privacy policy
1. Introduction
Welcome to directadmissioninbangalore.com.
directadmissioninbangalore.com (“we”, “us”, or “our”) operates the directadmissioninbangalore.com website, referred to in this Privacy Policy as the “Service”.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, protect, and disclose information when you use our Service.
We use your data to operate, maintain, and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Unless otherwise defined here, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions.
Our Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) govern your use of the Service. Together, these Terms and this Privacy Policy form your agreement with us.
2. Definitions
SERVICE means the directadmissioninbangalore.com website operated by directadmissioninbangalore.com PERSONAL DATA means information about a living individual who can be identified from that information, either on its own or together with other information we have or may receive.
USAGE DATA means data collected automatically through the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself, such as the duration of a page visit.
COOKIES are small files stored on your computer, mobile phone, or other device.
DATA CONTROLLER means the person or organisation that determines the purposes and methods for processing personal data. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are the Data Controller of your Personal Data.
DATA PROCESSORS, also called SERVICE PROVIDERS, means any person or organisation that processes data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use Service Providers to help us process data more effectively.
DATA SUBJECT means any living individual who is the subject of Personal Data.
USER means the person using our Service. The User is also the Data Subject when Personal Data relates to that person.
3. Collection and Use of Information
We collect different types of information for several purposes, including providing the Service, improving the user experience, responding to enquiries, and maintaining the security and performance of our website.
4. Information We Collect
Personal Data
While using our Service, we may ask you to provide certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. This may include:
0.1. Email address
0.2. First name and last name
0.3. Phone number
0.4. Address, city, state or province, ZIP or postal code, and country
0.5. Cookies and Usage Data
We may use your Personal Data to contact you with admission-related information, newsletters, marketing or promotional material, and other updates that may be relevant to you. You may opt out of receiving these communications by following the unsubscribe link where available or by contacting us directly.
Usage Data
We may also collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service or access it through a device.
Usage Data may include information such as your IP address, browser type, browser version, pages visited, time and date of visit, time spent on pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.
When you access the Service through a mobile or other device, Usage Data may also include information such as the type of device you use, your device ID, your device operating system, the browser you use, and other diagnostic information.
Tracking Cookies Data
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and store certain information.
Cookies are small data files that may include an anonymous unique identifier. A website sends cookies to your browser, which then stores them on your device. We may also use similar technologies such as beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to help improve and analyse our Service.
You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, some parts of the Service may not function properly.
Examples of cookies we may use include:
0.1. Session Cookies: We use Session Cookies to operate the Service.
0.2. Preference Cookies: We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and settings.
0.3. Security Cookies: We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
0.4. Advertising Cookies: We may use Advertising Cookies to serve advertisements that may be relevant to your interests.
Other Information
Depending on how you use the Service and what you choose to share with us, we may also collect other information such as gender, age, date of birth, location, education details, course preferences, college interests, phone numbers, and other information relevant to your enquiry or requested service.
5. Use of Data
directadmissioninbangalore.com may use collected data for the following purposes:
0.1. to operate, maintain, and provide the Service;
0.2. to notify you about changes to the Service;
0.3. to allow you to participate in interactive features of the Service when you choose to do so;
0.4. to provide customer support;
0.5. to collect useful information and analysis so we can improve the Service;
0.6. to monitor the use of the Service;
0.7. to identify, prevent, and resolve technical issues;
0.8. to fulfil any purpose for which you provide the information;
0.9. to carry out our obligations and enforce our rights under agreements between you and us, including billing and collection where applicable;
0.10. to send notices related to your account, subscription, enquiry, or service request;
0.11. to send information about services, admission opportunities, colleges, courses, deadlines, or events similar to those you have enquired about, unless you have opted out;
0.12. to use the information in any other way described when you provide it;
0.13. for any other purpose with your consent.
6. Data Retention
We retain your Personal Data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. We may also retain and use your Personal Data when required to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce our agreements and policies.
We may retain Usage Data for internal analysis. Usage Data is generally kept for a shorter period, unless it is needed to improve the security or functionality of the Service or we are legally required to keep it for a longer period.
7. Data Transfer
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction, where data protection laws may differ from those in your location.
If you are located outside India and choose to provide information to us, please note that we may transfer the data, including Personal Data, to India and process it there.
By submitting your information, you agree to this transfer.
directadmissioninbangalore.com will take reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We will not transfer your Personal Data to an organisation or country unless adequate controls are in place, including safeguards for your data and personal information.
8. Disclosure of Data
We may disclose personal information that we collect or that you provide in the following situations:
0.1. Business Transactions
If we or our related entities are involved in a merger, acquisition, restructuring, or sale of assets, your Personal Data may be transferred as part of that transaction.
