy and provide you with the opportunity to review the revised Policy before choosing to continue using our services.
By "Personal Data," we mean any information that can either identify you as an individual ("Personally Identifying Information") or that can be connected to you indirectly by linking it to Personally Identifying Information.
COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
As a visitor, you can browse our Website to find out more about it without providing us with any Personal Data. When you visit the Site, we collect and store certain information to improve security, analyze trends, and administer the Website to assist us in enhancing customer experience. We collect your Personal Data when you register with us, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and services, participate in activities on our Website, or otherwise contact us. We will only collect your Personal Data if we have a proper reason for doing so, such as to comply with legal and regulatory obligations, for the performance of our contract with you, for our legitimate interests, or where you have given consent.
Our primary goal in collecting your Personal Data is to provide you with a safe, efficient, smooth, and customized experience. This enables us to offer services, tutorials, and content that meet your needs and to customize our Website to make your experience safer and more convenient.
We also use your Personally Identifiable Information together with other Personally Non-Identifiable Information to better understand our users and improve the content and functionality of our Website. The information we gather helps us personalize and continually enhance your experience on our Website. We do not voluntarily make this information available to third parties or use it for any other purpose, except as outlined herein.
When you visit our Website or make a purchase, we may collect a variety of information voluntarily provided by you, including:
• Contact Information, such as name, email address, mailing address, phone number, IP address, geographic location, or phone number.
• Information to verify your identity, such as date of birth, documents (e.g., ID details, passport, Aadhar, voter ID).
• Billing Information, such as debit/credit card number and billing address.
• Unique Identifiers, such as username or password.
• Reviews or ratings, syllabus and course preferences, account settings, and other information provided through our service.
• Information about your interactions with our service, including classes, study materials, courses, search queries, customer service interactions, device information, and standard web server log information.
We may also ask for this information when you enter contests or promotions sponsored by us and/or our partners.
If you make a payment for our products, we may redirect you to registered payment gateways such as Razorpay, CCAvenue, PayUbiz, and others. We do not store any card information on our servers. All payment transactions are processed through secure payment gateway providers.
USAGE AND RETENTION OF INFORMATION
We use the personal information we collect, including your Personal Data, to deliver the services you have requested, comply with legal obligations, and for our normal business purposes. We may use your personal information to provide, analyze, administer, and improve our services, personalize your experience on our Website, contact you about your account and our services, provide customer service, offer personalized marketing, and detect, prevent, mitigate, and investigate fraudulent or illegal activities.
We may also use your personal information to determine your general geographic location, provide localized content, customized study material, recommendations, and efficiently respond to inquiries and requests. Additionally, we may communicate with you concerning our service through email, push notifications, text messaging, and other online messaging channels.
SHARING AND DISCLOSING PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may engage Service Providers to perform services on our behalf or assist us in providing services to you. These Service Providers may have access to your personal information only for the purpose of providing their services and are not authorized to use or disclose your personal information except as required.
For customers in Europe: We may transfer your personal information from the European Economic Area and Switzerland to India. When we do, we use contracts to help ensure your rights and protections travel with your personal information.
YOUR RIGHTS
As a Data Controller of your personal information, if you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), your rights regarding your personal information include:
• The right to access, update, or delete the personal information we have on you.
• The right to rectification.
• The right to object.
• The right to restriction.
• The right to data portability.
• The right to withdraw consent.
You can access, edit, download, or delete your Personal Data associated with your profile in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You have the right to confirmation of whether we process your Personal Data and, if so, access to the Personal Data and certain additional information.
You also have the right to rectify any inaccurate Personal Data and to have any incomplete Personal Data completed. In certain circumstances, you have the right to erasure of your Personal Data without undue delay, subject to certain exclusions.
You may also have the right to restrict the processing of your Personal Data in certain circumstances and to object to our processing of your Personal Data for certain purposes. If the legal basis for processing your Personal Data is consent or performance of a contract, and the processing is carried out by automated means, you have the right to receive your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
If you believe our processing of your Personal Data infringes data protection laws, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. You also have the right to withdraw consent at any time, but withdrawal will not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal.
SECURITY
We take precautions to protect your personal information both online and offline. We use technical and administrative security measures to reduce the risks of loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, and alteration. Our security measures include firewalls, data encryption, physical access controls, and information access authorization controls.
If you believe your account has been abused, please contact us at [contact email]. We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes without your explicit consent.
COOKIES
We use Cookies to personalize and enhance your experience on our Website. Cookies are small files containing a string of characters stored on your computer or mobile device by your web browser. They help identify areas of our Website you have visited, personalize content, and track user trends.
Our Website uses Cookies to identify your preferences. Most web browsers can be set to disable Cookies, but if you do, you may not be able to access functionality on our Website correctly or at all. We do not place Personally Identifiable Information in Cookies.
THIRD PARTIES AND LINKS
We may share your details with other companies in our group, our agents, subcontractors, and Service Providers to provide services to you. We may also exchange information with third parties for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Our Website may contain links to third-party websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those third parties or other sites. We do not control or have responsibility for linked websites, and you access them at your own risk. Linked websites are not subject to this Privacy Policy, and you should review their individual privacy policies to understand how they utilize your personal information.
CONSULTING
We may use third parties to help us provide services to you, including service fulfillment, payment processing, site monitoring, data analysis, database maintenance, email administration, and content administration.
CHOICE
You have a choice about how we use your personal information to communicate with you, send you marketing information, provide you with customized advertising, and whether you want to stay signed into your account. If you do not wish to receive marketing communications from us, you can unsubscribe from email communications, update your communication preferences, or contact us to block promotional communication.
OWNERSHIP OF RIGHTS
All rights, including copyright, in this Website are owned by us. Any use of this Website or its contents, including copying, storing, or using it for commercial purposes, is prohibited without our permission. You may not modify, distribute, or repost content from this Website for any purpose.
The Site contains copyrighted material, trademarks, and other proprietary information owned by us. You may download, print, or save copyrighted material for personal use only. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or exploit any content from this Website without our express permission.
CONSENT
By submitting data to us or using the Site, you consent to our use of your data as outlined in this Privacy Policy.
CONDITIONS OF USE
We do not warrant that this Website, its servers, or emails sent by us or on our behalf are virus-free. We will not be liable for any damages arising from the use of this Website, including but not limited to direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, special, or consequential damages, loss of data, goodwill, business opportunity, income or profit, loss of or damage to property, and claims of third parties.
CONSENT TO THIS POLICY
The Terms of Use Agreement is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
GENERAL
Modification: We may modify the Terms of Use of our Website without prior notification. If you disagree with the modifications, you may terminate your account by emailing us at help@thebelgaumtech.in However, continued use of the service constitutes agreement to accept and abide by the modified Terms.