Protean eGov Technologies Limited (formerly NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure limited. Hereinafter referred as "Protean eGov" or "We" or "Us") is sensitive to privacy issues on the Internet. It is therefore important for you to know how the information we receive from you on the Internet is treated.
Protean eGov respects your privacy and recognizes the need to protect the personally identifiable information i.e. any information by which you can be identified, (such as, name, address, telephone number, etc.) ("Personal Information") you share with us. We would like to assure you that we follow appropriate standards when it comes to protecting your privacy on our website.
You can visit our website www.vidyasaarathi.co.in ("Website")on the World Wide Web without declaring who you are or revealing any information about yourself.Our Web servers collect the domain names of visitors, the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer used; the date and time of the access. We use this information to assemble aggregate information about the visitors to our Website, and assist with our systems administration and problem resolution activities. Your accessing our Website signifies your unconditional consent to allow the collection of your domain names. We would like to assure you that the Personal Information provided by you to us is usually used by us only to respond to your inquiry. We may collect Personal Information from you if you are transacting through our Website. You understand that the requirement of the Personal Information is subject to change from time to time due to requirements of Fund Provider, Associated Institutions or for any other reason necessary for the provision of Services to you and agree to provide the same to Us.
Website collects and uses your information to provide you better Services and also in the administration of our business. Website may use your personal information to administer this Service, provide better customer service; personalize Website Services for you; enable your access to and use of Website Services; publish information about you on Website; to keep you informed or update you on various scholarship availability and need from Website; send you statements and invoices; collect payments from you; send you communications; to send you mails or contact you for various customer satisfaction surveys, market research, promotional activities or in connection with certain transactions; make communications necessary to notify you regarding various security, privacy, and administrative issues; to respond to your queries; send you information that may be of interest to you, share this information with products and services made available through Website; to respond to any of your legitimate claim, or to address you our reasonable belief, that you are violating the rights of any third party or any of the agreements or policies that govern your use of Website product or service; conduct research and perform analysis in order to measure, maintain, protect, develop and improve our services.
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your Personal Information to outside parties. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release, use or disclose your Personal Information when we believe such release of information is necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable statutory requirement, to enforce our site policies, to protect ours or others rights, property or safety as required or permitted by law, or when we have reason to believe that disclosing the information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing interference with our rights or properties, whether intentionally or otherwise, or when anyone else could be harmed by such activities. In addition, if Protean eGov or substantially all of its assets are acquired, our customer information will most likely also be transferred in connection with such acquisition.
Some of our web pages use "cookies" so that we can better serve you with customized information when you return to our site. Cookies are identifiers which websites send to the browser on your computer to facilitate your next visit to our Website. You can set your browser to notify you when you are sent a cookie, giving you the option to decide whether or not to accept it. The information we collect and analyze is used to improve our service to you. Cookies allow us to serve you better and more efficiently, and to personalize your experience at our Website. We use cookies to personalize your experience on the Website, and with respect to advertisements. As to the former, these types of cookies allow you to log in without having to type your log - in name each time (only your password is needed). We may also use such cookies to display an advertisement to you while you are on the Website. None of this information is passed to any third party, and is used solely by us to provide you with a better user experience on the Website.
A cookie may also be placed by our advertising server. Such cookies are used only for purposes of tracking the effectiveness of advertising served by us on our Website and no Personal Information is gathered from you by the use of these cookies, nor is this information shared with any third parties. Similarly, a cookie may be placed by our third - party advertising companies or advertisement providers or servers. These companies may use aggregated statistics about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in or any goods and services of potential interest to you. The information they collect does not include your Personal Information. The third - party advertising companies or advertisement providers may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of ads. Any such information is anonymous. They may use this anonymous information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. No Personal Information is collected during this process. The information is anonymous, and does not link online actions to an identifiable person. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies. Of course, by changing the options on your web browser or using certain software programs, you can control how and whether cookies will be accepted by your browser. We support your right to block any unwanted Internet activity, especially that of unscrupulous websites. However, blocking Protean eGov cookies may disable certain features on the Website, and may make it impossible to purchase or use certain services available on the Website. Please note that it is possible to block cookie activity from certain websites while permitting cookies from websites you trust, like this Website.
At times we conduct on-line surveys to better understand the needs and profile 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. We retain complete anonymity in all analytics and none of the personally sensitive information is used, except in a limited set of circumstances (e.g. if Website is asked by a Court of law to produce the same).
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.
Website may collect your Personal Information as well as other information from other users regarding you, as required for providing the service, and add the same to your existing account information.
Where Website discloses your Personal Information to any third party for any purpose, such third parties are obligated to use that Personal Information in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy. The registered users of Website who have received information herein are free to use/reuse the information as per any law in force in India.
However, We are not liable for the authenticity of any information uploaded by the users. The liability of such information shall vest completely with the user who has uploaded such information.
Further, this Website may contain links to other sites such as business affiliates and software providers. We are not responsible for the content or the privacy practices employed by other sites. We are not responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting other sites and such other sites are not governed by this Policy. We advise you to read their privacy policies before providing your Personal Information to such sites.
All payments are arranged to be executed by you through a secured Payment Gateway which is compliant with PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry and IT Data Security Standards Compliance) requirements and using Verisign SSL Security Certificate. The data traffic to and from this website is protected through a SSL tunnel using the Entrust SSL Security Certificate. This means all Personal Information You provide on the Website is transmitted using strong encryption mechanism of 128 bits key. SSL is a proven coding system that lets your browser automatically encrypt, or scramble, data before you send it to us.
Website/We do not have the ability to interfere and do not interfere with the payment gateway mechanism. Website/We have no access to the data that you may enter for making the payment through the payment gateway. By creating a link to a payment gateway, We do not endorse it, nor We are liable for any failure of products or services offered by such payment gateway. Such payment gateway may have a privacy policy different from that of ours. All failures/ errors/ omissions of the payment gateway shall solely vest with them. You hereby consent that you shall not sue Website/Us for any disputes concerning any wrong doing of the payment gateway.
We take appropriate steps to protect the information you share with us. We have implemented technology and security features and strict policy guidelines to safeguard the privacy of your Personal Information from unauthorized access and improper use or disclosure. Please contact us to obtain names and addresses of the specific entities that shall have access to your Personal Information in a given transaction.
We will continue to enhance its security procedures as new technology becomes available, and ensures that its security procedures are compliant with current applicable regulations.
The Website is bound by Indian data privacy laws only. Privacy Policy, therefore, may not be complied with the laws of other jurisdictions
If our Privacy Policy changes in the future, it will be posted here and a new effective date will be shown. You should access our Privacy Policy regularly to ensure you understand our current policies. Of course, you may always submit concerns / grievances regarding our Privacy Policy or our privacy practices to the designated Grievance Officer as follows:
Mr. Kapil Kapoor
Vice President
Email: 
Phone: 022-4090 4242
Please reference the Privacy Policy in your subject line. We will attempt to respond to all reasonable concerns or inquiries within 10 business days of receipt.
Thank you for using the Website!
