PRIVACY POLICY

1. INFORMATION COLLECTED FROM YOU

1. When accessing the Platform through registration, log-in, or user account creation, making a product purchase (such as Test Series, eBook, Video Course, Live Classes, Books, or Mock Interview), taking a mock test, reading an eBook, viewing video courses, attending live classes, or engaging with the Platform through third-party websites and/or mobile applications, or any other form of communication, the Organization may collect/upload your personally identifiable information. This information may include your name, date of birth, gender, demographic details, photos, email address, telephone number, mobile phone number, credit card or debit card information, geographic location, mailing address, social media account details (including your list of contacts/friends), and examination preferences.
2. Organisation will use this information to validate you as a user when using the Platform, to provide the Service to you, including administration of your user account, to notify you of changes to the Service or about any changes to our terms and conditions or this privacy policy, to manage its business, including financial reporting and billing of its Service, for the development of new products and services, to send you newsletters, offers and promotion coupons to market and advertise its products and services by email, to comply with applicable laws, court orders and government enforcement agency requests, for research and analytic purposes including to improve the quality of the Service and to ensure that the Service is presented in the most effective manner for you and your device.
3. By registering on the Platform, you agree and confirm your consent to providing Organisation your aforementioned personal information, which is lawful, necessary and permissible. You at all times have the right to discontinue the use of the Platform. Organisation is not liable to provide you with its Services in the absence of or your refusal to provide the aforesaid information. Additionally, Organisation is not liable to ensure or maintain the same quality of its Services to you, as it may for a user who provides all the aforementioned information.
4. Any information provided by you under Organisation's "create a post" feature, comments, upvotes or otherwise any information that you provide on the Platform is not personal information and shall become part of Organisation's published content. Organisation may use the aforementioned information without your consent for purposes including but not limited to improving its products and services, developing new products and services and sending you messages about promotions and offers.

2. INFORMATION COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY

1. When you visit or interact with the Platform, apart from Organisation certain third-party advertisers and/or service providers may use technologies that automatically collect information about you for both transactional (e.g., confirmation of registration, notification of purchase made, etc.) and promotional (e.g., promotions, newsletters, etc.) purposes. Your information may be collected by Organisation or such third-party advertisers and/or service providers in the following ways: -
   1. Files: Every time you visit the Platform, Organisation servers automatically receive and log information from your browser and device used to access the Platform (such as IP address, device ID, details of your network operator and type, your operating system, browser type, and version, CPU speed, and connection speed). This enables us to validate you as a User, to understand your usage of the Platform and helps us to make changes and updates most suited to your needs and interests.
   2. Mobile Device:  When you register your mobile device or use the mobile device to access the App, In addition to the aforesaid, Organisation will also collect device information such as mobile device ID, model, and manufacturer details, operating system etc. for the purpose of improving the App's overall functionality and displaying content according to your preferences.

• Cookies: Cookies are data files placed on your device, used to keep track of information such as your interaction with social media websites, the content you click on, download, upload or share and other activity on the Platform etc. in order to improve your experience of the Platform by personalizing it to your preferences and usage trends.

1. Beacons: Web beacons are transparent graphic images used in our email communication to you, in order to understand customer behavior and improve the overall quality, functionality, and interactivity of the Platform.
2. Mobile Analytics: Mobile analytics software is used by Organisation to better understand and customize the functionality of the App's software on your phone. This is done by collecting information such as your frequency of the App's usage, the features you prefer to use on the App, where the App was downloaded from, Device Id, name of other mobile applications on your device, etc.
3. Payment /Purchase Information: In order to access certain paid features and services on the Platform, you may be required to create or log into a separate account on a payment gateway or website such as 'PayU' , 'PayTM' or 'Razorpay'. Once such an account is created, in order to process your payments/ purchases on the Platform, such payment gateway provider may require and collect your details such as name, address, phone number, email address and credit or debit card information, net banking information or details of any web wallets maintained by you. Any and all payments made/processed or details provided to or shared with such authorized payment gateway providers shall be stored directly by such payment gateway providers without any information passing through or related to Organisation. Organisation assumes no liability in respect of such payments and/or information shared with or provided to such authorized payment gateway providers. It is further clarified that the aforementioned information is only used in accordance with the provisions of the applicable law and in strict adherence to this Privacy Policy.

• Public Forums: Any information that is disclosed by you in the comments section or by way of the create a post's feature, becomes published information and Organisation shall not be held liable for the security of the same or any persona information that you disclose herein. You agree to exercise caution when disclosing any personal information or personally identifiable information in this regard.

