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Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is an electronic record in the form of an electronic contract formed under the information technology act, 2000 and the rules made thereunder and the amended provisions about electronic documents / records in various statutes as amended by the information technology act, 2000. This privacy policy does not require any physical, electronic or digital signature.

This privacy policy is a legally binding document between you and the FACI (both terms defined below). the terms of this privacy policy will be effective upon your registration on the website/application (as defined below) and will govern the relationship between you and the FACI for your use of the website/application. This document is published and shall be construed by the provisions of the information technology (reasonable security practices and procedures and sensitive personal data or information) rules, 2011 under the information technology act, 2000; That require publishing of the privacy policy for collection, use, storage and transfer of personal information including sensitive personal information.

Please read this privacy policy carefully. By registering an account on the website/application and agreeing to the privacy policy by checking the privacy policy tickbox, you indicate that you understand, agree and consent to this privacy policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not accept the privacy policy and/or use this website/application. You hereby provide your unconditional consent or agreements to the FACI as provided under the information technology act, 2000 and the rules and regulations made under therein.

By providing Us Your Information or by making use of the services provided by the Website/Application, You hereby consent to the collection, storage, processing, disclosure and/or transfer of any or all of Your Personal Information (as defined below), Sensitive Personal Information (as defined below) and Non-Personal Information (as defined below) by FACI, as specified under this Privacy Policy. You further agree that such collection, use, storage, disclosure and/or transfer of Your Information shall not cause any loss or wrongful gain to You or any other person.

When you visit our website http://www.faci.ind.in (“Website”), and more generally, use any of our Course/courses (the “COURSES”, which include in the Website), we appreciate that you are trusting us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this privacy notice, we seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it and what rights you have in relation to it. We hope you take some time to read through it carefully, as it is important. If there are any terms in this privacy notice that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Services immediately.

Please read this privacy notice carefully as it will help you understand what we do with the information that we collect.

DATA WE COLLECT

We collect “Non-Personal Information” and “Personal Information.” Non-Personal Information includes information that cannot be used to personally identify you, such as anonymous usage data, general demographic information we may collect, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, preferences you submit and preferences that are generated based on the data you submit and number of clicks. Personal Information includes your name, organization name, address, phone no and email ID, which you submit to us through the registration process at the Site.

STATISTICS COLLECTED VIA TECHNOLOGY

To activate the Service you do not need to submit any Personal Information other than your name, organization name, address, phone and email. To use the Service thereafter, you do not need to submit further Personal Information. However, in an effort to improve the quality of the Service, we track information provided to us by your browser or by our software application when you view or use the Service, such as the website you came from (known as the “referring URL”), the type of browser you use, the device from which you connected to the Service, the time and date of access, and other information that does not personally identify you. We track this information using cookies, or small text files which include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to a user’s browser from our servers and are stored on the user’s computer hard drive. Sending a cookie to a user’s browser enables us to collect Non-Personal information about that user and keep a record of the user’s preferences when enroll in our course/courses, both on an individual and aggregate basis.

“Sensitive Personal Information” includes special categories of Personal Information (e.g., racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data, data concerning health, and data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation) for which applicable law provides enhanced protections.

The table below describes the Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information that we collect, why we collect it, and our legal basis for processing it.

Purpose of Processing	Categories of Personal Information	Legal Basis
As part of the admissions process, we collect applicant Personal Information to evaluate applications. We also may obtain Personal Information from third parties, such as other schools, references, family members, and education partners (e.g., The Common Application, as part of an application package.	Name, address, contact details, race/ethnicity, demographic information, educational history, reference letters, and other relevant information as part of the application package.	Legitimate Interest: Personal Information collected through the graduate or undergraduate application is necessary to evaluate candidates for admissions and for our internal statistical and analytics purposes. Consent: Processing of Sensitive Personal Information for purposes stated above
To evaluate and determine whether financial aid opportunities are available to an applicant	Name, address, contact details, demographic information, salary history, tax forms and other relevant information to evaluate financial aid eligibility and opportunities.	Legitimate Interest: Personal Information collected through the financial aid application is necessary to evaluate whether the applicant is eligible to receive financial aid and for our internal statistical and analytics purposes. Consent: Processing of Sensitive Personal Information for purposes stated above

