1) GENERAL:
            a. This Website with the URL of https://www.ipcihyd.org/ ("Website/Site") is operated
            by iPCI 2025 ("We/Our/Us"). We are
            committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We do collect your personal information
            and process your personal data in accordance with the IT Act, 2000 (21 of 2000) and other
            national and state laws which relate to the processing of personal data. Please read the
            following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data.
            b. We collect your personal information in order to provide and continually
            improve our products and services.
            c. Our privacy policy is subject to change at any time without notice. To make
            sure you are aware of any changes, please review this policy periodically.
            d. All partner firms and any third-party working with or for Us, and who have
            access to personal information, will be expected to read and comply with this
            policy.
            2) HOW WE COLLECT THE INFORMATION
            a. From you directly and through this Site: We may collect information through
            the Website when you visit. The data we collect depends on the context of your
            interactions with our Website.
            b. Through business interaction: We may collect information through business
            interaction with you or your employees.
            c. From other sources: We may receive information from other sources, such as
            public databases; joint marketing partners; social media platforms; or other third
            parties such as:
            I. Updated delivery and address information from our carriers or other third
            parties, which we use to correct our records and deliver your next purchase
            or communication more easily.
            II. Information about your interactions with the products and services offered
            by our subsidiaries.
          
3. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
            a. We collect information primarily to provide better services to all of our
            customers.
            b. We collect the following information from you when you use or signup on our
            Website:
          
- Name
- Email ID
- Mobile Number
            c. When you visit our Site, some information is automatically collected. This may
            include information such as the Operating Systems (OS) running on your device,
            Internet Protocol (IP) address, access times, browser type, and language, and
            the website you visited before our Site. We also collect information about how
            you use Our products or services.
            d. We automatically collect purchase or content use history, which we sometimes
            aggregate with similar information from other customers to create features such
            as Best Seller, Top Rated, etc.
            e. The full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from
            our website (including date and time); cookie number; products and/or content
            you viewed or searched for; page response times; download errors; length of
            visits to certain pages; page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and
            mouse-overs).
            f. We automatically collect information using "Cookies". Cookies are small data
            files stored on your hard drive. Among other things, cookies help us improve our
            Site, our marketing activities, and your experience. We use cookies to see which
            areas and features are popular and to count visits to our Site.
            g. Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can
            choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you set
            your browser to reject cookies, some features will be unavailable. For more
            information on how to reject cookies, see your browser's instructions on
            changing your cookie settings.
            h. By using this Website, you are agreeing that We may advertise your feedback
            on the Website and marketing materials.
            i. We will retain your information as long as we require this to provide you with
            the goods and services and for such period as mandated by the laws concerned.
            j. If you opt to receive marketing correspondence from us, subscribe to our
            mailing list or newsletters, enter into any of our competitions or provide us with
            your details at networking events, we may use your personal data for our
            legitimate interests in order to provide you with details about our goods, services,
            business updates and events.
 4. HOW WE USE INFORMATION
            a. We use the information we collect primarily to provide, maintain, protect, and
            improve our current products and services.
            b. We use the information collected through this website as described in this
            policy and we may use your information to:
            I. Improve our services, Site and how we operate our businesses;
            II. Understand and enhance your experience using our Site, products, and
            services;
            III. Personalize our products or services and make recommendations;
            IV. Provide and deliver products and services you request;
            V. Process, manage, complete, and account for transactions;
            VI. Provide customer support and respond to your requests, comments, and
            inquiries;
            VII. Send you related information, including confirmations, invoices, technical
            notices, updates, security alerts and support and administrative messages;
            VIII. Communicate with you about promotions, upcoming events, and news
            about products and services;
            IX. We may process your personal information without your knowledge or
            consent where required by applicable law or regulation for the purposes of
            verification of identity or for prevention, detection, or investigation, including
            of cyber incidents, prosecution, and punishment of offences;
            X. Protect, investigate, and deter against fraudulent, unauthorized, or illegal
            activity
            5. DATA TRANSFER
            a. Information about our users is an important part of our business and we take
            due care to protect the same.
            b. We share your data with your consent or to complete any transaction or
            provide any product or service you have requested or authorized. We also share
            data with our affiliates and subsidiaries, with vendors working on our behalf.
            c. We may employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our
            behalf. The functions include fulfilling orders for products or services, delivering
            packages, sending postal mail and e-mail, removing repetitive information from
            customer lists, providing marketing assistance, providing search results and links
            (including paid listings and links), processing payments, transmitting content,
            scoring credit risk, and providing customer service.
            d. These third-party service providers have access to personal information
            needed to perform their functions but may not use it for other purposes. Further,
            they must process the personal information in accordance with this Privacy
            Policy and as permitted by applicable data protection laws.
            e. We release accounts and other personal information when we believe it is
            appropriate to comply with the law, enforce or apply our conditions of use, and
            other agreements, protect the rights, property or safety of Us, our users, or
            others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and
            organizations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
          
            6. COOKIES
            a. To optimize our web presence, we use cookies. These are small text files
            stored on your computer's main memory. These cookies are deleted after you
            close the browser. Other cookies remain on your computer (long-term cookies)
            and permit its recognition on your next visit. This allows us to improve your
            access to our site. This helps us to learn more about your interests, and provides
            you with essential features and services, including:
            I. Keeping track of items stored in your shopping basket.
            II. Conducting research and diagnostics to improve the content, products,
            and services.
            III. Preventing fraudulent activity.
            IV. Improving security.
            b. Our cookies allow you to take advantage of some of our essential features.
            For instance, if you block or otherwise reject our cookies, you will not be able to
            add items to your shopping basket, proceed to checkout, or use any products or
            services that require you to sign in.
            c. Approved third parties also may set cookies when you interact with Our
            services.
            d. Third parties include search engines, providers of measurement and analytics
            services, social media networks, and advertising companies.
            e. Third parties use cookies in the process of delivering content, including ads
            relevant to your interests, to measure the effectiveness of their ads, and to
            perform services on behalf of Us.
            f. You can prevent the storage of cookies by choosing a "disable cookies" option
            in your browser settings. But this can limit the functionality of our services.
          
