Privacy Policy

This is a contract between SUNITA JAGDA'S PROXIMITY FOUNDATION a charitable trust bearing registration number SHV - 4-00724-2023-24 and having its registered office at G-76, Diamond District, Old Airport Road, Domlur, Bangalore - 560068 (“Proximity” or “We”, “we” or “Us”, “us” or “Our”, “our”) and you (“You”, “you” or “Your”, “your”), a User. "User/ “Users" shall mean any individual who visits, accesses and registers on the Website or avails of our services on the Website.

Proximity is the owner and operator of the website https://proximity.foundation/ (“Website”)whose purpose is to Improve education in India and bring in a soft skill enhancement.

BY ACCESSING, USING, INSTALLING OR DOWNLOADING THE WEBSITE, YOU ARE AGREEING TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND TERMS OF USE OF THE WEBSITE THEN DO NOT USE THE WEBSITE.

You agree that your use of the Website implies your consent to the collection, retention, processing and use of your Information (as defined below) in accordance with the terms of this privacy policy ("Privacy Policy").

Access to our Website is conditional upon your approval of this Privacy Policy. You acknowledge that this Privacy Policy (along with the Terms of Use), forms our agreement with you in relation to your use of the Website ("Agreement").

1. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

You hereby acknowledge that when you use the Website we may collect the following Personal data and legal and specified purposes for the same:-

List of PD collected with Purpose

Sl. No.

Personal Data Element

Mandatory

Purpose

1.

Contact Information

Y/N

1. Communication: When you provide us Your Information, we may use this information to communicate with you. We may send you information regarding our charitable activities and information surrounding the same. To opt-out or stop receiving promotional email, please send us an email  at coadmin-trust@proximity.tech

2. Ease of use of our Website: To ensure continued service to a User and not to interrupt the Use of the Website by any User.

3. Improving your experience

  • Increase output: We use Your Information for analytical purposes to analyze the usage trends, preferences of our users, to improve the way these services work and look with respect to you, including updating, enhancing the operations and functionality of these features.

  • Business or Research Algorithm: Your Information is used for business or research algorithm, including improving and customizing the Website. We may archive this information to use it for future communications for providing updates and/or surveys. We shall not publish Your Information.

  • Improve functionality: Your Information, is used to provide a personalized high- quality experience for our Users by increasing site functionality.

a.

first and last name

Y/N

b.

Salutation

Y/N

c.

Address

Y/N

d.

telephone number(s)

Y/N

e.

email address

Y/N

f.

Company

 

g.

Device Number

 

h.

Country

 

i.

PAN Number

 

For Income tax related purposes

j.

Passports

 

2. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

We reserve the right to disclose your Information if required to do so by applicable law. or if we believe that it is necessary to do so to protect and defend the rights, property, the Website, or our Users.

We hereby confirm that Proximity does not sell or rent your information to any third party.

3. LEGAL BASIS

The legal basis for processing data for most part is Consent and where applicable other Legitimate Uses where Consent is not required.

Where we use Consent as the mechanism, we seek your specific consent by way of this Privacy Notice for the purposes mentioned. We keep the consent internally as per our internal consent framework.

You hereby provide us with your consent to collect and disclose your Personal Data for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice.

4. CONFIDENTIALITY

Except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, we will keep your Information private and will not share it with third parties, unless we believe in good faith that disclosure of your information or is necessary for permitted use or to:

  • Comply with a court order or applicable law;

  • Enforce the Agreement, including Terms of Use; or

  • Respond to claims that any posting or other User Content that violates the rights of third-parties.

5. SECURITY

The security of your Information is important to us. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect your Information submitted to us. We will have appropriate technical and security measures on our website. We use industry standard technical and organizational measures to secure Your Information. If and when we collect Traffic Data, the Website stores the Traffic Data in servers which have reasonable security practices and procedures as per applicable law.

Although we make reasonable efforts to store and collect your Information in a secure operating environment that is not open to the public, you should understand that there is no such thing as complete security, and we do not guarantee that there will be no unintended disclosures of your Information. If we become aware that your Information has been disclosed in a manner not in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we will use reasonable efforts to notify you of the nature and extent of such disclosure (to the extent we know that information) as soon as reasonably possible and as permitted by applicable law.

You understand that once you leave our servers, any information you provide to third party websites or application shall be governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the site used by you. You agree and understand that privacy policies of third-party websites or application are not under our control.

6. DATA PRINCIPAL RIGHTS

We provide the following Data Principal Rights as per the mandates of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023

  • Right of Access

  • Right of rectification/erasure

  • Right to withdraw

  • Right of grievance redressal

In case you want to exercise any of the above rights please reach out to us at coadmin-trust@proximity.tech

7. Children’s Data

We do not knowingly collect any data of an individual below 18. Where we do collect any such data we do so with parental/guardian consent as prescribed under the law.

8. YOUR OBLIGATIONS

Your duties and obligations as a User are as follows:

  • You need to comply with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023

  • You must not impersonate any other

  • You must not suppress material information

  • You must not register false and frivolous cases

  • You must furnish information that is verifiably authentic

9. STORAGE & RETENTION OF DATA

We store the Data in secure cloud servers within the territory of India.

Once the purpose is met, we retain the Personal Data for as long as it is required to be retained under applicable law.

We will delete information based on a request received from you within a reasonable period and latest within 90 days of receiving a deletion request.

10. GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL

We have a Grievance Redressal process. In case of any grievances, you can reach out to our Grievance Redressal Officer at coadmin-trust@proximity.tech

11. UPDATES AND CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY

We may amend or update or change this Privacy Policy from time to time entirely at our own discretion to reflect new practices or technologies that impact use of the Website. We recommend that you review this Privacy Policy on a routine basis to view any changes. The date of the last revision or update appears at the bottom. Your use of the Website after any such amendment or change in the Privacy Policy shall be deemed as your express acceptance to such amended/changed terms and You also agree to be bound by such changed/amended terms.

12. CONTACT US

If You have any questions concerning the Privacy Policy please contact us at by e-mail at coadmin-trust@proximity.tech

13. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of India.  Any claim related to any dispute arising as a result of the Website or under this Privacy Policy will be made before a court of competent jurisdiction located in Bangalore.

14. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use of the Website constitute the entire agreement between You and Proximity and govern your use of the Website, superseding any prior agreements between You and Proximity.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THE PRIVACY POLICY AND TERMS OF USE, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE

Last Updated: June 10, 2024