1. Overview and Scope
Indian Education Base (“we”, “our”, or “us”) is committed to safeguarding the privacy and personal data of our visitors, registered readers, educational partners, and contributors. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, process, store, and protect digital personal data when you visit pushpakmedianet.com or use our publishing and directory services.
This policy is formulated in accordance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA), the Information Technology Act, 2000, and applicable data protection regulations in India.
2. Information We Collect
Depending on how you interact with our website, we may collect the following categories of information:
- Information Provided Voluntarily: When you register an account, subscribe to our newsletter, or submit institutional listings, we collect details such as your name, email address, contact phone number, institutional affiliation, campus address, state, district, and GSTIN (for invoicing purposes).
- Reader Preferences: Articles bookmarked for later reading and newsletter subscription status.
- Automatically Collected Technical Data: When you browse our portal, our servers log standard connection details including your IP address, browser type, device information, operating system, and pages visited.
- Security Tokens and Cookies: We use essential HTTP cookies solely for session management, user authentication, and CSRF protection. We do not use intrusive third-party cross-site trackers.
3. Purpose of Processing Personal Data
We process your personal information only for legitimate, specified purposes:
- To manage your account, authenticate login sessions, and maintain platform security;
- To review, verify, and publish institutional admissions, job notices, and press releases;
- To deliver our weekly education news digest to subscribers who have explicitly opted in;
- To generate statutory tax invoices and maintain transactional accounting records required under Indian GST law;
- To prevent fraud, spam, and bot abuse (including automated verification via Cloudflare Turnstile);
- To comply with statutory legal and regulatory obligations under Indian law.
4. Disclosure of Information to Third Parties
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third parties for advertising or commercial marketing. We share data only with:
- Payment Gateways: Transaction details are processed securely through RBI-authorized payment aggregators (such as Cashfree Payments India Private Limited) solely to complete payments and issue receipts.
- Technical Infrastructure Providers: Service providers hosting our database, email delivery services, and security infrastructure under strict data protection and confidentiality agreements.
- Law Enforcement: Where required by valid judicial order or statutory government authority under applicable Indian law.
5. Cookies and Local Storage
Our website uses strictly necessary cookies to keep you signed in and protect against cross-site request forgery (CSRF). These cookies are stored securely with HttpOnly and SameSite flags enabled, ensuring they cannot be accessed by external scripts. You can adjust your browser settings to decline cookies, though certain interactive features of the dashboard may become unavailable.
6. Your Rights under the DPDPA, 2023
As a Data Principal under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
Right to Access Information
You have the right to request a summary of the personal data being processed by us and the third parties with whom it has been shared.
Right to Correction & Erasure
You may request correction of inaccurate data, completion of incomplete records, or erasure of your personal data when it is no longer required for its original purpose.
Right of Grievance Redressal
You have the right to register a grievance with our designated Grievance Officer and receive resolution within statutory timelines.
Right to Nominate
You may nominate an individual who shall exercise your data privacy rights in the event of death or incapacity.
7. Data Retention and Security
We implement appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
Personal data is retained only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, or as mandated by law. Account data is retained for the duration of your active registration. Accounting and tax records (including GSTIN and invoices) are retained for seven (7) years in compliance with Indian taxation statutes.
8. Grievance Officer Contact Details
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding your personal data or this Privacy Policy, please contact our designated Grievance Officer:
Grievance Redressal Officer
Indian Education Base
Email: editor@indianeducationbase.com
Response Time: In compliance with statutory guidelines, inquiries and complaints will be addressed within thirty (30) days of receipt.
