PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated: June 2, 2026
Welcome to Vidya Udbhav (https://vidyaudbhav.com/). We value your trust and are highly committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy outlines how Vidya Udbhav ("we," "our," or "us") collects, uses, processes, and protects your details when you navigate our platform, sign up for a student profile, or utilize our advanced career counseling and academic admission guidance services.
1.1 Information We Collect
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide directly to us when registering an account, submitting consultation booking forms, or inquiring about our consulting packages. This includes:
- Identity Data: Full Name, Gender, Date of Birth, and chosen account credentials.
- Contact Data: Email Address, Phone Number, WhatsApp Number, and Residential/Location details.
- Academic & Professional Data: Current educational qualifications, marks sheets, grade transcripts, preferred fields of study, targeted educational institutions, and career aspirations.
- Psychometric Data: Responses and inputs provided during diagnostic career assessments, aptitude evaluations, and behavioral profile analysis.
- Technical Data: IP address, web browser type, browser version, browser cookie strings, and analytical metrics regarding how you interact with our web platform.
1.2 How We Use Your Information
We use your data strictly for legitimate educational advisory and operational workflows, including:
- Profile Maintenance: Creating, securing, and maintaining your verified user account.
- Counseling Delivery: Conducting customized psychometric assessments and generating personalized career roadmaps and reports.
- University Matching: Evaluating your eligibility for specific university courses, international/domestic admissions, and eligible scholarships.
- Direct Communication: Reaching out via Phone calls, transactional Emails, or WhatsApp alerts regarding advisory timelines, updates, and upcoming institutional options.
- System Improvement: Improving our core web systems, fixing programmatic errors, and deploying adequate cybersecurity patches.
1.3 Data Sharing and Disclosure
We strictly respect your privacy and do not sell, rent, or lease your personal data. Your information may only be shared under the following limited conditions:
- Academic Partners & Universities: With your explicit prior consent, relevant components of your student profile may be shared with matching institutions and colleges to facilitate admission evaluations and pre-screening.
- Strategic Service Providers: Third-party technological vendors handling our automated psychometric testing software, web-hosting systems, or SMS/WhatsApp gateway communication (strictly bound by confidentiality clauses).
- Legal Obligations: When legally mandated by law enforcement bodies, active court mandates, or regulatory compliance under the Indian Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023.
1.4 Data Security & Regulatory Compliances
We implement industry-standard technical and organizational security measures to shield your sensitive data from unauthorized modifications, sudden exposure, or unlawful extraction. In full compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act of India, you hold clear entitlements to access your data, request updates or absolute erasure, or selectively withdraw your operational processing consent at any time.
Data Protection Note: To formally initiate a data erasure requests, please transmit a formal request via email directly to our grievance desk at info@vidyaudbhav.com.