Privacy Policy

Welcome to Vidyayan Skills Foundation. We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website www.vidyayanskillsfoundation.ngo (the “Site”) or participate in our programs, including our Skill Development, Digital Literacy, Women Empowerment, Youth Development, Entrepreneurship, and Education Support initiatives.

Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

 

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site depends on the content and activities you engage in, and includes:

Personal Data

Personally identifiable information, such as your name, shipping address, email address, and telephone number, and demographic information (such as your age, gender, hometown, and interests) that you voluntarily give to us when you:

 

  • Register on the Site or sign up for our volunteering/training programs.

     

  • Subscribe to our newsletters or updates.

  • Contact us via forms or email.

  • Make a donation to support our causes.

Derivative Data

Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.

2. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:

  • Administer, manage, and improve our skill development and educational programs.

  • Process your donations securely and issue tax-exempt or acknowledgment receipts.

  • Coordinate volunteering drives, cleanliness programs, and fitness campaigns.

  • Send you newsletters, updates, and marketing communications regarding the foundation’s impact.

  • Respond to your inquiries, support requests, or feedback.

  • Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.

3. Disclosure of Your Information

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties. We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

 

  • By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others.

     

  • Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, such as payment processing (for donations), data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, and customer service.

4. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

5. Policy for Children

We are dedicated to supporting underprivileged children through education. We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13 without verifiable parental/guardian consent. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without parental verification, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.

6. Your Privacy Rights

You may at any time review or change the information in your account or terminate your subscription by:

  • Contacting us using the contact information provided below.

  • Clicking the “unsubscribe” link included in our automated emails.

Upon your request to terminate your account or delete your data, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Vidyayan Skills Foundation

Website: www.vidyayanskillsfoundation.ngo