            7. DATA SECURITY
            a. We take due care to protect customer data. Technical measures are in place
            to prevent unauthorized or unlawful access to data and against accidental loss or
            destruction of, or damage to, data. The employees who are dealing with the data
            have been trained to protect the data from any illegal or unauthorized usage.
            b. We work to protect the security of your information during transmission by
            using Secure Sockets Locker (SSL) software, which encrypts information you
            input. SSL allows sensitive information such as credit card numbers, UID's and
            login credentials to be transmitted securely.
            c. We follow the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) when
            handling branded credit cards from the major card schemes.
            d. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in connection
            with the collection, storage, and disclosure of personal customer information.
            e. We take reasonable steps to help protect your personal information in an effort
            to prevent the loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure alteration and
            destruction. It is your responsibility to protect your user names and passwords to
            help prevent anyone from accessing or abusing your accounts and services. You
            should not use or reuse the same passwords you use with other accounts as
            your password for our services.
            f. It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password
            and your computers, devices, and applications. Be sure to sign off when you
            finish using a shared computer.
            g. The information you provide to us is shared on our secure servers. We have
            implemented appropriate physical, technical and organizational measures
            designed to secure your information against accidental loss and unauthorized
            access, use, alteration, or disclosure. In addition, we limit access to personal
            data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties that have a
            legitimate business need for such access.
            h. Information collected from you will be stored for such period as required to
            complete the transaction entered into with you or such period as mandated under
            the applicable laws.
          
            8. LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITE/APPS 
            Our Site may, from time to time, contain links to and from other websites of third
            parties. Please note that if you follow a link to any of these websites, such
            websites will apply different terms to the collection and privacy of your personal
            data, and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. When
            you leave our Site, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website
            you visit.
          
            9. SOCIAL NETWORK PLUGINS
            This Website incorporates plugins and/or buttons for social networks, in order to
            allow easy sharing on your favourite social networks. These plugins are
            programmed so as not to set any cookies when assessing the page to safeguard
            the privacy of users. Cookies may be set if you make voluntary use of the plugin.
            The collection and use of information obtained by means of the plugin are
            governed by the respective privacy policies of the social networks.
          
10. SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
            a. We do not share your personal data with third parties without your prior
            consent other than:
            I. With third parties who work on our behalf provided such third parties
            adhere to the data protection principles set out in the IT Act, 2000 (21 of
            2000) and other applicable legislation, or enter into a written agreement with
            Us requiring that the third party provide at least the same level of privacy
            protection as is required by such principles;
            II. To comply with laws or to respond to lawful requests and legal process;
            III. To protect the rights and property of Us, our agents, customers, and
            others including to enforce our agreements, policies, and terms of use;
            IV. In an emergency, including to protect the personal safety of any person;
            and
            V. For the purpose of a business deal (or negotiation of a business deal)
            involving the sale or transfer of all or a part of our business or assets
            (business deals may include, for example, any merger, financing,
            acquisition, divestiture, or bankruptcy transaction or proceeding).
            11. CHILDREN 
            If you are under 18, or the age of majority in the jurisdiction in which you reside,
            you may only use Our Website with the consent of your parent or legal guardian.
            In any case, We will not be liable for any cause of action that arose due to noncompliance with this section.
          
12. YOUR INFORMATION CHOICES AND CHANGES 
            a. You can also make choices about the collection and processing of your data
            by Us. You can access your personal data and opt-out of certain services
            provided by the Us. In some cases, your ability to control and access your data
            will be subject to applicable laws.
            b. You may opt-out of receiving promotional emails from Us by following the
            instructions in those emails. If you opt-out, we may still send you nonpromotional emails, such as emails about our ongoing business relationship. You may also send requests about you got preferences, changes and deletions to
            your information including requests to opt-out of sharing your personal
            information with third parties by sending an email to the email address provided
            at the bottom of this document.
            13. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
            We may change this policy from time to time. If we make any changes to this
            policy, we will change the "Last Updated" date above. You agree that your
            continued use of our services after such changes have been published to our
            services will constitute your acceptance of such revised policy.
          
            14. NEWSLETTER
            a. Following subscription to the newsletter, your e-mail address is used for our
            advertising purposes until you cancel the newsletter again. Cancellation is
            possible at any time. The following consent has been expressly granted by you
            separately, or possibly in the course of an ordering process: (I am accepting to
            receive newsletter from this website), you may revoke your consent at any time
            with future effect. If you no longer want to receive the newsletter, then
            unsubscribe by clicking on unsubscribe option given in the email footer.
            If you have any concern about privacy or grievances with Us, please contact us
            with a thorough description and we will try to resolve the issue for you.
          
Contact Details:
            iPCI 2025 
             Conference Secretariat,  
             Phone:   +91 9028462824 
             Email: 	[email protected].
           
          
