Skill Darpan
Privacy-Policy
**SkillDarpan.in**
**Effective Date:** 31 August 2026
**Last Updated:** 31 August 2026
## 1. Introduction
Welcome to **SkillDarpan.in** (“SkillDarpan”, “we”, “us”, or “our”).
SkillDarpan provides educational, skill-development, training, internship, certification, workshop, mentorship, and related career-development programs for students and learners.
We respect the privacy of our users and are committed to protecting the personal information provided to us. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, why we collect it, how it is used and shared, and the choices available to you when you access our website, register for a program, make a payment, participate in training or internship activities, or otherwise interact with SkillDarpan.
By using SkillDarpan.in or submitting information to us, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
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## 2. Information We Collect
Depending on how you use SkillDarpan, we may collect the following categories of information.
### A. Personal Information
When you register, apply for, or participate in a training, internship, workshop, course, or other program, we may collect:
* Full Name
* Email Address
* Mobile/Phone Number
* WhatsApp Number, where applicable
* Gender, where required for a program
* Date of Birth or age, where required
* Residential address, where necessary
* Profile photograph, where required
* Signature, where required for documents or certificates
### B. Parent or Guardian Information
For students, particularly where required for participation, consent, communication, or emergency purposes, we may collect:
* Parent/Guardian Name
* Parent/Guardian Phone Number
* Relationship with the student
* Parent/Guardian Email Address, where required
Students should provide a parent or guardian's information only when they are authorized to do so.
### C. Educational and Academic Information
We may collect information relating to your education, including:
* School, College, University, or Institution Name
* Course/Program
* Stream
* Branch
* Department
* Major Subject
* Subjects of Study
* Semester
* Year of Study
* Academic Session
* Roll Number
* Registration/Enrollment Number
* Educational qualifications
* Other academic information necessary for a particular training or internship program
### D. Training and Internship Information
During your participation in a SkillDarpan program, we may maintain information such as:
* Program enrollment
* Attendance
* Training progress
* Assignments
* Assessments
* Project submissions
* Internship reports
* Performance information
* Completion status
* Feedback
* Certificates and certificate numbers
* Offer, joining, consent, NOC, completion, or other program-related documents
### E. Payment and Transaction Information
SkillDarpan may collect payments online for training, internship, certification, registration, workshops, or other paid services.
We may collect or maintain:
* Transaction ID
* Order ID
* Payment amount
* Payment date and time
* Payment status
* Invoice/receipt information
* Selected payment method
* Refund information
Payments may be processed through third-party payment gateways, banks, UPI providers, card networks, or other payment service providers.
**SkillDarpan does not ordinarily store complete debit/credit card numbers, CVV numbers, UPI PINs, net-banking passwords, or similar payment credentials.** Such sensitive payment credentials are generally processed directly by the relevant payment service provider.
### F. Technical and Website Usage Information
When you access SkillDarpan.in, certain information may be collected automatically, such as:
* IP address
* Browser type
* Device type
* Operating system
* Website pages visited
* Login/session information
* Date and time of access
* Referring pages
* Cookies and similar technologies
* Error, security, and activity logs
This information may be used for security, analytics, troubleshooting, and improving our services.
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## 3. How We Use Your Information
We may use the information collected through SkillDarpan for purposes including:
* Creating and managing student accounts
* Processing applications and registrations
* Enrolling students in training and internship programs
* Verifying student and academic information
* Communicating program schedules and updates
* Conducting online and offline training
* Managing attendance and participation
* Providing internship opportunities
* Conducting examinations, assignments, projects, or assessments
* Providing mentorship and student support
* Issuing offer letters, internship letters, certificates, completion letters, or similar documents
* Verifying certificates and credentials issued through SkillDarpan
* Processing payments and refunds
* Generating invoices and payment receipts
* Communicating with students
* Contacting parents or guardians where appropriate or necessary
* Coordinating with educational institutions where applicable
* Sending important service, program, administrative, and security notifications
* Providing customer support
* Preventing fraud, misuse, and unauthorized access
* Maintaining website and account security
* Improving our programs and services
* Conducting internal analytics and reporting
* Complying with applicable legal, regulatory, accounting, and taxation requirements
* Establishing, exercising, or defending legal claims
Where required by applicable law, we will obtain appropriate consent before using personal information for a purpose that requires such consent.
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## 4. Communication With Students
By registering for a program or providing your contact details, you may receive communications relating to your account, application, training, internship, payment, certificate, or other services.
Depending on the contact information you provide, these communications may be sent through:
* SMS
* Phone calls
* Website notifications
* Other communication platforms used for delivering the program
Important transactional, administrative, security, or program-related communications may continue even where you have opted out of promotional communications.
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## 5. Parent and Guardian Information
SkillDarpan may request parent or guardian information for certain student programs.
Such information may be used for purposes including:
* Student verification
* Consent-related requirements
* Emergency communication
* Program-related communication
* Attendance or participation concerns
* Communication relating to student safety or conduct
* Institutional or internship requirements
We will not intentionally use parent or guardian contact information for unrelated purposes without an appropriate basis.
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## 6. Information of Minors
Some SkillDarpan programs may be available to students below 18 years of age.
Where required by applicable law, SkillDarpan may require consent or authorization from a parent or lawful guardian before processing the personal information of a minor.
Parents or guardians may contact SkillDarpan regarding personal information submitted by or relating to a minor.
SkillDarpan reserves the right to request reasonable information necessary to verify the identity and authority of the person making such a request.
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## 7. Online Payments
Payments made through SkillDarpan may be processed by third-party payment service providers.
