This Privacy Policy informs you of Prayatn Society for Environmental Conservation's (PSEC) policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of information we receive from users of the PSEC website and its associated sub-domain sites, services, IT systems and mobile applications, where applicable (hereinafter collectively referred to as “PSEC’s IT Systems”).
Hereafter, “Prayatn Society for Environmental Conservation” will be referred to as “PSEC”.
We understand and recognise the importance of protecting the information of users as per law. We are committed to safeguarding the online privacy of our users and do not intend to sell, lend, rent or provide your information to any third party.
When you visit PSEC's IT Systems, we may collect your information, including personal information (including but not limited to, your name, email address, contact no., etc.) and demographic information like contact details, city, state, country, etc. which you may provide while registration with Prayatn Society For Environmental Conservation for PSEC programmes, programs, campaigns or events, completing and submitting the 'Contact Us' form, requesting for PSEC Newsletters, promotional emails and so on.
We may use the information collected from you to, among other things, send information/updates about the Programmes/ Events, respond to you, contact you and to manage and facilitate you during the Programmes/ Events.
We will not provide your personal sensitive data or information to any third party without your consent except as required by law.
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device and saved by your browser. The session cookies are deleted once you close your application but persistent cookies are retained until they expire unless you delete them manually.
Cookies help make our applications more user-friendly and efficient. You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies so that you can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept or reject a cookie.
Alternatively, your browser can be configured to automatically accept cookies under certain conditions or to always reject them, or to automatically delete cookies when closing your browser. However, disabling cookies may prevent certain functions of the application from working properly.
When you visit a page on PSEC's IT Systems, data including but not limited to: Date/ time, your IP address, website page you came from, your device, operating system/ version, browser type/ version is automatically stored in log files on our servers.
We may process such data to maintain and improve our platform, detect, investigate and prevent / rectify any (potential) errors of our platform, detect, investigate and prevent / defend against (potential) hacker attacks or other abuse of our platform as well as to prevent any damages that are likely to be caused and rectify any damages that have been caused by such abuse.
For further details on Twitter's privacy policy, please visit their website.
Our website(s)/ mobile apps may use functions from the LinkedIn network. The service is provided by LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
For further details on LinkedIn's privacy policy please visit their website.
Google Maps services may be integrated into the Website to facilitate the location of places specified by us.
Our Website may have YouTube services integrated into it. If you visit a page featuring a YouTube service, a connection to the YouTube servers may be established.
For further details about YouTube's policies, please visit their website.
We process your payments through third party applications for which you are automatically redirected to the third party system. The transactions are made only via encrypted connections and we do not collect any financial information such as Credit Card numbers, CVV, Passwords, etc., while processing such payments, rather all such information is provided directly to the third-party processor, who uses your information to process the payments. The use of your information is governed by their privacy policy.
To receive our newsletters, you are required to provide a valid Email address and a confirmation that you agree to receive the newsletter. At any point of time, you may withdraw your consent to receive the newsletter by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link.
PSEC's IT Systems may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that PSEC is not responsible for the privacy policies of such other websites. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these sites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
You may contact PSEC at communication@psec.org.in if your information changes and we will update it accordingly. We keep the information that you provide us when you visit PSEC's IT Systems till the time the purpose for which it has been collected is no longer valid.
You may also contact us to delete the information that we hold about you.
We may modify this Policy from time to time to better address your concerns or to make other additions or changes that we deem appropriate in accordance with the law being in force. In case of any changes to our Policy, we will publish the updated Policy on our IT Systems.
Prayatn Society for Environmental Conservation (PSEC) is committed to protecting the privacy of every information or data that we collect from users (“Users”) who access our website https://psec.org.in/ (“Website”). Protecting our Users’ data is a priority and responsibility. This Privacy Policy explains how PSEC collects, uses, discloses, maintains and, where applicable, transfers information.
By accessing or using the PSEC website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. Where personal information is voluntarily submitted through a form or website service, PSEC may process that information for the purpose for which it was provided and as described in this Privacy Policy. Where required, PSEC will seek appropriate consent before processing personal information.
This Policy is extended to all the Users on our Website as stated hereinafter in the Policy. This Policy was last updated on 22nd July 2026.
This Policy is an electronic record in the form of an electronic contract formed under the Indian Contract Act, 1872, and this Policy is published following the provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the rules made thereunder, specifically, The Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal data or Information) Rules, 2011 and the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. This Policy does not require any physical, electronic, or digital signature. This Policy is a legally binding document between you and PSEC.
