Privacy Policy
Last Updated: October 26, 2023
Introduction
Welcome to Digital Bihar Board ("we," "us," or "our"). We operate the website https://www.digitalbiharboard.com (the "Website") and may offer associated mobile applications (the "App"). We are committed to protecting the privacy of our users ("user," "you," or "your"), especially students of the Bihar Board.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our Website or use our App. Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site or use the app.
Information We Collect
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Website and App includes:
Personal Data
Personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, and demographic information (like your class or medium of study), that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Website/App, participate in interactive features (like quizzes or forums, if applicable), or choose to use certain services. You are under no obligation to provide us with personal information of any kind; however, your refusal to do so may prevent you from using certain features of the Website and App.
Derivative Data (Usage Data)
Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Website/App, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Website/App. If you are using our App, this information may also include your device name and type, your operating system, your phone number (if permitted), your country, your likes and replies to a post, and other interactions with the application and other users via server log files.
Data from Mobile Device
If you access our services through our App, we may collect device information such as your mobile device ID, model, and manufacturer, and information about the location of your device, if you permit us to do so.
How We Use Your Information
Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Website or App to:
- Create and manage your account (if applicable).
- Provide, operate, and maintain our Website and App.
- Improve, personalize, and expand our Website and App.
- Understand and analyze how you use our Website and App.
- Develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
- Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the Website/App, and for marketing and promotional purposes (with your consent, where required).
- Send you emails or push notifications.
- Find and prevent fraud.
- Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Website and App.
- Compile anonymous statistical data and analysis for use internally or with third parties.
- Comply with legal obligations.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Website and App to help customize the Website/App and improve your experience. When you access the Website or App, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology.
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the Website or App.
We may also partner with selected third-party vendors to allow tracking technologies and remarketing services on the Website and App through the use of first-party cookies and third-party cookies, to, among other things, analyze and track users' use of the Website and App, determine the popularity of certain content, and better understand online activity.
Third-Party Services
We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance. These third parties are obligated to protect your information.
Our Website and App may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including advertisements and external services, that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave the Website or App, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information. Before visiting and providing any information to any third-party websites, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of the third party responsible for that website, and should take those steps necessary to, in your discretion, protect the privacy of your information. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other sites, services, or applications that may be linked to or from the Website or App.
Specifically, we may use services like:
- Google Analytics: To understand how our services are being used. You can learn about Google’s practices by going to https://policies.google.com/privacy.
- Google AdSense (Website) / AdMob (App): To display advertisements. These services may use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings.
Children's Privacy
Our services are primarily aimed at Bihar Board students, many of whom may be minors. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13 without parental consent. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data without your consent, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information and your country requires consent from a parent, we may require your parent's consent before we collect and use that information.
Data Security
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Your continued use of the Website and/or App after such modifications will constitute your: (a) acknowledgment of the modified Privacy Policy; and (b) agreement to abide and be bound by that Policy.
Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
Email: digitalbiharboard@gmail.com
Website: https://www.digitalbiharboard.com
