Privacy Policy

Pune Central School is committed to maintaining your trust by protecting personal information we collect about you, and this statement outlines the school’s policy on how the school uses and manages personal data provided to or collected by the school.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Pune Central School may collect information about you from a variety of sources, including information we collect from you directly during pre-admissions, when you intend to admit your child in PCS(Pune Central School) or otherwise provided directly to us. Generally we collect information about an individual by way of application form filled out by you, discussion, meetings, interviews and telephone calls during and after the course of a student’s admission at the school.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

PCS may collect the information mentioned below directly during the admission process which includes personal and sensitive information.

• Student’s name, Parents or Guardians name.

• Email address, telephone or mobile number, postal address, etc.

• Students age, date of birth, details of family members, siblings, etc.

• Contact information of relatives, friends, etc, who come into contact with the school.

• Payment information, if payment information is made through cheque, net banking, credit or debit card, etc.

• Medical ailment.

• Future communication preference.

HOW WE USE THIS INFORMATION

We provide information to students and parents by way of digital or electronic communication such as email, mobile, SMS, phone call and postal mail.

We collect the information to provide the progress, improvement and other information about the student’s matters related to their schooling.

We also provide information on day to day administrative activities, events, celebrations, competitions, sports and others activities organised by the school.

INFORMATION SHARING AND SECURITY

The success of every business relationship depends on trust and we do not reveal any personal information outside Pune Central School which we collect from you.

We are committed to keep personal information secure and have appropriate technical, physical and administrative procedures in place to protect personal information from loss, misuse or alteration.

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

Our third party partners employ clear gifs (a.k.a. Web Beacons), images, and scripts that help them better manage content on our site. We do not tie the information gathered to our Users' personally identifiable information.

Third Parties, with whom we partner to provide certain features on our site or to display advertising based upon your Web browsing activity, also use Flash cookies to collect and store information. Flash cookies are different from browser cookies because of the amount of, type of, and how data is stored. Cookie management tools provided by your browser may not remove Flash cookies. To learn how to manage privacy and storage settings for Flash cookies click here: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html#117118

IP ADDRESS

• Pune Central School occasionally obtains IP addresses from users depending upon how you access our web sites. IP addresses, browser and session information may be used for various purposes, including to:

• Diagnose and prevent service or technology problems reported by our users or engineers that are associated with the IP addresses controlled by a specific web company or ISP.

• Estimate the total number of users visiting Pune Central School's web site from specific geographical regions.

• Help determine which users have access privileges to certain content, services or resources that we offer.

• Monitor and prevent fraud and abuse.

INFORMATION TRANSFER

We limit access to personal information to those who have a business need or third parties provided we protect the information not to use the information for any other purpose. We may disclose personal information to government departments, medical practitioners, any one authorized by an individual to receive their information, people providing service to the school, including visiting teachers, sport coaches, etc.

WIDGETS

Widgets may support functions that require that you disclose certain personally identifiable information given the user's choice of participation. This information is collected in many different ways such as: forms, surveys, contests, forums, subscribing or unsubscribing to mailings and correcting or updating personally identifiable information and are only used for the purpose in which they were collected.

LINKS TO 3RD PARTY SITES

Our Site includes links to other Web sites whose privacy practices may differ from those of Pune Central School, If you submit personal information to any of those sites, your information is governed by their privacy policies. We encourage you to carefully read the privacy policy of any Web site you visit.

SOCIAL MEDIA WIDGETS

Our Web site includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like button, LinkedIn Follow button [and Widgets, such as the Share this button or interactive mini-programs that run on our site]. These Features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our site, and may set a cookie to enable the Feature to function properly. Social Media Features and Widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these Features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.

COOKIES

• A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier that is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and stored on your computer's hard drive.

• If you reject all cookies, you may not be able to use Pune Central School services or products.

• You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies or notify you when a cookie is set.

• Pune Central School uses its own cookies for a number of purposes, including to:

Keep track of preferences you specify while you are using the Pune Central School Sites, Products and Services.

Estimate and report our total audience size and traffic.

Conduct research to improve the content and services provided on the Pune Central School Sites, Products and Services.

We also use cookies to improve the performance of our website.

If for any reason you are concerned that the personal information available at PCS is not correct or needs to be changed, you may please contact us at contact@punecentralschool.com for the same.

POLICY CHANGES

Pune Central School may revise, modify or update this policy. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore; periodically visit this page.