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Privacy Policy

Effective date: 2024

This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) defines the rights in relation to User (as defined in the Terms of Use) information, and answers questions that you may have about the manner in which User information may be collected, used, stored, transferred, disclosed and safeguarded.

By accessing or Using the Website and/or providing your information, you are accepting the terms of our Privacy Policy, you confirm that you are legally competent to form a legally binding contract and consent to the collection and use by us of the information you disclose on the Website in accordance with these Terms.

This Privacy Policy should be read in conjunction with the Terms of Use. Defined terms not specifically defined herein, shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Terms of Use.

1. WHAT USER INFORMATION AND DATA IS AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED BY THE WEBSITE?

None

2. DOES THE WEBSITE COLLECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION?

  1. No personal information or personally identifiable information of the User nor sensitive personal information of the User is collected by us unless you choose to provide us with your information such as your name, email address, GitHub user credentials, or any other details you provide by:

    1. emailing us at info@ai4inclusion.org,
    2. contacting us via the form on the Website,
    3. registering for our events, and/or
    4. engaging with the AI4I community through the use of your GitHub, Discord or Slack account.
  2. COSS is not responsible for any personal information or sensitive personal information being collected by other platforms, websites, third-party services or external links or Assets linked on the Website. All such third-party services and Asset creators are bound by the respective data protection laws applicable to them and should have their own terms of use and privacy policy documents which would be applicable to such third parties.

3. WHO HAS ACCESS TO USER INFORMATION AND DATA?

Employees, contractors, or subcontractors of COSS authorized to monitor and manage any communication or submissions made through the Website, including but not limited to emails or forms.

4. WHAT IS YOUR INFORMATION AND DATA USED FOR?

To contact you and deliver information, notices, seek feedback or other communications in connection with your usage of the Website.

5. DISCLOSURE AND TRANSFER

We will not publish or disclose your information without your prior consent, unless (i) the law requires us to do so, (ii) you have consented to disclosure of the information, or (iii) it is required to do so in order to provide services to you. We will make sure that whoever we share the information with will also adhere to strict non-disclosure and confidentiality requirements.

6. SECURITY PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES

We ensure the confidentiality and security of the information by implementing reasonable and appropriate security practices and procedures that includes administrative, physical security and technical controls in order to safeguard your information in accordance with Indian laws currently in force, including the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011.

7. ACCESS TO USER INFORMATION

  1. If you want to change, alter or otherwise modify or update your information, at any time, please contact us at info@ai4inclusion.org.
  2. Do note that COSS reserves the rights to save any non-personal, device information and usage information (if any) and you are not entitled to seek the deletion of the same.
  3. COSS at its sole discretion may permit or deny the change of any information, if it is believed the same is required to observe applicable laws.

8. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

  1. We may, on the Website, provide links to third-party websites or applications, which in turn may collect information about you. We will not be responsible or liable for the privacy standards, practices and policies implemented on such websites.
  2. Pages that have YouTube videos embedded, may allow YouTube to collect information about you. Please read YouTube’s Privacy Policy to learn more.
  3. We may provide links to the code repository and discussion forum on GitHub, a website and cloud-based service that allows us to store and manage our code, as well as track and control changes to the code. GitHub collects information such as full name and a valid email address during account creation. Please read the GitHub Privacy Statement to learn more about when and how GitHub may collect information about its users.
  4. We may also host discussions or community engagement via Discord and/or Slack, which are online chat and communication platforms. Discord and Slack may collect information such as your username, email address, and other details during account creation. Please read Discord’s Privacy Policy and Slack’s Privacy Policy to learn more about how they collect and process your information.
  5. We may, from time to time, host online events/webinars through the use of Zoom and/or Google Meet. If you choose to register, the registration information you provide, which may include name and contact information, responses to registration questions and other registration information will be safeguarded by us in the manner detailed under this Privacy Policy, but it may also be collected and processed by Zoom or Google Meet. Please read Zoom’s Privacy Statement and Google’s Privacy Policy to learn more.

9. USE OF COOKIES

  1. Cookies are a feature of web browsers that allow web servers to temporarily store information within your browser. Most browsers automatically accept cookies. The Website does not use any cookies.
  2. However, pages that have YouTube videos embedded may enable YouTube to set certain cookies. Read YouTube’s Cookie Policy for more details.
  3. Similarly, GitHub uses its own cookies for analytics purposes. You can learn about this in GitHub’s Privacy Statement and on the GitHub Subprocessors and Cookies Page.

10. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

The Privacy Policy is subject to revision at any time, as determined by COSS, without notice, and any such changes are effective immediately upon being updated on the Website. Any continued access and use of the Website thereafter will be deemed to be an acceptance of these changes by you. You are strongly advised to periodically check this Privacy Policy for revisions regarding the use of your information.

11. COMPLAINTS

We take our responsibility towards ensuring the privacy and security of your information very seriously. If you have any concerns or questions regarding this Privacy Policy, feel free to contact us at info@ai4inclusion.org.