Who we are
Pratham Foundation committed to the ethical collection, retention, and use of information that you provide to us about yourself (“Personal Information”) on this site https://www.prathamfoundation.com
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Your Personal Information may comprise the following:
your name
your age
your occupation
a user ID and password of your choice
your email and mailing address
your telephone number
your payment processing details
limited personal details
Any other data as Pratham Foundation may require
The following Privacy Policy sets forth our understanding with you on the collection, use and protection of your Personal Information. Please read the entire Privacy Policy.
YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE CONSTITUTES YOUR CONSENT TO THE ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY (AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME) AND YOU SHALL BE BOUND BY THE SAME.
Collection of Information
Site Browsing: You browse the Site anonymously. We do not require you to identify yourself or reveal any Personal Information while browsing through the Site. However, you may not be able to access certain sections of the Site or interact with us without supplying us with Personal Information. For instance, you would not be able to transact at the Site or make any donations at the Site, without providing the Site with Personal Information. If you desire to register yourself at the Site, you would be required to provide your Personal Information.
While you are browsing through the Site, the Site’s operating system may automatically record some general information (“General Information”) about your visit such as:
the date and time you visit the Site, along with the address of the previous website your were visiting, if you linked to us from another website
the type of browser you are using (such as Internet Explorer version ‘X’)
which ‘hit’ it is on the Site
The General Information is not Personal Information. Pratham Foundation’s tracking system does not record personal information about individuals or link this information to any Personal Information collected from you.
The General Information is used by Pratham Foundation for statistical analysis, for tracking overall traffic patterns on the Site and to gauge the public interest in PrathamFoundation and the Site. Such General Information may be shared by Pratham Foundation with any person, at PrathamFoundation’s discretion.
Cookies:
“Cookies” are small amounts of data that a website can send to a web browser on a visitor’s computer. The cookie is stored on a visitor’s computer. A cookie may enable the site holder to track how a visitor navigates through its site and the areas in which they show interest. This is similar to a traffic report: it tracks trends and behaviors, but does not identify individuals. Information gathered may include date and time of visits, pages viewed, time spent at the site, and the site visited just before and just after the PrathamFoundation site.
Types of Cookies
Cookies can be set to expire: on a specified date after a specific period of time when a transaction has been completed or when a user turns off his/her browser.
A cookie that is erased from memory when a visitor’s browser closes is called a “session” cookie. Cookies that expire based on a time set by the Web server are called “persistent” cookies.
Persistent cookies may be used in some cases, for example, to recognize when a visitor returns to a website. The web browser will send the cookie information from the initial visit back to the website. This is useful to the visitor if he or she has established a password at a particular website and wants to be identified by that site to perform a function or transaction.
To browse anonymously, you may set your browser to disable cookies or delete cookies. Please note that disabling cookies for some services will impact ability to use that service.
Refusing Cookies on PrathamFoundation’s Website
Customers may choose not to accept cookies. Your web browser may alert and permit you to refuse cookies. When you receive an alert, you may choose at that time to refuse that cookie. If the use of cookies is a concern to you, then please make sure your browser has this capability, and that you set your browser to alert you accordingly.
Newer browser versions allow you to be alerted or to automatically refuse cookies. You may need to download a more current version of your web browser from your service provider in order to obtain this option.
Note: Some product features and services provided by PrathamFoundation require you to accept a cookie in order to be able to use the particular functionality or service. These cookies are used to establish a link between the user and the application server. The cookies contain unique session IDs, and no customer data is stored on the cookies.
Usage of Information
Personal information will be used by PrathamFoundation for internal purposes including the following:
sending you inter alia emails, features, promotional material, surveys, brochures, catalogs, PrathamFoundation Annual Report, PrathamFoundation-in -Action, reminders for donations, regular updates on the utilization of donations by PrathamFoundation and other updates.
processing your donations to PrathamFoundation and purchases of PrathamFoundation products on the Site.
delivering the PrathamFoundation products you have purchased on the Site /Receipt for donations made by you to PrathamFoundation.
maintaining an internal confidential database of all the Personal Information collected from visitors to the Site
evaluating and administering the Site and PrathamFoundation’s activities, responding to any problems that may arise, and gauging visitor trends on the Site.
