Privacy Policy | Global India Collective

We reserve the right to change or update this Policy at any time without any prior notice, for any reason without any liability whatsoever. Any such modifications shall be effective immediately upon posting unless some other effective date is expressly stated. Your continued use of the Site shall constitute and be deemed your unconditional acceptance of this Policy and any changes posted to this Policy. We have no obligation to individually intimate each user or service provider in relation to such changes.

At GIC, we value your trust and we respect the importance of protecting your privacy. We treat your personal information, non-public information that identifies you, with respect and in accordance with this Policy.

Personal information is essential to meeting our goal to provide you with our services. This Policy applies to all of the services offered by GIC and its affiliates through various websites and applications, including the Site. This Policy does not cover the information practices of other companies and organizations who advertise our services, and who may use cookies, pixel tags and other technologies to serve and offer relevant ads. Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on the Sites. These third-party product websites and applications have separate and independent privacy policies, terms of use, end user license agreements, or similar disclosures, that may be available to you from such websites or applications, the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, or by contacting the third party for more information. We have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked websites and applications. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of the Site and welcome any feedback about these third-party websites and applications.

By Subscribing to, registering for, logging on to, accessing, or using the Site you agree to be bound by this Policy. If you do not agree please do not continue using or accessing the Site.

Personal Information. We collect, store and use information that is considered necessary for the purpose of providing the best service possible to all of our users. We may use the information to improve our products and services. We collect personal information, non-personal information and aggregate data in order to (i) personalize user’s experience, (ii) to improve the services, (iii) to improve the Site, (iv) to send periodic emails, and (v) to ask for ratings and reviews of services offered on the Site.For the purposes of this Policy, “Personal Information” shall mean individually identifiable information from or about an individual. This information may include but not limited to your name, address, telephone number, mobile number, email address, professional affiliation, or any personally identifiable additional information that you provide. In case of companies, partnership firms, and proprietorship concerns, we may also collect relevant business details such as details pertaining to owners, promoters, shareholders, officers’ names, employees, and their contact details. We collect Personal Information from end-users, including but not limited to, the following ways: (1) when you to become a user to the Site; and (2) when you access the Site and provide information in connection with your use of the services on the Site, or otherwise agree to register and subscribe on the Site to (i) contribute in kind to our campaigns; (ii) join our programs; (iii) collaborate with us; (iv) register for, show interest in, and/or participate in our events or initiatives; and (v) volunteer for any of our initiatives.In addition, when you access or use the Site, we may collect certain data based on your use of the Site, including but not limited to: (a) the number of times that you visit; (b) the specific services accessed, as well as the frequency and duration; (c) any information and responses you provide when participating in activities, which may include activity postings, survey responses, event engagements, assessment responses and any other data you generate; and (d) other analyses and data associated with your access to, and use of the Site (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Usage Data”).
1. By registering your details on the Site, you consent to us using and making available such information to our partners to enable them to improve the Content available to you.
2. By registering your details on the Site, you consent to us contacting you via email, telephone or post, with relevant information pertaining to the Content on the Site and for other promotional activities including conducting surveys on behalf of third parties. We will not share, trade or sell your information to any third parties not directly associated with its proper use within the website, except when you give us explicit permission and you may at any time opt out of having your personal information shared.
3. We may keep a record or monitor your communications with us or our support team to help resolve any issues you might be facing and complained about and also for the purpose of monitoring quality, security and training. We may use your email address to inform you about our improved or additional services, such as letting you know about upcoming changes or improvements as well as to send you updates on our initiatives or programs that we think you may be interested in.
4. Any Personal Information we obtain about you will be stored in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and standards. Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than the country in which you reside. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country. By using the Site, you consent to this collection, transfer, storage, and processing of Personal Information to, from, and in the United States and to, from and in India.
