This privacy policy (Privacy Policy) adopted by Xero Smart Services Pvt Ltd for thier website/portal called bharatkengo.com (Bharat Ke NGO) (hereinafter referred to as “Bharat Ke NGO”, "Company" “We”, “Us” or “Our”) governs the collection, use and transfer of information capable of identifying a person (Personal Information) accessed or shared with Us by virtue of use or access of our mobile applications or websites (Platform). By agreeing to this Privacy Policy, or by accessing, or by using the Services (defined below) through the Platform, you consent to the collection, transfer, adaptation, alteration, storage, disclosure, and other uses of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you have any concerns about providing data, or having it used in any manner permitted in this Privacy Policy, you should not use the Bharat Ke NGO Services. Unless specified otherwise, this Privacy Policy applies only to the Platform and services, features, software, and functionalities offered by Us, via the Platform
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, “Sensitive Personal Data or Information” or “Sensitive Information” means Personal Information, that consists of the (i) password, (ii) financial information, such as bank account, debit or credit card details, or to be stored or processed under a lawful contract or otherwise.This Privacy Policy incorporates the requirements under the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011
i. Policy Applicability
By accessing our Platform, users (hereinafter referred to as “Users/”You”/”Your“) can access our Services. As set out in the terms and conditions relating to the Services (the “Terms“), you must be at least at a legal age (minimum age of 18 years) to access and/or use the Services. The Services are not directed to persons under the legal age of majority or any such persons residing outside India. We do not knowingly collect any Personal Information from children under legal age. If We become aware that a child under legal age has provided Personal Information, steps will be taken to remove such information and terminate such an account. If you become aware that any Personal Information of a child/minor is provided, please contact our Grievance Officer (defined below). For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless defined hereunder, all capitalized terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them under the Terms. THIS PRIVACY POLICY DOES NOT APPLY TO MOBILE APPLICATIONS OR WEBSITES WHICH ARE NOT OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY BHARAT KE NGO, INCLUDING THIRD PARTY LINKS AND APPLICATIONS WITH WHICH YOU MAY INTERACT WHILE USING THE PLATFORM. WE WILL NOT ASSUME ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY HARM CAUSED TO YOU BY ACCESSING ANY THIRD PARTY WEBSITES OR LINKS ADVERTISED ON THE PLATFORM. YOUR ACCESS AND USAGE OF ANY THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES OR APPS IS ENTIRELY AT YOUR OWN RISK. THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE A PARTY TO ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND A THIRD-PARTY SERVICE.
ii Collection & Use of Information
A. Personal Information We obtain and you hereby consent to provide your Personal Information at the time of registration or from third-party service providers you interact with or engaged by us. Such Personal Information includes :
B. Non-Personal / Aggregated Data Additionally, Bharat Ke NGO may use data management services to access device information; device storage, device identifiers etc. These permissions are collected to better understand how users access and use our Services, both on an aggregated and individualized basis, in order to improve our Platform, analyse user traffic and activity, respond to user desires and preferences, and for other research and analytical purposes. This includes:
C. Sensitive Personal Data or Information Collected: Please note that We shall always take your express consent before collecting any Sensitive Personal Data or Information.
We are committed to keeping all such Sensitive Personal Data or Information safe at all times and ensure that such data/information is only transacted provided the highest possible degree of care available under the technology presently in use. Bharat Ke NGO will not use Your Sensitive Personal Data or Information for any purpose other than for such specific purposes as you have expressly consented to its use.
If you opt for the paid functions on the Platform, Bharat Ke NGO may collect the billing and financial information necessary to process the charges, including bank account details; and/or do so on behalf of the relevant payment service providers. Purchases of third-party services are subject to the policies applicable to such providers. Any payment data may need to be retained only within India to comply with directives of the Reserve Bank of India that apply to the payment service providers we engage to provide the services.
Where we permit any third parties to collect and use your Sensitive Personal Information, we, to the best of our knowledge, (i) ensure that such third parties maintain the same security standards that are adhered to by us and prescribed under applicable data protection laws for the protection of your Sensitive Personal Information and (ii) take reasonable measures to ensure that the third parties do not disclose the Sensitive Personal Information unless such disclosure has been expressly consented to by you.
Disbursal Information Services: If you make a purchase in the Services, We may collect the billing, payments, and financial information necessary to process the charges/payments; and/or do so on behalf of the relevant payment service providers. Purchases of third-party services are subject to the policies applicable to such providers.
iii. How Your Information May Be Used?
Some of the Personal Information, for example, your name and/or username, may be listed publicly on the Services, including on your profile page and in search results. You agree that We and/or third parties on our behalf and/or our partners may use the Personal Information for the purposes of contacting you as part of customer support; to send you updates or information about the Services; managing your account and relationship with the Service, improving the in-app experience, improving the Services, research, surveying, and engaging with you, for example by sending you communications for these purposes; marketing and promotion of the Services or other products; to personalize and optimize the Services, promotional content and/or advertising; to create reports, analysis or similar services for the purposes of research or business intelligence.
