Purpose

Birchwood University is committed to protecting the privacy and accuracy of your confidential information. As part of its commitment to maintaining the privacy of its users, Birchwood University has developed this privacy statement to educate users about privacy issues and to inform users about specific privacy policies and guidelines employed at Birchwood University.

Scope

This policy is specifically applies for the ind.birchwoodu.org website and domain, as well as any student information systems learning management systems, or student and public communications platforms utilized by the University, collectively known as the University's Technology Service.

University's Technology Services - includes all University technologies and related forms such as the University website, mobile applications, texts, surveys, referral or request for information forms, University chat boards, etc. where you may provide personal information voluntarily through the use of technology platforms and the completion of forms required for business purposes.

Consent

By visiting the ind.birchwoodu.org domain or completing applications and forms, as applicable, or using Birchwood University's student information systems, learning management systems, similar you are indicating acceptance of the terms of this Privacy Statement and conditions in use.

By submitting a request for information form, you provide Birchwood University with your informed consent to contact you at the provided contact information and to send educational materials via email, telephone, or SMS/text messaging services using automated technology.

Consent is not required for admission or enrollment acceptance or to receive services.

Information Gathered by Birchwood University

By using the University's Technology Services such as ind.birchwoodu.org or Birchwood University student information systems and learning management systems, and similar, the University may collect personal information that you knowingly and voluntarily provide when completing applications and forms, including the request for information or referral forms, sending emails, registering for classes or other programs or responding to surveys or questionnaires.

“Personal Information" means any non-public information (paper or electronic) that can be used to distinguish, identify, or contact a specific individual. This includes account information, social security numbers, grades, and financial or health data as well as any other information that is not considered public. Also includes is all information required to be protected (a) any non-public personal information (i) a student or other third party provides in order to obtain a financial service from Birchwood University, (ii) about a student or other third party resulting from any transaction with Birchwood University involving a financial service, or (iii) otherwise obtained about a student or other third party in connection with providing a financial service to that person; and (b) personally identifiable information as defined under state cybersecurity laws.

When you visit the ind.birchwoodu.org domain and website our web servers may generate temporary logs that may contain the following Personal Information:

1. Name, contact information, and other identifiers such as geolocation data.
2. The IP address from which you access our domain and website.
3. The Internet address of the website from which you linked to our domain and website.
4. The type of browser and operating system used to access our domain and website.
5. The date and time you access our domain and website.
6. The pages, files, documents, and links that you visit in our domain and website.
7. Aggregate information collected by the School or School's Official internet analytics services.

Use of Gathered Information

While Birchwood University has not and will not share, provide, or sell personal information with third parties for their own marketing purposes the University may actively share your information to:

1. Analyze, facilitate, manage and improve our services.
2. Provide support and personalize experiences.
3. Administer and improve admission and registration applications and financial services.
4. Market and promote our programs and other services or provide other information we think may interest you.
5. Secure and protect our domain and services and prevent misconduct.
6. Respond to subpoenas, court orders, or any other legal requirements from government and law enforcement agencies or regulators.
7. Protect and defend the legal rights of the University and protect your safety and/or the public's safety.

The University may also share personal information with third parties or vendors whom the University has engaged as School Officials who help the University with marketing, advertising, or promotion.

“School Officials" means employees of the University, including faculty and staff, as well as certain individuals such as vendors or contractors, performing work for the University under proper authorization.

Birchwood University also complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA") administered by the U.S. Department of Education. FERPA protects students' personal identifiable information (PII) and prohibits the release of education records without students' permission or consent.

The law allows us to share your account information or other personal information with non-affiliated companies when the information is used for financial transactions. The following are circumstances when non-affiliated parties might be given personal information:

1. Services providers to the extent necessary to enable us to provide you with the products and services you have requested, process transactions, and maintain accounts.
2. Credit reporting agencies in accordance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
3. In connection with a proposed or actual sale, merger, transfer, or exchange of all or a portion of a business or operating unit.
4. When legally required to comply with a properly authorized civil, criminal, or regulatory investigation, or subpoena or summons by Federal, State, or local authorities.
5. When otherwise required to comply with Federal, State, or local laws, rules, and other applicable legal requirements.

