Effective Date: 01 Jan, 2024

Welcome to Chhayanaut.org. Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

1. Information We Collect

• Personal Information: We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, such as your name, email address, and phone number, when you participate in certain activities like signing up for newsletters, submitting inquiries, or registering for events.
• Usage Data: Information on how the website is accessed and used, such as page views, site navigation patterns, and interaction with various functionalities.
• Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our site and store certain information.
• This privacy policy describes Chhayanaut’s treatment of personally identifiable information that Chhayanaut collects when the User is on Chhayanaut’s website. Chhayanaut does not collect any unique information about the user (such as the user’s name, email address, age, gender, etc.) except when you specifically and knowingly provide such information on the website.

2. How We Use Your Information

• To personalize your experience on our website.
• To provide, operate, and maintain our website.
• To manage user registrations and inquiries.
• For email communication, such as newsletters and event announcements, if you have opted in.
• To improve and expand our offerings.

3. Sharing Your Information

• We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal identification information to others.
• We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information with our partners, trusted affiliates, and advertisers.
• We may use third-party service providers to help us operate our instution and the website.
• Chhayanaut respects and protects the privacy of the individuals who access the information and use the services provided through them. Individually identifiable information about the user is not willfully disclosed to any third party without first receiving the User’s permission, as covered in this Privacy Policy.
• In general, users, parents, guardians, and students may browse this website to obtain data or information. However, in order to access classified information, one needs to use the credentials provided as a registered User.
• Like any institution interested in offering the highest quality of service to clients, Chhayanaut may, from time to time, send emails to the User and other communication to tell the User about the various services, features, functionality and content offered by the Chhayanaut website or seek voluntary information from the User.
• The entries in the records of Chhayanaut and/or the payment service providers kept in the ordinary course of business of Chhayanaut and/or the payment service providers with regard to transactions covered under these terms and conditions and matters therein appearing shall be binding on the user and shall be conclusive proof of the genuineness and accuracy of the transaction.

4. Security of Your Personal Information

• We adopt appropriate data collection, storage, processing practices, and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information.

5. Your Rights

• You have the right to access, update, or delete the information we have on you.
• You have the right to opt out of future communications.

6. Payment Rights

• Chhayanaut and/or the payment service providers shall not be liable for any inaccuracy, error or delay in or omission of (a) any data, information or message, or (b) the transmission or delivery of any such data, information or message; or (c) any loss or damage arising from or occasioned by any such inaccuracy, error, delay or omission, non-performance or interruption in any such data, information or message. Under no circumstances shall Chhayanaut and/or the payment service providers, its employees, directors, and its third-party agents involved in processing, delivering or managing the services be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever, including punitive or exemplary arising out of or in any way connected with the provision of or any inadequacy or deficiency in the provision of the services or resulting from unauthorized access or alteration of transmissions of data or arising from suspension or termination of the Services.
• Chhayanaut and the payment service provider(s) assume no liability whatsoever for any monetary or other damage suffered by the user on account of:
  (i) The delay, failure, interruption, or corruption of any data or other information transmitted in connection with the use of the payment gateway or services in connection thereto; and/or
  (ii) Any interruption or errors in the operation of the payment gateway.
• The user shall indemnify and hold harmless the payment service provider(s) and Chhayanaut and their respective officers, directors, agents, and employees, from any claim or demand, or actions arising out of or in connection with the utilization of the services.
• The user agrees that Chhayanaut or any of its employees will not be held liable by the user for any loss or damages arising from your use of, or reliance upon the information contained on the website, or any failure to comply with these terms and conditions where such failure is due to circumstance beyond Chhayanaut’s reasonable control.

7. Third-Party Websites

• Our site may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

• Chhayanaut reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

9. Contact Us

• If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please get in touch with us via our Contact page.