Privacy Policy
This Website is owned and maintained by Pragathi Association for Rural Development (PARD INDIA). We recognize that visitors to our website may be concerned about the information they provide us and how we treat that information. PARD INDIA is committed to ensure that your privacy is protected, and this Privacy Policy addresses all such concerns. This policy may be changed or updated from time to time. You should check this page occasionally to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 1st April 2021.
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, you may contact us at:
Pragathi Association for Rural Development (PARD INDIA)
301, Katari Kastle, Suryakantham Layout,
Goshala, Vepagunta Post,
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. India, PIN: 530047.
Phone: (+91) 9652778652
Email: info@pardindia.org; ProjectsDirector@pardindia.org
1. Personal Information
PARD INDIA uses its best efforts to respect the privacy of its online visitors. At our website, we do not collect personally identifiable information from individuals unless they provide it to us voluntarily and knowingly. This means, we do not require you to register or provide information to us in order to view our website. PARD INDIA only gathers personally identifiable data, such as name, date of birth, address, zip/postal code, phone number, e-mail, PAN Card Number when voluntarily submitted by a visitor. For example, we ask for personal information on our online donation pages and use this information to acknowledge receipt of your donation for tax purposes and to communicate with the donor as and when required by us related to the donations.
PARD INDIA does not sell or trade such information collected, to third parties. We will not share personally identifiable information with third parties unless authorized by the person submitting the information or required by law.
2. Credit Card Information Security
PARD INDIA uses industry-standard Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption to protect the security of your transaction and the confidentiality of your personal information. This makes it extremely difficult for anyone else to intercept the credit card information you send to us. Personal data collected through our website is encrypted using 256-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) technology.
Credit card information is not sold or traded to third parties. We will not share your credit card information with third parties unless required by law.
If you still have concerns about the security of your credit card information, contributions may also be made by calling (+91) 707-777-5550, or by sending personal checks or money orders to the following address or any of the addresses that we have mentioned in our Web Forms:
Pragathi Association for Rural Development (PARD INDIA)
301, Katari Kastle, Suryakantham Layout,
Goshala, Vepagunta Post,
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. India, PIN: 530047.
Phone: (+91) 9652778652
Email: info@pardindia.org; ProjectsDirector@pardindia.org
3. Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable controls to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
4. Donations
We request information from the visitor on our donation form. A visitor must provide contact information (such as name, e-mail, phone number, and mailing address, etc.) and payment information (such as credit card number and expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and for sending receipt of the donation. If we have trouble processing a donation, the information is used by us to contact the visitor. If the visitor has given permission for the information’s release, the visitor’s name and contact information may be shared with carefully selected organizations and charities we feel our donors would want to know about. Credit card information of the Donors are NEVER released.
5. Opt-Out
If you provide us with your postal address or e-mail address on-line you may receive periodic mailings from us with information on our programs and services. If you do not want to receive postal mail or e-mail from us in the future, please let us know by sending a mail to us at: (info@pardindia.org) or writing to us at the above address and letting us know that you do not want to receive postal mail or e-mail from us. Some mailings are prepared well in advance, so please allow up to three months for your request to be reflected on our mailing lists.
6. Cookies
Visitors should be aware that non-personal information and data may be automatically collected by PARD INDIA’s Website through the use of cookies. Cookies are small text files a Website can use to recognize repeat visitors, facilitate the visitor’s ongoing access to and use of the site, and allow a site to track usage behavior and compile aggregate data that will allow content improvements. Cookies are not programs that come onto a visitor’s system and damage files. Generally, cookies work by assigning a unique number to the visitor that has no meaning outside the assigning site. If a visitor does not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows the visitor to deny or accept the cookie feature. PARD INDIA uses cookie technology only to obtain non-personal information from its online visitors in order to improve visitors’ online experience and facilitate their visit within our site.
7. Sharing
Legal Disclaimer: Though we make a good faith effort to preserve visitor privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, when a court order or legal process is served on our website.
8. Notification of Changes
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement so our visitors are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected. If you continue to visit the website or make donations after those changes are in effect, you agree to the revised policy.
If, however, we are going to use visitors’ personally identifiable information in a manner significantly different from that stated at the time of collection, we will notify visitors via e-mail and won’t disclose this information unless express information is granted. However, if visitors have opted out of all communication with the site, or deleted/deactivated their account, then they will not be contacted, nor will their personal information be used in this new manner.
9. External Web Links
This website may contain links to other websites. Unless we expressly state otherwise, PARD INDIA makes no representations whatsoever concerning the content of those websites. The fact that PARD INDIA has provided a link to a site is not an endorsement, authorization, sponsorship, or affiliation with respect to such site, its owners, or its providers. There are risks associated with using any information, software, or products found on the Internet, and PARD INDIA cautions you to make sure that you understand these risks before retrieving, using, relying upon, or purchasing anything via the Internet.
In addition, we encourage our users to be aware when they leave our website to read the privacy statements of each and every other website that collects personally identifiable information. These other websites may collect or solicit personal data or send their own cookies to your computer. Please be aware that PARD INDIA is not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. Please check the privacy statements of these other websites for more information about their policies on collection and use of personal information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.
10. Referrals
If a visitor elects to use our referral service for informing a friend about our site, like spread the word, we ask them for the friend’s name and e-mail address. PARD INDIA will automatically send the friend a one-time e-mail with an introduction to PARD INDIA and an invitation to visit the site. The one-time e-mail will include the name of the person making the referral. PARD INDIA stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time e-mail and tracking the success of our referral program. The friend may contact PARD INDIA to unsubscribe at (info@pardindia.org) and request the removal of this information from our database.
11. Interactive Features
From time to time, our website requests information from visitors via interactive features, such as surveys, feedback, testimonials or quizzes. Participation in these features is completely voluntary and the visitor therefore has a choice whether to disclose this information or not. The requested information typically includes information that includes name, phone number, address, e-mail, visitors' comments, and information on the visitor’s interests. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this website and providing pertinent information to participants. Visitors’ personally identifiable information is not shared with third parties.
