Privacy Policy
0 Overview
This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.
1 Interpretation and Definitions
Interpretation
The words whose initial letters are capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Account | A unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service. |
| Affiliate | An entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority. |
| Company | Deepika Memorial High School, 1-11/1, Teacher Colony, Farooqnagar, Telangana 509216. (referred to as "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Privacy Policy) |
| Cookies | Small files placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses. |
| Country | Telangana, India |
| Device | Any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cell phone or a digital tablet. |
| Personal Data | Any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. We use "Personal Data" and "Personal Information" interchangeably unless a law uses a specific term. |
| Service | Refers to the Website. |
| Service Provider | Any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service. |
| Usage Data | Data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit). |
| Website | Deepika Memorial High School, accessible from https://deepikaschools.com/ |
| You | The individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable. |
2 Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address
- First name and last name
- Phone number
- Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device's unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit Our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.
3 Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies We use include beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service.
Technologies Used
- Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service.
- Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics.
Cookie Types
| Cookie Type | Type | Administered by | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Necessary / Essential | Session Cookies | Us | Essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. |
| Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance | Persistent Cookies | Us | Identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website. |
| Functionality Cookies | Persistent Cookies | Us | Allow Us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference, to provide You with a more personal experience. |
4 Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
Sharing Your Personal Data
We may share Your Personal Data in the following situations:
- With Service Providers: We may share Your Personal Data with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, and to contact You.
- For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your Personal Data in connection with any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition.
- With Affiliates: We may share Your Personal Data with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.
- With business partners: We may share Your Personal Data with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
- With other users: When You share Personal Data or otherwise interact in public areas of the Service, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed.
- With Your consent: We may disclose Your Personal Data for any other purpose with Your consent.
5 Retention of Your Personal Data
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. Where possible, We apply shorter retention periods and/or reduce identifiability by deleting, aggregating, or anonymizing data.
| Data Category | Retention Period |
|---|---|
| User Accounts | Duration of account relationship plus up to 24 months after account closure. |
| Support Tickets & Correspondence | Up to 24 months from the date of ticket closure. |
| Chat Transcripts | Up to 24 months for quality assurance and staff training purposes. |
| Website Analytics Data | Up to 24 months from the date of collection. |
| Server Logs | Up to 24 months for security monitoring and troubleshooting purposes. |
Exceptions to Retention Periods
We may retain Personal Data beyond the periods stated above for the following reasons:
- Legal obligation: We are required by law to retain specific data (e.g., financial records for tax authorities).
- Legal claims: Data is necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
- Your explicit request: You ask Us to retain specific information.
- Technical limitations: Data exists in backup systems that are scheduled for routine deletion.
Data Deletion Procedures
When retention periods expire, We securely delete or anonymize Personal Data according to the following procedures:
- Deletion: Personal Data is removed from Our systems and no longer actively processed.
- Backup retention: Residual copies may remain in encrypted backups for a limited period and are not restored except where necessary for security, disaster recovery, or legal compliance.
- Anonymization: In some cases, We convert Personal Data into anonymous statistical data that cannot be linked back to You. This anonymized data may be retained indefinitely for research and analytics.
6 Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ.
7 Delete Your Personal Data
You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.
Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.
8 Disclosure of Your Personal Data
Business Transactions
If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Law Enforcement
Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Other Legal Requirements
The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation
- Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
- Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
- Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
- Protect against legal liability
9 Security of Your Personal Data
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
10 Detailed Information on Processing
The Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies.
Usage, Performance and Miscellaneous
We may use third-party Service Providers to maintain and improve our Service.
Google Places
Google Places is a service that returns information about places using HTTP requests. It is operated by Google. Google Places service may collect information from You and from Your Device for security purposes.
11 Children's Privacy
If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 16 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.
If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.
12 Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site.
13 Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
14 Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:
Get in Touch
By email: admin@deepikaschools.com
By visiting this page: https://www.deepikaschools.com/contact-us/
