Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to the Jeednyasa Foundation Privacy Policy. This policy describes how we collect, use, and handle your personal information when you use our website, services, and interact with us. Your privacy is of utmost importance to us, and we are dedicated to protecting your data in compliance with applicable Indian data protection laws, including the Information Technology Act.

By accessing or using our platform, donating, registering as a member, or participating in our campaigns, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

In order to serve our community effectively, we may collect the following types of information:

• Personal Information: Name, age, gender, date of birth, and PAN (required for 80G tax exemption certificates).
• Contact Details: Phone number, email address, and physical address (optional, for delivering membership kits or physical receipts).
• Engagement Data: Donation records, event participation, volunteer history, and training attendance.
• Financial Data: We do not store sensitive payment data (like credit card numbers on our servers). Transactions are securely handled via our payment gateway partners.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for the following specific purposes:

4. Data Sharing & Disclosure

Jeednyasa Foundation will never sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We only share data under the following limited circumstances:

• With Service Providers: Trusted third-party payment processors or SMS/Email delivery services, strictly to execute operational tasks.
• With Government/Law Enforcement: If required by Indian regulatory bodies, tax authorities (e.g., Income Tax Department for 80G compliance), or lawful orders.
• With CSR Partners: We share only aggregated, anonymized impact reports to corporate partners funding our initiatives. Identifiable beneficiary data is not shared without explicit consent.

5. Data Security & Storage

We employ industry-standard, robust security measures to protect your data. Your data is stored securely on encrypted cloud instances (like Google Workspace and our secure internal CRM infrastructure). Access to your personal data is restricted strictly to authorized personnel who have signed strict confidentiality agreements.

6. Your Rights & Choices

As an active user of the Jeednyasa Foundation network, you retain full control over your data:

• Right to Access & Correct: You may request a copy of the data we hold about you or request corrections to any inaccuracies via your account dashboard or by emailing us.
• Right to Opt-Out: You may opt-out of marketing/fundraising communications at any time by clicking "unsubscribe" in our emails or by contacting us. (Please note that transactional receipts and important operational messages cannot be opted-out of.)
• Right to Deletion: You may request the deletion of your profile history, provided it does not conflict with our mandatory data retention obligations under Indian law regarding financial transactions.

7. Cookies & Tracking

Our website may use "cookies" to enhance your browsing experience, store preferences (like language settings via Google Translate), and track site analytics. You can choose to set your web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. Non-personal aggregated traffic data is tracked to help us improve the site layout and performance.