Privacy Policy
Introduction
We, at 'Avocation Educational Services Private Limited and our affiliated companies
worldwide, are committed to respecting your online privacy and recognize your need
for appropriate protection and management of any personally identifiable information
("Personal Information") you share with us. "Personal Information" means any
information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited
to, a first and last name, a home or other physical address and an email address or
other contact information, whether at work or at home. In general, you can visit
Avocation Educational Services Private Limited's Web pages without telling us who
you are or revealing any Personal Information about yourself.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Some of our Web pages utilize "cookies" and other tracking technologies. A "cookie"
is a small text file that may be used, for example, to collect information about Web
site activity. Some cookies and other technologies may serve to recall Personal
Information previously indicated by a Web user. Most browsers allow you to control
cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them. You may set
most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you may choose to block
cookies with your browser, but please note that if you choose to erase or block your
cookies, you will need to re-enter your original user ID and password to gain access
to certain parts of the Web site and some sections of the site would not work.
Tracking technologies may record information such as Internet domain and host names;
Internet protocol (IP) addresses; browser software and operating system types;
clickstream patterns; and dates and times that our site is accessed. Our use of
cookies and other tracking technologies allows us to improve our Web site and your
Web experience. We may also analyze information for trends and statistics.
Third-Party Service Providers
When you access or log in to our third-party service providers from our website or
act on any of the ads on our platform, we may receive information. We have
agreements with third-party service providers to host our ads for our benefit and
when you visit our website or pages through those links, they will collect and store
your data to promote other related services to you.
We have third-party sales and marketing affiliates who may collect your information
through one of the various channels owned by them and share this information with
us, based on your interest in our Programs. For example, an affiliate may hold an
event and share the details of the attendees with Yocket Prep.
If such third parties sell or share the Personally Identifiable Information as part
of the process, Yocket Prep’s liability shall be limited to providing you with
reasonable assistance in any action you may choose to take against such third
parties, at your sole cost and expense.
Your Consent
By using this Web site, you consent to the terms of our Online Privacy Policy and to
Avocation Educational Services Private Limited's processing of Personal Information
for the purposes given above as well as those explained where 'Avocation Educational
Services Private Limited' collects Personal Information on the Web.
Information security
We take appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access to or
unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of data. We restrict access to
your personally identifying information to employees who need to know that
information in order to operate, develop or improve our services.
Updating your information
We provide mechanisms for updating and correcting your personally identifying
information for many of our services.
Children
'Avocation Educational Services Private Limited will not contact children under the
age of 13 about special offers or for marketing purposes without a parent's
permission.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
'Avocation Educational Services Private Limited does not rent, sell, or share
personal information about you with other people (save with your consent) or
non-affiliated companies except to provide products or services you've requested
when we have your permission, or under the following circumstances: We provide the
information to trusted partners who work on behalf of or with 'Avocation Educational
Services Private Limited' under confidentiality agreements. These companies may use
your personal information to help 'Avocation Educational Services Private Limited
communicate with you about offers from 'Avocation Educational Services Private
Limited and our marketing partners. However, these companies do not have any
independent right to share this information. We respond to subpoenas, court orders,
or legal processes, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against
legal claims; We believe it is necessary to share information in order to
investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud,
situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person,
violations of Avocation Educational Services Pvt. Ltd.'s terms of use, or as
otherwise required by law. We transfer information about you if 'Avocation
Educational Services Private Limited is acquired by or merged with another company.
In this event, 'Avocation Educational Services Private Limited will notify you
before information about you is transferred and becomes subject to a different
privacy policy. 'Avocation Educational Services Private Limited' displays targeted
advertisements based on personal information. Advertisers (including ad-serving
companies) may assume that people who interact with, view, or click on targeted ads
meet the targeting criteria - for example, women ages 18-24 from a particular
geographic area.
'Avocation Educational Services Private Limited does not provide any personal
information to the advertiser when you interact with or view a targeted ad. However,
by interacting with or viewing an ad you are consenting to the possibility that the
advertiser will make the assumption that you meet the targeting criteria used to
display the ad. 'Avocation Educational Services Private Limited' advertisers include
financial service providers (such as banks, insurance agents, stock brokers and
mortgage lenders) and non-financial companies (such as stores, airlines, and
software companies). 'Avocation Educational Services Private Limited' works with
vendors, partners, advertisers, and other service providers in different industries
and categories of business. For more information regarding the providers of products
or services that you've requested please read our detailed reference links.
