EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy (hereinafter ‘the Policy’) shall govern the collection, use, storage, disclosure and processing of your personal data as collected/submitted by/to EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ regardless of where you visit it from) or through such other mode as permitted by EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™.
INTRODUCTION EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ cares for protection of personal data of its associates, users and of those who are/shall be associated with it through various channels and modes including but not limited to participations in various events/programs/seminars organized by EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ complies with all applicable laws and regulations which mandate protection and privacy of such personal data. EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ is in its nascent stage (website opened to public on 20 August 2022). It is committed to constantly evolve technical and organizational security measures to guarantee the security of your personal data. You are requested to periodically check for any updates to the Policy.
PERSONAL DATA COLLECTION: OBJECTIVE, METHODOLOGY, STORAGE, SECURITY, AND USAGE OF THIS EXERCISE EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ may collect your personal data, when you choose to avail EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™’s services including but not limited to, participating in/being a part of any event hosted/organized by EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™. This enables EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ to facilitate seamless availing of its services including but not limited to, when you seek to participate in/be a part of any event hosted/organized by EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™.
The information that you provide will not be shared with any third party, without your prior explicit consent, unless permitted by law or as per this Policy.
EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ may collect and process information relevant to the above reasons and/or purposes. This information may include personal data such as:
- personal coordinates
- professional coordinates
- personal ID issued by the government (if mandatory)
- donation details
- education and employment details.
All or some of the above data will be required by EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ to process the necessary services. When visiting this and its other affiliate website(s), EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ may collect information about the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of the device used to access the website(s), browsing actions and patterns, which help it monitor the level of activity and provide efficient services. Where EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ is required to collect your personal data under any applicable law/regulation, or under the terms of a contract it has with you/is being entered into, and you fail to provide the data when requested, EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ may not be able to perform the said contract and may have to cancel a registration or service you have with it.
EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ stores the personal data so collected from you, at its storage servers located in India.
EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ gives utmost importance to security of your personal data. EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ has put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in any unauthorized manner, altered, modified or disclosed. In addition, EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ also restricts access to your personal data to only those employees who have a need-to-know for service purposes. The said employees will only process your personal data on explicit instructions of EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™, and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality. In case of any computer or hack attacks on the site, EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ cannot be held liable for loss, theft or corruption of data maintained on the website. EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ may collect the aforementioned types of your personal data through its website when you fill up any form for availing of any service offered by EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ including but not limited to, when you seek to participate in/be a part of any event hosted/organized by EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™. EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ may also collect certain technical data such as browsing actions and patterns through automated technologies or interactions.
EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ will not share your personal data with a third party. Having said so, as the current Policy is evolutionary is nature, this tenet might change in due course.
EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ shall only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes it has collected it for, including but not limited to, for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements.
EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ shall only use your personal data in a manner, which is permissible under law. If EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ needs to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, it will notify you and will explain the legal basis which allows it to do so. Please note that EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™ may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.
YOUR RIGHTS You shall be entitled to all such rights as have been accorded to you as data owner, under various applicable legislations and regulations, with such reasonable limitations as provided under the law.
GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL In case you have any grievances, complaint related to your personal data shared by you with EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™s for the purpose of availing of any services or participation in any event to be hosted by or organized by EQUINEXT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION™, you may reach out to contact us email id listed on our website, www.equinextfoundation.org