When you initiate an online payment, certain transaction-related information may be transmitted to the payment provider for processing, authentication, fraud prevention, settlement, and compliance purposes.
The processing of payment credentials by a payment provider may also be governed by that provider's privacy policy and terms.
SkillDarpan may retain transaction references and related information necessary for accounting, taxation, reconciliation, refunds, dispute handling, and customer support.
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## 8. Sharing of Personal Information
SkillDarpan does not sell or rent students' personal information as a business practice.
We may share personal information where reasonably necessary with:
### Educational Institutions
Information may be shared with a student's college, university, school, department, faculty coordinator, placement cell, training and placement office, incubation/startup cell, or other authorized institutional representative when the program is conducted in collaboration with or requires verification by the institution.
### Training and Internship Partners
Information may be shared with organizations, companies, mentors, trainers, instructors, internship providers, or other partners involved in providing a program or opportunity to the student.
Only information reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose should be shared.
### Service Providers
We may use third-party providers for services such as:
* Payment processing
* Website hosting
* Cloud infrastructure
* SMS
* WhatsApp communication
* Video conferencing
* Learning management
* Analytics
* Certificate generation or verification
* Customer support
* Security and fraud prevention
These service providers may process information on our behalf to provide their respective services.
### Legal and Regulatory Requirements
We may disclose information where reasonably necessary to:
* Comply with applicable laws or legal processes
* Respond to lawful requests from government or regulatory authorities
* Protect the rights, safety, or property of SkillDarpan, students, partners, or others
* Investigate suspected fraud, security incidents, or unlawful activity
* Enforce applicable agreements or policies
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## 9. Certificates and Verification
SkillDarpan may issue digital or physical certificates, internship certificates, training certificates, offer letters, completion letters, or other credentials.
For certificate verification purposes, limited information may be displayed or disclosed through a verification system.
This may include information such as:
* Student name
* Certificate number
* Program name
* Internship/training name
* Issue date
* Duration
* Verification status
We will aim to limit publicly accessible verification information to what is reasonably necessary to establish the authenticity of the credential.
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## 10. Cookies and Similar Technologies
SkillDarpan.in may use cookies and similar technologies to:
* Maintain login sessions
* Remember user preferences
* Improve website functionality
* Understand website usage
* Detect security issues
* Prevent fraudulent activity
* Measure website performance
You may be able to manage cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of some parts of the website.
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## 11. Data Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, misuse, or destruction.
These measures may include:
* Access controls
* Authentication mechanisms
* Secure communications
* Database security
* Server and application security measures
* Restricted administrative access
* Logging and monitoring
* Backup procedures
However, no internet-based system, electronic storage method, or transmission method can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Users should therefore take reasonable precautions to protect their account credentials and devices.
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## 12. Data Retention
We may retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for:
* Providing training and internship services
* Maintaining student records
* Certificate and credential verification
* Resolving disputes
* Processing payments and refunds
* Accounting and taxation
* Fraud prevention
* Compliance with applicable legal requirements
* Establishing or defending legal claims
Different categories of information may be retained for different periods.
Where information is no longer reasonably required, we may delete, anonymize, or securely archive it in accordance with applicable requirements.
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## 13. Your Privacy Rights
Subject to applicable law and appropriate verification, you may contact SkillDarpan to request actions concerning your personal information, including:
* Access to information about your personal data
* Correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
* Updating your account information
* Deletion or erasure where applicable
* Withdrawal of consent where processing is based on consent
* Information regarding how your data is being processed
* Grievance redressal regarding the handling of your personal information
Certain information may need to be retained even after a deletion request where retention is required or permitted for legal, taxation, accounting, fraud-prevention, dispute-resolution, certificate-verification, or other legitimate purposes.
Withdrawal of consent does not ordinarily affect processing that occurred lawfully before the withdrawal.
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## 14. Accuracy of Information
Users are responsible for providing accurate and current information.
Students should update or inform SkillDarpan if important information changes, particularly:
* Name
* Phone number
* Academic institution
* Program information
* Parent/guardian contact information
SkillDarpan may request supporting information where reasonably necessary to verify a correction or prevent fraudulent changes to student records or certificates.
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## 15. Third-Party Websites and Services
SkillDarpan may contain links to or integrate with third-party websites and services.
These third parties operate independently and may have their own privacy policies and terms.
SkillDarpan is not responsible for the privacy practices of independent third-party websites or services. Users are encouraged to review the relevant third-party privacy policies before providing information directly to them.
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## 16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
SkillDarpan may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect:
* Changes to our services
* New website features
* Changes in technology
* Changes in our data-processing practices
* Legal or regulatory requirements
The updated Privacy Policy will be published on SkillDarpan.in with a revised “Last Updated” date.
Material changes may also be communicated through the website, email, or other appropriate means where required.
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## 17. Grievance and Privacy Requests
If you have a question, complaint, correction request, deletion request, consent-related request, or other concern regarding your personal information, you may contact SkillDarpan through the official contact information published on **SkillDarpan.in**.
Please include sufficient information to allow us to identify your account or application and understand your request.
For security purposes, we may request reasonable verification before processing requests involving personal information.
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## 18. Governing Law
This Privacy Policy and the processing of personal information through SkillDarpan will be governed by applicable laws and regulations of **India**, including applicable data-protection and information-technology requirements, as amended from time to time.
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## 19. Contact Us
For questions regarding this Privacy Policy or SkillDarpan's privacy practices, please contact us through the official contact details available on:
**Website:** SkillDarpan.in
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