THESE TERMS OF USE IS AN ELECTRONIC RECORD IN THE FORM OF AN ELECTRONIC CONTRACT FORMED UNDER THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000 AND THE RULES MADE THEREUNDER AND THE AMENDED PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS / RECORDS IN VARIOUS STATUTES AS AMENDED BY THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000. THESE TERMS OF USE DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY PHYSICAL, ELECTRONIC OR DIGITAL SIGNATURE.

THIS DOCUMENT IS PUBLISHED AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF RULE 3 (1) OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (INTERMEDIARIES GUIDELINES) RULES, 2011 PRESCRIBED UNDER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000 THAT REQUIRE PUBLISHING THE RULES AND REGULATIONS, PRIVACY POLICY AND USER AGREEMENT FOR ACCESS OR USAGE OF THE WEBSITE.

THESE TERMS OF USE IS A LEGALLY BINDING DOCUMENT BETWEEN YASHIKHA AND USER (BOTH TERMS DEFINED BELOW). THESE TERMS OF USE WILL BE EFFECTIVE UPON YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE SAME (DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN ELECTRONIC FORM OR BY MEANS OF AN ELECTRONIC RECORD) AND WILL GOVERN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YASHIKHA AND USER FOR THE USE OF THE WEBSITE (DEFINED BELOW).

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS OF USE CAREFULLY. BY USING THE WEBSITE, YOU INDICATE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND, AGREE AND CONSENT TO THESE TERMS OF USE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THESE TERMS OF USE, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE. YOU HEREBY PROVIDE YOUR UNCONDITIONAL CONSENT OR AGREEMENTS TO YASHIKHA AS PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 43A AND SECTION 72A OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000.

THESE TERMS OF USE OF THE WEBSITE LOCATED AT THE URL WWW.YASHIKHA.COM, MOBILE SITES OR MOBILE APPLICATION (“WEBSITE”) IS BETWEEN YASHIKHA SKILL DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE LIMITED (“YASHIKHA” OR “WE” OR “US” OR “OUR"), A COMPANY INCORPORATED UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013 WITH ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT SHOP NO - 2, VIJAYA APARTMENT 763, RAVIWAR KARANJA, NASHIK, MAHARASHTRA 422001 AND THE GUEST USERS OR REGISTERED USERS OF THE WEBSITE ("YOU" OR "YOUR" OR "YOURSELF" OR "USER") DESCRIBE THE TERMS ON WHICH YASHIKHA OFFERS YOU ACCESS TO THE WEBSITE AND SUCH OTHER SERVICES AS ARE INCIDENTAL AND ANCILLARY THERETO ("SERVICES").

THESE TERMS OF USE IS A CONTRACT BETWEEN YOU AND YASHIKHA. THESE TERMS OF USE SHALL BE READ TOGETHER WITH THE PRIVACY POLICY OR OTHER TERMS AND CONDITION WITH ALL OTHER NOTICES, DISCLAIMERS, GUIDELINES APPEARING ON THE WEBSITE FROM TIME TO TIME (COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS "AGREEMENT(S)") CONSTITUTE THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT UPON WHICH YOU ARE ALLOWED TO ACCESS AND USE THE WEBSITE AND AVAIL THE SERVICES.

