Privacy Policy | GuruPaath

INTRODUCTION

This Privacy Policy informs you of important information about how GURUPAATH™, and our family of companies (together, “GURUPAATH” “we” or “our”) to process the personal data that we collect in online and offline formats through the Services. By providing personal information to us or by using the Service, you acknowledge that you have read and understand this Privacy Policy.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We collect certain personal data from visitors to our sites and our apps. We generally collect this information directly from you when you fill out form fields, or provide various information in any form on our websites and/or our apps, download product documentation, apply for a job, or register for and participate in our education services. In this variety of different circumstances on the Sites we collect:

Name
Email address
Date of Birth
Gender
Physical address
Phone number
Time zone
Schooling information such as grade, curriculum, address, etc
Customer account number
Company name
SubPartner details such as Name, Email-id, Mobile Number, Address, etc
Your photo, if you provide it to us
Resume and work history details, if you apply for a job with us
The products and services you are interested in

If you submit any personal information relating to another individual to us, you represent that you have the authority to do so and to permit us to use the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

LOCATION INFORMATION

We may collect and use precise location information with your permission when you choose to use GURUPAATH websites and/or apps. We do not share this information with any one or third party.

SENSITIVE INFORMATION

It is presumed that you do not provide any sensitive personal information to us, unless we specifically asked you to provide the sensitive information. We may classify any information as sensitive, however the same shall be specifically stated to be classified.

OTHER INFORMATION:

If you use our websites and/or apps, we may collect information about your IP address and the browser you’re using. We might look at what site you came from, duration of time spent on our websites and/or apps, pages accessed or what site you visit when you leave us.

HOW TO USE COOKIES:

We use cookies and related technologies (“Cookies”) to provide Services, gather information when users navigate through our sites and/or app to enhance and personalize the experience, to understand usage patterns, and to improve our sites, apps, products, and services.

User grants us the right to use, copy, store, transmit and display User data solely to the extent necessary to provide the Platform and associated maintenance, for purposes of ensuring security, and for the investigation of complaints. All data submitted by User to the Platform (User Data) will remain the sole property of User. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, we shall not disclose User Data or use User data for any purpose other than to provide the Platform and as set forth herein.

The Platform uses “cookies”, which are small text files placed on the User’s hard disk by a Web server. Cookies contain information that can later be read by a Web server in the domain that issued the cookie to the User. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to store the User’s preferences and other information on the User’s computer in order to save the User’s time by eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information and to display the User’s personalized content and targeted advertising on the User’s later visits to this Platform. When the User signs in the Platform named User account, we store the User’s unique ID number, and the time the User signed in, in an encrypted cookie on the User’s a hard disk. This cookie allows the User to move from page to page at the Platform without having to sign in again on each page. When the User signs out, these cookies shall be deleted from the User’s computer or app. We also use cookies to improve the sign-in experience. User agrees that we may use Usage Statistics to provide Users with communications regarding Platform support, news, and information regarding the Platform and services/products provided by us, except where such Users opt out of receiving such information.

GURUPAATH may ask you to provide personal information for purposes including, but not limited to, the following: 

Buying GURUPAATH products and services;
Activating or registering certain products and services or enhancing functionality;
Receiving information about GURUPAATH products and services;
Participating in GURUPAATH online communities, including our social media channels/pages;
Storing your preferences for future interactions and communications from GURUPAATH;
Helping us to develop products and services and create campaigns that are designed around you, optimize customer services and continuously improve our websites and/or our apps;
Helping us to improve products and services, and allowing GURUPAATH to keep you informed of, or involve you in the testing of, new products and services;
Resolving consumer and/or product and services issues;
Registering visitors of GURUPAATH facilities or GURUPAATH organized events and conferences;
Contract or tender management; and
Receiving personalized messages, special offers, and advertisements that are relevant to your personal interests, based on the information you have shared with us and on the information we have collected through cookies or similar techniques regarding your use of the GURUPAATH websites/social media/blogs/apps. 
Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the websites and/or apps, and for marketing and promotional purposes
Find and prevent fraud

We may also collect product and service information and provide these statistics to others in an aggregate form where the information has been de-identified.

HOW WE USE INFORMATION

We use and disclose information you provide to us as described to you at the point of collection.

We disclose the information for the following purposes:

To pursue our legitimate interests of operating and growing our business, operating and improving the Sites, delivering the Customer Services and engaging in Marketing Activities; and
Your consent, where we make it clear to you in advance that we are relying on your consent (for example, when you sign up to our mailing list).

GURUPAATH may disclose any information we have about you (including your identity) if we determine that such disclosure is necessary for connection with any investigation or complaint regarding your use of the Site, or to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with (either intentionally or unintentionally) GURUPAATH’S rights or property, or the rights or property of visitors to or users including GURUPAATH’S customers. We reserve the right at all times to disclose any information that deems necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request.

The websites and apps do accept any forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation as yet. The Company reserves the right to change the Disclaimer/Privacy Policy under which these websites and/or apps are offered at any time and without notice. You will be automatically bound by these modifications when you use this site, and should periodically read the Disclaimer & Privacy Policy. After having read and understood the disclaimer and privacy notice, I hereby agree to accept and abide by all the terms and conditions as mentioned therein at my sole responsibility.

Further, the Information provided by you can be used for the following activities:

to provide the functionality of the Service to you and providing you with related customer service for the services provided by GURUPAATH
to respond to your inquiries and fulfil your requests for the services provided by GURUPAATH;

We will engage in these activities to manage our contractual relationship with you and/or to comply with a legal obligation.

LOG FILES

GURUPAATH follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit our websites and/or use our apps. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the websites or apps, and gathering demographic information.

CROSS BORDER TRANSFER

The information provided by you may be saved, stored and processed in any country where we have facilities or service providers, and by using our Service or by providing consent to us (where required by law), your information may be transferred to countries outside of your country of residence or place where you have filled such information. The laws of Data Protection shall be binding on us where the Data is stored and processed and where appropriate contractual and other measures are in place to protect personal information when it is transferred to our affiliates or third parties in other countries.

SECURITY

Though we have taken all reasonable organizational, technical, and administrative measures designed to protect personal information under our control. However, no data transmission over the Internet or data storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security of any account you have with us has been compromised), please immediately notify us in accordance with the “Contacting Us” section below.

RETENTION PERIOD

We will retain your personal information for as long as needed by GURUPAATH. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include: (i) the length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you and provide the Service to you; (ii) whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject; and (iii) whether retention is advisable in light of our legal position (such as in regard to applicable statutes of limitations, litigation, or regulatory investigations).

THIRD PARTY SITES

If you click on one of the links to third party websites, you may be taken to websites we do not control. This policy does not apply to the privacy practices of those websites. Read the privacy policy of other websites carefully. We are not responsible for these third party sites.

ADVERTISING PARTNERS PRIVACY POLICIES

GURUPAATH may have Advertising Partners

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on GURUPAATH.com, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that GURUPAATH has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

CCPA PRIVACY RIGHTS (DO NOT SELL MY PERSONAL INFORMATION)

Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

GDPR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

CHILDREN’S INFORMATION

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet and/or our apps. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

GURUPAATH does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our websites and/or our apps, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may change this Privacy Policy. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will become effective when we post the revised Privacy Policy on the Service. Your use of the Service following these changes means that you accept the revised Privacy Policy. We recommend that you regularly review the Privacy Policy when you visit the Service.