PRIVACY POLICY

PRIVACY POLICY

Your privacy is important to us, so EDIKSHA VENTURES Pvt Ltd (Tamilpreneur), India, has created the following Privacy Policy ("Policy") to let you know what information we collect when you visit our Site http://club.tamilpreneur.in ("Site"), why we collect it and how we use it. This Policy is designed to comply with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 (“DPDP Act”), the Information Technology Act, 2000, and applicable amendments, rules, regulations, and guidelines enacted there underfrom time to time (“IT Act, 2000”) with specific mention of Regulation 4 of the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Information) Rules, 2011 and any other national and statelaws which relate to the processing of data and other applicable laws.
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The terms "You," "Your," "Yours" and"User" refer to the entity/person/organization using our Site. When this Policy mentions "We", "Us," and "Our" it refers to Tamilpreneur and its subsidiaries and affiliates. Tamilpreneur considers the privacy and security of the personal information of its users a matter of highest concern. Accordingly, this Policy has been designed and implemented toprotect user information. This Policy is an electronic record in terms of theIT Act (and any other applicable law including the DPDP Act and its ensuingrules as and when applicable). This electronic record does not require any physical or digital signatures. Any new features and/or services that arecurrently offered by Tamilpreneur at any point in the future shall also besubject to the terms set out in this Policy along with any other future relevant legislations to be incorporated as per the laws of the land.

This Privacy Policy isgoverned by our Terms of Services.

For any questions regarding this Policy or any requests regarding the processing of personal data, please contact us at hello@tamilpreneur.in.

1. SCOPE OF THIS POLICY

This policy applies to:

-             Personaldata of users collected through Tamilpreneur’s websites and other onlineplatforms

-             Dataprovided by users, customers, employees, vendors, and business partners

-             Informationgathered during recruitment and operational processes

-             Datagathered automatically via digital platforms.

2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU
       We collect the information You provide to us and this information is necessary for the adequate performance of the contractual arrangement which is in place between You and us and allow us to comply with our legal obligations.

• Account Signup Information. When You create the account, we ask You to provide the signup information, such as     Email, Name, Surname, Phone, Username, Passwords, Photo
• Communications, Chats, Messaging. When you communicate with us through email or any other way, we collect information about your communication and any information You choose to provide or disclose. In order to answer your request, we may access information provided by email, chats, purchase history, etc.
• Payment Information. To order and use features of Site, we may require you to provide certain financial information in order to facilitate the processing of payments. We collect your Credit or debit card number, Credit or debit card type, Credit or debit card expiration date.
• Business and Professional Contacts: Limited data such as names, job titles, and contact details may be collected from business partners and vendors
• Employee Details: Personal data of employees such as their name, address, email ID, phone number, date of birth, copies of educational certificates, curriculum vitae, and identity documents may be collected during recruitment and operational processes.
• Visits to Premises: Visitors’ names, contact details, and biometric data (e.g., fingerprints) may be collected upon their visit to Tamilpreneur’s premises. CCTV footage is recorded for security purposes.  

3.       INFORMATIONWE COLLECT AUTOMATICALLY
When you use our Site or contact us directly we may collect information,including your personal information, about the way you act in our Site, theservices You use and how You use them. This information is necessary for theadequate performance of the contract between You and us, to enable us to complywith legal obligations and given our legitimate interest in being able toprovide and improve the functionalities of the Site.

• Log data and Device information. We automatically collect log data and device information when you access and use the Site, even if you have not created an Account or logged in. That information includes, among other things: Internet protocol (IP) addresses, Browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), Referring/exit pages, Operating system, Date/time stamp, Clickstream data.
• Tracking technologies and Cookies. We use Cookies, Beacons, Tags, CI codes (click tracking), ISC (source tracking),     ITC (item tracking codes), Phone model, Device ID, Customer number. We also automatically collect information about device’s operating system, .
• Geo-location data. We collect information about your approximate location as determined by data such as your IP     address to offer you an improved user experience. Such data may be collected only when you access the Site using your device.
• Usage information. We use a tool called "Google Analytics" to collect information about your interactions with the Site (what pages you visit, such as the pages or content you view, your searches for Listings, bookings you have made, and other actions on the Site. In consequence, Google, Inc. plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit this Site). For more information please visit Google.
• Phone number: We collect your phone number to share promotional messages, event, updates, notifications and reminders, We may send these updates either via SMS or WhatAapp. We may also make occasional customer calls.
• Publicly available personal Information.

4.       THE WAY WEUSE YOUR INFORMATION
We process your information adhering to the general data processing principles.We may use the information we collect through our Site for a number of reasons,including to:

• to identify user
• to create account
• to create trusted environment
• to create statistics and analyse market
• to stay connected
• to customize marketing
• to send billing information
• to provide information on new services, offers, and other promotions
• to manage user orders
• to contact user
• to improve services
• to ensure data security and prevent fraud
• to comply with applicable laws
• to request feedback
• to post testimonials
• to provide support

We will normallycollect personal information from you only where we have your consent to do so,where we need the personal information to perform a contract with you, or wherethe processing is in our legitimate business interests.

