TERMS AND CONDITIONS

This website is owned and operated by VASANTHA LAKSHMI CHARITABLE TRUST. VASANTHA LAKSHMI CHARITABLE TRUST India provides this website, including all information, software and services available from this website, to you, the user, conditioned upon your acceptance of all the terms, conditions, policies and notices described herein. Your use of the website constitutes your agreement to all such terms, conditions, policies and notices.

PRIVACY POLICY

At Vasantha Lakshmi Charitable Trust, we respect the privacy of the users of our website. This Privacy Statement is intended to lay down the practices we follow for honouring the privacy preferences of the people visiting our website. The Privacy Policy document also elaborates on our information collection and sharing practices. Irrespective of the mode in which we receive your personal information (whether via this website or over the phone or through any other means), we make all earnest attempts to honour your privacy. This document contains the requisite information about Vasantha Lakshmi Charitable Trust’s responsibilities, your rights, information which is collected by us and how it is used. BY ACCESSING AND/OR USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU agree to abide by the practices described in this Privacy Statement which may be changed from time to time.

This Privacy Policy is a legally binding document between you and Vasantha Lakshmi Charitable Trust . The terms of this Privacy Policy will be effective upon your acceptance of the same (directly or indirectly in electronic form, by clicking on the I accept tab or by use of the website or by other means) and will govern the relationship between you and Vasantha Lakshmi Charitable Trust for your use of the website “www.vlctrust.org” (defined below). By providing us your Information or by making use of the facilities provided by the Website, You hereby consent to the collection, storage, processing and transfer of any or all of Your Personal Information and Non-Personal Information by us as specified under this Privacy Policy. You further agree that such collection, use, storage and transfer of Your Information shall not cause any loss or wrongful gain to you or any other person. Your personal information may be used by Vasantha Lakshmi Charitable Trust to send You relevant newsletters occasionally.

AMENDMENTS TO PRIVACY POLICY

As and when the need arises, Vasantha Lakshmi Charitable Trust may alter its privacy practices in accordance with the latest technology and trends. We strive to provide you with timely notice of these changes. You may reach out to us if you have any queries about any changes made to our practices.

Credit/Debit Card Transactions, Electronic Fund Transfers and Payments by Cheque: We avail the services of third parties to provide donation facilities by the means of cheque, credit/debit card payments or electronic fund transfers. While your information may be shared with these third parties, we make stringent efforts to require all third party service-providers to hold personal information in strict confidence. However, since we do not have complete control over these third parties, we cannot guarantee your privacy.

USER INFORMATION

To avail certain services on our Websites, users may be required to provide certain information for the registration process namely: – a) your name, b) email address, c) phone, d) address, e) PAN number, f) credit card or debit card details. The Information as supplied by the users enables us to provide you with the most user-friendly experience.

All required information is service dependent and we may use the above said user information to, maintain, protect, and improve its services (including advertising services) and for developing new services such information will not be considered as sensitive if it is freely available and accessible in the public domain or is furnished under the Right to Information Act, 2005 or any other law for the time being in force.

COOKIES

Cookies are pieces of electronic information which will be sent by Save the Children when you log onto our website. These will be placed in your computer’s hard disk and enable us to recognise you as a user when you next visit.

You can configure your browser so that it responds to cookies the way you deem fit. For example, you make want to accept all cookies, reject them all or get notified when a cookie is sent. Please check your browser’s settings to modify cookie behaviour as per your individual behaviour.

Please note that if you disable the use of cookies on your web browser or remove or reject specific cookies from our website or linked sites then you may not be able to use the website as it is intended

LINKS TO THE OTHER SITES

Our policy discloses the privacy practices for our own web site only. Our site provides links to other websites also that are beyond our control. We shall in no way be responsible in way for your use of such sites.

INFORMATION SHARING

We shares the sensitive personal information to any third party without obtaining the prior consent of the user only in the following limited circumstances:

  1. (a) We shares the sensitive personal information to any third party without obtaining the prior consent of the user only in the following limited circumstances:
  2. (b) We proposes to share such information within its group companies and officers and employees of such group companies for the purpose of processing personal information on its behalf. We also ensure that these recipients of such information agree to process such information based on our instructions and in compliance with this Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.

INFORMATION SECURITY

We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. These include internal reviews of our data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, including appropriate encryption and physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems where we store personal data.

All information gathered on our Website is securely stored within our controlled database. The database is stored on servers secured behind a firewall; access to the servers is password-protected and is strictly limited. However, as effective as our security measures are, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our database, nor can we guarantee that information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet. And, of course, any information you include in a posting to the discussion areas is available to anyone with Internet access.

However the internet is an ever evolving medium. We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time to incorporate necessary future changes. Of course, our use of any information we gather will always be consistent with the policy under which the information was collected, regardless of what the new policy may be.

DATA SECURITY

We take utmost precaution with your data. We never share your information with anyone. We also do not store any sensitive information like your credit card or bank details.

DISCLAIMER

No third-party agency is working on behalf of Vasantha Lakshmi Charitable Trust for any such activities related to Vasantha Lakshmi Charitable Trust. Please check/consult with Vasantha Lakshmi Charitable Trust directly to get correct information or assistance. Please beware of any unwarranted claims made by anyone on our behalf. Kindly bring any such claims to our notice for immediate attention and action.