Confidentiality and Security
We limit access to personal information about you to employees who we believe
reasonably need to come into contact with that information to provide products or
services to you or in order to do their jobs. We have physical, electronic, and
procedural safeguards that comply with the laws prevalent in India to protect
personal information about you. We seek to ensure compliance with the requirements
of the Information Technology Act, of 2000 and the Rules made there to ensure the
protection and preservation of your privacy.
Non-Personal Information
In Non-Personal Information, we track, aggregate and collect your entry point to our
website, including the URLs you use, the browsers like Internet Explorer, Chrome,
etc, the Operating Systems of your PCs, laptops or phones, the internet service
providers, and IP addresses. We also aggregate the information regarding the pages
you visit on our website, the order in which you visit them, and the hyperlinks you
click. All the non-personal information we collect is only to enhance our site’s
performance and our services.
Personally Identifiable Information
All the personal information and the personal data you share with us on our website
and app or through our third-party services will be defined as Personally
Identifiable Information. The information collected will only be used in ways
according to our Privacy policy.It includes the information you share with us on the
sign-up process and profile details like your name, email address, phone number,
education, work experience, projects, and photographs. The information you provide
on our forums, online and offline events and chats. In case of subscription to our
Premium plans payment or refund, we might collect your account information from a
third-party gateway provider. We collect this information in several ways, including
when you enter it while using our Website, Platform, interacting with our
counsellors, customer support, participating in our surveys, or marketing
promotions. We use all this information in the personalization of our platform to
our users’ preferences, send them emails, updates and promotions of our services and
share with our business partners for other relevant services. Note: We do not manage
or regulate our third-party service providers.
Other Information
This category of information includes the following: The user-generated content that
you share with us on our platform. The interactions you have with our customer
support team. Recording of the sessions you have with our counsellors for quality
purposes.
Use of Information
We may use the information we collect with your consent to register you on our
Website or Platform, to provide you with information relating to our Program and/or
other Yocket Prep Services, offers from time to time in connection with Yocket Prep
to respond to your questions or interest shown in our Programs, and to send you
updates on related Yocket Prep events, platform maintenance or new services provided
by Yocket Prep via the platform, email, SMS, or phone call.
We may use your Personally Identifiable Information to provide such services to you
and for quality control purposes, and we may also archive this information and/or
use it for future communications with you. For example, Yocket Prep may make
available to you chat services that allow you to communicate with Yocket Prep’s
counsellors and we may use and share your Personally Identifiable Information to
provide these services to you. In another example, Yocket Prep’s staff members may
create groups on our platform with other students and make you a member of such a
group. These groups may be used to provide services in conjunction with the
Programs, including, but not limited to, updates related to the Programs, details of
potential employers, etc. Please be aware that the information disclosed on a
third-party service provider’s platform will be dependent and subject to such
third-party’s privacy policies and/or on your settings regarding what information
you have consented to share with them. Yocket Prep shall have no liability in this
regard whatsoever. Yocket Prep may use and share your information to improve its
services and offerings. For example, we, through our service providers (like
financial partners or surveyors), may approach you to understand the impact of our
Programs on your careers. For this purpose, we may connect with you via a phone
call, email you questionnaires, or request you to attend workshops.
To the extent any Personally Identifiable Information collected by us contains
images of you, you grant Yocket a limited, non-exclusive right to use, reproduce,
distribute, or prepare derivative works of or publicly display such images and/or
your likeness in relation to the Program or for marketing purposes. We may use your
photograph along with employer information, testimonials, transition information,
designation change, etc., for Ads/and or social media posts to highlight our
learners’ achievements.
We use Non-Personal Information in aggregate form to build higher-quality, more
useful services by performing statistical analysis of the collective characteristics
and behaviour of our Users and by measuring demographics and interests regarding
specific areas of our Website.
If the processing of your Personal Identifiable Information is subject to the EU
General Data Protection Regulations, we use your Personal Identifiable Information
where the processing is in our legitimate interests.
Sharing Your Information
In addition to how we use your information, we share your information in the
following ways:
Educational partners: We may share your information with
universities or program coordinators who developed the program/ course you are
taking up.
Employers, sponsors and scholarship providers:
If you are taking a Program that is sponsored or paid for by your employer or a
sponsor, or if you have availed of a scholarship from a third-party scholarship
provider, we may share your Personally Identifiable Information.
