IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE OR ACCESS THE WEBSITE AND/OR OUR SERVICES.

This Privacy Policy describes the information, including Personal Information, that we collect from you and what may happen to that information. This Privacy Policy DOES NOT apply to information that you provide to, or that is collected by, any third-party, such as social networks that you use which are not in connection with our services.

This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to the provisions of the Terms of Use and the terms not defined here, have the meanings ascribed to them in the Terms of Use. This Privacy Policy and Terms of Use are effective upon your accessing or using the Website and/or use of our services. We encourage you to read the terms of the Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use in their entirety before you use the Website or our services.

For the purposes of this Policy, “Personal Information” shall mean any personally identifiable information relating to an identified or identifiable individual, including data that identifies an individual or that could be used to identify, locate, track, or contact an individual. Personal Information includes both directly identifiable information, and indirectly identifiable information such as date of birth, unique mobile or wearable device identifier, information that could be used to identify a household, telephone number, key-coded data, or online identifiers, such as IP addresses, and includes any data that constitutes “personal data” under the Data Protection Law (as defined hereinafter). It shall also include information including, but not limited to:

1. first and last name, postal address and an email address or other contact information,
2. age,
3. educational qualification,
4. a username and password you will use to access the Website; and
5. financial information such as bank account or credit card or debit card or other payment instrument details (if provided)
6. all information gathered during any correspondence or interaction between you and us via emails, chats, telephone calls, SMSs, WhatsApp messages posts on public forums etc.
7. any detail relating to the above clauses as provided to us for providing service; and (viii) any of the information received under above clauses by us for processing, stored or processed under lawful contract or otherwise.

All the Personal Information as mentioned above is collected, stored, and processed as per the Indian Information Technology Act, 2000, Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 or any other applicable data protection, data security or privacy law (“Data Protection Law”). Personal Information of the Users residing outside India is collected stored and processed as per the data protection laws in their respective jurisdictions such as EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (the “GDPR”) to the extent possible in consonance with the Indian Data Protection Laws as mentioned above.

1. LEGAL BASIS OF PROCESSING PERSONAL INFOMRATION

We process your Personal Information on the following legitimate basis as also mandated under certain applicable laws:

• Consent: Processing based on your consent

1.2 Legitimate interests:  Processing in furtherance of our legitimate interests to provide and personalise our services to you including our interests to conduct legitimate business activities (such as improving our products and services, to communicate with you, to secure our systems, among other legitimate interests like processing of payment, fraud detection, for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims; or you have made the data manifestly public.

1.3 Compliance with legal obligations: We may process your personal data if necessary for us to comply with a legal obligation arising under an applicable law to which we are subject.

2.   TYPE OF INFOMRATION WE COLLECT

 2.1 Information You Provide Us

Personal Information as defined above is collected by us when you browse or use our website and when you register as a user to subscribe to our services. We collect, process, and store your Personal Information, to provide a safe, efficient, and customized experience to our Users accessing the Website. You can browse through the Website without giving any Personal Information about yourself or by creating an account to avail of our services on the Website. These services shall include but not be limited to providing the Users with online courses, participate in public forums, sign-up for email, calls and SMS, WhatsApp updates, purchase our services. To register and create an account (“Account”), you may be required to provide us with your contact and identity information and other Personal Information as indicated on the Website and complete the registration process. Where possible, we indicate which fields are mandatorily required and which fields are optional. You always have the option to not provide information by choosing not to use a particular service or feature on the Website unless we require it so. Your Account Personal Information is protected by a password for your privacy and security. You need to prevent unauthorized access to your Account and Personal Information by selecting and protecting your password appropriately and limiting access to your mobile phone and browser by signing off after you have finished accessing your Account. We advise you to not share login credentials/Account information with anyone to avoid unauthorized access.

2.2 Information Automatically Collected/ Acquired Information

2.2.1. Location Information and IP Address: When you access the Website, your IP (“Internet Protocol”) address is recorded by us. This method ensures smooth operations and protection against attacks and requires the user’s IP address to be saved for the duration of the session. We may be able to determine from an IP address a User’s Internet Service Provider and the geographic location of his or her point of connectivity.

