Privacy & Policy
General
User’s privacy is utmost important to us and we are committed to responsibly handling your personal data taking all reasonable steps to protect your information from misuse. RTC Knowledge Services Pvt. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “RTC”) keeps your personal data secure to the extent possible under applicable data protection and privacy legislation in force from time to time. Degree Wisdom is a business name used by RTC.
In this Policy, the term “personal data” or “personal information” means personal data or data that relates to an identified or identifiable person.
How we collect information and put it to use
RTC collects the information entered by the users such as name, email address, and age to verify users and to send the required notifications to them that are relevant to them. To facilitate commerce, we collect credit card information, member’s address, or bank information only from those who choose to join RTC as a customer or supplier.
RTC also keeps a record of non-personally-identifiable information such as profile information, IP address, aggregate user data, and browser type, gathered from users and visitors on the website. With the help of this we manage the website, track usage and identify how to improve our services on the website. It is possible that this non-personally-identifiable information is shared with third-parties to be able to provide customised services and advertisements to members.
We share the information in your application with the institutes that you are applying to (either directly or through a third party on your behalf). Once RTC has provided your information to these institutes or designated third party(s) for your application for admittance, RTC does not have any control on the use of any of such information by these institutes and recommends that you contact them directly in case you have any questions about the way in which your personal data is being utilised and treated.
In order to take care of security and monitoring purposes, User IP addresses are recorded.
User’s email address can be used to send news, updates or a newsletter regarding our services.
RTC and our other service providers (within India or abroad) may provide your personal data in response to a search warrant or other legally valid inquiry or order. We might also disclose user’s personal data where it is necessary for the exercise, establishment, or defense of legal claims, to suppress, detect, or prevent fraud, and also in case to investigate or prevent the actual or suspected loss or harm to people or property. Where you have engaged a recruitment partner or counsellor to submit your application to RTC, we may be required for legal, regulatory and/or compliance purposes to contact you directly to confirm certain information provided in connection with your application process.
In order to participate or receive a response from RTC or one of its partners, users may be asked to provide personal information including name, email address or residential address. It is possible to send user’s personal information to certain ad partners to receive information that is requested from or expressed an interest in, from a user.
The information that is provided by you to us is stored on our secure servers. Any payment transactions will be encrypted using SSL technology. There are certain parts on the website where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for and you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. RTC asks you not to share a password with anyone.
RTC is very serious in making sure your information is safeguarded. We have, at our end, implemented reasonable safeguards, be it on administrative, technical and physical side, in an effort to protect against unauthorized access, use, editing and disclosure of personal data in our custody and control, which includes the limiting access to our database to legitimate users and employing device encryption and version tracking.
Unfortunately, it is well known that the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Even though we are doing our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our Website; any transmission is at your own risk. After we have received the information, we will use strict procedures and security features and try to prevent unauthorized access to it.
Cookies
RTC stores visitors’ preferences and records session information of a user, to make sure the same advertisements are not shown and to customize the web page, newsletter and advertising depending on the type of browser and profile information of a user. The information stored in cookies is not attached to any personally identifiable information you submit while on our site. The users can configure their browsers to accept or reject all or some cookies, or get notified when a cookie is set. Since each browser is unique, users need to check how to change their cookie preferences. To be able to see maximum features on the website, users must accept cookies from RTC. Keep in mind that RTC allows 3rd party advertisers to advertise on some of our pages to configure and access their cookies on the user’s computer. Advertiser’s use of cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, not to the Privacy Policy of RTC.
Social Media
We may offer you the opportunity to engage with our content on or through third-party social networking websites, plug-ins, and applications. While engaging with our content, plug-ins and applications, you may have to allow us to have access to certain information associated with your social media account i.e. name, username, email address, profile picture etc. to be able to deliver the content which is part of the operation of the website, plug-in or the application. Based on the information provided by you, we may use this information to personalize your experience on the Website and on the third-party social networking websites, plug-ins and applications, and consequently providing you with other products or services you may request.
Links to other websites
RTC has links to websites but is not responsible, in any way, for the privacy policies and/or practices carried out on other websites. The user must read the privacy policy stated on the other website after landing to another website. RTC privacy policy only governs information collected on RTC Knowledge and Degree Wisdom websites.
Third-party Analytics
RTC makes use of the web analytics services from various third party analytics tools to collect standard internet log information. With the help of these tools, the cookies help us analyze how visitors use the Website. For example, with the help of Google Analytics, the information generated by the cookie about your use of the Website (including your IP address) will be transferred to and stored by a Google server. Google uses this information to evaluate the use of the Website, compiling reports on Website activity for Website operators, and providing Website operators with other services relating to Website activity and internet usage.
Blogs & Public Forums
Please take this into notice that whenever you voluntarily post any public information to blogs, bulletin boards, Buzz or any other Public Forums, your information can be accessed by the public and can consequently be used by those people to send you unsolicited communications.
Option to opt out of Email
Members who would no longer wish to receive updates or notifications may choose not to by selecting the appropriate options in the user profile ‘Account Settings’. These instructions are also mentioned in all the notification emails.
Data Security
RTC user accounts are secured by passwords created by users themselves which information, if available to us, is kept private and RTC makes sure it is strictly followed. Measures are taken to protect information of the users that is stored within our database. We restrict access to member information to the employees who need access to perform their job responsibilities, like customer service personnel and technical staff. Kindly note that we cannot guarantee the security of member account information. The security of member information may be compromised, at any time, through an unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors.
Changes in Privacy Policy
It is possible that we change our privacy policy from time to time. If we make any changes, we will make users aware of what the changes are, on the website, so that users are always aware of what information we collect, use, and when we may disclose it. After the changes are posted on the website, a user is bound to the policy when he or she uses the site. If, however, we will use users’ personally identifiable information in a manner that is materially different from that stated at the time of collection of that information, we will notify it by posting a notice on our Website for 30 days.
Legal Bases behind processing your personal data
The personal data processed is based on the following legal bases, as recognised by and in compliance with the applicable data protection laws:
the processing is required to perform our contract with you (i.e. the Terms and Conditions that apply to avail RTC’s Services, for the provision of our Services), or to take steps requested by you before entering into the said contract;
you are obliged to provide us with personal data as it is required to enter into and perform our contractual agreements.
the processing is in RTC’s or someone else’s legitimate interests, and these interests are not overridden by your interests or rights in the protection of your personal data. This also includes processing your data for prevention of fraudulent activity, internal research and analytics assessments, for purposes of communication with you, and informing you about new products and services we are offering or to promote new products and services of other parties which we think may be of interest to you, etc.
It is shared that such processing is necessary for our legitimate interests and that the processing which we conduct does not adversely impact on these rights and freedoms.
you have given your consent for the processing of your data necessary for use under terms of engagement with the RTC websites.
We do not sell your personal data. In addition, if we have not disclosed your personal data for a business purpose, we will disclose this fact to you. If we have disclosed your personal data for a business purpose, including direct marketing, we will provide you with a listing that identifies the personal data categories that each category of recipient obtained.