Cookies

We use unique identifiers called "cookies" to collect anonymous, non-personally identifiable information. Cookies are small pieces of code that are saved by your browser. They include information about your device, browser, area code, zip code, and IP address and are used to provide you with a more customized user experience and improve the design and functionality of our website.

We may share cookies with third parties to better understand how you use our websites and the type of devices you use to personalize content and deliver relevant advertisements of interest to you. These third parties may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites when you use our sites.

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your device or browser. However, you may be unable to use certain features of the Birchwood University website, depending on your selection. You can change your cookie settings by reviewing your internet browser's cookie options. Typically, such information can be found under the browser's 'Help', 'Preferences', or 'Options' menus.

External Third-Party Content

Please note that this Privacy Policy applies only to the personal Information that the University collects from you, through the University's Site, or via the University's Technology Services.

Some pages within the ind.birchwoodu.org domain may contain content served by external third parties. Please be aware that when you visit pages that contain external third-party content, information such as your IP address, date, browser type, and requested page are transmitted from your computer to that third party. Birchwood University is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these external third parties, and such links are not intended as an endorsement of those sites or their content.

Sites within Birchwood University may enable you to pay for products or services online with a credit card. Although Birchwood University makes every effort to ensure that the third parties providing these transactions are encrypted, Birchwood University is not responsible for the privacy practices of these external third parties.

Security

Although no computer system is 100% secure, Birchwood University has deployed extensive security measures to protect against the loss, misuse, or alteration of the information collected through the University's services and under our control. Birchwood University maintains physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard your nonpublic Personal Information. We continually review our policies and practices, monitor our computer networks, and independently test the strength of our security to help us ensure the safety of confidential information. These security measures and our systems are routinely audited and updated by Birchwood University security specialists.

How do we collect your data

Through your use of the University's Technology Services such as ind.birchwoodu.org or Birchwood University student information systems and learning management systems, and similar, the University may collect personal information that you knowingly and voluntarily provide when completing applications and forms, sending emails, registering for classes or other programs or responding to surveys, we may collect “Personal Information" may include:

1. Email address, account name, Social Security number, driver's license number, and passport number.
2. Personal information
3. Biometric information.
4. Internet or network activity.
5. Geolocation data.
6. Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.
7. Professional or employment-related information.
8. Education information that is not publicly available is personally identifiable, as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
9. Inferences are drawn from any of the information listed above to create a profile about a consumer reflecting the consumer's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.

Personal Information does not include aggregate consumer information," defined as data that is “not linked or reasonably linkable to any consumer or household, including via a device," as well as information that is publicly available from federal, state, or local government records.

As an Indian resident pursuant, you have certain rights. This Privacy Notice summarizes these rights and how you can exercise these rights. More details about each right, including exceptions and limitations, can be found in CCPA.

Right to access data

User of this site is to request and obtain at no cost an annual list of the third parties to whom Birchwood University has provided or disclosed personally identifiable information (PII) in the immediately preceding calendar year. They will only be entitled to have this information provided at most once per calendar year.

Right to Opt-in to Sharing of Minor Personal Information

Under the age of 16 and a registered user of the Services, you may request to opt-in to share posts to the Services by submitting a verifiable consumer request to us at the address below.

Right to be Forgotten

Users also have the right to request the deletion of any personal information that we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions if retaining the information is necessary for us to facilitate your account or respond to requests under the law. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable consumer request, we will delete (and direct our school officials to delete) your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies.

Right to Opt-out from having the information sold

Users of Birchwood University may opt out of the sharing of personal information with educational partners who are School Officials for direct marketing purposes. However, although the University may actively share your information to facilitate, manage, and improve our services the University will not share, provide, or sell personal information to school officials for their own marketing purposes.

This privacy may be amended/changed/ modified anytime at the sole discretion of Birchwood University. So, if you have additional questions about the University's Privacy Policy or related items, submit a verifiable consumer request by email at care@Birchwoodu.org. or by writing to us at the address below:

B-14, B Block, Sector 2, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201301.