2.2.2. Device Information: We collect information about the apps, browsers, and devices you use to access our website, which helps us provide features like automatic service updates. The information we collect includes unique identifiers, browser type and settings, device type and settings, operating system, mobile network information including carrier name and phone number, and application version number.

2.2.3. Behavioural Information: We may automatically track, collect, and aggregate certain information about you based upon your behaviour on our Website or while accessing our services. We may use such information to do internal research on our users’ demographics, interests, and behaviour to better understand, protect and serve our Users. This information is compiled and analysed on an aggregated basis.

2.2.4. Cookies: The Website may use cookies and tracking technology depending on the features offered. We urge you to consult our cookie policy, available on our website, to understand the cookies processed by us. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our website. Some of our business partners may use cookies on our website. However, we have no access to or control over these cookies. Aggregate cookie and tracking information may be shared with third parties. By accepting this Privacy Policy as well as the cookie policy, you confirm your consent to Beeja House’s use of cookies and other such technologies. If you do not wish to accept cookies from our website, you may configure your web browser so that it does not accept cookies; however, you may lose certain functions available on our website.

You agree, if you send us personal correspondence, such as emails, calls, SMSs (including WhatsApp messages) or letters, or if other users or third parties send us correspondence about your activities or postings on the Website, we may collect and/or store such information.

2.3 Third-Party Tools

We may use certain third-party web analytics services on the Website such as Google Analytics or tools offered by Facebook and/or LinkedIn. The service providers that administer these services use technologies such as cookies, web server logs and web beacons to help us for various functions such as analyse how visitors use the Website, tracking user behaviour for marketing purposes, for provision of embedded services etc. The information collected through these means (including IP address) is disclosed to these service providers, who use the information to evaluate use of the Website. These analytic services may use the data collected to contextualize and personalize the marketing materials of their own advertising network. Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control.

2.4 User Generated Content: Content added, created, uploaded, submitted, distributed, posted by Users including but not limited to feedback, queries, chats, discussions is collectively referred to as, “User Content”. User is sole owner and responsible for the authenticity, correctness of all the UGC.

We may use your User Content, in a number of different ways in connection with the Services and Beeja House’s business as we may determine in our sole discretion. By submitting User Content through the Website, you hereby do and shall grant Beeja House a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully paid, sub-licensable (through multiple tiers) and transferable license to use, copy, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, perform, and otherwise fully utilise  the User Content in connection with the Services and Beeja House’s (and its successors and assigns’) business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Website (and derivative works thereof), publicly displaying it, reformatting it, incorporating it into marketing materials, advertisements and other works, creating derivative works from it, promoting it, distributing it, and allowing other users to do the same in connection with their own websites, media platforms, and applications (“Third Party Media”),

For clarity, the foregoing license grant to Beeja House does not affect your other ownership or license rights in your User Content(s), including the right to grant additional licenses to the material in your User Content(s), unless otherwise agreed in writing with Beeja House.

When you delete your User Content, they will be removed from the Website. However, you understand that any removed User Content may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time (but following removal will not be shared with others) or may remain with users who have previously accessed or downloaded your User Content or maybe retained by Beeja House for such period as stipulated under law.

If you have questions or concerns about the legal basis upon which we collect and use your personal data, you can contact us at dpo@Beeja House.education.

3. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

3.1 Provide, Customize, Maintain and Improve our Services

We are the sole owners of your Personal Information collected on this Website. We only have access to and/or collect Personal Information that you give us or that is collected while accessing our website, using our services or via e-mail or other direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone. We will use your Personal Information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us. We will not share your information with any third party outside our organization, unless otherwise specified in this Privacy Policy and/or other than as necessary to fulfil your request.