Disclosure of Personal Information by PrathamFoundation
Within Pratham Foundation, access to Personal Information collected by PrathamFoundation will be given only to those persons who are authorized by Pratham Foundation and third parties hired by Pratham Foundation to perform administrative services. PrathamFoundation will provide access to third parties for inter alia entering and managing Personal Information in PrathamFoundation’s Database, processing your orders or donations preparing address labels, sending emails, which require such third parties to have access to your Personal Information. Pratham Foundation cannot guarantee that such parties will keep your Personal Information confidential and will not be liable in any manner for any loss of confidentiality attributable to such third parties.
Pratham Foundation may share Personal Information with any of persons who are associated with Pratham Foundation, including companies and non-governmental organizations affiliated with Pratham Foundation in any manner. Pratham Foundation will retain ownership rights over such information and will share only such portions of the Personal Information as it deems fit.
Pratham Foundation is not liable in any manner whatsoever for the loss, damage(whether direct, indirect, consequential or incidental) or harm caused to you by the misuse of your Personal Information by a third party who is not an employee of Pratham Foundation.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein or any other contract between you and Pratham Foundation, PrathamFoundation reserves the right to disclose any Personal Information about you without notice or consent as needed to satisfy any requirement of law, regulation, legal request or legal investigation, to conduct investigations of breaches of law, to protect the Site, to protect Pratham Foundation and it’s property, to fulfill your requests, to protect our visitors and other persons and if required by the policy of Pratham Foundation.
Security
PrathamFoundation endeavors to use up-to-date security measures to protect your Personal Information. The Site is a VERISIGN-approved site.
PrathamFoundation however does not make any express or implied warranty with respect to the security measures that it may employ from time to time for the protection of Personal Information.
Links to other Websites
The Site contains links to other websites for the benefit of its visitors. This Privacy Policy does not apply to such other websites. PrathamFoundation is not expressly or impliedly responsible for, or liable to any loss or damage caused to you by the collection, use, and retention of Personal Information by such website in any manner whatsoever. It is important that you review the privacy policies of all websites you visit before you disclose any information to such websites.
Variation of the Privacy Policy
Pratham Foundation shall be absolutely entitled at its sole discretion from time to time to add to, alter, delete or modify any of the terms and conditions contained herein. Such changes, additions, alterations, deletions, or modifications shall be binding on you once you visit the Site after the Privacy Policy has been so amended.
Copyright Protection
All content on this Site including graphics, text, icons, interfaces, audio clips, logos, images, and software is the property of PrathamFoundation and/or its content suppliers and is protected by Indian and international copyright laws. The arrangement and compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement, and assembly) of all content on this Site is the exclusive property of PrathamFoundation and protected by Indian and international copyright laws. Permission is given to use the resources of this Site only for the purposes of making inquiries, making a donation, or placing an order for the purchase of PrathamFoundation products. Any other use, including the reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display, or performance, of the content on this Site, can only be made with the express permission of Pratham Foundation. All other trademarks, brands, and copyrights other than those belonging to Pratham Foundation belong to their respective owners and are their property.
Donation Refund Policy
Pratham Foundation takes the utmost care to process donations as per the instructions given by our donors, online and offline. However, in case of an unlikely event of an erroneous donation or if the donor would like to cancel his donation, PrathamFoundation will respond to the donor within 7 working days of receiving a valid request for refund from the donor. The timely refund of the donation will depend upon the type of credit card/banking instrument used during the transaction. The donor will have to send Pratham Foundation a written request for a refund within 2 days of making the donation to Pratham Foundation’s official address or email info@prathamfoundation.com along with-
Proof of the deduction of the donation amount.
In cases where the donation receipt has already been issued to the donor, the donor will have to return the original receipt to us at our office addresses.
If the tax exemption certificate is already issued, then we are sorry but we will not be able to refund the donation. However, in case of a valid refund request due to any error on Pratham Foundation’s part, Pratham Foundation will refund the donation and bear the costs of the same.
International donations will need minimum of 10 days for the refund process.