Privacy Policy
We VALUE YOUR PRIVACY
In general, you can visit Vedanta’s websites
without telling us who you are and without revealing any information about
yourself. However, at times, we may need some relevant information about you.
Our Web servers collect domain names of visitors to measure the number of
visits, average time spent on the site, pages viewed, etc.
We believe it is important you know how we treat
the information we receive from you, on the Internet. Vedanta does not share
personal information about you with non-affiliated companies except:
- To
provide products or services requested by you;
- When
we have your permission or
- Under
the following circumstances:
- We
provide the information to trusted entities who work on behalf of or with
Vedanta under strict confidentiality agreements. These entities may use
your personal information to help Vedanta communicate with you about
offers from Vedanta and our marketing partners. However, these companies
do not have any independent right to further share or disseminate this
information;
- We
respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or
exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims;
- We
believe it is necessary to share the information in order to investigate,
prevent, or take action against any illegal activities, suspected fraud,
situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any
person, or as otherwise required by law.
- We
believe it is necessary to share the information in order to protect or
enforce Vedanta’s rights, usage terms, intellectual or physical property
or for safety of Vedanta or associated parties.
- We
may share information about you if Vedanta is acquired by or merged with
another company.
When information is needed, we will try (but are not obligated) to let
you know at the time of collection, how we will use the personal information.
Usually, the personal information we collect is used only by us to respond to
your inquiry, process an order or allow you to access specific account
information.
Vedanta will not be liable to any unsolicited information provided by you. Your
consent to Vedanta using such information shall be as per Vedanta’s Privacy
policy.
We will make a sincere effort to respond in a timely manner to your requests to
correct inaccuracies in your personal information. For this, please send
message containing inaccuracies to us.
Cookies and other technologies
We sometimes collect anonymous information from
visits to our sites to help us provide better customer service. For example, we
keep track of the domains from which people visit and we also measure visitor
activity on Vedanta web sites, but we do so in ways that keep the information
of the visitor anonymous. Vedanta or its affiliates or vendors may use this
data to analyze trends and statistics and to help us provide better customer
service. We maintain the highest levels of confidentiality for this
information. Our affiliates and vendors follow the same high levels of
confidentiality. This anonymous information is used and analysed only at an
aggregate level to help us understand trends and patterns. None of this
information is reviewed at an individual level. If you do not want your
transaction details used in this manner, you can either disable your cookies or
opt-out at the download or request page. Alternatively, you can set your
browser to intimate upon receiving a cookie. You may accordingly decide to opt
out.
Mailers/SMS/APP Notifications
Vedanta may, if you so choose, send direct
mailers/SMS to you at the address/phone number provided by you or send push
notifications on the app downloaded by you.
Anti-Spam policy
Vedanta recognizes the receipt, transmission or
distribution of spam emails (i.e. unsolicited bulk emails) as a major concern
and has taken reasonable measures to minimize the transmission and effect of
spam emails in our computing environment. All emails received by Vedanta are
subject to spam check. Any email identified as spam will be rejected with
sufficient information to the sender for taking necessary action. With this
measure, along with other technical spam reduction measures,
Vedanta hopes to minimize the effect of spam
emails. Vedanta reserves the right to reject and/or report any suspicious spam
emails, to the authorities concerned, for necessary action.
Links to Non-Vedanta websites
Vedanta may provide links to third-party websites
for your convenience and information. If you access those links through the Vedanta
website, you will leave the Vedanta website. Vedanta does not control those
sites or their privacy practices, which may differ from Vedanta’s practices. We
do not endorse or make any representations about third-party websites. The
personal data you choose to provide to or that is collected by these third
parties, including any social media websites featured on our website, is not
covered by the Vedanta’s Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review the privacy
policy of any website before submitting your personal information.
Vedanta’s website may contain links to other
sites such as that of its partners and affiliates. While we try to link only to
sites that share our high standards and respect privacy, we are NOT responsible
for the content or the privacy practices employed by such other sites.
We may also provide social media features on our website that enable you
to share Vedanta information with your social networks and to interact with Vedanta
on various social media sites. Your use of these features may result in the
collection or sharing of information about you, depending on the feature. We
encourage you to review the privacy policies and settings on the social media
sites with which you interact to make sure you understand the information that
could be shared by those sites.
At times we conduct online surveys to better understand the needs and profiles
of our visitors. When we conduct a survey, we will try (but are not obligated)
to let you know how we will use the information at the time we collect
information from you on the Internet.
You recognize and understand that there is no compulsion on you to provide us
with your personal information and any and all personal information provided by
you to us is with your full consent, own volition and desire to provide such
personal information.
PRIVACY POLICY ON PERSONAL INFORMATION
1. Effective Date:
This Privacy Policy on Personal Information
(‘Policy’) is effective from 17th June, 2021 and it supersedes all existing
polices on the subject matter.
2. Applicability:
This Policy applies to all Personal Data
collected electronically by Vedanta, Eduspace Technologies Private Limited or
its subsidiaries or affiliated companies.
3. Definitions:
‘Personal Data’ for the purposes of this Policy
means any information that relates to a natural person and is capable of
identifying such person available or likely to be available with Vedanta .
4. Objective of Policy:
Vedanta takes seriously the trust you place in
us. To prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, to maintain data accuracy and
to ensure the appropriate use of the information, Vedanta utilizes appropriate
physical, technical and administrative procedures to safeguard the information
we collect.
5. Reasonable Security Practices &
Procedures:
Vedanta will take reasonable steps to ensure
that all dealings in Personal Data, shall:
- be
processed fairly & lawfully;
- be
obtained only with the consent of the information provider;
- be
collected, only when:
- the
information is collected for a lawful purpose connected with a function
or activity of Vedanta; and
- the
collection of the sensitive personal data or information is considered
necessary for that purpose.
- be
kept secure against unauthorized or unlawful processing and against
accidental loss, destruction or damage, as per the prescribed standards.
6. Disclosure of information :
Vedanta shall share your personal information, where the disclosure is
necessary for compliance of a legal obligation or where required by government
agencies mandated under law to procure suchdisclosure.
7. Transfer of Information:
Vedanta may transfer your personal information after bringing it your
knowledge to any other body corporate or a person in any country, that ensures
the “same level of data protection” that is adhered to by it.
8. Publication:
Vedanta shall not publish your personal information and shall ensure
that the information transferred to a third party is not further disclosed by
it.
9. Right to opt out:
Vedanta respects your privacy considerations and hence provides an
option to you, to not provide the data or information sought to be collected.
Further, you can also withdraw your consent which was earlier given to Vedanta
, and the same must be communicated to Vedanta in writing.
10. Authenticity:
Vedanta shall not be responsible for the authenticity of the Personal
Data supplied to it by the provider, whose duty it is to ensure that the
information provided by it or its employees is authentic.
11. Grievance Redressal:
Any grievance or complaint, in relation to processing of information,
should be sent to Vedanta in writing to following contact email ID. Grievance
shall be redressed as expeditiously as possible.
12. Changes to this Policy
Please note that this Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Policy without your explicit consent. We will post any Policy changes on this page. We will also keep prior versions of this Policy in an archive for your review.