“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” - Margaret Mead
At PRAGYA, we respect the privacy of the users of our website. This Privacy Statement is intended to lay down
the practices we follow for respecting the privacy preferences of the people visiting our website
www.pragya.org. Pragya strives to adhere to and comply with the principles of (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 (General
Data Protection Regulation), The Data Protection Act, 1998 and The Privacy and Electronic Communications
Regulations, 2003. We make sure that Pragya as an organisation holding personal data have the right
processes in place to protect it. The individual can choose how she/he want us to make the contact. The
individual can change her / his mind or opt out at any point of time and we will honour the same. Please
send us an email at the id: info@pragya.org
We collect information from you to extend services like processing of your donations, providing receipts and
tax exemption certificates, sending updates about the work we do, respond to your queries and apprising you
of the new opportunities to help deprived and marginalized populations.
Depending on the type of communication or transaction, the personal information we collect may include, but
is not limited to, your name, postal address, date of birth, telephone numbers, mobile phone numbers, your
organization’s name, email addresses, credit/debit card information, bank information or billing
information. Irrespective of the mode in which we receive your personal information we will always make
clear to you which data is necessary for a particular purpose.
In specific situations, we process your data to pursue our legitimate interests in ways which might reasonably be expected and which do not materially impact your rights, freedom or interests for eg., To help identify organisations who may wish to support Pragya, we send emails to individuals where relevant to their job address, for instance people working in Corporate Social Responsibility.
In limited situations we may use data in the public interest. It is likely to be in the public interest to collect data to prevent crime or dishonesty, ensure that we are fair in our practices by carrying out equality and diversity monitoring, or safeguard the wellbeing of people with whom we work.
We seek your personal information when you make a donation, request a communication from us, register for an on-ground event, pledge support to our work and campaigns or apply for a job or for volunteering with us. This information may be sought over the phone, through the website, via email or by the means of face-to-face interaction.
Pragya has in place the necessary security mechanisms and only designated employees have access to your personal information. All online transactions are done on secure third party servers. The information you provide on the donation transaction page is encrypted using SSL and website is secure.
Except for statutory requirements defined by the respective Country laws, Pragya will never share your email addresses, phone numbers or financial information.
Cookies are pieces of electronic information that will be sent by Pragya when you log onto our web site. These will be placed in your computer's hard disk and enable us to recognize you as a user when you next visit. You can configure your browser so that it responds to cookies the way you deem fit. For example, you make want to accept all cookies, reject them all or get notified when a cookie is sent. Please check your browser’s settings to modify cookie behavior as per your individual behavior.
We may collect your personal information and device information, including your device’s location, when you use apps developed and released by Pragya. Users are informed during the registration or onboarding process for certain information we may collect about you or your device and prompted to provide that information or grant us access to it for specified purposes such as app improvements and push notifications. We may ask you to provide personal information or allow Pragya to identify or contact you. As a registered user, you may be able to download updates or participate in additional services offered on Pragya’s apps.
You also may be able to post or submit photos, graphics, information, comments, and other content through apps developed and released by Pragya. When you submit this information, it becomes the property of Pragya, and you accept responsibility for its accuracy, appropriateness and legality. It may be distributed and become publicly available. It may be viewed, read, collected, or used by others, including any geo-location, tags, or other metadata in the submission.
Your use of apps developed and released by Pragya may result in the assignment of unique identifiers (IDs). Some of these IDs are generated by your device and some of these are provided to your device by us. These may be in the form of numbers or combinations of letters, numbers and other characters or other codes. These may be used to know your device's location. Your device may send us some or all of the following:
You may engage with our content on or through social media services or other third-party platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and others that are integrated with Pragya’s website. We refer to these here as "Social Media." When you engage with our content on or through Social Media, we may have access to information shared by you on the specific Social Media platform if you have enabled your profile details to be shared. Our access is bound by the privacy policies and terms of use of each of these Social Media platforms.
This policy was last updated in October 2019. We may amend or update this policy at any time to take account of any changes to data protection law or other legislation. When further updates to the policy are made they will be posted on this page, but we would not make any changes to the way we use your data without asking you first. Your subsequent submission of personal information to Pragya will be deemed to signify your acceptance to the updates. You may reach out to us if you have any queries about any changes made to our practices. Please send an email to info@pragya.org
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Pragya, its directors and trustees, officers, employees, consultants, agents, and affiliates, from any and all third party claims, liability, damages and/or costs (including, but not limited to, legal fees) arising from your use of this website.