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Amaravati Global Foundation · Est. 1924

Legal & Compliance

Privacy Policy

Your privacy is fundamental to how we operate. This policy describes how Amaravati Foundation collects, uses, and protects your personal information.

Last Updated: January 31, 2024

1. Interpretation & Definitions

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Account — a unique account created for you to access our Service.

Company — Amaravati Foundation, Foundation Plaza, Capital District, Amaravati 522503, Andhra Pradesh, India, also referred to as "We", "Us", or "Our".

Cookies — small files placed on your device by a website, containing browsing history details.

Device — any device that can access the Service (computer, mobile phone, tablet).

Personal Data — any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual.

Service — the Amaravati Foundation website at amaravatifoundation.com.

Service Providers — third-party companies or individuals employed to facilitate our Service.

Usage Data — data collected automatically from your use of the Service.

You — the individual accessing or using the Service.

2. Information We Collect

Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. This may include:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
  • Organisation or institution name
  • Inquiry type and message content
  • Donation and payment information (processed securely by our payment partners)
  • Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. It may include information such as your device's Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

When you access the Service via a mobile device, we may collect information including your mobile device type, mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, and your mobile operating system.

Tracking Technologies & Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and store certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

3. How We Use Your Data

Amaravati Foundation may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including monitoring the usage of our Service.
  • To manage your account and provide you access to different functionalities of the Service.
  • For the performance of a contract, including processing donations, partnership agreements, or program enrolments.
  • To contact you by email, telephone, or SMS regarding updates or informative communications related to services you have requested.
  • To provide news and updates about our global initiatives, education programs, and healthcare projects, unless you opt out.
  • For business analysis and improvement — evaluating how our Service is used so we can improve it.
  • To manage requests submitted by you to us.
  • For business transfers — in connection with a merger, restructuring, or acquisition of the Foundation's assets.
  • For legal compliance — to meet applicable regulatory obligations across the jurisdictions in which we operate.

4. Data Sharing & Disclosure

We may share your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers — to monitor and analyse use of our Service, or to contact you.
  • For business transfers — in connection with any merger, sale of Foundation assets, or restructuring.
  • With Affiliates — including our parent organisation, subsidiaries, joint ventures, and other entities under common control.
  • With business partners — to offer you certain products, services, or programs.
  • With other users — where you share personal information or interact in public areas of the Service.
  • With your consent — for any other purpose with your explicit agreement.
  • For legal obligations — to comply with a legal obligation or to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Foundation, our users, or the public.

We do not sell your personal data to third parties for marketing purposes.

5. Cookies & Tracking

We use both session and persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

Necessary / Essential Cookies

These Cookies are essential to provide you with services available through the Website and to enable you to use some of its features. Without these Cookies, the services cannot be provided.

Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

These Cookies identify whether users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

Functionality Cookies

These Cookies allow us to remember choices you make when you use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference.

Analytics Cookies

These Cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website, helping us improve our Service and user experience.

6. Data Retention

The Foundation will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Donor records may be retained for up to seven (7) years to comply with financial reporting and charitable trust regulations in the jurisdictions where we operate.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to access — request copies of your personal data.
  • Right to rectification — request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Right to erasure — request that we delete or assist in deleting your personal data.
  • Right to restrict processing — request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
  • Right to data portability — request transfer of your data to another organisation or directly to you.
  • Right to object — object to our processing of your personal data.
  • Right to withdraw consent — withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your data.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at info@amaravatifoundation.com. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

8. Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under 13 years of age. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from anyone under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

9. Data Security

The security of your Personal Data is important to us. We use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, including 256-bit SSL encryption for all data transmitted to and from our website. All donation payment transactions are processed through PCI-DSS compliant payment gateways.

However, please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

In the event of a data breach that affects your rights and freedoms, we will notify you and the relevant supervisory authorities within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach, as required by applicable law.

10. International Transfers

As a global foundation with operations across India, Switzerland, and the United States, your information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of information represents your agreement to that transfer. The Foundation will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. For significant changes, we will also send a notice to your registered email address prior to the change becoming effective.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

Amaravati Foundation

Foundation Plaza, Capital District, Amaravati 522503, AP, India

Bahnhofstrasse 45, 8001 Zürich, Switzerland

Email: info@amaravatifoundation.com

Phone: +91 95539 92020

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