1. Introduction
Privacy Policy applies to the use of website, domains and all of the services offered by Grad Partners (also referred to as "we", "us", or "company"). This policy explains how we collect, use, disclose and protect your personal information that you provide while using our website or any other platforms.
Grad Partners platform has been designed to demonstrate the operating process and the various opportunities using our technology. This website for institutes and organizations, or third party, who have the rights to organize events, quizzes, case competitions, workshops, etc. for relevant target group. We enable communication and build engagement among the through prizes, certificates and during the opportunities being provided on our platform. The users / students can choose to register, share and participate in opportunities conducted by us or through various platforms.
We are strongly committed to protect your privacy and the secure use of your personal / business information. We will investigate instructions, carry out improvements from time to time in our platform to ensure that your data is safe with us. If you choose to use our platform, it means that you agree to this policy and the terms of service. We suggest to review the website for updates as they are effective immediately. If you disagree with this policy, please do not continue accessing the platform website and provide your personal information. Grad Partners won't take any liability if any information provided by you on our Platform is any wrong / false / duplicate/ illegal or incorrect in any way.
2. Scope and Policy
This privacy policy applies to all the users who access our platform and are therefore required to go through the privacy policy before sharing any personal information. If you already submitted any personal information to Grad Partners before going through this policy mentioned below, and you do not accept the same, including sharing any personal information, then you may request us to delete all the information shared by sending us an email at support@gradpartners.in
This Privacy Policy pertains to the services offered by Grad Partners and platform owned by Grad Partners. This does not apply to the bodies, organization, and institutions with which we are contracted and Third Party websites displayed / listed on our platform which may collect different personal information from the users. Part of our Grad Partners is not responsible or liable for, and Grad Partners does not make any representation concerning the privacy practices or policies of such third parties or terms of use of such websites. Nor does Grad Partners guarantee the accuracy and authenticity of the data / information / material / opinions / content available on such websites / platforms. Any inclusion or omission does not imply any endorsement by Grad Partners of such website, the website's provider, or the information on the website. Grad Partners recommends the users to check the privacy policies of such websites.
Grad Partners uses all reasonable precautions to treat Personal Information as confidential and suitable safety measures shall be implemented to protect from unauthorized access, improper use or disclosure, modification and unlawful destruction or accidental loss of the Personal Information.
3. Information Collection
Grad Partners offers plethora of services and to access them, a User is required to register after creating an account. For registration, we may collect information such as name, gender, address, nationality, email ID, phone number, academic data (for students), work experience (for individuals), name of the organization, designation and any other information required for various services, and future may include other optional requests for information to help us personalize our Platform for you. Grad Partners doesn't take any responsibility for any incorrect or fake information provided by you on our platform.
Grad Partners may use your personal information to send promotional content or newsletters regarding opportunities from Grad Partners, as you are a registered user. You can choose to unsubscribe at any time, or in some cases, we are forced to send you direct marketing without your consent, especially during purchasing interests. However, you have an absolute option to opt-out of direct mailers at any point of time by using any of the methods of such mailer or reaching out at support@gradpartners.in In the event of deletion of your account, please reach out at support@gradpartners.in for removal from all our email / mail server.
Grad Partners collects information that you send while accessing our platform, but not limited to the browser information, URL history, date and time, IP address, password between the browser and our Platform. If you are using mobile devices, mobile device manufacturer, type of camera, microphone or speakers, browser to provide the services like audio and video content as part of the opportunities you might choose to participate. We may use cookies / tracking tools to track your navigation and behavior on our Platform to understand about what you like, what you click, and other actions you take on our site and other sites. Cookies can help us provide information which is targeted to your interests. Our Platform uses session cookies to ensure that you have a good experience. You may always accept or decline our cookies by adjusting settings of your web browser. We use google analytics tools to understand user behaviors and preferences.
