In the course of a Registered User / Guest User / User / Subscriber using the website skillconnect.kaushalkar.com, including related software, mobile application (“Website”) or availing the products, services and content offered and listed on the Website (“Services”), Karnataka Skill Development Corporation (“KSDC”) KSDC and it’s the Intermediary shall hereinafter be referred to as the “Company”. The Company may become privy to the personal information/s and Data of the user / subscribers, including information that is of a confidential nature (“Confidential Information”) . The usage or misuse of any Confidential Information by the Company is governed by this Privacy Policy. The Company shall not be responsible for any unauthorised use or misuse of the Confidential information.

This Privacy Policy is an integral part of the Terms of Use / User Agreement as mentioned on the Website. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into the Terms of Use by reference.

We value the trust you place in us. That's why we insist upon the highest standards for secure communication and customer information privacy. Please read the following statement to learn about our information gathering and dissemination practices. The Privacy Policy specified herein is subject to change at any time without notice. To make sure you are aware of any changes, please review this policy periodically.

By visiting the Website and / or using the Services you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree please do not use or access the Website.

By mere use of the Website, you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personal and non-personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

The Company has taken all reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality of the Confidential information and its transmission through the internet and it shall not be held liable for disclosure of the confidential information but in accordance with this Privacy Policy or in terms of the agreements, if any, with the user / subscribers. To preserve the confidentiality of all information you provided to us, the Company maintains the privacy principles mentioned hereinafter:
The Company has policies and procedures concerning the collection, storage, use and security of your information that will help protect your privacy. This Policy endeavours to help us serve you while maintaining strict privacy and security standard, in line with this Privacy Policy.

1. The Company collects several types of information which is primarily used to serve you better and maintain authenticity of Services by identifying you. Details of such information (collectively called “Information”) are as follows:

1.1. Personal Information and Data

Personal Information and Data Means: the information collected that can be used to uniquely identify or contact you. Personal Information for the purposes of this Privacy Policy shall include, but not be limited to:

• Your name


• Your address,


• Your telephone number,


• Your e-mail address or other contact information,


• Your date of birth,


• Your gender,


• Information regarding your transactions on the Website


• Your financial information such as bank account information or credit card or debit card or other payment instrument details,


• Internet Protocol address,


• Any other items of "sensitive personal data or information" as defined under the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices And Procedures And Sensitive Personal Data Of Information) Rules, 2011 enacted under the Information Technology Act, 2000;


• Identification code of your communication device which you use to access the Website or otherwise deal with the Company,


• Any other Information that you provide during your registration process, if any, on the Website


• All or any words that which are not defined herein but defined under the Information Technology Act, 2000 shall be construed as such unless the context otherwise requires.

1.2. Non-Personal Information

The Company may also collect information other than Personal Information from You through the Website when You visit and / or use the Website. Such information may be stored in server logs. This Non-Personal Information would not assist the Company to identify you personally. We will automatically receive and collect certain anonymous information in standard usage logs through our Web server, including Computer and or Communication Device-identification information obtained from "cookies," sent to your browser from a

• web server cookie stored on your hard drive


• an IP address, assigned to the computer and or Communication Device which you use


• the domain server through which you access our service


• the type of computer and or Communication Device you're using


• the type of web browser you're using


• You can terminate your account at any time. However, your information may remain stored in archive on our servers even after the deletion or the termination of your account.

1.3. Surveys

The Company may email you or post various surveys on the Website. The surveys may request for your demographic information (age, gender, and familiarity with the Website, your interests, content, products and Services) and your feedback on Services.

1.4. Customer Service Communications Information

The Company may collect Personal Information, Non-Personal or Other Information when you post or submit comments, questions, complaints or suggestions regarding Services.

1.5. Other Information

The Company also collects information regarding your usage of Website and Services (“Other Information”). Other Information includes, but is not limited to pattern of use of Website by you, pages visited, posts/comments made on any page of the Website etc.

2. Mode of Collection of Information

2.1 When you use the Website, the Intermediary collect and store your Information which is provided by you from time to time. Our primary goal in doing so is to provide you a safe, efficient, smooth and customized experience. This allows us to provide services and features that most likely meet your needs, and to customize the Website to make your experience safer and easier. More importantly, while doing so we collect personal information from you that we consider necessary for achieving this purpose.

2.2 In general, you can browse the Website without telling us who you are or revealing any Personal Information about yourself. Once you give us your Personal Information, you are not anonymous to us. We may collect your Non-Personal Information, just by you browsing your site. When collecting personal information from you we indicate which fields are required and which fields are optional. You always have the option to not provide information by choosing not to use a particular service or feature on the Website. We may automatically track certain information about you based upon your behaviour on the Website. We use this information to do internal research on our users' demographics, interests, and behaviour to better understand, protect and serve our users. This information is compiled and analysed on an aggregated basis. This information may include the URL that you just came from (whether this URL is on our website / app or not), which URL you next go to (whether this URL is on the Website or not), your computer browser information, and your IP address.

