Draft — requires legal review
Privacy Policy
What personal information we collect, why, how we protect it, and your choices.
Draft — requires legal review
This policy is a working draft. It has not yet been reviewed by a qualified legal professional and may change. Publishing it does not mean the foundation is compliant with any law. Hindi translations of policies will follow after legal review.
Who we are
This website is operated by the Prabhat Tiwari Foundation ("the foundation", "we"). Our legal status is pending verification and will be stated here once confirmed. Questions about privacy can be sent using the contact details on our Contact page.
What we collect
- Information you choose to send through our forms: your name, email address, phone number (optional), general location such as district or city, and your message or areas of interest.
- Basic technical information needed to deliver the website securely, such as your IP address and browser type, processed by our hosting provider.
- We do not use advertising trackers or sell personal information.
Why we collect it
- To reply to your enquiry or application
- To consider volunteer applications and partnership proposals
- To send our newsletter, only if you have asked for it
- To keep the website secure and prevent abuse
Legal basis and consent
We process personal data on the basis of your consent and our legitimate need to respond to you, in line with applicable Indian law including the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and its rules as they come into force. You can withdraw consent at any time.
Children
Our forms are intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children through this website. Any programme involving children will collect only necessary information, with verifiable guardian consent, under our Child Safeguarding Policy.
Sharing
We do not sell or rent personal information. We share it only with service providers who help us run the website and store data (for example, hosting and database providers), under appropriate safeguards, or where the law requires it.
Storage and retention
Information is kept only as long as needed for the purpose it was collected, as set out in our Data Retention Policy, and then deleted or anonymised.
Your rights
- Ask what information we hold about you
- Ask us to correct or delete it
- Withdraw consent and unsubscribe at any time
- Raise a grievance under our Complaints and Grievance Policy
Changes
We will update this policy when our practices change and show the date of the latest version.
Questions
Questions about this policy can be sent through our Contact page.