Sankalika FoundationInstall our app on your phone or computerSANKALIKA FOUNDATION (“we”, “our”, “us”, or “the Foundation”) is committed to protecting the privacy, personal information, and rights of visitors, members, volunteers, donors, beneficiaries, and individuals who contact us through our website.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, protect, and disclose personal information when you visit our website, submit an enquiry, apply for membership or volunteering, request legal assistance or guidance, participate in our activities, or make a donation.
By using our website or voluntarily providing your personal information, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy. Where required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent before processing your personal information.
Depending on the services you use, we may collect the following information:
A. Personal Information
Full name
Email address
Mobile or telephone number
Postal address and general location
Information provided through contact or enquiry forms
B. Membership and Volunteer Information
Membership or volunteer application details
Membership identification number
Relevant contact information
Information necessary to administer membership and volunteer activities
C. Legal Assistance and Human Rights Enquiries
If you approach the Foundation for legal assistance, legal consultation, human rights support, or other welfare services, we may collect information and documents that you voluntarily provide and that are reasonably necessary to respond to your request.
Please avoid submitting unnecessary sensitive personal information or third-party documents through unsecured website forms.
D. Donation and Transaction Information
Where donation facilities are available, we may collect relevant donor details, donation amounts, transaction references, and payment confirmation information.
Online payments may be processed by third-party payment service providers. We do not intend to collect or store complete payment card details, banking passwords, PINs, or OTPs on our website.
E. Technical Information
When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, depending on the website's configuration. This may include your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, access time, and diagnostic logs.
We may use personal information for the following legitimate purposes:
To respond to enquiries, complaints, and requests for assistance.
To provide information about our human rights awareness and welfare activities.
To process and administer membership and volunteer applications.
To communicate with donors, supporters, members, and beneficiaries.
To maintain organisational, administrative, and financial records.
To process donations and issue acknowledgements where applicable.
To improve website functionality, accessibility, and security.
To prevent fraud, misuse, unauthorised access, and unlawful activities.
To comply with applicable legal obligations and lawful requests from competent authorities.
To send updates about our programmes or activities where permitted by law and subject to applicable consent requirements.
We will use personal information only for appropriate purposes consistent with applicable law.
SANKALIKA FOUNDATION may facilitate legal awareness, legal guidance, consultation, and assistance through experienced advocates or other appropriate professionals, subject to the nature of the service and applicable law.
Information shared for legal assistance or human rights support will be handled with appropriate care and confidentiality, subject to applicable legal obligations, professional duties, and circumstances in which disclosure is lawfully required.
Submitting information through our website does not, by itself, establish an advocate-client relationship or guarantee legal representation.
We do not sell or rent personal information to third parties for their independent marketing purposes.
We may share relevant information only when reasonably necessary:
With authorised Foundation personnel for legitimate organisational purposes.
With advocates, professional advisers, or service providers involved in responding to your request, subject to applicable confidentiality obligations.
With payment service providers to process donations or transactions.
With website hosting, security, communication, or technical service providers.
With competent government authorities, courts, or law enforcement agencies when required or permitted by applicable law.
With your consent or at your direction, where appropriate.
We will take reasonable steps to ensure that information shared with service providers is handled appropriately.
We take reasonable technical, organisational, and administrative measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or misuse.
Such measures may include access restrictions, secure hosting arrangements, password protection, and other safeguards appropriate to the information involved.
However, no website, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We therefore cannot promise absolute security.
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, administer our activities, maintain required records, resolve disputes, and comply with applicable legal obligations.
You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information, subject to applicable law and legitimate record-retention requirements.
Where deletion is legally permissible and appropriate, we will take reasonable steps to delete or anonymise the relevant information.
Our website may use cookies or similar technologies to support essential website functions, improve user experience, understand website traffic, or remember preferences.
You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may affect some website features.
Any third-party services integrated into our website may use their own cookies or tracking technologies, subject to their respective policies and applicable law.
Our website may contain links to external websites, social media platforms, payment gateways, or other third-party services.
These external services operate under their own privacy policies and practices. SANKALIKA FOUNDATION does not control the privacy practices of independent third-party websites.
We encourage visitors to review the relevant privacy policies before providing personal information to any external service.
Our website and services are not intended to encourage children to submit personal information independently without appropriate safeguards.
Where personal information relating to a child is necessary for a legitimate welfare or assistance purpose, it will be handled with particular care and in accordance with applicable law, including any applicable requirements concerning parental or guardian consent.
We do not knowingly collect children's personal information for unrelated purposes.
Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:
Request information about the personal data we process.
Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
Request erasure of personal information where legally permissible.
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
Raise a privacy-related concern or complaint.
Seek applicable grievance-redressal assistance.
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the details provided below. We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.
If you believe that your personal information has been accessed, disclosed, or used improperly in connection with our website, please notify us using the contact details below.
We will review the complaint and take appropriate steps in accordance with applicable law.
Where legally required, we will provide notifications to affected individuals or relevant authorities.
SANKALIKA FOUNDATION reserves the right to update or revise this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our activities, website features, security practices, or applicable legal requirements.
The revised version will be published on this page with an updated effective date. Visitors are encouraged to review this page periodically.
For questions, requests, or complaints concerning this Privacy Policy or the handling of personal information, please contact:
SANKALIKA FOUNDATION
Registered Office / Organisational Address:
High School Para, Paschim Burdwan,
West Bengal – 713321, India.
Website: https://www.sankalikafoundation.org/
Email: Please use the official contact email published on our website.
Subject: Privacy Policy – Data Access, Correction, Deletion or Complaint
We will review privacy-related requests and respond in accordance with applicable law.
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