We may use your Personal Information and other information we obtain from your current and past activities on the Website to: resolve disputes; troubleshoot problems; measure your interest in the services provided by us, inform you about our products, services, and updates; customize your experience; detect and protect us against error, fraud and other criminal activity; enforce the Terms of Use; provide technical support; and as otherwise described to you at the time of collection. At times, we may look across multiple Users to identify problems or resolve disputes, and in particular we may examine your Personal Information to identify Users using multiple User IDs or aliases. We may compare and review your Personal Information for errors, omissions and for accuracy. Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via e-mail, calls, SMSs, WhatsApp Messages etc in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this Privacy Policy.

3.2 Participation in Online Courses, Public Forums and Signing Up for Updates

We use the Personal Information as provided by you for processing purposes, including but not limited to that of following attendance, progress, and completion of your online course. We may also share details regarding your performance in a given online course with the instructor/instructors or other designated individuals who assisted you in such course. This will help us modify, alter, and operate the online course conveniently. We may also collect student generated content in the form of various assignments, peer-grading feedback, responses related to the course data in the form of exams, surveys etc. We may collect or/and store such information as provided by you.

Beeja House may offer public forums. We may require your Personal information if you wish to participate and share your thoughts on these forums. Please keep in mind that such posts as shared by you will be available on our website and/or any related application, platform. We may collect and/or store such information as provided by you on these forums. We may also provide you with updates by either posting such updates on the Website or through letters, emails, calls, SMS, WhatsApp etc.

3.3 Communicate with You

We may use your Personal Information to contact you, send mailers and deliver information to you that, in some cases, are targeted to your interests, such as targeted administrative notices, services offerings, and communications relevant to your use of the Website. We may let you know about upcoming changes or improvements to our services. By accepting the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, you expressly agree to receive this information. If you do not wish to receive these communications, we encourage you to opt out of the receipt of certain communications in your profile. You may make changes to your profile at any time.

3.4 Advertisements:

We may also aggregate (gather up data across all Accounts) information and disclose such information in a non-personally identifiable manner to advertisers and other third parties for other marketing and promotional purposes. We don’t share Personal Information that personally identifies you with advertisers, such as your name or contact information, unless you ask us to.

3.5 Services Offered on the Website by Third Parties:

The Website may provide links to third-party sites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another application/website over which Beeja House has no control and will bear no responsibility. The information provided by you for such purposes is simultaneously collected by the Website and the respective third party. Such information provided by you is only processed for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the third party. This information is utilized by the third party in accordance with its privacy policy and the terms of the offer. Because we do not control the privacy practices of these third parties, you should evaluate their practices before deciding to use their services. You agree that we shall not be liable for any breach of your privacy of Personal Information or loss incurred by your use of these applications/websites.

3.6 Posting to Public Forums:

Please remember that if you post any of your Personal Information in public forums of the Website, such information may be collected and used by others over whom we have no control. You are to please note that these posts may be made available in the public domain.

4. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFER

Our website is primarily operated and managed on servers located and operated within India. However, your Personal Data may also be stored in third party data servers located in other countries where BEEJA HOUSE provides its products and services.

BEEJA HOUSE engages sub-contractors, service providers and other third parties for facilitating our products, service offerings and to offer support services to you, and your Personal Data may be transferred to servers of such sub-contractors, service providers and other third parties. Depending upon the location of our service providers, your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction. Where required under applicable law we will seek your express consent for such transfers. In all other cases, by consenting to this policy, you also provide consent to BEEJA HOUSE to transfer your Personal Data to BEEJA HOUSE affiliated companies, service providers or any third-party entity in locations around the world. We take steps to ensure that a degree of data protection which is similar to this policy is afforded to such Personal Data transferred. BEEJA HOUSE will always ensure transfer of your personal information internationally, will be in accordance with the applicable legal requirements.

5. PROCESSING AND STORAGE

User Data is processed and stored on Beeja House’s internal servers. All User data is either stored manually or electronically. Any data stored electronically will be stored in secure servers, and any data stored manually will be stored in our premises.

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 data transmitted to our websites and any transmission is at your own risk.