To support course registration	Name, FACI Unique ID, contact information	Legitimate Interest: Personal Information collected for matriculated students, staff, faculty and members of the public, as appropriate for the course, to register in courses or classes
To provide online/hybrid training, online/hybrid academic courses, and other online/hybrid educational programs	Name, FACI unique ID, contact information, demographic information, platform usage and interaction, student-provided data and content	Legitimate Interest: To facilitate provision, administration, instruction, and quality improvement of platform use, courses, learning, and teaching/instruction to matriculated students, staff, faculty, and members of the public, as appropriate for the course
To enroll interested individuals in research opportunities	Name, contact information	Legitimate Interest: Upon request from the individual, inform registrants about research opportunities
To process employment applications	Name, FACI Unique ID (if available), demographic information, resumes	Legitimate Interest: For individuals interested in employment opportunities, processing applications
To request and receive donations, and assess donor and prospective donor giving activities	Name, contact information, demographic and biographic information, affiliation to respective university , giving history, payment information.	Legitimate Interest: To collect and process donations/gifts and donor and prospective donor information
To receive brochures or other information	Name, contact information	Legitimate Interest: To send brochures or other requested information
To submit requests for enrollment/registration (e.g., IT, help desk, help line, CAPS, etc.)	Name, FACI Unique ID, contact information	Legitimate Interest: To process service requests from students, staff and faculty Contract: If there is a contract that governs your use of such services, Personal Information is processed pursuant to that contract
Website account registration	Name, contact information, alumni status	Legitimate Interest: For websites that require registration for access, to facilitate the registration

COOKIE POLICY

This Cookie Policy applies to the cookies we use when you visit main website (firstaidcouncilofindia.ind.in) and other websites that we own or control and link or refer to this Cookie Policy (together, the “Sites”).

This cookie policy provides you with more information about cookies, what types of cookies we use and how we use them. Our Sites use cookies with the intention of providing you with a user experience that best suits your needs, while concurrently allowing us to improve the design and functionality of our Sites. Cookies can be adjusted or disabled, and this policy provides you with instructions to do so.

A cookie is a file designed to contain a small amount of user and website information stored on a user’s computer. The file interacts with the user and the website to provide a webpage tailored to the user through its awareness of information held within the file. Cookies also have the ability to carry all or parts of the information stored within the file to other websites that the user may visit or to third parties.

Types of Cookies

A third-party cookie is placed by a domain other than that of the website the user is visiting.

A session cookie is temporary, linking the actions of a user during the any given browser session. When the browser is closed, the cookie is deleted.

A permanent cookie, also known as a persistent cookie, is stored for a specific period of time and activates each time the user visits the website that created the cookie.

Our Use of Cookies

We use third-party, session and persistent cookies and similar technology to collect aggregate (non-personal) information about Sites usage by all of our visitors and to help us remember you and your preferences when you revisit the Sites. These cookies may stay on your browser into the future until they expire or you delete them. We also use technology to remember you the next time you log in. Some of these cookies are erased when you close your browser window and some persist for a period of time. Further general information about cookies and how they work is available at www.allaboutcookies.org.

We may allow selected third parties to place cookies through the Sites to provide us with better insights into the use of the Sites or user demographics or to provide relevant advertising to you. These third parties may collect information about a user’s online activities over time and across different websites when he or she uses our Sites.

How many times you visit our website and Knowledge Base

The Company may use both persistent and session cookies; persistent cookies remain on your computer after you close your session and until you delete them, while session cookies expire when you close your browser.

Analytics

Information about our website visitors is also collected through the use of Google Analytics. That software collects information about our visitors such as pages visited, duration of time on site, browser and general device information, etc. We use these statistical tools to analyze our website’s usefulness to our visitors and make improvements when needed. Google’s privacy policy can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-IN&fg=1

Data/Information you provide us by registering for an account.

