1. Scope of this Policy

This policy applies to personal information collected by Yuva and Sewa Foundation through its website and related online or offline activities, including volunteer registration, membership enquiries, program participation, donation interest, event communication, and contact forms.

By using the website or sharing information with the Foundation, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We May Collect

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:

• Name, phone number, email address, city, state, and address details.
• Volunteer, membership, internship, donor, or program interest details.
• Educational, institutional, or professional information shared by you.
• Donation-related information required to process or acknowledge contributions.
• Messages, feedback, enquiries, photographs, event participation details, and consent records.
• Basic technical information such as browser type, device type, IP address, pages visited, and website usage patterns.

3. How We Use Information

Yuva and Sewa Foundation may use personal information to:

• Respond to enquiries, contact requests, volunteer applications, and partnership interest.
• Manage programs, events, campaigns, training activities, and community initiatives.
• Issue acknowledgements, receipts, certificates, participation records, or updates where applicable.
• Share information about programs, volunteering opportunities, donation campaigns, events, and social impact updates.
• Improve website content, user experience, safety, outreach, and program planning.
• Meet legal, accounting, audit, regulatory, and record-keeping obligations.

4. Information Sharing

We do not sell personal information. Information may be shared only when necessary with trusted service providers, payment or donation processing partners, auditors, professional advisers, program partners, government or legal authorities, or internal team members who need it for Foundation work.

Where program stories, photographs, testimonials, or impact updates are published, we aim to use them with appropriate permission and sensitivity.

5. Cookies and Website Analytics

The website may use cookies or similar technologies to improve browsing, understand visitor activity, maintain security, and measure content performance. You can control cookies through your browser settings. Some features may not work properly if cookies are disabled.

6. Data Security and Retention

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, disclosure, or loss.

Information is retained only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, for legitimate Foundation operations, or as required under applicable law, accounting, audit, or compliance requirements.

7. Your Choices and Requests

You may contact us to request access, correction, update, withdrawal of consent, or deletion of your personal information, subject to verification and applicable legal or operational requirements.

You may also opt out of non-essential promotional or outreach communication by contacting us through the details below.

8. Children and Student Information

Some Foundation programs support children, students, and young beneficiaries. When information relating to minors is collected, the Foundation aims to handle it with additional care and, where appropriate, with consent from parents, guardians, schools, institutions, or authorized program coordinators.

9. Third-party Links

The website may include links to third-party platforms such as payment gateways, social media, video platforms, partner websites, or external resources. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, and users should review those policies separately.

10. Updates to this Policy

Yuva and Sewa Foundation may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date. Continued use of the website after changes means you accept the updated policy.

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