Non-Personal Information. We may collect certain non-personally identifiable information about you when you visit the Site, even if you are not registered. This non-personally identifiable information includes, without limitation, the type of browser that you use (e.g., Safari, Chrome, Internet Explorer etc.), your IP address, the type of operating system that you use (e.g., Windows or iOS) and the domain name of your Internet service provider. We use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of the Site and to enable us to personalize your internet experience. We also may use this information in the aggregate to analyse the Site usage, as well as to offer you products and services.
Security Measures. All this information will be held by GIC using the appropriate safeguards so that the highest possible levels of security, integrity, and privacy are maintained.We maintain strict physical, electronic and administrative safeguards in accordance with applicable standards to protect your personal information from unauthorized or inappropriate access. We restrict access to personal information to employees and service providers who need to know the information for legitimate business purposes to assist in responding to your inquiry or request. Employees who violate our Policy are subject to disciplinary action.Further, we have implemented reasonable security measures to protect the information collected via the Site from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Access to data and technology relating to user information is password-protected and limited to authorized personnel and those partners that require access to the information in order to furnish services to GIC and our members. In addition, GIC uses industry standard technology to keep users’ information secure while residing on our servers. However, despite these measures, our IT systems could be compromised by parties seeking unauthorized access to users’ data, by a technological malfunction or by an error by an employee, vendor or contractor. In addition, the transmission of information via the Internet or mobile data networks could be intercepted by third parties. As a result, our efforts to protect our data and users’ data from unauthorized access may be unsuccessful and we cannot assure you that the security measures we have adopted will provide absolute certainty. By using or accessing or registering with the Site, you agree that GIC is not responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort arising from or relating to any breach of our security, circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures, or interception of your transmissions. Any transmission by you is at your own risk.
Cookies. Cookies are small pieces of data stored by your internet browser on your computer’s hard drive. We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the Site. This information does not reveal your identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of the Site, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.We, along with thousands of other websites, use cookies to enhance your web viewing experience and to measure your Site usage and usage of the Site. With the help of cookies, we may present you with customized offerings or content that may be of interest to you. We may also use cookies to recognize you on subsequent visits or to remember your username, so you do not have to re-enter it each time you visit the Site. You may be able to set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or to prevent cookies from being sent. Please note, however, that, by not accepting cookies you may limit the functionality we can provide to you when you visit the Site.We use information collected from cookies and other technologies to improve your user experience and the overall quality of our application and services, and to compile aggregate data about the Site traffic and interactions in order to offer you better experiences and tools in the future. We may combine Personal Information from one service with information, including personal information, from existing and upcoming services.
Information We May Disclose and To Whom We May Disclose Information. We may only disclose the information we collect to organizations as noted below. The other organizations to whom we disclose information are obligated to use such information only for the purposes stated. You give your explicit consent that the following disclosures may be made:
1. Disclosures to Partners. We may disclose personal information we collect to our partners, so that they are better able to prepare the Content which is made available from time to time. In all cases, we will require our partners to whom we provide personal information to comply with this Policy and to use the information solely for the purposes for which we have retained them. Disclosure of personal information to these service providers is done to help us better serve you.
2. Disclosures to Other Affiliated Companies. We may disclose identifying information, such as name, address, telephone number and transaction or experience information to other affiliated companies. We may disclose personal information to other affiliated companies of GIC for purposes such as and including but not limited to:Information We May Disclose and To Whom We May Disclose Information. We may only disclose the information we collect to organizations as noted below. The other organizations to whom we disclose information are obligated to use such information only for the purposes stated. You give your explicit consent that the following disclosures may be made:
  1. Fulfilling your requests; and
  2. Informing you for other initiatives or program that we think may be of interest to you.
  3. Other disclosures Permitted by Law
    We may make additional disclosures of information as permitted or required by law. For example, we may disclose information to law enforcement agencies or insurance regulators.
