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GAADS, together with its international affiliates and subsidiaries, hereinafter "GAADS," "us," or "we," or "our" or the "Company") are committed to protecting personal data and ensuring that they function effectively and efficiently for our customers, stakeholders, and the community. Individuals' privacy must be protected by using the appropriate and lawful means of handling their data. This privacy policy, also known as "policy '').", has been implemented.
This policy is designed to protect the personal data of all our Company's stakeholders. This policy is intended to inform individuals about the principles that the Company uses personal data ("Personal Data") of individuals who visit, use, deal with, and transact through the website. It also includes a browser and guest user (hereinafter, "you," "user")
The purpose of this policy is to describe how GAADS collects, uses, and shares information about you through our online interfaces (e.g., websites and mobile applications) owned and controlled by us, including but not limited to https://www.gaads.in/ (from now on, the "website"). This policy also explains how GAADS secures data, handles data transfers, and processes requests from data subjects.
This policy control covers all systems, people, and processes within the organization's information system, including directors, board members, employees, and any third parties with access to Personal Data in GAADS.
This policy and related policies are also a commitment to the Company. The Company will seek assurances from third parties who process personal data for GAADS that the Personal Data is protected consistently.
GAADS provides online higher education and industry-relevant certificates (hereinafter referred to individually or collectively as "Program") that are carefully curated. This Privacy Policy applies to all of our services unless otherwise stated.
We collect Personal Data based on your interactions with us, our products, services, and features, as well as your location and any applicable laws.
We do not collect any payments information processed by third-party payment gateway providers
A particular category of personal data includes information about your race, ethnicity, religion, philosophical beliefs, sex life and political opinions.
We do not process sensitive or special Personal Data.
If we require sensitive or unique Personal Data, we will ask for your consent to use it per this policy.
Another legal basis for processing particular category data could be, as allowed by applicable law: for scientific research, to support employment, social security, or social protection laws, or for the establishment, defense, or exercise of legal claims. You consent to us using your "special" and "sensitive" Personal Data for any reason. For more information on our processing of Personal Data, you can contact our DPO.
The data collected by the company is derived directly from the data provided by the user or by use of our sites.
Personal Data, such as login or access details, profile picture, or any other text/image in relation to your Personal Data that may be shared with third parties, are received by us.
We also get information about your visits on this platform and other websites that use pixel tags.
We may receive Personal Data from third parties, such as our service providers, other networks linked to our service, advertising partners, marketing and advertising affiliates and our advertising partners.
Cookies are text files that are stored on your computer. They can be used to store standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, cookies or similar technology may automatically collect information about you.
We may also allow third-party advertising firms (such as Facebook and Google, Twitter, Quora, Quora, Bing, or Twitter) to place cookies on this website. These cookies allow these companies to track your activities across different sites that display Ads. They also record your activities, so they can show you relevant Ads as you surf the Internet. These cookies save information about what you are viewing and an identifier linked to your IP address or device.
GAADS uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including
There are a few different types of cookies, however, our website uses:
Most browsers let you refuse to accept cookies or delete them. There are many ways to do this. They vary from one browser to another and from one version to the next. The website may not be able to accept cookies. This could lead to some features being unavailable.
You can delete any Cookies that have been stored previously. This will not stop the Sites placing additional Cookies on your device, unless you change your Internet browser settings as described above.
You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these
These opt-out mechanisms rely on cookies to remember your choices. If you delete your cookies, use another computer or device, or change browsers, you will need to repeat this process. In addition, opting out of interest-based ads will not opt you out of all ads, but rather only those ads that are personalized to your interests.
To measure the interaction of visitors with our content, we use to search information providers and Analytics tools. Facebook Custom Audiences is also used to request Facebook to show ads tailored to your interactions with our websites and Facebook apps. This allows us to track how you interact with the ads. Further information about how these services use such technology can be found on Google's, Adobe's and Facebook's websites.
You can opt out of Google Analytics data regarding your visits to our websites by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. Facebook's opt-out page allows you to opt-out from Facebook Custom Audiences.
"Aggregated Data" means records stripped of Personal Data and manipulated or combined to provide generalized, anonymous information. Your identity and personal information are not available in Aggregated Data. We combine your Personal Data anonymously with other information to generate Aggregated Data for internal and commercial use and for sharing with affiliates, subsidiaries and business partners for planning and marketing purposes.
We seek assurances from third parties who process Personal Data on behalf of GAADS that they will protect your data. It is understood that it will be responsible for processing, management, regulation, storage, and retention of any Personal Data in manual records. All Personal Data obtained and held by the Company will:
Certain jurisdictions require that we have a lawful basis to justify our processing of your Personal Data.
Where applicable, the lawful basis that GAADS relies upon to justify a particular processing activity may differ from the lawful basis used to justify a different processing activity.
GAADS relies on the following lawful basis to process Personal Data, as permitted under applicable law:
We collect your Personal Data for the following purposes
GAADS is a global company and may share the personal information collected or provide such access to other companies within the GAADS group.