1. Please note that we only use the aforesaid information to communicate with and/or improve the Service and to better understand our users' operating systems, for system administration and to audit the use of the Service. We do not use any of the aforesaid data to identify the name, address or other personal details of any individual.
2. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, any passwords, financial information such as credit or debit card details or other payment instrument details and any other information prescribed by law to be sensitive that may be collected by Organisation during your use of the Platform and the Services provided thereon, shall be referred to as "Sensitive Personal Data or Information".

3. LINK TO THIRD PARTIES

4. SHARING OR DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION COLLECTED

1. As a strict policy we will not disclose, share or exploit your information with anyone without your express permission.
2. However, we may be mandated under law or under contracts to make certain limited disclosures under the following circumstances:
   1. Legal Necessity: Organisation may share any of the aforesaid information, including your personally identifiable information or Sensitive Personal Data or Information, without obtaining a separate consent from you, if and when such information is requested or required by law or by any court or governmental agency or authority to disclose, for the purpose of verification of identity, or for the prevention, detection, investigation of any criminal activity, or for prosecution and punishment of offenses.
   2. Limited Disclosure to Service Providers: We may disclose your information (but not Sensitive Personal Data or Information) to our service providers and business partners ("Service Providers") for the purposes of betterment and improvement of our services including but not limited to hosting the Platform, payment processing, analyzing data, providing customer service, etc., for the purpose of making various features, services and products of Organisation available to you and investigating or redressing grievances. This will be in the form of aggregated anonymized data and will be under strict contractual arrangements that preserve the confidentiality and security of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
   3. User Data Disclosure: 
      1. Privacy Policy Overview:
         1. This Privacy Policy delineates our procedures for collecting, utilizing, and safeguarding user data.
         2. By utilizing our application and related services, you consent to the terms delineated in this policy.
      2. User Data Collection:
         1. We gather various user data, including but not limited to: Name, Date of birth, Gender, Demographic details, Photos, Email address, Telephone number, Credit card or debit card information, Geographic location, Mailing address, and Social media account details.
         2. This data is gathered to support features such as examination preferences, user test results, and leaderboards across our Android and iOS app as well as our associated website.
      3. Storage:
         1. User data is securely stored within our app and website databases.
         2. We employ industry-standard encryption and security protocols to safeguard user information.
      4. Usage:
         1. User data is utilized for the following purposes:
            1. Personalizing examination preferences
            2. Saving and displaying user test results
            3. Managing leader boards and user rankings
            4. We are using users' image information in user profile, user test results, and lead boards across our Android and iOS app as well as our associated website.
      5. Privacy and Security Measures:
         1. We prioritize user data privacy and security.
         2. Our practices comply with pertinent laws and regulations concerning data protection.
         3. We implement measures such as access controls, data encryption, and routine security audits to protect user information.
      6. Third-Party Services:
         1. We may utilize third-party services for data processing or analytics purposes.
         2. These third parties are required to adhere to stringent privacy and security standards.
      7. Data Sharing:
         1. User data may be shared with trusted third parties for specific purposes like payment processing or user authentication.
         2. We do not sell or lease user data to third parties for marketing purposes.
      8. Data Retention:
         1. User data is retained only for the duration necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this policy or as mandated by law.
      9. User Rights:
         1. Users possess the right to access, modify, or delete their personal data stored by us.
         2. Requests for data access or modification can be submitted through our designated channels.

• Limited Disclosures for improvement of services: Organisation may share the aforesaid information including your personally identifiable information (but not Sensitive Personal Data or Information) when it is required to be shared with sponsors, partners, advertisers, analytics companies or third parties for the purpose of marketing, advertising promotional offers, offering product information and market research, in connection with the Service. This will be in the form of aggregated anonymized data and will be under strict contractual arrangements that preserve the confidentiality and security of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

5. SECURITY OF INFORMATION COLLECTED

1. We take the security of your personal information seriously and use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data which is transmitted to or from the Service. Any transmission is at your own risk.
2. We keep your personal information for no longer than is necessary for our business purposes or for legal requirements.

6. HOW YOU MAY REQUEST DELETION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

ALL INFORMATION THAT IS PROVIDED TO ORGANIZATION BY YOU IS ERASABLE.
There may be a variety of ways you can delete your personal information from Organization. You can remove all the information that you have voluntarily provided us through the following steps.

1. Fill this attested Google form, to initiate the process of your information/profile deletion from Organization.
2. Fill it as per your preferences and specify to us all the information that you would like to erase from the organisation.
3. Your request will be processed within a day and all the information specified by you will be permanently deleted from Organization and all its extensions.
4. Contact Organization in case of any discrepancy, Email us at-

7. AMENDMENTS TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

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9. DISCLAIMER