Privacy Policy

Mind Mantra Foundation ("Mind Mantra Foundation", "we", "us", or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information entrusted to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, protect, and otherwise process personal information when you visit or use mindmantrafoundation.org and when you register for or participate in our programmes, services, educational initiatives, career guidance activities, or other offerings available through our website.

1. About Mind Mantra Foundation

Mind Mantra Foundation is a Section 8 company working in areas including education, student development, skill development, career guidance, mentoring, and related social initiatives.

2. Information We May Collect

A. Information you provide directly

When you register for a programme, service, event, course, counselling session, or other initiative, we may collect information such as:

• Full name
• Email address
• Mobile or WhatsApp number
• Age or date of birth, where required
• Educational, school, college, institution, or academic information
• Programme or service selected
• Information required for participation or communication
• Payment-related information necessary to identify or confirm a transaction

B. Payment information

Where our website provides online payment facilities, payments may be processed through third-party payment service providers. We may receive information necessary to confirm or reconcile a transaction, such as transaction status, reference, amount, and related details. We do not intend to collect or store complete card, banking, UPI, or other payment credentials unless a payment service provider specifically processes such information on our behalf.

C. Information collected automatically

Our website, hosting infrastructure, analytics tools, or similar technologies may automatically collect technical information such as IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, approximate usage information, pages visited, visit date and time, referring sources, and website interaction or performance information.

3. How We Use Personal Information

• Process programme and service registrations and provide access to activities.
• Communicate with registered students or users and send programme-related information.
• Confirm registrations and payments and maintain appropriate records.
• Provide career guidance, mentoring, counselling, or educational support where applicable.
• Improve our website, programmes, and services and understand website performance through analytics.
• Prevent fraud, misuse, abuse, or unauthorised activity and maintain security.
• Comply with applicable legal and regulatory obligations and protect our rights and those of others.

4. WhatsApp, Email and Other Communications

Where you register for a programme or service, we may communicate using the contact information you provide, including through WhatsApp, email, telephone/mobile communication, or another method reasonably necessary to provide the service. Communications may include programme links, schedules, reminders, confirmations, updates, or related information. To request changes to communications, contact office@mindmantrafoundation.org. Certain essential service communications may still be necessary.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to support functionality, remember preferences, understand usage, improve performance, and support analytics. Third-party services may also use such technologies according to their own policies. You may manage cookies through your browser settings, although disabling certain cookies may affect functionality.

6. Google Analytics and Similar Analytics

We may use Google Analytics or similar analytics services to understand website usage, including pages used, navigation patterns, performance, general audience trends, and areas for improvement. Analytics providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and terms.

7. Sharing of Personal Information

We do not intend to sell your personal information. We may share or provide access to information where reasonably necessary with payment providers, website hosting and infrastructure providers, analytics providers, communication and messaging providers, technology providers supporting our programmes, professional advisers, or government authorities, regulators, courts, and law-enforcement agencies where required or permitted by law.

8. Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, misuse, loss, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no website, electronic transmission, storage system, or communication method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

9. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, to provide services, maintain records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, comply with legal obligations, or for other lawful purposes. When information is no longer required and there is no lawful reason to retain it, we may delete, anonymise, or otherwise dispose of it.

10. Your Rights and Choices

Subject to applicable law, you may have rights to obtain information about personal data being processed, request correction or deletion where applicable, withdraw consent where processing is based on consent, raise a grievance, and exercise other rights available under applicable data-protection law. To make a privacy request, contact office@mindmantrafoundation.org. We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.

11. Information Relating to Children and Students

Our initiatives may be intended for students and young people. Where personal information relating to a child is processed, we will handle it in accordance with applicable law and applicable requirements concerning parental or lawful-guardian consent and protection of children's personal data. Parents or lawful guardians may contact us at office@mindmantrafoundation.org.

12. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, platforms, payment services, social-media platforms, educational resources, or other services. Once you leave our website or interact directly with a third party, that service's own terms and privacy policy may apply. We are not responsible for privacy practices, content, security, or policies of third-party services we do not control.

13. Social Media and External Platforms

Our website or programmes may direct users to external platforms such as WhatsApp and other communication or social-media services. Information shared directly with those platforms is governed by the relevant platform's own policies.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our website, programmes, services, technology, legal requirements, or privacy practices. When changes are made, the “Last Updated” date may be revised. We encourage users to review this page periodically.

15. Contact Us

For questions, requests, concerns, or grievances relating to this Privacy Policy or the processing of personal information, please contact us.