Privacy Statement

Thank you for visiting our web site.

We, Tejgyan Global Foundation ("Foundation"; "Us"; "We"; "Our") are the owners of the website https://tejgyanglobal.org/ referred to as ("Website"). We respect data privacy rights and are committed to protecting personal information collected on the Website. This privacy policy ("Privacy Policy") sets forth how we collect, use and protect the personal information collected on the Website. Access to the Website is subject to Terms of Use available on the Website, capitalized terms used and not defined in this Privacy Policy, shall have the same meaning ascribed to them in the Terms of Use.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully.

1. WHAT DATA DO WE COLLECT?

To sign up and use our Services available on the Website such as the "donation portal", "Meditation Retreat "registration form, various other registrations for services provided by us or to get in touch with us through the 'contact us', 'write to us' or 'partner with us' page on the Website, you are required to provide us with information including but not limited to your full name and names of your family members, your mobile number, email address, profession, education, date of birth, PAN Number, Identity proof such as driving license and Passport numbers; location details, etc. for the sake of brevity, the aforementioned information shall be referred to as "Personal Information". We may collect such Personal Information. Further, during your access and use of the Website, we may collect additional information from and about you which may become part of the Personal Information.

We also collect certain non-personal information on the way you use our Website, through certain tools. This is done primarily to enhance user experience. These tools collect certain information which helps us understand how many visitors have visited the Website and also, their behaviour.

Cookies-We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track user traffic patterns. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our service. If you wish to not have the information these technologies collect, used for the purpose of serving you targeted ads the Help menu on the menu bar of most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to disable cookies altogether etc.

Accuracy of information. Please make sure that any Personal Information you share with us is accurate and up to date information. If you are sharing any Personal Information on behalf of a third person, you should ensure that you are authorized to do so.

2. WHAT DO WE DO WITH YOUR DATA?

We use Personal Information for the following purposes:

(i) to provide you with information about our Services;

(ii) for creation or development of business intelligence or data analytics in relation to the Services provided by us on our Website (for this purpose we may share the Personal Information with certain software or tools available

(iii) to improve the Services;

(iv) to address your queries;

(v) to run marketing and promotional campaigns,

(vi) to maintain leads;

(vii) for administration/billing;

(viii) to manage our relationship with you;

(ix) to provide you information that we may believe may be of your interest;

(x) for internal record keeping; and

(xi) to comply with our legal and/or statutory obligations.

3. WHO DO WE DISCLOSE YOUR DATA TO?

Your Personal Information is kept secure. Only authorized employees, agents and contractors (who have agreed to keep information secure and confidential) have access to this information. All emails and newsletters from this Website allow you to opt out of further mailings. We do not sell, rent, share, distribute, lease or otherwise provide your Personal Information to third parties, without your prior consent. Keeping this in mind, we may disclose your Personal Information in the following cases:

• Participants: We may share your Personal Information to other Participants.
• Affiliates: We may provide your Personal Information to our affiliates to enable them to promote our Website.
• Service Providers: We may share your Personal Information with the service providers who work with us in connection with operating the Website and/ or Services. All such service providers are subject to stringent confidentiality restrictions consistent with this Privacy Policy.
• Consultants and Marketing Agencies: We may share your Personal Information with consultants and joint marketers with whom we have a marketing arrangement, we would require all such joint marketers and consultants to have written contracts with us that specify appropriate use of your Personal Information, require them to safeguard your Personal Information, and prohibit them from making unauthorized or unlawful use of your Personal Information.
• Merger or Acquisition: We may transfer your Personal Information if we are acquired by another entity, or if we merge with another company or transfer a part of our business, including the Website, to a third party. Any such third party or resultant entity that receives your Personal Information shall have the right to continue to use your Personal Information in line with the purposes set out herein. In the event of such a sale or transfer, we may notify you.
• Legal and Regulatory Authorities : We may disclose your Personal Information in order to comply with our legal obligations/ court orders/ requests by Govt. authorities.

We will retain your Personal Information as long as it is required to be retained for the purpose of operating our Website or Services and to comply with our legal obligations. Subject to this section, we will try to delete your Personal Information upon reasonable written request for the same. Please note, however, that there might be latency in deleting Personal Information from our servers. For more information on where and how long your Personal Information is stored, and for more information on your rights of erasure and portability, please contact helpdesk@tejgyan.org.

5. OUR SECURITY MEASURES

Your Personal Information is stored on the Foundation's secure servers. Although we provide appropriate firewalls and protections, we cannot warrant the security of any Personal Information transmitted as these systems are not hack proof. Data pilferage due to cyber-attacks, unauthorized hacking, virus attacks, technical issues is possible, and we assume no liability or responsibility for it. You are required to be careful to avoid "phishing" scams, where someone may send you an e-mail that looks like it is from us asking for your personal information.

6. MINOR'S PRIVACY

You may use the Website if you are below 18 years of age, provided your parent or guardian consents to such use by you. If you are not old enough to have the authority to agree to our Terms, your parent or guardian must agree to our Terms on your behalf.

7. YOUR RIGHTS

You have the right to access your Personal Information in our possession, right to have us rectify or modify any such Personal Information, right to have us erase/delete your Personal Information, right to restrict us from processing such Personal Information, right to object to our use of your Personal Information. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact helpdesk@tejgyan.org.

8. CHOICE AND OPT-OUT

We may send you communications including but not limited to (a) notices about your use of our Website and Services, including those concerning violations of use, (b) updates, (c) promotional information regarding our Services, and (d) newsletters. You may opt out of receiving promotional emails and newsletters from us by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in those emails. Alternatively, you can opt out, at any time, by emailing [insert email address] with your specific request.

9. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our Website may contain links to other websites/applications of your interest. Please note that we do not have any control over such other websites/applications, and you will be accessing these websites/applications at your own risk. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such websites/applications and those are not governed by this Privacy Policy. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy policy applicable to such website/applications.

10. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

To the extent permissible under the law, we shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, data, information, or other intangible losses (even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages), arising out of this Privacy Policy.

11. GOVERNING LAWS AND DISPUTES

This Privacy Policy shall be construed and governed by the laws of India without regard to principles of conflict of laws. Any dispute arising, between you and Us shall be submitted to exclusive jurisdiction of the courts at Pune, India.

12. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time and you are encouraged to check this Privacy Policy on a regular basis to be aware of the changes made to it. We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted on the Website.

This Privacy Policy was last modified on August 2021.

13. CONTACT US

If you have any questions or concerns or grievances regarding this Privacy Policy, you can email us at our grievance email-address helpdesk@tejgyan.org.