0.2. Other Cases
We may also disclose your information:
0.2.1. to our affiliates, partners, or related entities;
0.2.2. to contractors, service providers, counsellors, colleges, admission partners, and other third parties who support our business or help us respond to your enquiry;
0.2.3. to fulfil the purpose for which you provided the information;
0.2.4. for any other purpose disclosed when you provide the information;
0.2.5. with your consent;
0.2.6. if we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of our company, users, customers, or others;
0.2.7. where required by law, regulation, legal process, or government request.
9. Security of Data
The security of your data is important to us. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure. While we use reasonable measures to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
10. Your Data Protection Rights Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
If you are a resident of the European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA), you may have certain data protection rights under the GDPR.
We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, update, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.
If you want to know what Personal Data we hold about you or want it removed from our systems, please email us at info@directadmissioninbangalore.com.
In certain circumstances, you may have the following rights:
0.1. the right to access, update, or delete the information we hold about you;
0.2. the right to rectification, meaning you can ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information;
0.3. the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data;
0.4. the right to request restriction of the processing of your Personal Data;
0.5. the right to data portability, meaning you can request a copy of your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format;
0.6. the right to withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your Personal Data.
We may need to verify your identity before responding to such requests. Please note that we may be unable to provide certain parts of the Service without some necessary data.
You may also have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the EEA.
11. Your Rights Under the California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)
CalOPPA requires commercial websites and online services that collect personally identifiable information from California consumers to post a clear privacy policy explaining what information is collected, how it is shared, and how the policy is followed.
In accordance with CalOPPA:
0.1. users may browse our site anonymously where possible;
0.2. our Privacy Policy link includes the word “Privacy” and is intended to be easy to find on our website;
0.3. users will be notified of privacy policy changes on this page;
0.4. users may request changes to their personal information by emailing us at info@directadmissioninbangalore.com.
Do Not Track Policy
Some browsers offer a Do Not Track setting that allows you to signal that you do not want to be tracked. Because there is no uniform standard for responding to Do Not Track signals, our website may not respond to every such signal in the same way.
You can enable or disable Do Not Track through the preferences or settings page of your browser.
12. Your Rights Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
If you are a California resident, you may have the right to know what personal information we collect about you, request deletion of your data, and request that your personal information is not sold or shared as defined by applicable law.
You may ask us:
0.1. What personal information we have about you. If you make this request, we may provide:
0.0.1. the categories of personal information collected;
0.0.2. the categories of sources from which the personal information was collected;
0.0.3. the business or commercial purpose for collecting or sharing the information;
0.0.4. the categories of third parties with whom we share personal information;
0.0.5. the specific pieces of personal information we collected about you;
0.0.6. the categories of personal information, if any, that were sold or shared as defined by applicable law;
0.0.7. the categories of personal information disclosed for a business purpose.
You may be entitled to request this information up to two times in a rolling twelve-month period. The information we provide may be limited to the personal information collected during the previous 12 months.
0.2. To delete your personal information. If you make this request, we will delete the personal information we hold about you as of the date of your request, subject to legal or operational exceptions. We may also direct relevant service providers to do the same. In some cases, deletion may be completed through de-identification.
0.3. To opt out of the sale of your personal information. We do not sell your personal information for monetary consideration. However, in some situations, a transfer of information may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” under California law.
If you ask us to delete or stop sharing your data, it may affect your experience with the Service and may limit some features that require personal information. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights.
To exercise your California data protection rights, please email your request to info@directadmissioninbangalore.com.
These rights are described under the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA. The CCPA became effective on 01/01/2020.
13. Service Providers
We may use third-party companies and individuals to help operate our Service, provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related work, or help us analyse how the Service is used.
These Service Providers may access your Personal Data only to perform tasks on our behalf and are expected not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
14. Analytics
We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyse the use of our Service.
15. Development and Automation Tools
We may use third-party Service Providers to support, maintain, or automate parts of the development and operation of our Service.
16. Behavioural Remarketing
We may use remarketing services to advertise to you on third-party websites after you visit our Service. We and our third-party vendors may use cookies to help inform, optimise, and serve ads based on your past visits to our Service.
17. Links to Other Sites
Our Service may include links to websites that are not operated by us. If you click a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s website. We strongly recommend that you review the Privacy Policy of every website you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of third-party websites or services.
18. Children’s Privacy
Our Service is not intended for children under the age of 18.
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 18. If you become aware that a child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we discover that we have collected Personal Data from a child without appropriate consent, we will take steps to delete that information from our records.
19. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will post the updated Privacy Policy on this page.
Where appropriate, we may notify you by email or through a notice on the Service before the change becomes effective. We may also update the effective date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for changes. Changes are effective when they are posted on this page.
20. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