Grad Partners shall also collect your responses to the various opportunities, but not limited to prizes, submissions, payment details, subscription plans, build content shared with recruiter / institutions etc. For illustrative purposes, we may collect / share your name and personal information that we had used for interacting with you further, with the third party / partners who conduct some of the above programs, registered courses, feedback or other results/reports for the purpose of providing services effectively and efficiently.
4. Personal Information Protection
To prevent the misuse of your Personal Information including sensitive information, we protect your special information. To protect and maintain your sensitive information, it is important for you to protect those with access to your password and to your computer, laptop or any other device through which your account can be accessed. Create unique and difficult-to-guess password for your account, and sign out when finished accessing our platform while using a shared device.
5. Information Security
While registering on our platform, you will choose your own unique login credentials. It is the User's sole responsibility to keep the user ID, name, and Password secret and implement measures to ensure that the personal information is modified and used for providing services to you and as shared in compliance with laws. We take all possible precautions for protecting personal information, during transmitting personal information to Grad Partners especially when using any unsecured wireless network. We can't guarantee that it will be absolutely protected, and the Grad Partners and their employees will not be responsible / liable for any misuse of the data in case of breach of password / user ID, without any action by us.
Grad Partners may use your Personal Information to communicate with you. It can be done by multiple channels including but not limited to Email, calls, SMS, whatsapp, app or any other future platforms. If at any point of time you want to opt-out of such communication, please reach out to us at support@gradpartners.in
7. Disclosure of Law
Your Personal information may be shared by the Platform with any public authority, or process / search warrant / court order, if we have a belief / reason and / or bona fide belief that such preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to comply with such a response to any such authority to receive such information within the regulatory framework. However, provided we will also share / use such personal information to protect our rights in building, property or safety of Grad Partners, our users or the public as required or permitted by law. Grad Partners does not have any unsolicited control over other website and platform or services, except platforms that are managed by the company for orders such information has been provided on any such platform. Notwithstanding any conditions, we only use your email and other business contact, if any, and other basic personal information shared by you with third parties as described above and verify the identity of such persons and share information. Grad Partners will communicate with the users through calls, messages, email or notices posted on the platform.
Grad Partners may share / transfer your personal information without obtaining your prior consent for any internal, additional use and for research and development and may transfer such research, stats data / intelligence with an aggregated or non-personally identifiable form to third parties and affiliates. We and Partners employees and data processors, who have access to and are associated with the processing of sensitive personal data or information, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of every user's sensitive personal data and information. Grad Partners may also disclose or transfer users' personal and other information which a user provides, to another third party as part of reorganization or a sale of the assets of a Grad Partners corporation division or company. Any third party to which Grad Partners transfers or sells its assets will have the right to continue to use the personal and other information that a user provides to us. We will share your personal information to affiliates and group companies as part of the data processing for better customer experience. We will share your personal information with companies who provide services to help Grad Partners to provide the users with such services, to help Grad Partners communicate with users or to help maintain the platform. Generally these companies have a duty to keep your personal information highly confidential and protect. For example, we might share such personal information with our partners for the purpose of our communications services, our payment gateway services, etc. We reserve right to use and disclose the personal information collected in connection with the provision of these services to the organizers, after our privacy policy as listed. Users also sometimes referred to as participants / menteres etc. who are registered / have entered a competition / has entered / use the app are required carefully reading, but not limited to the Terms and Conditions.
8. Amendments
Grad Partners may update or amend this policy from time to time with or without advance notice. In case of significant changes in the way Grad Partners treats user's personally identifiable information, Grad Partners will notify users about such communication through website or email.
9. Data Integrity
Grad Partners preserves personal information for the purpose for which it was collected, and in accordance with this Privacy Policy or any applicable service-specific privacy notices. We review our data collection, storage and processing practices to ensure that we only collect, store and process the personal information needed to provide or improve our services. We take reasonable steps to ensure that personal information we process is accurate, complete, and current, but we depend on our users to update or correct their personal information whenever necessary.
If you have any questions, grievances etc. with respect to website or Privacy Policy, please free to reach out to us at support@gradpartners.in