Protecting the privacy of your personal information is critical to Dignitat. We are committed to respecting your privacy and valuing your trust while using our website Dignitat and we will make reasonable efforts to provide you with safe and secure user experience. We insist upon the highest standards for secure transactions and User information privacy. Our privacy policy seeks to offer a clear view of our online data collection practices and usage policies for www.dignitat.org (the “Site” and any “Services”). Please note that your use of the Site and any of our Services is subject to our Terms of Use which you may access on our website. Our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service are integral to your use of our Site; therefore you must agree to both agreements before using our Site or any of our Services.

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

Our Privacy Policy may change at any time without any prior notification. Kindly review the policy periodically to make yourself aware of such changes. Under certain circumstances, we may also elect to notify you of changes or updates to the Privacy Policy by additional means, such as by posting a notice on the homepage of the Site or by sending you an email. Please note that the Site may contain links to other websites and any data collected on clicking on such links will not be covered by the policy. Continued use of the Site following any changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to the Privacy Policy and any future revisions. If you have any questions or comments about the Privacy Policy, the practices of the Site, or your experiences with the Site, please contact us at queries@dignitat.org

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, either by signing up through our portal or signing in through an associate API such as Google or Facebook, you are not anonymous to us. Where possible, 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.

When you register using Dignitat, you will provide a variety of information about yourself including, (i) contact information like name, email address, postal address, phone number and mobile number; (ii) username and password; (iii) bank details including credit card or debit card details; and (iv) any correspondence between you and us. We may display some of this information on our Site publicly (such as name, location, and profile) and this information can be viewed by all users of the Site. We will not display any of your personal information with the general public. However, this personal information may be shared either with organizations looking for volunteers or blood donors as this is the most reliable way to ensure that volunteers/blood donors and organizations will properly match.

Most cookies are "session cookies," meaning that they are automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of a session. If you choose to donate or contribute on or through the Website, we collect information about your donations patterns and generally your usage behaviour.

If you transact with us (through making donations/contributions), 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.

If you choose to post messages or leave feedback, we will collect that information you provide to us. We retain this information as necessary to resolve disputes, provide User support and troubleshoot problems as permitted by law.

While you can browse some sections of our Website without being a registered member, certain activities (such as making a donation/contribution) do require registration. We do use your contact information to send you information such as receipts, certificates, upcoming events, newsletters, etc.

When you register with our Site we require your email address that may be used for all communications ensuing from your activity on the Site. We reserve the right to send you emails regarding, user account messages, campaign updates and Privacy Policy or Terms of Use changes. We may also contact you by telephone solely in connection with the services provided by us. Please be aware that if you have signed up as a volunteer and/or blood donor, you will receive text messages, emails and calls with regard to this service. If you would like to not get such communication messages, please unsubscribe as a volunteer and/or blood donor.

When you visit and interact with the Site, certain information may automatically be collected like log files which may include the internet protocol (IP) address your computer, browser type, internet service provider and operating system details, and date/time stamps to analyse trends, administer the Site, analyse bugs, and gather broad demographic information.

We may use the personal information collected to send you e-mail communications, to send you copies of newsletters in case you have signed up for the subscription. We will not share, sell or otherwise divulge any personal information provided by you with any third parties unless we receive your affirmative consent.

We might use third party suppliers and service providers to facilitate the services we provide on the Site who shall have access to your personal information who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide services to you. As part of our policy, we seek to work with companies who also have a high work ethic and share our commitment to privacy. As such, you explicitly agree to allow us to give your information to third party suppliers and service providers in order for us to provide service to you.

Certain personal information that you provide as part of the registration process on the Site such as name and location may be accessible and made public through search engines, crawlers, and other similar codes. Such factors are beyond our control and we disclaim that we cannot fully ensure that your personal information will not be disclosed to third parties.

We shall make our best efforts to protect your privacy and respect the information you entrust with us, but we may need to disclose your personal information if required by law or if we have a belief that such action is necessary to (i) enforce the Privacy Policy or the Terms of Use; (ii) comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process; or (iii) protect the rights, property, or safety of Dignitat or its members or other associated persons. In such circumstances, you permit and authorize us to divulge any information about you to the relevant authorities as we, in our sole discretion, believe is appropriate or in connection with any investigation or that may expose us to liability.

Dignitat reserves the right to terminate or disallow user rights or access as specified herein upon violation or noncompliance with the terms of the Privacy Policy as amended from time to time.

The Site has reasonable safeguards to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of the personal information under our control. However, as this is the internet we can make no assurances or guarantees that your information will be 100% safe. For this reason, we recommend you take appropriate measures such as protecting your passwords, using firewalls or downloading anti-virus software. By using the Site or providing personal information to us, you agree that we can communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy, and administrative issues relating to your use of the Site.

Our Website links to other websites that may collect personally identifiable information about you. Dignitat is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those linked websites.

Our Website has 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.

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. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.

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CONTACT US

For any queries or clarifications, please send an email to queries@dignitat.org

GRIEVANCE OFFICER

Name and contact details of the Grievance Officer are provided below:

Ms. Aasia Parveen

Dignitat Social Venture OPC Pvt Ltd

771, 2nd floor, 16th cross, 5th block

HMT Layout, Vidyaranyapura,

Bangalore – 560097 (India)

Email: queries@dignitat.org

Time: Mon – Fri (10:00 AM – 18:00 PM)