• It helps to edit/change your sign-in credentials. • To edit/change your donated amount if any error occured due to technical problems while donating. • To refund donation. • To issue 12 A or 80G certificate(s) • To issue donation certificate(s) Also we may send some general and important updates on your email address; such as:
• New update of application • Vacancies in foundation(s) • Changes in our policies • Upcoming events • Fundraising programmes • News letters etc.
iv. Information sharing and disclosure
We may disclose your Personal Information in the circumstances set out below and you hereby consent to the same to be shared with:
Third-Party Data Recipient Entity Name |
Service/Function |
Payment gateways and payment aggregators |
For making transactions |
Razorpay Technologies Private Limited |
Disclosure of card details for obtaining tokenization and technology services as per applicable RBI guidelines |
SMS OTP providers |
For the generation of OTP |
IP Reverse Geolocation Providers |
To ascertain and act against Users from restricted jurisdictions |
Analytical and data management service providers |
To obtain services for smooth functioning of the Platform and customizing the Platform for the needs of the Users, sharing such data with data analytics services and tools which are run on |
v. Your Rights
We do not keep Your data for longer than is necessary unless we are required to do so under applicable law. We will use Your Personal Information only for so long as is necessary:
You can review, modify, and delete the information You have provided to us at any time and/or withdraw Your consent from allowing us to collect, process or transfer Your information by contacting Our Grievance Officer (See Section VIII below). Please note that if You withdraw Your consent, we may be constrained to withdraw those features, functionalities, services etc. which cannot be provided, without the information You seek to withdraw consent for, or delete from our records. Please note that your requests with respect to your data shall not be complied with if it adversely affects another user, or prejudices such user’s rights.
Your right to withdraw consent relates to any further collection or processing, of your Sensitive Personal Information, however such withdrawal of consent shall not: (i) be retrospective or require the deletion of records required for statutory purposes; or (ii) operate where required for the discharge of ongoing contractual obligations unless the contract under which the Sensitive Personal Information is required to be collected is also terminated with the request for withdrawal of consent to collect such Sensitive Data.
Your data will be erased/deleted when it has served the purpose for which it was being collected and is no longer necessary, where consent has been withdrawn, or where retention of such data is contrary to or prohibited by applicable law.
You have the right to data portability, i.e., you have the right to receive a copy of your Personal Information in a commonly used and structured, machine-readable format and have it transferred to another service provider or third party after paying us a fee which shall be communicated upon your request.
Vi. Protection of Information
Bharat Ke NGO maintains appropriate technical and physical safeguards to protect Information against accidental or unlawful destruction or loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosures or access, and any other unlawful forms of processing of the data in its possession (Security Practices). All information provided by You is stored and retained on a secure server located in Mumbai, India. Such Security Practices include, but are not limited to encryption, firewalls, password protection, limitation of access to specified personnel on a need to know basis, de-identification and encryption and other physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to the server and systems and information residing on such server and systems. Bharat Ke NGO Security Practices are commensurate with the information assets being protected and with the nature of the business. By using the Platform, you accept that the Security Practice and procedures mentioned above, which are designed to protect the information provided by You, are reasonable. Information including Sensitive Personal Data or Information (other than such data that is subject to data localization due to statutory or regulatory obligations) may be transferred to third parties located and/or may be stored at worldwide destinations, outside India or the location from which your information has been collected which ensure a similar level of protection and security adhered to by us under applicable Indian laws. However, we do not guarantee that Personal Information cannot be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of any of the abovementioned safeguards. We take all steps reasonably necessary, including providing notice of breach to users, where required under applicable law, to ensure that Personal Information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Irrespective of which country you reside in or supply information from, you authorize Us to store and/or use the Information according to this Privacy Policy in any country where We may operate. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT, WHILE WE STRIVE TO PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AGAINST POTENTIAL RISKS AND EXPOSURES, THERE IS NO ABSOLUTE SECURITY IN THE ONLINE/ INTERNET SPHERE. THEREFORE, YOU MUST NOT DISCLOSE ANY INFORMATION ON THE PLATFORM THAT IS SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA OR INFORMATION WHICH IS NOT REQUIRED FOR YOU TO USE OUR SERVICES. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION OVER THE INTERNET IS NOT COMPLETELY SECURE AND THERE ARE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. ALTHOUGH WE STRIVE TO PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION, WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THE SECURITY OF THE SAME WHILE IT IS BEING TRANSMITTED TO OUR PLATFORM AND ANY TRANSMISSION IS AT YOUR OWN RISK
Vii. Other Terms
We may retain the Information for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected or as needed to provide the Services, even after you have discontinued or deleted any account, or after the end of the provision of the Services, if retention of such Personal Information is reasonably necessary to comply with legal obligations, meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes between users, prevent fraud, or any other use. Subsequent to such a term, we will delete or anonymize your Personal Information once the purpose has been fulfilled.
Viii. Grievance Redressal
In case of any queries regarding our data processing activities or to exercise your rights with respect to your Personal Information, please contact us at support@bharatkengo.com . For revoking your consent and requesting deletion of your Personal Information held with us. We will respond to your request as soon as possible, and in any event within 30 days or in accordance with the timeframe permitted under applicable law. and delete your Personal Information, except such information required by law to be retained. If any court or other competent authority finds any of this Privacy Policy to be invalid or unenforceable, the other terms of this Privacy Policy will not be affected. This Privacy Policy is governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the Republic of India. Any dispute arising in connection with this Privacy Policy will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in the city of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. You consent to the jurisdiction and venue in such courts and waive any objection as to an inconvenient forum. We reserve the right to revise or amend this Privacy Policy from time to time.
iX. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and the "last updated" date will be revised accordingly. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any updates.
We would love to hear from you regarding this policy or any other support. Kindly contact us at support@bharatkengo.com