5. DIRECTMARKETING

We may use your provided contact details for direct marketing. These directmarketing offers, depending on your preferences, may be personalized takinginto account any other information which you have provided to us (e.g.location, social media profile information, etc.) or we have collected orgenerated from other sources as described below. If you wish to withdraw theconsent for direct marketing, and refuse to receive information from us, youmay exercise such option at any time you wish by clicking on a link for thatpurpose at the bottom of our e-mail with the newsletters.
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6. COOKIES
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       Cookies are small text files stored by your browser on your computer when you visit our Site. We use cookies to improve our Site and make it easier to use. Cookies permit us to recognize users and avoid repetitive requests for the same information. Please check our Cookie Policy to find more information about cookies we use. You may find more information about how to delete cookies, as well as the other useful information related to the use of the cookies, on the website http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.
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7. INFORMATION FROM MINORS
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       This site and our Services are not intended for or directed to persons under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect or ask for information from minors. We do not knowingly allow minors to use our Site or Services. We will delete any information we discover is collected from a minor. Please contact us using the contact details below if you believe we might have information about a minor.24x
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8. SENSITIVE INFORMATION
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       We do not collect sensitive information such as political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, racial or ethnic origin, genetic data, biometric data, health data or data related a sexual orientation. Please do not send, upload, or provide us any sensitive data and contact us using the contact details below if you believe that we might have such     information. We have a right to delete any information we believe it might contain sensitive data.
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9. PAYMENT INFORMATION
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       To order and use our services we may require you to provide certain financial information to facilitate the processing of payments. We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your Personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. All payment data is stored by Razorpay. You may find their privacy policy link(s) here: https://razorpay.com/privacy/
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10. THIRD-PARTY LINKS
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        Our Site may have links to other websites. Please review their privacy policies to learn more about how they collect and use your personal data because we do not control their policies and personal data processing practices.
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11. RETENTION
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        We retain your personal information to provide services to you and as otherwise necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. We will retain your personal information no longer than you keep your account unless we are otherwise required by law or regulations to retain your personal information longer. If you would like to stop us from using your personal information, you shall request that we erase your personal information and close your Account. Please note that even after deletion of your account we may keep some of your information for tax, legal reporting and auditing obligations.
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12. SHARING OF DATA

Tamilpreneur shares personal data only in the following circumstances:

- ForRegulatory and Legal Compliance: Personal data may be disclosed to regulatoryauthorities and law enforcement agencies as required by law

- Partnercompanies: Personal data may be shared with partner companies so they may offerusers their services

- Creditreference agencies: Tamilpreneur may send user data to and use the resultinginformation from credit reference agencies to prevent fraudulent transactions.

- Third-PartyService Providers: Tamilpreneur shares data with trusted service providers forIT support, payment processing, and marketing services. Contracts with each ofthese actors ensure that all such data shall be used only for their intendedpurposes alone.

- BusinessTransfers: Personal data may be transferred during mergers, acquisitions, orasset sales.  

13. SECURITY
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        We have implemented security measures designed to protect the personal information you share with us, including physical, electronic and procedural measures. Among other things, we regularly monitor our systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks. Regardless of the measures and efforts taken by us, the transmission of information via internet, email or text message is not completely secure. We do not guarantee the absolute protection and security of your personal information or any other User Content you upload, publish or otherwise share with us or anyone else. We therefore encourage you to avoid providing us or anyone with any sensitive information of which you believe its disclosure could cause you substantial or irreparable harm. If you have any questions regarding the security of our Site or Services, you are welcome to contact us at hello@tamilpreneur.in.
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14. YOUR RIGHTS
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        You are entitled to a range of rights regarding the protection of your personal information. Those rights are:

• The right to access the information we have about you. If you wish to access your personal information that we     collect, you can do so at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided below.
• The right to rectify inaccurate information about you. You can correct, update or request deletion of your personal information by contacting us using the contact details provided below.
• The right to object the processing. When we rely on your consent to process your personal information, you may     withdraw consent at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided below. This will not affect the lawfulness of processing prior to the withdrawal of your consent.
• The right to lodge a complaint. You can raise questions or complaints to the national Data Protection Agency in your country of residence in the event where your rights may have been infringed. However, we recommend attempting to reach a peaceful resolution of the possible dispute by contacting us first.
• The right to erase any data concerning you. You may demand erasure of data without undue delay for legitimate     reasons, e.g. where data is no longer necessary for the purposes it was collected, or where the data has been unlawfully processed.
• The right to restrict data processing: Users can limit the processing of their data as maintained by Tamilpreneur.
• Opting out: Tamilpreneur may contact users regarding promotions, services, events, feedback, and surveys. A user may     opt out of these activities.

To exercise these rights, You may email us at <Dedicated Email ID for PrivacyOfficer>. All requests so received shall be processed within 30 daysor as required by law.
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15.  DATA PROTECTION OFFICER

Forquestions or concerns regarding this policy, a user may contact Tamilpreneur’s Data Protection Officer:

<Name of the Data Protection Officer>

EmailID, Phone number, and Address (if applicable).

16.  APPLICATION OF POLICY
This Policy applies only to the services offered by our Company. Our Policydoes not apply to services offered by other companies or individuals, includingproducts or sites that may be displayed to you in search results, sites thatmay include our services or other sites linked from our Site or Services.
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17. AMENDMENTS
        Our Policy may change from time to time. We will post any Policy changes on our Site and, if the changes are significant, we may consider providing a more explicit notice (including, for certain services, email notification of Policy changes). All updates to this Policy will be communicated through Tamilpreneur’s website and/or other appropriate channels.
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18. ACCEPTANCE OF THIS POLICY
        We assume that all Users of this Site have carefully read this document and agree to its contents. If someone does not agree with this Policy, they should refrain from using our Site. We reserve the right to change our Policy at any time and inform by using the way as indicated in Section 14. Continued use of this Site implies acceptance of the revised Policy.
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19. FURTHER INFORMATION
        If you have any further questions regarding the data we collect, or how we use it, then please feel free to contact us at the details as indicated above.