Service providers: We provide access to or share your
information with other third parties who perform services on our behalf strictly
on confidential terms. They have access to perform these services but are
prohibited from using your information for other purposes. They provide a
variety of services to us, including billing, sales, marketing, test proctoring,
couriers, mentoring, recruitment consulting, product content and features,
advertising, analytics, research, customer service, data storage, security,
fraud prevention, credit facilities, payment processing and legal services.
Also, we use certain third-party platforms to collect your information (such as
Typeform or Google Forms), as a consequence of which, your information may be
stored on their servers.
Alumni and Networking services: Should you agree to sign up for
our services, please note that any information you provide will be governed by
our policies. In certain cases, to facilitate communication between students, we
may share your information with other students on chat forums.
Government and Regulatory disclosure: We may share your
Information with various government authorities in response to court orders or
other legal processes to establish or exercise our legal rights or to protect
our property; to defend against legal claims; or as otherwise required by law.
We may also share your information when we believe it is appropriate to
investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal or suspected illegal
activities; to protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of Yocket, the
Platform, our users, and our customers.
Associates and Business transfers: Yocket Prep may disclose
and/or transfer your Personally Identifiable Information to an acquirer,
assignee or other successor entity in connection with a sale, merger, or
reorganisation of all or substantially all of the equity, business or assets of
Yocket Prep to which your Personally Identifiable Information relates. Business
partners: We may share information that can be used to directly contact you with
third-party business partners, such as Banks, or private loan companies that may
be offering products or services or other opportunities that may be of interest
to you.
Public Disclosure of Information
Any Personally Identifiable Information that is voluntarily displayed by you on our
platform may be used by third parties for unsolicited purposes. Please note that
Yocket Prep shall not be liable for such unsolicited use by third parties.
Aggregated Data
It is the combining of various data from both known and anonymous sources to help
our internal and commercial uses. This data will not disclose any of your personally
identifiable information.
Protection of Information
Yocket Prep takes all necessary precautions to protect your Personally Identifiable
Information both online and offline, to avoid any unauthorised access.
Notification of Changes
We may update this Privacy Policy at any time, and it will be posted on this
platform as and when it is updated so that you are always aware of what information
we collect, how we use it, and the circumstances under which we may disclose it.
Unless stated otherwise, our current privacy policy applies to all information that
Yocket Prep has about you and your account, even if it was collected in the past.
Your Email and Mobile Number
We will store the email and mobile number of anyone who is trying to contact us
regarding our services, and products. We will use this information to share our
promotions and updates with that user.
Opting Out
You can delete your account at any time. Deleting an account will effectively remove
all the data and information of the user stored in Yocket Prep. The user will have
to create a brand new account to enter Yocket Prep again.
Third-Party Links
We have many third-party links on our website. These links redirect to other
websites which have privacy policies that do not adhere to ours. If you wish to
disclose your personal information to such third-party providers and if they choose
to use that information, Yocket Prep will not be responsible. The information you
choose to share with such websites is at your own risk.
Data Storage, Transfer and Processing Globally
Yocket Prep stores information about you on servers located in India, but our
international service providers may store your information on servers located in
other countries. By using our services, you give consent to the storage of your
information within India or other countries. The data protection and other laws of
India and/or other countries might not be as comprehensive as those in your country.
By submitting your data and/or using our services, you acknowledge the transfer,
storage and processing of your information in and to India.
Remember that whenever we store or process your information, we will take the
necessary steps to secure the privacy of your personal information.
Security Statement
We, at Yocket Prep, have taken proper measures to secure your personal information
between users’ devices and servers. If there are any information leaks from our
third-party providers, or through your mobile devices or PCs due to negligence and
improper security measures, Yocket Prep will not be responsible.
Updation of Privacy Policies
This Policy is subject to change from time to time and shall be uploaded on our
Platform for your reference. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be effective
immediately upon being posted on this page. By accessing the Platform, you indicate
your agreement to the modified Privacy Policy and all the changes. Be sure to return
to this page periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current version of
this Privacy Policy.
Disclaimer
Avocation Educational Services Private Limited does not store or keep credit card
data in a location that is accessible via the Internet. Avocation Educational
Services Private Limited uses the maximum care as is possible to ensure that all or
any data/information in respect of the electronic transfer of money does not fall in
the wrong hands. Avocation Educational Services Private Limited shall not be liable
for any loss or damage sustained by reason of any disclosure (inadvertent or
otherwise) of any information concerning the user's account and/or information
relating to or regarding online transactions using credit cards/debit cards and/or
their verification process and particulars nor for any error, omission or inaccuracy
with respect to any information so disclosed and used whether or not in pursuance of
a legal process or otherwise.