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One of our main priorities at Qudos Tech Private Limited is the privacy of our visitors. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your information in accordance with our website.Qudos Tech Private Limited, ( “Quodos” , “we” , or “us”, which expression shall, unless repugnant to the meaning or context hereof, be deemed to include all permitted successors and assigns) wants you to be familiar with how we collect, use and disclose information. This Privacy Policy describes our practices in connection with information that we collect through websites operated by us from which you are accessing this Privacy Policy (the “Websites") and through our social media pages and apps (“Social Media Pages”) as well as any email messages we send, that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the Websites, Products, Registrations, Transactions, our Social Media Pages and email messages are hereinafter referred to as the “Services”). Your use of the Services constitutes your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. The user or the applicant of the site, the educational course, and/or the services is hereinafter referred to as "You", "User", "Student", or "Customer".Any use you make of our service offerings is subject to our Terms and conditions and any further agreement that You may execute with us.
Applicability
This privacy policy (“Policy”) applies to all Users who access the Platform and are therefore required to read and understand the Policy before submitting any Personal Information. By submitting Personal Information, You are consenting to the use and processing of such information in accordance with this Policy.
Access
Users are allowed to access the Platform and avail certain services available with us as a guest and without creating an account on the Platform or providing any Personal Information, we take no responsibility or validate the information provided by the guest, except as otherwise required under any law, regulation or an order of a competent authority. However, in order to have access to all the features and benefits of our services, a User might be required to first create an account on our platform. To create an account, a User is required to provide Personal Information as may be required during the time of registration. We may, in the future, include other optional requests for information from the User to help us to customize the Platform to deliver personalized information to the User. Without the User's agreement, we will not share, rent or sell any Personal Information with third parties in any way other than what is disclosed in this Policy. We may keep records of telephone calls received and made for making inquiries, feedback, or other purposes for the purpose of rendering services effectively and efficiently.
What data do we collect
When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, or other details to help you with a better experience. By using our products and services, including browsing our websites, registering, or logging in, you agree that we may use your information as outlined in this policy.
Personal information
Personal Information” shall mean the information which identifies the User, name, identification number, email address, age, gender, or phone number provided to Qudos at the time of registration or any time thereafter. Personal information may include “sensitive personal information or data” as defined under the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 and in this context, includes passwords or any financial account information provided by you during registration. We request You do not provide us with any Personal Information unless specifically requested by us. In such events, we bear no liability to such Personal Information provided by You. We may collect the following categories of Personal Information in the following ways:
Name, email address, password, country, city, contact number, and company/organization that you are associated with, when you sign up for alerts on the Platform.
Information that one would usually provide in a resume including name, contact details including email address and mobile number, work experience, educational qualifications, data relating to your current and past remuneration or salary, a copy of your resume, etc when you register on the Platform.
Information about the services that you use and how you use them, including log information and location information when you are a user of the services through the Platform.
We may collect information from recruiters which shall include but not be limited to the company name, a short introduction, company logo, point of contact (name, designation, official email, phone number).We may collect your Personal Information such as name, age, contact details, preferences, etc. through surveys and forms when you choose to participate in these surveys, etc.
When you communicate with us or use the Platform to communicate with other Users (such as recruiters, hiring companies), we collect information about your communication and any information you choose to provide.
When you visit the Platform, we use cookies to automatically collect, store and use technical information about your system and interaction with our Platform.
When you use a device to access the Platform, we may collect technical or other related information from the device as well as the device location.
To the extent permitted by law, we may record and monitor your communications with us to ensure compliance with our legal and regulatory obligations and our internal policies. This may include the recording of telephone conversations.
If you choose to sign in with your social media account to access the Platform, or otherwise connect your social media account with the services of the Platform, you give consent to our collection, storage, and use, in accordance with this Policy, of the information that you make available to us through the social media interface. Please see your social media provider's privacy policy and help center for more information about how they share information when you choose to connect your account.