We require all third parties to respect the security of your Personal Data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your Personal Data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your Personal Data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
In addition to the examples cited above, GAADS also shares your Personal Data with:
Recipients | Category(ies) of Personal Data we share | Why we share it | Location(s) |
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Educational Partners | Global | ||
University or company offering the | Personal Identification Data | Evaluate and assess your | |
External graders | Contact Data | ||
Mentors | report on your progress in the Program | ||
enable them to issue a certificate to you on completion of the Program | |||
Employers; Sponsors and Scholarship Providers | Personal Identification Data | If you are taking a Program that is sponsored or paid for by your employer or a sponsor, or if you have availed a scholarship from a third-party scholarship provider, we may share your Personal Data and grades, evaluations or progress in the Program with your employer/sponsor/scholarship provider. This information may be shared at any time during the Program or afterwards. | Global |
Personal Characteristics Data | |||
Contact Data | |||
User generated data | |||
Service Providers | Personal Identification Data | We provide access to or share your information with operations and maintenance contractors and other third parties who perform services on our behalf strictly on confidential terms. They provide a variety of services to us, including billing, sales, marketing, test proctoring, couriers, mentoring, recruitment consulting, product content and features, advertising, analytics, research, customer service, data storage, security, fraud prevention, credit facilities, payment processing and legal services | Global |
Electronic Identification Data | |||
Data generated from inquires | |||
Marketing Data | |||
Third Parties | Personal Identification Data | we share certain Personal Data and materials with third parties including, but not limited to, service providers such as Facebook or WhatsApp in order to provide you services that you have requested or services that GAADS provides in conjunction with the Programs | Global |
Contact Data | Programs to arrange and provide networking activities to previous, current or potential students of GAADS | ||
User generated data | GAADS may share information that can be used to directly contact you with third-party business partners, such as companies that may be offering products or services or other opportunities that may be of interest to you. | ||
Financial Data | To third party business partners | ||
Recruitment Service providers | Personal Identification Data | If you opt for any of our recruitment services or if you participate in any of our recruitment activities, we will be sharing your information with recruiters and potential employers. | Global |
Recruitment agency | Personal Characteristics Data | ||
Potential employers | Contact Data | ||
User generated data | |||
Education and Recruitment Data | |||
Associate and Business Transfers | Personal Identification Data | We share your Personal Data with our associates for business purposes. | Global |
Personal Characteristics Data | GAADS may disclose and/or transfer your Personal Data to an acquirer, assignee or other successor entity in connection with a sale, merger, or reorganisation of all or substantially all of the equity, business or assets of GAADS to which your Personal Data relates |
Certain jurisdictions provide individuals with certain rights regarding processing their Personal Data. These rights are available if you, or any of our affiliates or subsidiaries with whom you interact, is located in the European Union. However, they may also be available in other jurisdictions. These rights may not be available to everyone and not always apply to all situations. Depending on applicable law, you may have the right to:
To exercise a right that you believe you may be entitled to under applicable law, please write to us at support@gaads.in
We may need to verify your identity before we fulfil your request.
Because of the different data privacy rights in each country, there may be some conditions that you need to consider when processing your rights. The law applicable to your rights will determine how we respond and what further processing is done. Requests that are repetitive or require disproportionate technical effort, are risky for others, compromise ongoing investigations, or are not practical may be refused. We will never discriminate against anyone who exercises any of these rights.
You have the right to complain to a data protection agency about how we process your Personal Data. Contact your local data protection agency for more information.
We are committed to protecting the privacy of children's data. Our Sites are not designed for children. The jurisdiction determines the age of a user. Different jurisdictions have different rules about the age of children who can give consent. In the United Kingdom, a child is anyone 13 years old or less. In Singapore and Qatar, however, consent can only be given if the person is at least 18 years.
Our company has a policy of not collecting, processing, storing, disseminating, or transferring Personal Data from children.
If such a collection is necessary to perform our contractual obligations or as required by the applicable law, we will notify you promptly and appropriately. We will inform you of the collection's reasons and purposes and ask for your explicit consent.
We will delete any Personal Data of children we have collected through our website without parental consent.
GAADS will ensure that the appropriate organizational and technical measures are in place. Privacy impact assessments and risk assessments support this to ensure that Personal Data is kept safe and protected.
GAADS employs security measures to protect personal information from being misused or unintentionally lost or damaged. GAADS has written security management procedures and policies designed to detect, prevent, contain, correct, and remedy violations of the measures taken to safeguard your Personal Information's confidentiality, integrity, accessibility, security, and security. These policies and procedures give specific data security responsibilities to individuals and include a risk management program that includes periodic risk assessments and provides a sufficient framework of controls that protect your personal information.
In addition, as part of its organizational security measures, employees at GAADS must:
Personal Data should not be kept or transported on laptops, USB sticks, or similar devices unless authorized by the Management of GAADS. Where Personal Data is recorded on any such device it should be protected by:
Failure to follow the Company’s rules on data security may be dealt with via the Company’s disciplinary procedure. Appropriate sanctions include dismissal with or without notice dependent on the severity of the failure.
