Privacy Policy

Sitaben Shah Memorial Trust, a public charitable trust registered under the provisions of the Bombay Public Trust Act 1950 vide registration number E – 19286 and having its registered office at 412, Floor- 4, 17G Vardhaman Chamber, Cawasji Patel Road, Horniman Circle, Fort, Mumbai-400001,  (that is, its affiliates, subsidiaries, ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries) ("we", "our", "us", or "Lodha Foundation") are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This privacy policy (together with our terms of use and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By visiting www.lodhageniusprogramme.com, or any other of our websites / mobile applications to which this privacy policy applies (“Sites”) or otherwise providing us with information you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.

Information we may collect from you

We May Collect And Process The Following Data About You:

Information you give us. You may give us information about you by filling in forms on our sites, or by submitting your CV, or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise or, by you interacting with any of our business partners or suppliersengaged on our behalf. The information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address, phone number, profile picture and any other information relevant to your enquiry or request for information or services which we may request and you may choose to provide to us from time to time. In addition to the aforesaid, you may choose to import your address book contacts or enter your contacts' information manually to access certain features of the Sites.
Information we collect about you. We may automatically collect: technical information, including the IP address, your login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform; and information about your visit, including the full URL clickstream to, through and from our sites; materials you viewed or searched for; page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page and any phone number used to call our customer service number.
Information we receive from other sources. We may receive information about you if you use our sites or the other services we provide. In this case we will have informed you when we collected that data that it may be shared internally and combined with data collected on our sites. We also work closely with third parties (including, for example, business partners, sub-contractors in technical, payment and delivery services, advertising networks, analytics providers, search information providers, credit reference agencies) and may receive information about you from them.

Use made of the information

We Use Information Held About You In The Following Ways:

Information you give to us. We will use this information: Process and evaluate your application for the Lodha Genius Programme; Administer and manage programme activities, communications, and updates; Respond to your queries and provide support; Improve the functionality, content, and performance of the Website; Comply with applicable legal or regulatory requirements.; If you are an existing Participant, we will only contact you by e-mail, Whatsapp, SMS, telephone or your preferred method of contact if different, with information about opportunities. If you are a new Participant, and where we permit third parties to use your data, we (or they) will contact you by e-mail, Whatsapp, SMS, telephone or your preferred method of contact if different only if you have consented to this.
Information we collect about you. We will use this information: to administer our sites and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes; to improve our sites to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer; to allow you, when required, to participate in interactive features of our service; as part of our efforts to keep our sites safe and secure; to measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you; to make suggestions and recommendations to you and other users of our sites about goods or services that may interest you or them.
Information we receive from other sources. We may combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We may use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).

Disclosure of your information

We may share your personal information with any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries.
We may share your information with selected third parties including, where applicable: i. Business partners, suppliers, educational partners for the performance of any contract or any potential contract we may enter into with them or you, or in relation to any ancillary requirements; ii. Advertisers and advertising networks that require the data to select and serve relevant adverts to you and others; and iii. Analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our sites.
We may disclose your personal information to third parties: i. In the event of any merger, restructuring, or transfer involving the Lodha Genius Programme, your personal data may be shared with the parties involved in such transactions, including prospective sellers, buyers, or partners; ii. If the Lodha Genius Programme, the Lodha Foundation, or a substantial portion of its operations or assets is acquired by a third party, your personal data will be included among the transferred assets; iii. Where we are required to disclose or share your personal data to comply with legal obligations, enforce our terms of use or other agreements, or protect the rights, property, or safety of the Lodha Genius Programme, the Lodha Foundation, our applicants, or others. This may include sharing information with other organizations for purposes such as fraud prevention and risk management.

Where we store your personal data

The data that we collect from you may be transferred, stored and processed by staff who work for us or for one of our suppliers or one of our group companies. Such staff may be engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of your order or enquiry and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely.
We have put in place appropriate technical and organisational measures to guard against unauthorised or unlawful processing of personal data and accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to, personal data. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our sites and any transmission is at your own risk.

Cookies

Our sites may use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our sites. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our sites and also allows us to improve our sites. By continuing to browse our sites, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree.

We use cookies that are required for the operation of our sites (they include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into the secure area of our sites); to allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our sites when they are using it; to recognise you when you return to our sites in order to enable us to personalise our content for you; to record your visit to our sites, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed in order to make our sites more relevant to your interests. Please note that third parties may also use cookies, over which we have no control.

You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

Your Rights

You have the following rights concerning your personal data:

• Access and Correction: You may request access to the information we hold about you and request corrections if it is inaccurate.
• Withdrawal of Consent: You can withdraw your consent for the use of your data by contacting us.
• Deletion: You may request the deletion of your personal data, subject to applicable legal or contractual obligations.

To exercise your rights, please contact us at privacy@lodhagroup.com.

Third-Party Links

Our sites may contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you follow a link, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

Retention of Information

We retain your personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy or as required by applicable laws.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by e-mail. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

Contact

Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to privacy@lodhagroup.com