We collect your Personal Information and third-party data only to the extent mentioned hereinafter in this Policy. Your data is handled in compliance with the legal prerequisite of the prevalent laws of India. We ensure that the Personal Information shared with us through the Website or other third party sources adheres to the best industry standard to uphold the fundamental right towards data privacy of our Users.
The current Policy dictates the data handling practices undertaken by PSEC as on the date mentioned above. We reserve the right to amend the Policy from time to time. We recommend you to frequently read the Policy to understand the latest amendments or the updated Policy. Your continued use of our Website thereafter will imply your unconditional acceptance of such updates to this Policy.
By accessing or using our Website, you expressly consent to our terms of data handling mechanism mentioned in this Policy. You further consent to the disclosure of your Personal Information following this updated Policy. This Policy shall be deemed to be incorporated into the terms of use of the Website for Users (“Terms of Use”) and shall be read in addition to the Terms of Use.
Unless otherwise mentioned in this Policy, we do not share any of your Information (as defined hereinbelow) with any third party without seeking your prior consent. Any Information furnished to a third-party is done following this Policy and within the legal prerequisites of the governing laws.
The following two types of information (“Information”) are collected through our Website:
The Information Technology (Reasonable security practices and procedures and sensitive personal data or information) Rules, 2011 defines “Personal Information” as any information that relates to a natural person, which, either directly or indirectly, in combination with other information available or likely to be available with a body corporate, is capable of identifying such person. The following form of personal information (“Personal Information”) is collected through our Website:
If you choose to connect with us through the contact number +91 9548526617 or email communication@psec.org.in mentioned on our Website, we will retain such Information which you may have submitted to resolve any dispute, address your query, provide User redressal, and troubleshoot problems.
The following form of Information is termed to be non-personal information (“Non-Personal Information”).
Non-Personal Information means information that is not limited to determine the identity of any individual or business. Such Information includes but is not limited to your browser type, the URL of the previous websites you visited, your internet service provider (ISP), operating system, and your Internet Protocol (IP) address; connection information; screen resolution, usage statistics, device log and event information, logs, keywords and metadata of incoming and outgoing calls and messages.
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide, such as information included in response to a questionnaire or a survey conducted by PSEC or any individual or business who is given the responsibility to act on behalf of PSEC. We may use this data to tailor our Website, to improve the performance or content, and to provide you support and troubleshoot problems within the permissible corner of the governing law.
We may collect your Information when you provide testimonials based on our services to be published on the Website. Such testimonials shall be used only to promote PSEC and its services.
We may collect Information that may be shared by you through any of the given contact details of PSEC or its social media handles.
We may collect your Information when you participate in the surveys and polls conducted by PSEC. It is voluntary to participate in these surveys or polls. The Information is gathered from surveys and polls and used to make improvements to our Website.
PSEC collects device and connection-specific information when you access, or use our Website. This includes Information like hardware model, operating system information, signal strength, app version, browser information, connection information including phone number, mobile operator or ISP, language and time zone, and IP address.
We may use your Information to improve the functionality of our Website in identifying usage trends and to improve our Website.
PSEC does not rent, sell, or disclose any Personal Information about you with other people or non-affiliated entities, except with your consent, to provide services you have requested for, unless we believe that such action is necessary under the following circumstances:
In the event, if we expand our business, merge or amalgamate or acquire or restructure our business, we might require to share all or some of your Information with our affiliates. Under such circumstances, PSEC would, to the extent possible, require the acquiring party to follow the practices described in this Policy. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of PSEC may continue to process your Personal Information as set forth in this Policy.
We may be required to share your Financial Information to a third party payment gateway provider. All Financial Information collected from you by such third party payment gateway providers will be used only for billing and payment processes. The Financial Information collected from you is transacted through secure digital platforms of approved payment gateways, which are under encryption, thereby complying with reasonably expected technology standards. The verification of the Financial Information shall be accomplished only by you through a process of authentication in which we shall have no role to play and hence, we shall bear no liability in relation to the same. We shall neither be liable nor responsible for any actions or inactions of the third party payment gateway providers or any breach of conditions, representations and warranties given by them. We shall also not be obligated to mediate or resolve any dispute or disagreement between you and such third party payment service providers.
PSEC takes your right to privacy very seriously and other than as specifically stated in this Policy, will only disclose your Personal Information in the event it is required to do so by law, rule, regulation, law enforcement agency, governmental official, legal authority or similar requirements. PSEC warrants that such Information will be disclosed only in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
Our Website may provide you links to third-party websites. PSEC has no control over any Information that is collected or sought by such third-party websites. We do not have any control over the data handling process or the content of such third-party websites. We neither represent nor warrant the privacy policy or terms of use of such third-party websites.
