Privacy Policy

Introduction

We, at VH Education Services Private Limited and our affiliated companies worldwide, are committed to respecting your online privacy and recognize your need for appropriate protection and management of any personally identifiable information you share with us.

“Personal Information” means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, a home or other physical address and an email address or other contact information, whether at work or at home. In general, you can visit VH Education Services Private Limited's Web pages without telling us who you are or revealing any Personal Information about yourself.

“Non-Aggregated Personal Information” shall mean all of your information which is not in aggregated form and may be personally identifiable, which has been provided to the Company.

“Personally Identifiable Information” shall include any and all information that can be used to identify any person, if accessed independently, as well as any sets of information that can collectively identify any person.

“Aggregated Personal Information” shall mean any information collated by the Company in aggregated form, including but not limited to the End User Activity and/or Usage Patterns, which does not personally identify anybody in any manner whatsoever.

“End User Activity” shall include your any online activity in relation to our services, including but not limited to any decisions made and information provided in any manner whatsoever.

“Usage Patterns” shall include any of your repetitive, recurrent and preponderant actions identified by us in relation to our services

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Some of our Web pages utilize "cookies" and other tracking technologies. A "cookie" is a small text file that may be used, for example, to collect information about Website activity. Some cookies and other technologies may serve to recall Personal Information previously indicated by a Web user. Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them.

You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you may choose to block cookies with your browser, but please note that if you choose to erase or block your cookies, you will need to re-enter your original user ID and password to gain access to certain parts of the Web site.

Tracking technologies may record information such as Internet domain and host name, Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser software and operating system types, clickstream patterns, and dates and times that our site is accessed. Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies allows us to improve our Web site and your Web experience. We may also analyze information that does not contain personal information for trends and statistics. For more information about our use of cookies, visit our Cookie Policy page.

Information Security

We take appropriate security measures to the best of our abilities to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. However, we disclaim any and all liability in relation to such aforesaid activities caused by any external agency or person.

We collect and store the following information (“Collected Information”):

  • The Non Aggregated Information which may include Personally Identifiable Information made available by you either directly and/or indirectly.
  • All information on the Platform is backed up everyday (and deleted the next day) for the safety, security and audit purposes. For clarification of doubt, none of the backups are accessed for any reason other than those specifically laid down in this Policy.
  • Any and all End User Activity, including but not limited to tracking any Usage Patterns.
  • Your network and connections
  • Your Device Information.

We use Collected Information, inter alia,:

  • To provide, improve, develop services by us,
  • To communicate with you in a more efficient and effective manner
  • To promote safety and security
  • To enhance your overall user experience
  • For better decisions and better choices for you
  • For displaying and measuring the services rendered through the Platform.
  • For research and data analytics, which may not be directly related the services made available to you, either directly or indirectly.

We share the Non-Aggregated Personal Information only in the following instances:

  • If required under Applicable Law or for a bona fide purpose to facilitate a judicial proceeding.
  • In case of violation of any of the clauses of this Policy and/or the Terms of Use and other legal documentation enforceable between us and you.
  • In case of violation of any third party rights
  • In case of change of ownership of Company, to such new owner.
  • In case of change of ownership of Platform, to such new owner
  • In case of any payment through and/or in relation to the Company and/or its services, including but not limited to the Platform.
  • In case of communicating with any third party partner in relation to the services that are availed by you.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the Company reserves a right to monitor and/or otherwise access the Platform only in the following instances:

  • Platform maintenance activity for audit and security purposes
  • Fixing a coding error that affects the stability and/or basic functionality of the Platform

Implementation of the personal data retention policy envisaged herein this Policy and the corresponding Terms of Use.

To the best of our abilities, we restrict access to your personally identifying information to employees who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our services. However, we disclaim any and all liability in relation to an internal breach that has caused by any individual in any manner that cannot be reasonably conceived by us.

Updating your information

We provide mechanisms for updating and correcting your personally identifying information for many of our services. For more information, please see the help pages for each service.

Children

VH Education Services Private Limited will not contact any minors about special offers or for marketing purposes without the express consent of such minor’s legal guardian.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

VH Education Services Private Limited does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with other people (save with your affirmative consent) or non-affiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested, when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances:

  • We provide the information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with VH Education Services Private Limited under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use your personal information to help VH Education Services Private Limited communicate with you about offers from VH Education Services Private Limited and our marketing partners. However, these companies do not have any independent right to share this information.
  • We respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.
  • We believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of VH Education Services Private Limited's terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
  • We transfer information about you if VH Education Services Private Limited is acquired by or merged with another company. In this event, VH Education Services Private Limited will notify you before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
  • VH Education Services Private Limited works with vendors, partners, advertisers, and other service providers in different industries and categories of business. For more information regarding providers of products or services that you've requested please read our detailed reference links.