3. Third Parties. We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating the Site, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may however release your Personal Information (1) when we have a good faith belief it is necessary to protect our rights or property, or (2) to any successor or purchaser in a merger, acquisition, liquidation, dissolution or sale of assets, or internal restructuring, or (3) when we have a good-faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request, enforce applicable Terms and Conditions, including investigation of potential violations, detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues or protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of GIC, our users or the public at large, as may be required or permitted by law. We also permit consultants and lawyers who may advise us in the course of a litigation or arbitration in relation to the Site to have access to your Usage Data and Personal Information if required. Your consent will not be required for disclosure in these cases, but we will attempt to notify you, to the extent permitted and required by law to do so. However, non-personally identifiable information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.We may share your Usage Data and Personal Information with third parties in order to: (a) assist us and such concerned third parties in studying the user behavior and accordingly evaluating and improving the quality of the services covered through the Site; (b) determine your preferences and/or the Site to suit your needs in a more targeted way; and (c) promote the Site to third parties. It is hereby clarified that the Usage Data may be provided to anyone on an aggregate and anonymous basis for analytical purposes.We may permit our third-party agents, service providers, vendors and sub-contractors (such as vendors and suppliers that provide us with technology, services, data analysis, research, advertising and marketing assistance and/or content in connection with our operation and maintenance of the Site) to access your Personal Information, in connection with performing services for us and/or to operate the Site. However, such third-party agents are not authorized to use that Personal Information for their own benefit.
Aggregate Data. We reserve the right to transfer and/or sell aggregate or group data about the Site users (including Usage Data where the same is not linked to Personal Information) for lawful purposes. Aggregate or group data is data that describes the demographics, usage or other characteristics of the Site users as a group, without disclosing personally identifiable information. We may also share aggregate data with our partners, like publishers, advertisers or connected applications. For example, we may share information publicly to show trends about the general use of our services through the Site.
Links to other websites. The Site may contain links to other website(s) of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave the Site, you should note that we do not have any control over the other website(s). Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such other website(s) and such other website(s) are not governed by this Policy. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy policy applicable to the website(s) in question.
Information Retention and Updation. We will retain your personal information only as long as is necessary for the purposes to which you consent under this Policy, after which we will delete it from our systems.If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the provided email address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.Whenever you use the Site, we aim to provide you content that has been tailored to and relevant to you, based on your personal profile. Since the content will be only as useful as the profile it is tailored to, we strive to give you ways to update your Personal Information. When updating your Personal Information, we may ask you to verify your identity before we act on any of your requests. You may send us an email at team@gicollective.org to request correction or deletion of any Personal Information that you have provided to us. We may not accommodate a request to change information if we believe the change would violate any law or legal requirement or cause the information to be incorrect. If you withdraw a registration or cancel a subscription, we may retain your Personal Information in our records and we may continue to use and disclose that data in a manner consistent with this Policy, unless you request deletion of it.
“Opting Out” – Consumer Selections Regarding Information Sharing. We are committed to protecting personal information, and to using or sharing it in ways that will improve or expand upon the services we provide to you. By actively accepting the terms of this Policy, you agree to the sharing of personal or sensitive personal information as described above.
While browsing the Site, you will not be provided with the opportunity to opt out of the sharing of personal or sensitive personal information until you establish a user relationship. The practices and policies contained in this Policy replace all previous notices or statements with respect to the same subject.
California Privacy Rights. If you are a California resident, you may have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regarding your personal information. These rights may include:
1. The right to know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell
2. The right to request deletion of your personal information
3. The right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information
4. The right to non-discrimination for exercising your CCPA rights
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.
Disclaimer. While we try to ensure that the content is accurate and up to date, we accept no responsibility for loss arising from reliance on information contained in the Site or other the Sites that may be accessed directly from the Site. The inclusion of a link should not be taken to mean endorsement by us of the linked the Site.
Children’s Privacy. The Site is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will promptly delete that information.
Contacting Us. If there are any questions regarding this Policy, you may contact us by email at team@gicollective.org.

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