In addition to the information provided automatically by your browser when you visit the Site, to become a subscriber to the course/courses you will need to create a personal profile. You can create a profile by registering with the respective course and entering your name, organization name, address, phone and email, and creating a user name and a password. By registering, you are authorizing us to collect, store and use your name, organization name, address, phone and email in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

HOW WE USE AND SHARE INFORMATION

Personal Information

Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, trade, rent or otherwise share for marketing purposes your Personal Information with third parties without your consent. We do share Personal Information with information Centre who are performing services for the organization, such as the servers for our email communications who are provided access to user’s email address for purposes of sending emails from us. Those vendors use your Personal Information only at our direction and in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

In general, the Personal Information you provide to us is used to help us communicate with you. For example, we use Personal Information to contact users in response to questions, solicit feedback from users and provide technical support.

Non-Personal Information

In general, we use Non-Personal Information to help us improve the Service and customize the user experience. We also aggregate Non-Personal Information in order to track trends and analyze use patterns on the Site. This Privacy Policy does not limit in any way our use or disclosure of Non-Personal Information and we reserve the right to use and disclose such Non-Personal Information to our partners, advertisers and other third parties at our discretion.

In the event we undergo a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition by another company, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your Personal Information may be among the assets transferred. You acknowledge and consent that such transfers may occur and are permitted by this Privacy Policy, and that any acquirer of our assets may continue to process your Personal Information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. If our information practices change at any time in the future, we will post the policy changes to the Site so that you may opt out of the new information practices. We suggest that you check the Site periodically if you are concerned about how your information is used.

HOW WE PROTECT DATA

We implement security measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access. Your account is protected by your account password and we urge you to take steps to keep your personal information safe by not disclosing your password and by logging out of your account after each use. We further protect your information from potential security breaches by implementing certain technological security measures including encryption, firewalls and server security software. However, these measures do not guarantee that your information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of such firewalls and server security software. By using our Service, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to assume these risks.

Confidentiality and Security

We consider information we have about you to be confidential, including the fact that you are a customer of the Company. We restrict access to non public personal information about you to those persons who need to know that information in order to provide trust and fiduciary services to you. We have reasonable security policies in place. We also maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with applicable regulatory standards to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

YOUR RIGHTS REGARDING THE USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You have the right at any time to unsubscribe in the “Account Settings” section of the Site or by writing an email to “[email protected]”. Please note that notwithstanding the preferences you indicate by either unsubscribing or opting out in the Account Settings section of the Site or by email, we may continue to send you administrative emails including, for example, regular updates related to our FACI services or periodic updates to our Privacy Policy.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

As part of the Service, we do not provide any links to or compatibility with other websites or applications/expect to our information centers. Hence, we are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by other websites or the information or content they contain. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us through the Site and the Service. Therefore, this Privacy Policy does not apply to your use of any third party website accessed by you while using our service. To the extent that you access or use the Service through or on another website or application, then the privacy policy of that other website or application will apply to your access or use of that site or application. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of other websites before proceeding to use them.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

The Company reserves the right to change this policy and our Terms of Service at any time. We will notify you of significant changes to our Privacy Policy by placing a prominent notice on our site. Significant changes will go into effect 30 days following such notification. Non-material changes or clarifications will take effect immediately. You should periodically check the Site and this privacy page for updates.

XI. Grievance Officer

(a) If You find any discrepancies or have any grievances about the collection, storage, use, disclosure and transfer of Your Information/Sensitive Personal Information under this Privacy Policy or any terms of the terms of use of the FACI Entities, and other terms and conditions or policies of any FACI Entity, please contact the following personnel:

For First Aid Council of India

the designated grievance officer under Information Technology Act, 2000

E-mail: [email protected]

Working Days: Monday to Friday

Working Hours: 9:30 am to 6:30 pm

VIII. CONTACT US

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the practices of this Site, please contact us by sending an email to [email protected] by post to:

FIRST AID COUNCIL OF INDIA

Corporate Office : INDRAPRASTHA BHAWAN SHAHADARA DELHI 110032

IX. Effective Date