Chintan Research Foundation (CRF) is committed to protecting your privacy and the security of all data on https://www.crfindia.org website (the “Site”). To demonstrate this commitment, CRF has adopted this privacy policy (this “Policy”).

This Policy is based on the principles of notice and awareness, choice and consent, access and participation and integrity and security in the collection and use of all information regarding CRF’s users and their activities at the Site. By accessing the Site you are indicating your agreement to this Policy. Any changes to this Policy will be effective immediately upon posting to this Site.

Notice of Our Policy: This Policy contains the following sections:

1. What information CRF gathers from you?
2. How does CRF use your information?
3. How does CRF disclose your information?
4. Your rights and choices
5. Links to other sites
6. Changes in policy

Please read this Policy carefully, and feel free to contact if you have any questions regarding its contents.

What information CRF gathers from you?

Information submitted by you: CRF may ask you to provide personal information about yourself in order to better serve you. Personal Information collected may include name, title, address, phone number, email address, financial information and other relevant data. CRF does not require this information for you to obtain access to any area of its Site. We do not save any card of file data.

Information collected by Cookies: CRF may also make use of website “cookies” to help you use its services more easily and to help it continuously improve its Site and its service to you. A “cookie” is a small data file that a website can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your hard drive to help our Site “remember” information about you when you return to its Site, such as your preferences for the Site or account identifications.

CRF’s cookies do not read data off of your hard drive, read cookie files created by other websites track any personal information about you. You may have the option of setting your browser to reject cookies, however, doing so may negatively impact upon the performance of the Site or restrict CRF in better serving your needs and interests. The “help” portion of the toolbar on most browsers will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether.

How does CRF use your information?

User Identification: CRF will retain this information on a secure server so that on re-visiting its Site, you will not need to re-enter that information. CRF may use this information in an aggregated form to measure number of visits, average time spent on the Site, pages viewed, and other relevant statistics. CRF collects this information to measure the use of its Site and to improve the content of its Site.

CRF uses your personally identifying information to identify you as a user of the Site.

CRF may use your email address to contact you directly regarding services or products that CRF believes may be of interest to you. CRF may also use information collected about your preferences and activities at the Site, such as the particular pages you request at the Site. CRF may vary the content you receive in future visits to the Site based on your preferences and activities.

Disclosure of Aggregate Information: CRF may combine your personally identifying information and information about your preferences and activities, with those of all or a particular group of its users to prepare collective profiles of its users and their activities for CRF’s internal use. Such information, and other information we derive from individual users’ information, allows CRF to continue to grow and provide you with quality information through more accurate marketing and advertising of the Site.

How does CRF disclose your information?

To Service Providers:CRF may disclose your personal information that you provide or that CRF collects, such as your name, address, email address, telephone number, credit card number etc. to vendors that provide CRF with services that help run CRF.

For Legal Purposes: : CRF will, however, comply with any court order or other requirement of law, which requires CRF to disclose your personal information.

Advertising Partners: Except as provided herein, CRF may disclose your information to third parties that assist in tailoring and service advertisements that are relevant to you.

Organizational Transfers: If CRF participates in a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy proceedings, or other transfer or reorganization of assets, including in contemplation thereof, your information may be among the transferred assets. If a portion or all of CRF assets are transferred to a third party in these circumstances, CRF may disclose your information as part of the transfer.

For other purposes with consent: CRF may use your information for any other lawful purpose that CRF discloses to you and to which you consent.

Your rights and choices

You have the right to: a) Access their personal information held by us b) Request correction of any inaccurate personal information c) Request deletion of their personal information, subject to legal retention requirements d) Object to the processing of their personal information for legitimate reasons. To exercise these rights or “Opt-out” of Receiving e-mail Communication: CRF permits you to Opt-out of receiving certain communications from the Site. CRF will not send unsolicited messages to you if you indicate that you do not wish to receive such messages. If you do not wish to receive unsolicited email messages from CRF, please send an email to info@crfindia.org requesting the same. If you do not want your personal information used as otherwise detailed in this Privacy Policy, then you must not use the Site.

Links to other sites

CRF Site may contain “links” to other websites, and CRF cannot and is not responsible for maintaining your privacy once you leave its Site. CRF attempts to only link to websites that share its high standards and respect for privacy. If you provide any information to parties who operate websites that are linked to or from this Site, different rules may apply to their collection, use or disclosure of your personal information. CRF encourages you to review other websites’ policies before revealing any sensitive or personal information. Under no circumstances shall CRF have any liability whatsoever for the activities conducted by or at any website accessed from or through its Site.

Changes to the Policy

Please review this Policy each time you use the Site as it is subject to change at any time by CRF without notice to you. It is your obligation to review this Policy from time to time.

General

This Policy is governed by the laws of New Delhi, India, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. Jurisdiction for any claims arising under or out of this Policy shall lie exclusively with the state courts in New Delhi, India. If any provision of this Policy is found to be invalid by a court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Policy, which shall remain in full force and effect. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL CRF HAVE ANY LIABILITY WHATSOEVER FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR SPECIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE BREACH OF THIS POLICY, HOWEVER OCCASIONED.

By confirming and proceeding with providing you personal information with us, you are to the above Privacy Policy.