For clarification of doubt, it is hereby stated that at the instance you hereby consent to the transfer of any and all of your personal information to any third party (whether or not you avail such third party’s goods and services), we shall have no control over the storage, usage and/or sharing of such personal information in any manner whatsoever. We specifically disclaim any representations, warranties, covenants and/or declarations, whether implied or express, in relation to such third party activities. In certain instances, you would be subject the data processing norms and policies of such third parties. You shall agree to such third party privacy policies at your sole risk and discretion and we do not have any connection to the processes laid down by such third parties.

Confidentiality and Security

We limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or services to you or in order to do their jobs.

In accordance with applicable laws, reasonable practices and procedures have been implemented to safeguard any and all personally sensitive information in accordance with industry safeguards to the best of our abilities.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

VH Education Services Private Limited reserves the right to update, change or modify this policy at any time. The policy shall come to effect from the date of such update, change or modification.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the laws of republic of India shall be the governing law of contract and the courts of Bangalore, India shall have the exclusive jurisdiction on all actions/claims/disputes arising out of this Agreement.

Disclaimer VH Education Services Private Limited does not store or keep credit card data in a location that is accessible via the Internet. Once a credit card transaction has been completed, all credit card data is moved off-line only to ensure that the data/credit card information received is not accessible to anyone after completion of the on-line transaction and to ensure the maximum security.

VH Education Services Private Limited uses the maximum care as is possible to ensure that all or any data / information in respect of electronic transfer of money does not fall in the wrong hands.

VH Education Services Private Limited shall not be liable for any loss or damage sustained by reason of any disclosure (inadvertent or otherwise) of any information concerning the user's account and / or information relating to or regarding online transactions using credit cards / debit cards and / or their verification process and particulars nor for any error, omission or inaccuracy with respect to any information so disclosed and used whether or not in pursuance of a legal process or otherwise.

Contact Information VH Education Services Private Limited welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement at the contact address given at the website. Should there be any concerns about contravention of this Privacy Policy, VH Education Services Private Limited will employ all commercially reasonable efforts to address the same.

Note: The terms in this agreement may be changed by VH Education Services Private Limited at any time. VH Education Services Private Limited is free to offer its services to any client/prospective client without restriction.

TERMS SPECIFICALLY APPLICABLE TO END USERS WHICH FALL UNDER THE DEFINITION OF “DATA SUBJECT” UNDER GLOBAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATIONS, 2016

PRINCIPLES FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA

We respects your privacy and is committed to protecting Personal Data in compliance with the applicable legislation in the European Economic Area (EEA). This compliance is consistent with our desire to keep you informed and to recognize and respect their privacy rights. We will observe the following principles when processing Personal Data:

  • Data will be processed fairly and in accordance with applicable law.
  • Data will be collected for specified, legitimate purposes and not processed further in ways incompatible with those purposes.
  • Data will be relevant to and not excessive for the purposes for which they are collected and used. For example data may be rendered de-identified if deemed reasonable, feasible and appropriate, depending on the nature of the data and the risks associated with the intended uses.
  • You will be asked to provide their clear and unequivocal consent for the collection, processing and transfer of your Personal Data.
  • Data will be accurate and, where necessary kept up up-to-date. Reasonable steps will be taken to rectify or delete Personal Data that is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • Data will be kept only as it is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and processed. Those purposes shall be described in this Policy.
  • Data will be deleted or amended following a relevant request by the concerned data subject, should such notice comply with the applicable legislation each time.
  • Data will be processed in accordance with the individual’s legal rights (as described in this Policy or as provided by applicable law).

Appropriate technical, physical and organizational measures will be taken to prevent unauthorized access, unlawful processing and unauthorized or accidental loss, destruction or damage to data. In case of any such violation with respect to Personal Data, we will take appropriate steps to end the violation and determine liabilities in accordance with applicable law and will cooperate with the competent authorities.

TYPES OF DATA PROCESSED

In accordance with Applicable Law, your Personal Data may include the following:

  • name;
  • contact information;
  • date of birth;
  • government-issued identification information, passport or visa information;
  • professional experience history;
  • financial account information; and
  • pictures and videos that the you may upload
  • other information you may provide.

OTHER TERMS

In connection with the activities described herein, we may transmit Personal Data (albeit in an anonymised and encrypted form) outside the EU and more specifically to: (i) our different offices in India; (ii) our affiliated entities in India. Moreover, Personal Data might be sent to the following third parties in or outside the EEA: Selected Third Parties: We will not disclose or share any personal information with any external entity or third party, except upon the your explicit consent.

Other Third Parties: We may be required to disclose certain Personal Data to other third parties: (i) As a matter of law (e.g. to tax and social security authorities); (ii) to protect our legal rights; (iii) in an emergency where someone’s health or security is endangered; (iv) to Law Enforcement Authorities in accordance with the relevant legislation in the different EEA Member States including but not limited to legislation transposing the EU/2016/1148 concerning measures for a high common level of security of network and information systems across the Union.