We also take steps to ensure that our service providers, contractors and other third parties maintain similar level of data protection measures when processing your Personal Data. While we strive to secure your Personal Data, please note that 100% security of Personal Data cannot be guaranteed and that GAADS shall not be liable for any misuse or loss of Personal Data carried out by third party cloud service provider.
Our website is operated and managed primarily on servers located in India. Your Personal Data could be stored in data servers in other countries due to the global nature of GAADS.
GAADS uses sub-contractors and service providers to facilitate our products and service offerings. Your Personal Data may also be transferred to the servers of these service providers or other third parties. Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to or maintained by computers outside your state, province, or country, depending on the location of our service provider. These servers may have different data protection laws than yours.
Your Personal Data could also be shared, disclosed and transferred among various GAADS Group companies, where necessary, for legitimate business purposes.
We will ask for your consent to such transfers if applicable law requires. Suppose you consent to this Policy in any other case. In that case, GAADS may transfer your Personal Data to GAADS affiliate companies, service providers, or any third-party entity around the globe. We ensure that Personal Data is transferred with a data protection level similar to this Policy.
GAADS will respect all applicable laws when we transfer personal data internationally. We will also enter into a data transfer arrangement with the recipient, which may include Standard Contractual Clauses in the case of European Personal Data. We will also enter into separate Data Processing Agreements, where applicable, with third parties, service providers, contractors, and other recipients of Personal Data. The Company will also ensure that Personal Data transfers to public authorities are not excessive, disproportionate, or indiscriminate, as this would be against the law in a democracy. The Company will seek a practical solution to any conflicts between these requirements and those of public authorities. We will take every step necessary to ensure your data is protected and treated under our security and privacy standards.
GAADS will ensure that the appropriate organizational and technical measures are in place. Privacy impact assessments and risk assessments support this to ensure that Personal Data is protected and a secure environment for both electronic and manual information.
GAADS employs security measures to protect personal information from being misused or unintentionally lost or damaged. GAADS has written security management procedures and policies designed to detect, prevent, contain, correct, and remedy violations of the measures taken to safeguard your Personal Information's confidentiality, integrity, accessibility, security, and security. These policies and procedures give specific data security responsibilities to individuals and include a risk management program that includes periodic risk assessments and provides a sufficient framework of controls to protect your personal information.
Records management is a collection of activities required to control the creation, distribution and use of records. This information can be used as evidence for business transactions and business activities. Complying with information law without strong records management practices and policies is challenging. Good records management practices ensure record quality, help minimize data storage, and support data minimization.
GAADS will keep records of data processing according to the law. The data protection officer (DPO) oversees data protection and ensures compliance with relevant legislation and data protection principles. Each staff member is responsible for ensuring that the Register's measures are adequately reflected in practice.
When appropriate, we will follow the relevant codes of conduct.
This Policy will comply with all laws and regulations applicable to the country where the Company is established and the countries in which it operates. The former shall prevail if this Policy conflicts with applicable laws or regulations.
Your Personal Data is only retained for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected. Personal Data retention time depends on what purpose we are using it for and what may be required by applicable laws to protect, exercise or establish our legal rights.
The users can exercise these rights. We will also ask for your consent if we need to extend the retention period. If the original purpose of data collection is no longer relevant, we can also dispose of it.
The Company has taken the following steps to protect the Personal Data of relevant stakeholders, which it holds or to which it has access:
The users can exercise these rights. We will also ask for your consent if we need to extend the retention period. If the original purpose of data collection is no longer relevant, we can also dispose of it.
-the comprehensive reviewing and auditing of its data protection systems and procedures
- overviewing the effectiveness and integrity of all the data that must be protected.
- There are clear lines of responsibility and accountability for these different roles.
A data breach likely to threaten individuals' rights and freedoms will be reported to the appropriate supervisory authority within three working days of becoming aware of it. It may also be reported in more than one installment. In the event of a breach likely to pose a significant risk to individuals' rights and freedoms, they will be notified directly. The Company will notify the public if the breach is severe enough to warrant it.
A data breach likely to threaten individuals' rights and freedoms will be reported to the appropriate supervisory authority within three working days of becoming aware of it. It may also be reported in more than one installment. In the event of a breach likely to pose a significant risk to individuals' rights and freedoms, they will be notified directly. The Company will notify the public if the breach is severe enough to warrant it.
GAADS owns this website. This Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use together govern your use of the Platform as well as the programs offered by GAADS. This Privacy Policy will be a part of the Terms. You agree to these Terms of Use by using this website and any information contained therein.
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will take reasonable steps to inform all GAADS entities, Customers, Business Partners, and other data subjects affected by the revisions by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and via email.
The "Data Controller" (i.e., GAADS) means the entity that will decide how your Data is used and is responsible for how it holds personal information about you.
Since GAADS is made up of different legal entities, the entity that will be your data controller depends on the situation where your Personal Data is collected.
The company, in accordance with the applicable laws, and all applicable rules made thereunder, has appointed a Data Protection Officer; who can be reached at the details below:
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