1. INTERPRETATION
   • ANY REFERENCE TO THE SINGULAR INCLUDES A REFERENCE TO THE PLURAL AND VICE VERSA, UNLESS EXPLICITLY PROVIDED FOR OTHERWISE; AND ANY REFERENCE TO THE MASCULINE INCLUDES A REFERENCE TO THE FEMININE AND VICE VERSA.
   • HEADINGS AND CAPTIONS ARE USED FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY AND WILL NOT AFFECT THE INTERPRETATION OF THESE TERMS OF USE.
   • ANY REFERENCE TO A NATURAL PERSON WILL, UNLESS REPUGNANT TO THE CONTEXT, INCLUDE HIS HEIRS, EXECUTORS AND PERMITTED ASSIGNEES. SIMILARLY, ANY REFERENCE TO A JURISTIC PERSON SUCH AS YASHIKHA WILL, UNLESS REPUGNANT TO THE CONTEXT, INCLUDE ITS AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS AND PERMITTED ASSIGNEES.
2. ELIGIBILTY
   • ONLY USERS WHO ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER MAY USE THE SERVICES. IF YOU ARE UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE AND YOU WISH TO DOWNLOAD, INSTALL, ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES, YOUR PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIAN MUST ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE TO THE TERMS OF USE. SHOULD YOUR PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIAN FAIL TO AGREE OR ACKNOWLEDGE THE TERMS OF USE, YOU SHALL IMMEDIATELY DISCONTINUE ITS USE.
   • YASHIKHA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ACCESS TO USE THE SERVICES OFFERED IF IT IS BROUGHT TO YASHIKHA'S NOTICE OR IF IT IS DISCOVERED THAT YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS.
3. ACCOUNT REGISTRATION AND SECURITY
   • YOU MAY ACCESS AND USE THE WEBSITE AND THE SERVICES EITHER AS A REGISTERED USER OR AS A GUEST USER. HOWEVER, NOT ALL SECTIONS OF THE WEBSITE AND SERVICES WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO GUEST USERS.
   • REGISTERED USERS: YASHIKHA MAKES CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THE WEBSITE ONLY IF YOU HAVE PROVIDED YASHIKHA CERTAIN REQUIRED USER INFORMATION AND CREATED AN ACCOUNT AND A YASHIKHA ID THROUGH CERTAIN LOG-IN ID AND PASSWORD ("ACCOUNT"). IN THE EVENT YOU REGISTER AS A USER BY CREATING AN ACCOUNT IN ORDER TO AVAIL OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE WEBSITE, YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECURITY OF THE ACCOUNT, AND ARE FULLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL ACTIVITIES THAT OCCUR UNDER YOUR ACCOUNT. YOU AGREE TO (A) IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY YASHIKHA OF ANY UNAUTHORIZED USE OF YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION OR ANY OTHER BREACH OF SECURITY, AND (B) ENSURE THAT YOU EXIT FROM YOUR ACCOUNT AT THE END OF EACH SESSION. YASHIKHA CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING FROM YOUR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION. YOU MAY BE HELD LIABLE FOR LOSSES INCURRED BY YASHIKHA OR ANY OTHER USER OF OR VISITOR TO THE WEBSITE DUE TO AUTHORIZED OR UNAUTHORIZED USE OF YOUR ACCOUNT AS A RESULT OF YOUR FAILURE IN KEEPING YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL. YOU SHALL ENSURE THAT THE ACCOUNT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOU IN THE WEBSITE'S REGISTRATION FORM IS COMPLETE, ACCURATE AND UP-TO-DATE. USE OF ANOTHER USER'S ACCOUNT INFORMATION FOR AVAILING THE SERVICES IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED. IF YOU PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION THAT IS UNTRUE, INACCURATE, NOT CURRENT OR INCOMPLETE (OR BECOMES UNTRUE, INACCURATE, NOT CURRENT OR INCOMPLETE), OR YASHIKHA HAS REASONABLE GROUNDS TO SUSPECT THAT SUCH INFORMATION IS UNTRUE, INACCURATE, NOT CURRENT OR INCOMPLETE, YASHIKHA HAS THE RIGHT TO SUSPEND OR TERMINATE YOUR ACCOUNT AND REFUSE ANY AND ALL CURRENT OR FUTURE USE OF THE WEBSITE / SERVICES (OR ANY PORTION THEREOF).
   • GUEST USERS: THE WEBSITE ALSO ALLOWS LIMITED ACCESS TO THE SERVICES FOR UNREGISTERED USERS (ALSO CALLED AS 'GUEST USERS'). SUCH USERS WILL BE ABLE TO BROWSE THE WEBSITE.
4. SERVICES
   • YASHIKHA IS AN ONLINE PLATFORM INTER-ALIA ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING SKILL BASED TRAINING SERVICES, PLACEMENT SERVICES AND OTHER SIMILAR SERVICES THROUGH ITS WEBSITE.
   • NEITHER YASHIKHA OWN, SELL, RESELL, FURNISH, PROVIDE, PREPARE ANY PRODUCT NOR MANAGE AND/OR CONTROL THE USERS.
5. USE OF THE WEBSITE / SERVICES
   