Other information that we might collect includes:
Employment and background data: if you apply for employment on our sites, your academic and work history, qualifications, skills, projects, and research that you are involved in, references, proof of your entitlement to work in the relevant country, your national security number, your passport or other identity document details, your current level of remuneration (including benefits), and any other such similar information that you may provide to us.
Visual and audio information about yourself: e.g. a photo or video footage, or sound recording.
Your preferences: information about your preferences, interests, industry focus, community choices, and other customer profile information.
Any other information that you choose to share with us: for example, any information that you provide via correspondence, when you fill out our survey(s), that you share via our website or social media accounts linked to our website, or any information that you choose to provide in-person at events, meetings, or over the phone.
Usage data: information related to your usage of our online learning, such as the content you have accessed, viewed or otherwise interacted with.
How we collect the information
Most of the information of yours we collect is the information which you provide us voluntarily. For example, we collect the personal information you provide us when you register to our Services or when you try to reach out to us to understand our service offerings better; when you sign in to our Services via third party services such as Facebook or Google; when you place purchases and/or register domain names; when you submit or upload such Personal Information as you use any of our Services; and/or when you contact us directly by any communication channel (e.g., emails).Further, we have no access to or control over the cookies that are used by any third-party advertisers or websites that you may use. Thus, we advise you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of any third-party ad servers you visit, for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt out of certain options. You may find a complete list of these Privacy Policies and their links here: Privacy Policy Links. You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites. Accordingly, We do not make any representations concerning the privacy practices or policies of such third parties or terms of use of such websites, nor does We guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality of the information, data, text, software, sound, photographs, graphics, videos, messages or other materials available on such websites. The inclusion or exclusion does not imply any endorsement by us of the website, the website's provider, or the information on the website. We encourage the User to read the privacy policies of each such website and the User understands that it's solely such a third party who is responsible to the User in this regard.
How we use your data/information
In certain circumstances, we may use your personal information to pursue legitimate interests of our own or those of third parties. Where we refer to our "legitimate interests", we mean our legitimate business interests in conducting and managing our business and our relationship with you. Where we use your information for our legitimate interests, we make sure that we put our best efforts to take into account any potential impact that such use may have on you. Our legitimate interests don't automatically override yours and we won't use your information if we believe your interests should override ours unless we have other grounds to do so (such as your consent or a legal obligation).
How we use your data/information
In certain circumstances, we may use your personal information to pursue legitimate interests of our own or those of third parties. Where we refer to our "legitimate interests", we mean our legitimate business interests in conducting and managing our business and our relationship with you. Where we use your information for our legitimate interests, we make sure that we put our best efforts to take into account any potential impact that such use may have on you. Our legitimate interests don't automatically override yours and we won't use your information if we believe your interests should override ours unless we have other grounds to do so (such as your consent or a legal obligation).
How we share your data
There are certain circumstances in which we may share your personal information with certain third parties, they may include, and are not limited to, other website users and clients who use our websites and/or applications to communicate or otherwise interact with you; Sponsors, partners and collaborators, including sponsors of our events, products or services, and organizations with whom we host co-branded events, if any; Our service providers who are acting as processors and who assist us with our administrative or business functions, or in the provision of any of our products/services to you; Our hiring partners and service partners; Regulators and governmental bodies and other authorities, regulators acting as processors or joint controllers who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances; Marketing parties which are any selected third party for our sharing your information, limited to and for promotional purposes and for marketing purposes; Any prospective buyer of our business or assets, only in the event that we wish to sell any part of our business or assets;
Regulatory Disclosure
Your Personal Information may be shared with third parties including legal, professional, or other advisors, regulatory authorities, courts, law enforcement agencies, and government agencies who have a need or authority to receive such information, if we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to comply with
(i) in response to any authority having to receive such information under law
(ii) any order of court
(iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues
(iv) protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of our employees, our users or the public as required or permitted by law.
