Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

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Career Prep Academy (“Academy”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information of students, parents/guardians, visitors, applicants, and other users of our website and services.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, protect, and disclose information when you visit www.careerprepacademy.in, register for a course, submit an enquiry, make a payment, or otherwise use our services.

By using our website or services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect the following information:

A. Personal Information

1. Full name
2. Mobile/WhatsApp number
3. Email address
4. Residential/correspondence address
5. Date of birth or age, where required
6. Educational qualifications
7. Course or program selected
8. Parent/guardian details where applicable
9. Information provided through admission or enquiry forms

B. Payment Information

When you make a payment, we may receive transaction-related information such as:

1. Payment amount
2. Transaction/reference ID
3. Payment date
4. Payment status
5. Course or service purchased

Payment card, banking, UPI, or other sensitive payment details may be processed directly by the relevant payment gateway or financial service provider. We generally do not store complete card, banking, or payment credentials on our servers.

C. Website and Technical Information

When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, such as:

1. IP address
2. Browser type
3. Device type
4. Operating system
5. Pages visited
6. Date and time of access
7. Referring website
8. General usage and interaction information

We may use cookies and similar technologies to improve website functionality, security, and user experience.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information collected to:

1. Process course registrations and admissions
2. Respond to enquiries and requests
3. Provide classes, training, study materials, and other services
4. Process payments and maintain transaction records
5. Communicate about courses, schedules, examinations, classes, certificates, and services
6. Provide customer/student support
7. Verify student or applicant information where necessary
8. Maintain attendance, academic, administrative, and training records
9. Issue certificates or other course-related documents
10. Improve our courses, website, teaching services, and user experience
11. Send important service-related notifications
12. Send promotional information about courses, offers, events, or programs where permitted
13. Prevent fraud, misuse, unauthorized access, and security incidents
14. Comply with applicable legal, regulatory, accounting, or administrative requirements

3. Communication and Marketing

If you provide your mobile number, WhatsApp number, or email address through an enquiry, registration, admission, or other form, we may contact you regarding:

1. Your enquiry
2. Course admission
3. Classes and schedules
4. Payment or registration matters
5. Examination information
6. Course updates
7. Academy announcements
8. Relevant educational programs and offers

Where applicable, you may request that we stop sending promotional communications.

Service-related communications necessary for your enrollment or use of our services may still be sent.

4. Cookies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to:

1. Keep the website functioning properly
2. Remember certain preferences
3. Understand website traffic and usage
4. Improve website performance
5. Enhance user experience
6. Support security and fraud prevention

You may be able to control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.

5. Sharing of Information

We do not intend to sell or rent your personal information to third parties.

We may share information where reasonably necessary with:

1. Payment gateways and payment service providers
2. Website hosting and technology service providers
3. Communication and messaging service providers
4. IT, security, or technical support providers
5. Professional advisers, auditors, or service providers
6. Government authorities, regulators, courts, or law-enforcement agencies where legally required
7. Authorized staff, faculty, trainers, or administrators who need the information to provide Academy services

Third-party service providers may process information on our behalf and may have their own privacy policies and terms.

6. Educational and Student Records

Information provided during admission or enrollment may be used to maintain student records, including:

1. Enrollment information
2. Attendance
3. Course participation
4. Assessment/test records
5. Certificates
6. Communication history
7. Payment records
8. Academic or training-related information

Such records may be retained for legitimate administrative, educational, accounting, legal, or regulatory purposes.

7. Children's Privacy

Some of our educational programs may be intended for children or school students.

Where a child is under the applicable age of consent, registration or participation should be completed or authorized by a parent or legal guardian where required.

Parents or guardians may contact us regarding information submitted about their child and may request appropriate correction or handling of such information, subject to applicable law and legitimate record-keeping requirements.

8. Data Security

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

However, no website, online transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Users should therefore understand that transmission of information over the internet carries some inherent security risks.

9. Data Retention

We may retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for:

1. Providing our services
2. Maintaining student and admission records
3. Accounting and financial purposes
4. Resolving disputes
5. Maintaining transaction records
6. Meeting legal or regulatory requirements
7. Preventing fraud or misuse
8. Protecting our legitimate business interests

When information is no longer reasonably required, we may delete, anonymize, or securely dispose of it, subject to applicable legal requirements.

10. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, applications, payment services, social-media platforms, educational resources, or other services.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or policies of third-party websites.

Users should review the privacy policies of those third parties before providing personal information.

11. Social Media and Public Content

If you voluntarily submit reviews, testimonials, comments, photographs, videos, or other content for publication or promotional purposes, we may use such content only in accordance with the permission or authorization provided and applicable law.

We do not require students or users to publicly share personal information as a condition of enrollment unless specifically agreed or required for a legitimate purpose.

12. Your Rights and Choices

Subject to applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the ability to:

1. Request access to certain personal information
2. Request correction of inaccurate information
3. Request deletion where legally permissible
4. Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
5. Object to certain promotional communications
6. Ask questions about how your information is being used

Requests may be subject to verification and applicable legal or administrative requirements.

13. Accuracy of Information

You are responsible for providing accurate and up-to-date information during registration, admission, payment, or other interactions with the Academy.

If any information changes, you should inform us so that our records can be updated.

14. Data Breach or Security Incident

If we become aware of a security incident involving personal information, we may take appropriate steps to investigate, contain, mitigate, and address the incident and provide notifications where required by applicable law.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our services, technology, legal requirements, or business practices.

The updated version will be published on this page with a revised Effective Date.

Users are encouraged to review this page periodically.

16. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, requests, or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact us.

Career Prep Academy

Address:

MIG-II-258, Phase-3, Kalinga Vihar,

Rourkela, Odisha – 769015

Phone / WhatsApp: 7894965495

Email: odisha.prepclasses@gmail.com

Website: www.careerprepacademy.in

We will make reasonable efforts to review and respond to privacy-related requests within an appropriate period.

17. Governing Law

This Privacy Policy shall be interpreted and applied in accordance with the applicable laws of India.

Any dispute relating to privacy or the use of our website or services shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the appropriate courts or authorities having jurisdiction over Rourkela, Odisha, subject to applicable law.