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<h2>Privacy Policy</h2>
<p>EPoD India at Krea University built the PayDash app as a Free app. This SERVICE is provided by EPoD India at Krea University at no cost and is intended for use as is.</p>
<p>This page is used to inform visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use our Service.</p>
<p>If you choose to use our Service, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation to this policy. The Personal Information that we collect is used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.</p>
<p>This privacy policy governs our use and disclosure of data collected when you use the software application PayDash (“Application”) that was created by EPoD India at Krea University as a Free application. The Application is a monitoring and productivity tool for block and district officers in India who oversee the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS).</p>
<p>If you choose to use the Application, then you agree to the collection and use of information as described in this policy. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.</p>

<h3>Information Collection and Use</h3>
<p>For a better experience, while using our Service, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your full name, mobile number, state, district, block, and gram panchayat. The information that we request will be retained by us and used as described in this privacy policy.</p>
<p>The app does use third party services that may collect information used to identify you. Links to privacy policy of third party service providers used by the app -</p>
<h3>User Provided Information</h3>
<p>The Application obtains the information you provide when you download and submit your profile within the Application.</p>
<p>When you submit your profile and use the Application, you generally provide</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/">Google Play Services</a></li>
<li><a href="https://firebase.google.com/policies/analytics">Google Analytics for Firebase</a></li>
<li>your name, email address, mobile number, password and other personal information that you provide when signing up for the application;</li>
<li>details about your designation and location as an officer (designation title in your current role, current location) overseeing the implementation of MGNREGS;</li>
<li>transaction-related information, such as when you download or use applications from us.</li>
</ul>
<p>We may use the information you provided us to contact you from time to time to provide you with important information or required notices. You may also provide us with your contact information if you reach out to us for help within the app.</p>

<h3>Log Data</h3>
<p>We want to inform you that whenever you use our Service, in a case of an error in the app we collect data and information (through third party products) on your phone called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your device Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, device name, operating system version, the configuration of the app when utilizing our Service, the time and date of your use of the Service, and other statistics.</p>
<h3>Automatically Collected Information</h3>
<p>In addition, the Application may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, contacts on your device, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device's unique device ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browsers you use, and information about the way you use the Application.</p>
<p>The Application may track your usage of the Application through the third-party service Google Analytics for Firebase that may collect information used to identify you. Link to the privacy policy of this service is <a href="https://firebase.google.com/policies/analytics">here</a>. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please do not use the Application.</p>
<p>We will not access personal information on your mobile device. We do not use beacons or device fingerprinting.</p>

<h3>Cookies</h3>
<p>Cookies are files with a small amount of data that are commonly used as anonymous unique identifiers. These are sent to your browser from the websites that you visit and are stored on your device's internal memory.</p>
<p>This Service does not use these “cookies” explicitly. However, the app may use third party code and libraries that use “cookies” to collect information and improve their services. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies and know when a cookie is being sent to your device. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of this Service.</p>
<h3>Does the Application collect precise real time location information of the device?</h3>
<p>This Application does not collect precise information about the location of your mobile device.</p>

<h3>Service Providers</h3>
<p>We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:</p>
<h3>Do third parties see and/or have access to information obtained by the Application?</h3>
<p>Only aggregated, anonymized data is periodically transmitted to external services (as described below) to help us improve the Application and our service. We will share your information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy statement. We may disclose User Provided and Automatically Collected Information:</p>
<ul>
<li>To facilitate our Service;</li>
<li>To provide the Service on our behalf;</li>
<li>To perform Service-related services; or</li>
<li>To assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.</li>
<li>as required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena, court order, or similar legal or law enforcement process;</li>
<li>when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request;</li>
<li>with our trusted services providers who work on our behalf, do not have an independent use of the information we disclose to them, and have agreed to adhere to the rules set forth in this privacy statement.</li>
<li>We may also disclose information to academic researchers who assist us in evaluating the Application. The researchers will be provided only aggregated, anonymized data and may use the data to develop reports and publish study findings in scientific publications.</li>
</ul>
<p>We want to inform users of this Service that these third parties have access to your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.</p>

<h3>Security</h3>
<p>We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.</p>
<h3>What are my opt-out rights?</h3>
<p>You can stop all collection of information by the Application easily by uninstalling the Application. You may use the standard uninstall processes as may be available as part of your mobile device or via the mobile application marketplace or network. You can also request to opt-out via email, at [email protected].</p>

<h3>Data Retention Policy, Managing Your Information</h3>
<p>We will retain User Provided data for as long as you use the Application and for 24 months thereafter. We will retain Automatically Collected information for up to 24 months and thereafter may store it in aggregate. If you’d like us to delete User Provided Data that you have provided via the Application, please contact us at [email protected] and we will respond in 10 working days. Please note that some or all of the User Provided Data may be required in order for the Application to function properly. If you request deletion of your data, we will remove identified user provided and automatically collected data from our record storage systems and require our vendors to do the same.</p>

<h3>Links to Other Sites</h3>
<p>This Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.</p>
<h3>Do Not Track</h3>
<p>We do not track App users over time nor across third-party websites or online services to provide targeted advertising, and we do not specifically respond to Do Not Track (“DNT”) signals.</p>

<h3>Children’s Privacy</h3>
<p>These Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions.</p>
<h3>Children</h3>
<p>The Application is designed for users who are over 18 years of age. We do not use the Application to knowingly solicit data from or market to children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with information without their consent, he or she should contact us at [email protected]. We will delete such information from our files within 15 working days.</p>

<h3>Security</h3>
<p>We are concerned about safeguarding the confidentiality of your information. We provide physical, technical, and procedural safeguards to protect information we process and maintain to prevent unauthorized access, maintain accuracy, and ensure appropriate use of your information. All data collected is stored cloud-based databases hosted on AWS. Access to information we collect is limited to authorized employees and contractors who need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our Application. Please be aware that, although we endeavor to provide reasonable security for information we process and maintain, no security system can prevent all potential security breaches.</p>

<h3>Changes</h3>
<p>We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.</p>
<p>This policy is effective as of 2021-02-11</p>
<p>This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time for any reason. We will notify you of any changes to our Privacy Policy by informing you via email or text message. You are advised to consult this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes, as continued use is deemed approval of all changes.</p>

<h3>Your Consent</h3>
<p>By using the Application, you are consenting to our processing of your information as set forth in this Privacy Policy. "Processing,” means using cookies on a computer/hand held device or using or touching information in any way, including, but not limited to, collecting, storing, deleting, using, combining and disclosing information. Your information will be transferred, processed and stored under Indian privacy standards.</p>

<h3>Contact Us</h3>
<p>If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].</p>
<p>If you have any questions regarding privacy while using the Application, or have questions about our practices, please contact us via email at [email protected].</p>

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