Why do we collect your data/information
We collect and process the information you provide to us, via our online forms, payment process, or registering for the courses of Qudos, exclusively to meet your wishes and requirements. We may use your information to contact you with newsletters, emails, or for any other information, including to provide you with services, to notify you about changes to our services and/or products, To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our services, to detect, prevent and address technical issues, if any. Hence, by using our services, you provide us the permission to collect and store your personal data. Further, we will retain your data to the extent necessary to comply with our admission process, and any further cycle of similar events, any legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies. Your data shared with us will be saved securely on our google drive, the Google cloud-hosted database.
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area, you have certain data protection rights. If you wish to be informed what personal data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.
We collect your Personal Data for the following purposes:
Purpose of collecting Personal Data
To fulfill or meet the reason you provided the information; We use your information for managing and processing purposes, including, but not limited to, tracking attendance, progress, and completion of our program or course. As part of our management and processing of the program, we will use certain Personal Data to administer exams, projects, and other assessments for the program. For example, as part of an exam, Qudos may use certain information collected from you in order to verify your identity or to monitor your performance during the exam to confirm that you are abiding by the applicable testing rules or requirements;
To send you updates about the programs, other Qudos events, platform maintenance or new services provided by Qudos, among other things, through itself or through third parties, via WhatsApp, email, SMS, phone call or any other medium; Provide Chat Room services; To enhance the quality of our content and product offerings; Compliance with security and other mandatory policies and building access; Providing information to relevant external authorities for tax, social security and other purposes as legally required; Conducting surveys to assess your satisfaction, including but not limited to its processes or policies; Setting up and maintaining accounts and subscriptions with third parties that provide information and research services or communication services; Making decisions about your continued engagement, employment or membership; Dealing with legal or regulatory disputes or investigations involving you, our work, or other partners, employees, workers and contractors, including accidents at work, potential and actual negligence claims and professional discipline matters; To monitor use of our information and communication systems to ensure compliance with our IT and document management policies; To ensure network and information security, including preventing unauthorized access to our computer and electronic communications systems and preventing malicious software distribution; Business management and planning, including accounting, auditing and insuring; Planning or reviewing options in relation to the operation or management; Keeping registers required by law or regulation; Communicating with you, for example to respond to inquiries; Enhancing the safety and security of the services and preventing fraud, or protecting our or our customers’, or your rights or property; Enforcing applicable terms and conditions and other applicable policies;
Interest-Based Ads
On unaffiliated sites, We may display interest-based advertising using information You make available to us when You interact with our Platform, content, or services. Interest-based ads, also sometimes referred to as personalized or targeted ads, are displayed to You based on information from activities such as subscription on our Platform, visiting sites that contain our content or ads. In providing interest-based ads, we follow applicable Indian laws, as well as the Code for Self-Regulation in Advertising by the Advertising Standards Council of India and the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising developed by the Digital Advertising Alliance (a coalition of marketing, online advertising, and consumer advocacy organizations). Like other online ad networks, we use cookies, web beacons (also known as action tags or single-pixel gifs), and other technologies (collectively, “cookies”). Cookies enable us to learn about what ads You see, what ads You click, and other actions You take on our sites and other sites. This allows us to provide You with more useful and relevant ads. For example, if we know what ads You are shown we can be careful not to show You the same ones repeatedly. We do not associate Your interaction with unaffiliated sites with Your identity in providing You with interest-based ads. We do not provide any personal information to advertisers or to third-party sites that display our interest-based ads. However, advertisers and other third parties (including the ad networks, ad-serving companies, and other service providers they may use) may assume that users who interact with or click on a personalized ad or content are part of the group that the ad or content is directed towards (for example, users in eastern India who bought or browsed for literature books). Also, some third parties may provide us information about You (such as the sites where You have been shown ads or demographic information) from offline and online sources that we may use to provide You with more relevant and useful advertising. Advertisers or ad companies working on their behalf sometimes use technology to serve the ads that appear on our sites directly to Your browser. They automatically receive Your IP address when this happens. They may also use cookies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize ad content. We do not have access to or control over cookies or other features that advertisers and third-party sites may use, and the information practices of these advertisers and third-party websites are not covered by our Policy. Please contact them directly for more information about their privacy practices.