2.3 The Intermediary may receive Personal information about you from third parties, such as social media services, commercially available sources and business partners. If you access the Website through a social media service or connect a service on the Website to a social media service, the information we collect may include your user name associated with that social media service, any information or content the social media service has the right to share with us, such as your profile picture, email address or friends list, and any information you have made public in connection with that social media service. When you access the Website or otherwise deal with the Company entity through social media services or when you connect the Website to social media services, you are authorizing the Company to collect, store, and use and retain such information and content in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

2.4 The Intermediary use data collection devices such as "cookies" on certain pages of the Website to help analyse our web page flow, measure promotional effectiveness, and promote trust and safety. The Intermediary offer certain features that are only available through the use of a "cookie". The Intermediary also use cookies to allow you to enter your password less frequently during a session. Cookies can also help us provide information that is targeted to your interests. Most cookies are "session cookies" meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of a session. You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, although in that case you may not be able to use certain features on the Website and you may be required to re-enter your password more frequently during a session. Additionally, you may encounter "cookies" or other similar devices on certain pages of the Website that are placed by third parties. We do not control the use of cookies by third parties.

2.5 If you choose to buy on the Website, we collect information about your buying behaviour. If you transact with us, we collect some additional information, such as a billing address, a credit / debit card number and a credit / debit card expiration date and/ or other payment instrument details and tracking information from cheques or money orders.

2.6 If you choose to post messages on our message boards, chat rooms or other message areas or leave feedback, we will collect that information you provide to us. We retain this information as necessary to resolve disputes, provide customer support and troubleshoot problems as permitted by law.

2.7 If you send us personal correspondence, such as emails or letters, or if other users or third parties send us correspondence about your activities or postings on the Website, we may collect such information into a file specific to you.

2.8 We do use your contact information to send you offers based on your previous orders and your interests.

3. Use of Information

3.1. The Company undertakes not to disclose (includes selling, sharing and renting) Confidential l Information collected by the Company at any time to any third party without your consent except in accordance with this Privacy Policy. However, the Company reserves the right to disclose Information in good faith:

a) if required by Law or any Statutory Authority;

b) to protect and defend rights and interests of the Company, employees/ agents of the Company, Intermediary, other users or the general public;

c) to enforce Terms of Use and other policies of the Company;

d) to address concerns raised by a third party.

3.2. The Company uses personal information to provide the Services. To the extent the Company uses your personal information to market to you, we will provide you the ability to opt-out of such usages. We use your personal information to resolve disputes; troubleshoot problems; help promote a safe service; collect money; measure consumer interest in our products and services, inform you about online and offline offers, products, services, and updates; customize your experience; detect and protect us against error, fraud and other criminal activity; enforce our terms and conditions; and as otherwise described to you at the time of collection.

3.3. In our efforts to continually improve our product and service offerings, we collect and analyse demographic and profile data about our users' activity on our Website.

3.4. We identify and use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Website. Your IP address is also used to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information.

3.5. We will occasionally ask you to complete optional online surveys. These surveys may ask you for contact information and demographic information (like zip code, age, or income level). We use this data to tailor your experience at the Website, providing you with content that we think you might be interested in and to display content according to your preferences.

3.6. Information collected by the Company can be used by KSDC and or can authorise its Intermediary or its affiliates/ contractors/ agents, associated partners, for analysis and determination of statistics, demand and supply, pattern of usage etc.

3.7. KSDC may share personal information with other corporate entities, Intermediaries and affiliates to help detect and prevent identity theft, fraud and other potentially illegal acts; correlate related or multiple accounts to prevent abuse of our services; and to facilitate joint or co-branded services that you request, where such services are provided by more than one corporate entity. Those entities and affiliates may not market to you as a result of such sharing unless you explicitly optin.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technology: A "cookie" is a small piece of information stored by a web server on a web browser so it can be later read back from that browser. Cookies are useful for enabling the browser to remember information specific to a given user. We place both permanent and temporary cookies in your computer's hard drive. The cookies do not contain any of your personally identifiable information.

5. Links to other websites

The Website may carry links to other websites. Your use of and activity at such other websites are at your own risk and the Company takes no responsibility regarding Information dissipated by you at such websites.

6. Data Security

6.1 The Website have stringent security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. Whenever you change or access your account information, we offer the use of a secure server. Once your information is in our possession we adhere to strict security guidelines, protecting it against unauthorized access.

6.2 Your Information will primarily be stored in electronic form however certain data can also be stored in physical form. We may store, collect, process and use your data in countries other than Republic of India but under compliance with applicable laws. We may enter into agreements with third parties (in or outside of India) to store or process your information or data. These third parties may have their own security standards to safeguard your information or data and we will on commercial reasonable basis require from such third parties to adopt reasonable security standards to safeguard your information / data.

7. Obligations of visitors/customers/users

To help the Company protect Information, the visitors/customers/users are required to maintain the privy of Information, ensure strength of password by using a combination of alphabets, numbers and special character and keep changing the password on regular basis. The visitors/customers/users are also prohibited from communicating information provided by the Company to a third party unless required by law or in compliance with agreements entered between visitors/customers/users and the Company.

8. Disclaimer as to Loss

Although, the Company has ensured the security of Personal Information collected. However, considering the open nature of Internet, such Information may be accessed by unauthorised entities/ software/ codes (“Hackers”). the Company assumes no liability whatsoever with respect to access of Information by Hackers.

9. Sale, merger of the Company

Information collected by the Company is considered to be trade secret of the KSDC. As the owner of such trade secret, KSDC has right to disclose or sell the Information as an asset of the Company during any sale or merger.

10. Your Consent

By using the Website and/ or by providing your information, you consent to the collection and use of the information you disclose on the Website in accordance with this Privacy Policy, including but not limited to your consent for sharing your information as per this Privacy Policy.

11. Changes to this Policy

12. Grievance