6. WITH WHOM YOUR PERSONAL INFOMRATION IS SHARED

6.1 We do not rent, sell, or share your Personal Information with other people (save with your consent) or non-affiliated companies except to provide our products or services, or under the following circumstances:

• We will share your Personal Information with our members, employees and directors who need it to deliver the services, complete your request or carry out your instructions.
• To provide the Personal Information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with us under confidentiality agreements. These entities may use your Personal Information to assist us in providing our services to you and help us communicate with you about offers from us and our marketing partners.
• To respond to summons, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.
• To share Personal Information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of Terms of Use, or as otherwise required by law.
• To transfer Personal Information about you if we are acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, we will notify you and take your prior consent before Personal Information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy; and
• From time to time, to reveal general statistical information about our website and visitors, such as number of visitors, number and type of products and services purchased, etc.

 In addition to the circumstances described above, BEEJA HOUSE may disclose User’s Personal Information if required to do so:

• by law, required by any enforcement authority for investigation, by court order or in reference to any legal process.
• to conduct our business.
• for regulatory, internal compliance and audit exercise(s)
• to secure our systems; or
• to enforce or protect our rights or properties of BEEJA HOUSE or any or all its affiliates, associates, employees, directors, or officers or when we have reason to believe that disclosing Personal Information of User(s) is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing interference with our rights or properties, whether intentionally or otherwise, or when anyone else could be harmed by such activities.
• Such disclosure and storage may take place without your knowledge. In that case, we shall not be liable to you or any third party for any damages howsoever arising from such disclosure and storage.

7. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR DATA?

We may retain Personal Information for as long as it is necessary. It may be archived as long as we believe that the purpose for which it was used still exists or as necessary for our legitimate business interests or for complying with legal obligations or for a period as mentioned in the applicable Laws.

There will be some residual information in anonymised form that shall remain with us within our logs, database, and other records. Such residual information may or may not include Personal Information. Please also note that we shall retain your Personal Information if we require the same for complying with a legal obligation.

8. DATA SECURITY

We endeavour to safeguard the User’s Personal Information by adhering to strict security guidelines and protect it against unauthorized access. Website has stringent security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. All Personal Information you provide is transmitted using minimum AES-128 encryption system. All your activity on our website from the time you logon until you logoff is encrypted with an SSL certificate to ensure it remains private. We neither capture nor store your credit/debit card information. However, we cannot guarantee.

9. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Beeja House does not engage in the collection, processing, storage, use, dissemination, and transfer of Personal Data of children. We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under legal age which can vary from jurisdictions.  If a child, the age of 13 has provided us with the personal information online such processing shall be lawful only if and to the extent that consent is given or authorised by the holder of parental responsibility over the child. In the event BEEJA HOUSE becomes aware that the User is a minor or below the legal age to consent in the jurisdiction concerned, BEEJA HOUSE reserves its right to terminate all services to such User/ Account without any prior notice.

10. RIGHTS AVAILABLE TO THE USER

• You have a right to access and rectify the record of your personal data maintained by the Beeja House if it is inaccurate.
• You may request that the Beeja House erase that data, subject to certain exceptions.
• You have the right to object, at any time to processing if you have concerns that Beeja House is using your data for direct marketing purposes.
• You have a right to restrict processing. If the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of their use instead.
• When technically feasible, the Beeja House will, at your request provide your personal data to you or transmit it directly to another controller.
• You may also request additional information about the purpose of the processing; the categories of personal data concerned; who else outside the Beeja House might have received the data from Beeja House; what the source of information was; and how long it will be stored.
• If access cannot be provided within a reasonable time frame, the Beeja House will provide you with a date when the information will be provided.

In the event you wish to exercise any of the above, you may send your written request to support @beeja.education .

11. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to update, change or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. The amendment to this Privacy Policy shall come to effect from the time of such update, change or modification. We, therefore, encourage you to check and read this Privacy Policy from time to time to familiarize yourself with such updates.

12. THE OPT-OUT PRACTICE

In the event you have any complaints about the Website, its contents or anything related thereto or if you wish to make a complaint regarding any violation of the provisions of the Privacy Policy, you may send a written complaint to the Grievance Officer, who shall redress the complaint within one (1) month from the date of receipt of the complaint. Our contact details are as follows.