Privacy Policy

This Policy is published and formulated in strict adherence to the laws and regulations of the Republic of India, specifically including:

• The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act 2023) and applicable rules thereunder;
• Section 43A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act);
• The Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 (SPDI Rules);
• Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 governing non-profit companies;
• The Income Tax Act, 1961 (specifically Rule 18AB and Form 10BD requirements for Section 80G donation tax reporting).

We collect personal data strictly on a voluntary, need-to-know basis when you interact with our website or participate in our activities:

Technical Telemetry: We collect non-identifiable technical data such as browser type, operating system, and pages viewed via privacy-respecting analytics to optimize website functionality. We do not use intrusive tracking cookies.

Your personal data is collected and processed exclusively for legitimate, charitable, and legally mandated purposes:

• To respond to your inquiries, volunteer interest, or partnership requests;
• To coordinate on-ground community relief, kit distribution, and volunteer mobilization across Pimpri-Chinchwad;
• To acknowledge contributions, process in-kind or monetary donations, and issue official donation receipts;
• To file mandatory annual reports (Form 10BD) with the Indian Income Tax Department for donors claiming tax deductions under Section 80G;
• To maintain statutory records as mandated by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) under the Companies Act, 2013;
• To dispatch critical foundation updates, transparency reports, or campaign notifications when consented to.

5. Strict Non-Commercial Policy & Sharing

We hold your trust in the highest regard. In accordance with Indian data privacy norms:

• No Sale of Data: We never sell, rent, lease, or monetize your personal details to third-party advertisers, data aggregators, or marketing agencies.
• Transactional Transmission: Form submissions are securely delivered to our foundation directors via encrypted API service (Resend) solely for communication purposes.
• Statutory Disclosures: We may disclose information only where required by a formal order from a court of competent jurisdiction, the Income Tax Department, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, or statutory Indian enforcement bodies.

6. Data Retention & Safeguards

We retain your personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was gathered, or as mandated by statutory Indian laws:

• Donation and Tax Records: Retained for a minimum of 7 to 8 financial years in accordance with Section 44AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
• General Inquiries: Retained for reasonable operational periods to resolve queries, after which they are safely purged.
• Security Practices: We implement industry-standard SSL/TLS transport encryption, strict role-based access controls, and administrative safeguards compliant with Rule 5(8) of the SPDI Rules 2011.

7. Your Rights under the DPDP Act, 2023

As a Data Principal under Indian law, you are entitled to exercise the following rights regarding your data:

9. Governing Law & Jurisdiction

This Privacy Policy and any disputes arising in connection with the website or personal data shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the Republic of India. The courts of Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra, India shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all matters relating to this policy.