You further acknowledge and agree that we are not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by you as a result of the collection and/or disclosure of your Personal Information by external Websites, sites or resources, or as a result of any reliance placed by you on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, products or other materials on, or available from such Websites, websites or resources.
PSEC will not be accountable or responsible for any breach or misuse of data committed by any such third-party websites. These websites and resource providers may have their own privacy policies governing the collection, storage, retention and disclosure of your Personal Information that you may be subject to. We recommend that you enter the external Website or website and review their privacy policy.
We might engage service partners to perform certain activities on behalf of PSEC to provide you access to our Website efficiently, thus we may require sharing your Information with such service partners. This data sharing is limited to the extent of the Information that is required to undertake such activities which the service partners are designated to perform. We do not represent nor warrant privacy policies and terms of use of such service partners. PSEC will not be responsible for any privacy breach committed by such service partners.
Cookies (“Cookies”) are small text files that are saved in your tablet or mobile phone’s hard drive (collectively knowns as “Devices”). Cookies help us to navigate through your online preferences, remember your preferences, and in general to provide you an amplified user experience. The primary intent of using Cookies is to enhance your Website experience and not to track any of our User’s online activities.
The Website may ask your permission to place Cookies on your Devices. In case of non-acceptance of Cookies, a certain user experience might get obstructed. Further, we may also allow third- parties to access the Cookies placed by us on your Devices for them to serve advertisements on our Website.
By accepting the Cookies, you consent us to place the Cookies in your Devices and use them for the purpose stated in this Policy.
We may use any third-party analytic tool to monitor and analyse your usage of our Website which will in return help us to enhance your experience. We may share your Information or such Information may be directly collected by such tools or any other similar third-party that we may use to help us to evaluate the use of our services.
PSEC takes utmost care towards safeguarding the Information provided by you through our Website by storing such information in the jurisdiction of India. We ensure that your choices for its intended use are honoured. The protection measures include but are not limited to any kind of alteration, or loss, or misuse, or unlawful processing of any Information. Only authorised personnel are allowed to access any Information that is sought through our Website, Customer Care, or otherwise.
PSEC has implemented physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in order to protect the Information, including that the Information will be stored on secured servers and protected by secured networks to which access is limited to a few authorized employees and personnel. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% (hundred per cent) secure. Thus, we cannot guarantee any safety of your data accessed by any unauthorised person or any unintended breach from our end.
The Website is not intended to attract anyone under the relevant age of consent to enter into binding legal contracts under the laws of their respective jurisdictions (“Minors”). We do not solicit or intend to collect any Information from any Minor. However, in case our Website is accessed by a Minor, we encourage parents and guardians to be involved in the online activities of Minor to ensure that no Personal Information is collected from a Minor without their prior consent.
As mentioned above in this Policy, PSEC will not be responsible for any privacy or data breach done by its service partner or third-party websites. Further, we shall not be held responsible for any loss, damage, or misuse of your Information, if such loss, damage, or misuse is attributable to any event that is beyond the reasonable control of PSEC and shall include, without limitation, sabotage, fire, flood, explosion, acts of god, civil commotion, strikes, lockouts or industrial action of any kind, riots, insurrection, war, acts of government, computer hacking, civil disturbances, unauthorised access to computer data and storage device, computer crashes, breach of security and encryption, and any other similar events not within the control of PSEC (“Force Majeure Event”) and which PSEC is not able to overcome.
At any point of time, our liability for any loss arising from a particular transaction carried out by you through the Website shall not exceed the consideration paid by you for that particular transaction.
If you wish to discontinue or remove or alter any of your Personal Information from our Website or otherwise, contact us through communication@psec.org.in We will retain your Information for as long as your account with the services is active and as needed to provide you the services. We shall not retain such Information for longer than is required for the purposes for which the Information may lawfully be used or is otherwise required under any other law for the time being in force.
If you wish to opt-out of receiving non-essential communications such as marketing-related information regarding the services, please send us an email at communication@psec.org.in
In the event, you want to connect with PSEC and/or have a general query regarding this Privacy Policy, you may contact our customer care on the below-mentioned information:
Number : +91 9548526617
Email : communication@psec.org.in
If you have additional questions or concerns about this Policy or want to make any request or suggestions regarding certain Personal Information, please contact us on +91 9548526617 or write to us on communication@psec.org.in.
