Privacy of our visitors

At GITAM (Deemed to be University), one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information collected, recorded, and managed by the GITAM's official website, minisites, microsites, and landing pages.This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities.

Consent

By using our website, you consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms by using our website.

Information we collect

The personal information you are asked to provide and why you are asked to provide it will be apparent at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you, such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.

How we use your information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including:

  • Provide, operate, and maintain our website
  • Improve, personalise, and expand our website
  • Understand and analyse how you use our website
  • Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
  • Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website and for marketing and promotional purposes
  • Send you emails
  • Find and prevent fraud

Log Files

GITAM's official website, minisites, microsites, and landing pages follow a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and are a part of hosting services; analytics. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any personally identifiable information. The information is for analysing trends, administering the site, tracking users and movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

GITAM's official website, minisites, microsites, and landing pages use cookies like any other website. These cookies store information, including visitors' preferences and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information optimises the users' experience by customising our web page content based on visitors, browser type and other information.

Note

The GITAMs official website, minisites, microsites, and landing pages have no access to or control over these cookies that third-party advertisers use.

Personal Information Protection

All personal data is subject to data secrecy and is protected and managed with suitable organisational and technical measures to prevent unauthorised access, illegal processing or distribution, and accidental loss, modification or destruction.

Third-Party Privacy Policies

GITAMs official website, minisites, microsites, and landing pages Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt out of specific options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found on the browsers' respective websites.

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

  • Request that a business that collects a consumer's data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a company has collected about consumers.
  • Request that a business deletes any personal data about the consumer a company has collected.
  • Request that a business that sells a consumer's data not sell the consumer's data.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond. Please contact us if you would like to exercise any of these rights.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

  • The right to access - You can request copies of your data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
  • The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you think is incomplete.
  • The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your data under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict processing your data under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your data under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation or directly to you under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond. Please contact us if you would like to exercise any of these rights.

Children's Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and monitor and guide their online activity.

GITAM's official website, minisites, microsites, and landing pages do not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under 13. Suppose you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately, and we will do our best to remove such information from our records promptly.