Security of your data/information
The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive and will try our best to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. Your personal data will be disclosed to third parties only on a strictly limited 'need to know' basis and as mentioned under the “How we share your data” clause.
Children's privacy
Our website and services are not intended for children. It is our priority to add protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity
We do not knowingly collect or maintain the personal information of children under the age of 10, and in some jurisdictions under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 10, please do not access our website at any time or in any manner. If you think that your ward has provided us this kind of information, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately on the below-mentioned contact details and we will do our best to promptly remove such information from our records, if we have any, unless we have a legal obligation to keep it.
Online Privacy Policy Only
This privacy policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collected while using our Services. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via other channels. By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its Terms and Conditions.
This website and our affiliate pages are regulated under Indian Laws. Hence, the website, products, and policies are limited for the users of India. Whereas, if you are a user who resides or is from outside India, and is using the website or registering and purchasing any product from this website, we encourage you to inform us about your usage and how you wish your personal information to be managed as per the regulatory guidelines of your state. You shall inform us through mail to the below-mentioned email address and the communication will be treated complete once it has been acknowledged with a reply mail.
If you are an EU or Swiss citizen or a citizen of outside India and feel that we are not abiding by the terms of your privacy policies and regulatory guidelines, or that we are not in compliance with the privacy principles, please contact us – our details are set out at the end of this Privacy Policy.
Social Media Usage
Please be responsible with the personal information of others when using our website and the services available on it. We are not responsible for your misuse of personal information, or for the direct relationship between you and others that takes place outside of the website or our services.
Our Services may include publicly accessible blogs, forums, social media pages, and private messaging features. By using such Services, you assume the risk that the personal information provided by you may be viewed and used by third parties for any number of purposes. In addition, social media buttons such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Snapchat, and Google+ (that might include widgets such as the "share this" button or other interactive mini-programs) may be on our site. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. These social media features are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our site. Your interactions with these features apart from your visit to our site are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
What are your rights in relation to your personal information
It is imperative that you have control over your personal information. That’s why We have taken steps to enable you to access, receive a copy of, update, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Information. You shall contact us as per the contact details provided below to enforce any of these rights.
Before disclosing the requested information, we may ask you for additional information in order to confirm your identity and for security purposes. We reserve the right to charge a fee where permitted by law (e.g., if your request is unfounded or excessive). We will make all reasonable efforts to honor your request promptly (unless we require further information from you in order to fulfill your request), subject to legal and other permissible considerations.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record-keeping purposes and/or to complete any transactions that you began prior to requesting a change or deletion (e.g., when you make a purchase, you may not be able to change or delete your personal information provided until after the completion of such purchase or promotion). There may also be residual information that will remain within our databases and other records, which will not be removed.
Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website. Our Privacy Policy link includes the word 'Privacy' and can easily be found on the page specified above.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
Please note that this Policy may be revised or altered by us at our sole discretion at any time without any prior intimation to you. The latest policy will be posted here. Any such changes by us will be effective immediately. By continuing to use this Website or to access the Services/usage of our Services after changes are made, you agree to be bound by the revised/ amended policy and such amendments shall supersede all other terms of use previously accepted by you.
Questions and Complaints
If you have any questions or concerns about our collection, use, or disclosure of Personal Information, or if you believe we have not complied with this Privacy Policy or applicable data protection laws, please contact us – our details are set out at the end of this Privacy Policy.
Our team will investigate the complaint and determine whether a breach has occurred and what action, if any, to take.
We take every privacy complaint seriously and will make all reasonable efforts to resolving your complaint promptly. Our target response time is 30 days. We expect our procedures will deal fairly and promptly with your complaint.
Retention Period
We will retain your Personally Identifiable Information or Personal Information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes for which your Personally Identifiable Information has been collected as outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required by law. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include:
(i) the length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you and provide the Services and related to services or related services to you or related to providing our services better;
(ii) whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject; or
(iii) whether retention is advisable in light of our legal position (such as in regard to applicable statutes of limitation, litigation or regulatory investigations).
Contacting us
If there are any questions or requests regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below:
Email: admin@qudos.com