Who we are
Value Education Olympiad (VEO) is an initiative by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).
Our website address is: https://veolympiad.com/
VEO believes strongly in protecting the integrity and privacy of personal data gathered from students, parents and other visitors to our website. For the purposes of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and any subsequent Indian legislation addressing data protection, the Data Fiduciary is ISKCON.
This Policy sets out why we collect personal data about individuals and how we use it. It also explains the legal basis for this and the rights you have regarding the way your personal data is used.
We may change this Policy from time to time. If we make any significant changes, we will advertise this on the website or contact you directly with the information. Please check this page occasionally to make sure you are happy with any changes.
If you have any questions about this Policy or concerning your personal data, please contact Himanshu Dua at dua.himanshu@veolympiad.org.
Cookies
This Policy does not extend to external websites linked from or external content embedded in our website. Please check with the organisations that own and/or operate these websites for their policies regarding data privacy, including the use of “cookies”.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
What Personal Data Do We Collect?
We collect technical information when you visit our website, such as your IP address, country (based on your IP address), technical browser data, and information from cookies and pixels, and we may provide third-party service providers with this information.
The type and amount of other personal data we collect depends on why you are providing it to us.
The personal data we collect when you make an enquiry may include your name, e-mail address, and / or phone number.
The Olympiad, in addition to asking for your name, gender, and contact details (your e-mail address, and phone number), we may also ask you for additional information about you, such as your school name, class, and section.
How We Collect Personal Data
We may collect personal data from you whenever you contact us or have any involvement with us, such as when you do any of the following things:
- Visit our website
- Register on our website
- Enquire about our Olympiad on our Helpline number (+91 9289811160)
- Send us personalised letters or e-mail messages
- Create or update a profile
- Contact us in any way, including online or via e-mail, phone, SMS, social media, or post
Why we process your Personal Data?
This personal data you are asked to provide is necessary for the purpose of your registration for VEO, and giving the exam. Where you have voluntarily provided us with personal data for the purpose of requesting information or registration, we will proceed on the basis that the parent / legal guardian has given verifiable consent on behalf of the minor participant. You may withdraw consent at any time by e-mailing us at dua.himanshu@veolympiad.org. This will not affect the lawfulness of the processing of your personal data prior to your withdrawal of consent being received and acted upon.
How Long Will We Keep Your Personal Data?
We will process and store your personal information, for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected, and to meet any requirements of applicable laws.
How We Protect Your Personal Data
We take reasonable and appropriate administrative, technical, organisational, and physical security and risk-management measures in accordance with applicable laws to ensure that your personal data are adequately protected against accidental or unlawful destruction, damage, loss or alteration, unauthorised or unlawful access, disclosure or misuse, and all other unlawful forms of processing of your personal data in our possession.
Securing personal data is an important aspect of protecting privacy. We apply policies, standards, and supporting security controls at the level appropriate to the risk level and the services provided. In addition, appropriate security controls are communicated to applicable personnel in the internal management of VEO, in order to support a secure operating environment.
Storage of Your Personal Data
The data we collect from you will be stored, with risk-appropriate technical and organisational security measures applied to it in its servers. We recognise that the Olympiad participants are children and have implemented heightened safeguards, including requiring parental/guardian consent, to protect such data.
Who Has Access to Your Personal Data?
The following may have access to your personal data:
- Third parties who provide services to or for us. We select our third-party service providers with care. We provide them with the information that is necessary to provide the relevant service, and we have confidentiality agreements in place that requires them to operate with the same care regarding personal data protection as we do.
- All personnel who are part of the internal management of VEO, whose contribution and services involve processing personal data. The team exercises abundant care and caution that personal data is not shared with anyone outside of the internal management.
What rights you have over your data
You can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, and also access a summary of your personal data processed by us. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Do You Have Additional Questions?
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the personal data we have collected from you, the practices of this site, or your interaction with this website, please e-mail please contact Himanshu Dua at dua.himanshu@veolympiad.org
