The Ganga Foundation is committed to safeguarding the privacy of its beneficiaries, donors, employees, members, Trustees and other stakeholders. The Ganga Foundation attaches utmost importance to the way we deal with any personal information a visitor to the website may share.
The Ganga Foundation may also collect and use such information as part of its work, but in a manner that does not compromise the privacy of the persons concerned. We shall use such information only with the explicit or implicit consent. We believe this is the cornerstone of our transparent approach to work.
The Privacy Policy of The Ganga Foundation sets out clearly the way we deal with information on the website. Any user of the website of The Ganga Foundation is deemed to have agreed to this Privacy Policy as well as the Terms Of Use.
In this document, `You’ refers to a user or visitor to the website and `We’ `Us’ and `the website’ refers to www.thegangafoundation.org, and includes any mobile application that almost replicates the website of The Ganga Foundation.
A user is assumed to have read and clearly understood the Privacy Policy of The Ganga Foundation. A user is also deemed to have kept track of changes to the Privacy Policy (we will keep you posted of any change (s)), read and understood the change (s) and the overall content of the revised Privacy Policy.
# As a foremost step of our Privacy Policy, any use of photographs from the website of The Ganga Foundation – www.thegangafoundation.org – is strictly prohibited unless it is meant for non-commercial use. For such use, the image must be credited as sourced from The Ganga Foundation. Any improper use shall be subject to legal action, if needed.
# Information on IP addresses, domain services, types of web browsers, types of computers or electronic devices accessing the website and ways in you interact on the website will automatically be tracked and collected.
# To access the website, the following Personal information may be collected:
- Name
- Address
- Email ID
- Mobile Number
- Landline Number
- Date of Birth
- Gender
- Permanent Account Number in case you are making an online donation.
# You can opt not to provide Personal Information but you may not be able to use certain features of the website.
# Personal Information that is collected will be stored and archived in a secure manner so as to protect your privacy.
# We will use your email ID, unless expressly prohibited by a user, to keep you posted of the work of The Ganga Foundation on an ongoing basis.
# We would not share Personal Information collected from users of the website of The Ganga Foundation to any third parties.
# We may share the Personal Information only if required by any legal process, to enforce the terms of use and to safeguard the interests of The Ganga Foundation in any proceeding.
# We may use such Personal Information to refine the contents and flow of information on the website so as to enhance the quality of user experience.
# In any system, it is not possible to make a 100% guarantee of security of information, though we would follow the best practices in this regard. If there is any unintentional disclosure, we would strive to keep you posted on nature of information flow to best protect your interest.
# If you find that your Personal Information has been stolen or disseminated, please do let us know so that we can take corrective measures.
# The website may have interactive features and services that may also collect information from the computer system of the user to the extent needed for execution of such services. These will also be kept confidential.
# Interactive features and certain parts of the website such as blogs and discussion forums will be of a public nature, as far as any comments or information you may post. At such places, please be careful in sharing any Personal Information, unless you specifically wish to for any reason.
# The website of The Ganga Foundation uses `cookies’, which are small computer-generated files, that may be transferred to your computer’s hard drive. These contain your website usage preferences and user IDs. You must periodically delete the cookies. You have the option to disable the cookies but that would make for an incomplete user experience on the website.
# This Privacy Policy is only that of The Ganga Foundation. The website has links to websites of third parties. In case a user is moving from the website to that of a third party, the Privacy Policy & Terms of Use, if any, of that website would only apply once you have moved out of the website of The Ganga Foundation. In such a circumstance, The Ganga Foundation would not be responsible for any aspect of your user experience on the third party website.
# Personal information about other people cannot be sought or exchanged via the site and people should contact The Ganga Foundation by an email to tgf.ngo@gmail.com with their queries and any clarifications on the Privacy Policy.
