Privacy Policy
Given below is the privacy policy published in accordance with the provisions of the Information Technology Act,
2000 (“IT ACT”), Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules,2011, Information Technology
(Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011.
Introduction
The Privacy Policy here explains the policy of P L RAJ IAS & IPS Academy website, with respect to the disclosure,
collection, storage, usage and protection of your information during the course of your interaction with the Website
and the App.
Please read the Privacy Policy carefully in conjunction with the Terms of Use as stated under IT Act. In case, you do
not understand this policy, or do not accept any part of the policy mentioned, then you should refrain from using the
Platform altogether. Your and/or continued use of the Platform, amounts to an express consent to the terms of
Privacy Policy as well as the Terms of Use.
For the purposes of this Policy, access of the Website and the App together with any study material or Test Course
or Video Course etc. made available or uploaded therein or downloaded, embedded therefrom shall collectively be
referred to as the “Services”.
This Privacy Policy forms part and parcel of the Terms of Use for the P L RAJ IAS & IPS Academy Services and
shall be read as a whole. Capitalized terms used here, but undefined, shall have the same meaning as attributed to
them in the Terms of Use.
INFORMATION COLLECTED AUTOMATICALLY
- When you visit or interact with the Platform, apart from P L RAJ IAS & IPS Academy certain third party
advertisers and/or service providers may use technologies that automatically collect information about you
for both transactional (e.g., confirmation of registration, notification of purchase made, etc.) and
promotional (e.g., promotions, emails, etc.) purposes. Your information may be collected by P L RAJ IAS
& IPS Academy or such third party advertisers and/or service providers in the following ways:-
- Log Files: Every time you visit the Platform, P L RAJ IAS & IPS Academy servers automatically receive
log information from your browser and device that was used to access the Platform (such as IP address,
device ID, details of your network operator and type, your operating system, browser type and version,
CPU speed, and connection speed). This enables us to validate you as a User, to understand your usage of
the Platform and helps us to make changes and updates most suited to your needs and interests.
- Cookies: Cookies are data files placed on your device, used to keep track of information such as your
interaction with social media websites, the content you click on, download, upload or share and other
activity on the Platform etc. in order to improve your experience of the Platform by personalizing it to your
preferences and usage trends.
- Web Beacons: Web beacons are transparent graphic images used in our email communication to you, in
order to understand customer behavior and improve the overall quality, functionality and interactivity of the
Platform.
- Payment /Purchase Information: In order to access certain paid features and services on the Platform, you
may be required to create or log into a separate account on a payment gateway or website such as “PayU”
or “PayTM”. Once such an account is created, in order to process your payments/ purchases on the
Platform, such payment gateway provider may require and collect your details such as name, address,
phone number, email address and credit or debit card information, netbanking information or details of any
web wallets maintained by you. Any and all payments made/processed or details provided to or shared with
such authorized payment gateway providers shall be stored directly by such payment gateway providers
without any information passing through or relayed to P L RAJ IAS & IPS Academy. Platform assumes no
liability in respect of such payments and/or information shared with or provided to such authorized
payment gateway providers. It is further clarified that the aforementioned information is only used in
accordance with the provisions of the applicable law and in strict adherence to this Privacy Policy.
- Public Forums: Any information that is disclosed by you in the comments section becomes published
information and P L RAJ IAS & IPS Academy shall not be held liable for the security of the same or any
personal information that you disclose herein. You agree to exercise caution when disclosing any personal
information or personally identifiable information in this regard.
- Please note that we only use the aforesaid information to communicate with and/or improve the Service and
to better understand our users’ operating systems, for system administration and to audit the use of the
Service. We do not use any of the aforesaid data to identify the name, address or other personal details of
any individual.
- For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, any passwords, financial information such as credit or debit card
details or other payment instrument details and any other information prescribed by law to be sensitive that
may be collected by P L RAJ IAS & IPS Academy during your use of the Platform and the Services
provided thereon, shall be referred to as “Sensitive Personal Data or Information”.
LINK TO THIRD PARTIES
The Platform may include links that redirect you to other websites. These third party websites are not covered by
this Privacy Policy. You agree that once you leave our servers, any third party websites that you go to or interact
with are at your own risk. P L RAJ IAS & IPS Academy shall not be held liable for any default, loss of function or
any risk that your personal sensitive information may be exposed to as a result of the same.
SHARING OR DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION COLLECTED
- As a strict policy we will not disclose, share or exploit your information with anyone without your
permission.
- However, we may mandate under law or under contracts to make certain limited disclosures under the
following circumstances:
- Legal Necessity: P L RAJ IAS & IPS Academy may share any of the aforesaid information, including your
personally identifiable information or Sensitive Personal Data or Information, without obtaining a separate
consent from you, if and when such information is requested or required by law or by any court or
governmental agency or authority to disclose, for the purpose of verification of identity, or for the
prevention, detection, investigation of any criminal activity, or for prosecution and punishment of offence.
- Limited Disclosure to Service Providers: we may disclose your information (but not Sensitive Personal
Data or Information) to our service providers and business partners (“Service Providers”) for the purposes
of betterment and improvement of our services including but not limited to hosting the Platform, payment
processing, analyzing data, providing customer service, etc., for the purpose of making various features,
services and products of P L RAJ IAS & IPS Academy available to you and investigating or redressing
grievances. This will be in the form of aggregated anonymous data and will be under strict contractual
arrangements that preserve the confidentiality and security of your personal information in accordance with
this Privacy Policy;
- Limited Disclosures for improvement of services: P L RAJ IAS & IPS Academy may share the aforesaid
information including your personally identifiable information (but not Sensitive Personal Data or
Information) when it is required to be shared with sponsors, partners, advertisers, analytics companies or
third parties for the purpose of marketing, advertising promotional offers, offering product information and
market research, in connection with the Service. This will be in the form of aggregated anonymized data
and will be under strict contractual arrangements that preserve the confidentiality and security of your
personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy;
SECURITY OF INFORMATION COLLECTED
- We take the security of your personal information seriously and use appropriate technical and
organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized or unlawful processing
and against accidental loss, destruction or damage. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the
internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot
guarantee the security of your data which is transmitted to or from the Service. Any transmission is at your
own risk.