PRIVACY POLICY

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. Ananta Centre (“AC”/ “We”/ “Our”/ “Us”) is a not-for-profit organization and is committed to protecting your privacy and grant importance to the confidentiality of your data over internet. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) shall apply to all persons using or accessing (“User(s)”, “You” or “Your”) any or all services, features or content offered on the internet website www.anantacentre.in (“Website”).

2. GENERAL

In this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” means any information that relates to a natural person, and is capable of identifying such person. (“Personal Information”).

2.1. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform the User about the processing of his/her personal data collected when using the Website. We collect and utilize Your Personal Information to enhance, maintain, protect, improve the functionalities and operation of the Website, allowing You to use all the listed features and allowing Us to respond to Your requests. The Personal Information is used strictly in line with Our objectives in the right spirit and context and to provide You with useful features.

2.2. By providing us Your Personal Information, by creating a User account, or by making any type of payment, or by using the Website, You expressly give Us consent to collect, store, process, use & disclose Your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If You do not agree to the terms of the Privacy Policy, you may choose not to use or access functionalities, features or content provided on the Website.

2.3. The information about the User is collected by Us as (i) information supplied by Users; (ii) information automatically tracked during User's navigation on the Website; and/ or (iii) communicated directly to Us via e-mail or telephone or any other channel.

3. INFORMATION COLLECTED

3.1. If You visit Our Website just to browse, read pages or download information, We automatically track and collect the following categories of information (including but not limited to):

3.1.1. IP addresses;

3.1.2. Domain servers;

3.1.3. Other information with respect to User’s device, operating system, interaction of User device with the Website and applications.

3.2 In order to receive any payments through Our Website, We may require Personal Information such as contact details, PAN number, payment method, details of credit/debit

Card, UPI, net banking, wallet, etc. This Personal Information is used for billing and tax purposes and to contact You in case of any issues.We use third party payment processing entity/ies to process User payments . The payment processing entity will not retain, share or store User’s Personal Information, for any other secondary purposes. Users agree that upon visiting the websites/ page/applications of the payment processing entity, the User shall be bound the privacy polices of such payment processing entity and this Privacy Policy shall not apply for any information that may be shared with the payment processing entity. 3.3 In order to provide Users with other services, such as mailing list for public programs, We may require the User to provide Us with Personal Information such as contact details location, address etc. We may use this information to share with You additional and/ or upcoming information regarding the services of Website in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

3.4 Users that are applying for an employment or internship positions with Us are required to complete their respective application forms on Our Website. The online application forms, may seek Personal Information such as name, work experience, education, gender, date/place of birth, age, nationality, marital status, guardian details etc. You expressly consent that all such information provided for employment purposes may be shared with third parties for background verification, employment history check, etc.

4. COOKIES

To improve the responsiveness for our Users, we may use "cookies", or similar electronic tools to collect non personal information and to assign each User a unique, random number as a user Identification (User ID) to understand the User's individual interests using the identified computer. Cookies help Us to recognize repeat Users and facilitate the User’s experience on the Website, and it also allows Us to track usage behavior and compile aggregate data that will allow content improvements. If a User does not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows the User to deny or accept the cookie feature.

5. DISCLOSURE AND INFORMATION SHARING

5.1. We may share the Personal Information with any third party/service provider without obtaining the prior consent of the User, when We are requested or required by law or by any court or governmental agency or authority to disclose, for the purpose of verification of identity, or for the prevention, detection, investigation including cyber incidents, or for prosecution and punishment of offences.

5.2. We shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that the confidentiality of Your Personal Information is maintained by imposing strict confidentiality standards on all the third parties with whom We part this information. In all circumstances, We shall ensure that

Your Personal Information is protected by strict confidentiality agreement. We shall not allow any third parties to retain Your Personal Information longer than what is warranted by the nature of services rendered.

5.3. We do not disclose Your Personal Information to any advertisers or any third party for their marketing and advertising purposes without Your explicit consent.

6. LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES

6.1. Our Website may contain links to third party websites or applications. The User agrees and understands that privacy policies of these websites are not under Our control. These other websites may collect or solicit Personal Information and send their own cookies to User’s computer. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites. Accordingly, Users should check the privacy statements of these websites for more information about their policies on collection and use of Personal Information.

6.2. When the User accesses another website through a link or a URL available on the Website, this Privacy Policy does not apply anymore. We shall in no way be responsible for Your use/access of such sites. Upon visiting any of third-party websites or applications through a link or a URL available on the Website, the User agrees that the privacy polices of such websites shall be applicable on them.

7. SECURITY

7.1. The access to the member account and the Personal Information therein is password protected. All information gathered on Our Website is securely stored within our controlled database. The database is stored on servers secured behind a firewall; access to the servers is password-protected and is strictly limited. This Personal Information is immediately deleted once User deletes his/her member account exclusively made on the Website, except to the extent it is necessary to store the same under applicable laws.

7.2. Although We make best possible efforts to store Personal Information in a secure operating environment that is not open to the public, User must understand that there is no such thing as complete security, and We do not guarantee that there will be no unintended disclosures of Personal Information.

8. CHANGES TO PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to modify at any time this Privacy Policy and to inform User by any mean.

9. REVIEWING AND UPDATING PERSONAL INFORMATION

In accordance with the legislations in force, User has the right to access, to rectify and to object data concerning himself/herself. User can access and change the Personal

Information and preferences provided when account is created through the account page or by contacting Us. We shall ensure that any Personal Information found to be inaccurate or deficient shall be corrected or amended as feasible.

10. FEEDBACK AND GRIEVANCES

If You have any questions, comments or concerns about the Privacy Policy or would like to provide a feedback on the services offered on Website, please contact Us at admin@anantacentre.in .

Disclaimer

While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this website and its contents, Ananta Centre (AC) assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions. All information and features described herein are subject to change without notice. This website may contain links to third-party websites. AC is not responsible for the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site. This website is providing these links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement of the linked site by AC