   YOU AGREE AND UNDERTAKE THAT WHEN USING A WEBSITE / SERVICE, YOU WILL NOT:
   • DEFAME, ABUSE, HARASS, STALK, THREATEN OR OTHERWISE VIOLATE THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF OTHERS;
   • PUBLISH, POST, UPLOAD, DISTRIBUTE OR DISSEMINATE ANY INAPPROPRIATE, PROFANE, DEFAMATORY, INFRINGING, OBSCENE, INDECENT OR UNLAWFUL TOPIC, NAME, MATERIAL OR INFORMATION;
   • CONDUCT OR FORWARD SURVEYS, CONTESTS, PYRAMID SCHEMES OR CHAIN LETTERS;
   • FALSIFY OR DELETE ANY AUTHOR ATTRIBUTIONS, LEGAL OR OTHER PROPER NOTICES OR PROPRIETARY DESIGNATIONS OR LABELS OF THE ORIGIN OR SOURCE OF SOFTWARE OR OTHER MATERIAL CONTAINED IN A FILE THAT IS UPLOADED;
   • ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED BY YOU ON THIS SITE SHALL NOT BE MISLEADING IN ANY WAY;
   • USE ANY DEEP-LINK, ROBOT, SPIDER OR OTHER AUTOMATIC DEVICE, PROGRAM, ALGORITHM OR METHODOLOGY, OR ANY SIMILAR OR EQUIVALENT MANUAL PROCESS, TO ACCESS, ACQUIRE, COPY OR MONITOR ANY PORTION OF THE WEBSITE OR CONTENT, OR IN ANY WAY REPRODUCE OR CIRCUMVENT THE NAVIGATIONAL STRUCTURE OR PRESENTATION OF THE WEBSITE, TO OBTAIN OR ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN ANY MATERIALS, DOCUMENTS OR INFORMATION THROUGH ANY MEANS NOT SPECIFICALLY MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE;
   • REVERSE ENGINEER, MODIFY, COPY, DISTRIBUTE, TRANSMIT, DISPLAY, PERFORM, REPRODUCE, PUBLISH, LICENSE, CREATE DERIVATIVE WORKS FROM, TRANSFER, OR SELL ANY INFORMATION OR SOFTWARE OBTAINED FROM THE WEBSITE.
6. THIRD PARTY CONTENTS
   • WE CANNOT AND WILL NOT ASSURE THAT OTHER USERS ARE OR WILL BE COMPLYING WITH THE FOREGOING RULES OR ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THESE TERMS OF USE, AND, AS BETWEEN YOU AND US, YOU HEREBY ASSUME ALL RISK OF HARM OR INJURY RESULTING FROM ANY SUCH LACK OF COMPLIANCE.
   • YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHEN YOU ACCESS A LINK THAT LEAVES THE SERVICES, THE SITE YOU WILL ENTER INTO IS NOT CONTROLLED BY US AND DIFFERENT TERMS OF USE AND PRIVACY POLICY MAY APPLY. BY ASSESSING LINKS TO OTHER SITES, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE SITES. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO DISABLE LINKS TO AND / OR FROM THIRD-PARTY SITES TO THE SERVICES, ALTHOUGH WE ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO DO SO.
7. PROMOTIONS, DISCOUNTS AND COUPONS
   
   YASHIKHA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO OFFER THE DISCOUNTS/PROMOTIONAL OFFERS TO ANY USERS OF ITS OWN CHOICE AND SHALL NOT BE HELD LIABLE TO ANY USER FOR NOT OFFERING THE SAME. THE DISCOUNTS/OFFERS HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE AT THE SOLE DISCRETION OF YASHIKHA AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE / AMENDMENT / MODIFICATION FROM TIME TO TIME. YASHIKHA AT ITS SOLE DISCRETION MAY AT ANY TIME DISCONTINUE THE DISCOUNTS/OFFERS WITHOUT ASSIGNING ANY REASONS OR WITHOUT ANY PRIOR INTIMATION WHATSOEVER. THE PARTICIPATION IN DISCOUNTS/OFFERS IS ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY AND IT IS UNDERSTOOD, THAT THE PARTICIPATION BY THE USER SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS.
8. COMMUNICATIONS
   
   WHEN YOU USE THE WEBSITE OR SEND EMAILS OR OTHER DATA, INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION TO US, YOU AGREE AND UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE COMMUNICATING WITH US THROUGH ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND YOU CONSENT TO RECEIVE COMMUNICATIONS VIA ELECTRONIC RECORDS FROM US PERIODICALLY AND AS AND WHEN REQUIRED. WE MAY COMMUNICATE WITH YOU BY EMAIL OR BY SUCH OTHER MODE OF COMMUNICATION, ELECTRONIC OR OTHERWISE.
9. RIGHT TO USE LOGOS
   
   NOTHING CONTAINED IN THESE TERMS OF USE CONSTITUTES A LICENSE IN FAVOR OF THE USER TO USE TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS OR LOGOS AND/OR ANY OTHER MARKS, OWNED BY YASHIKHA THAT MAY BE REFLECTED ON THE WEBSITE ("IPR"). ANY USE BY USER OF IPR WILL BE ONLY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM US. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE OWYNER OF OUR RESPECTIVE IPR’S AND AGREE THAT YOU WILL NOT CONTEST THE OWNERSHIP OF THE SAID IPR’S FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER.
10. NO WARRANTIES
    
    THE WEBSITE AND THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. WE DO NOT MAKE ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THAT THE WEBSITE OR THE SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE, ACCESSIBLE, UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR OPERATE WITHOUT ERROR.
11. INDEMNITY
    
    YOU SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS YASHIKHA, ITS OWNER, LICENSEE, AFFILIATES (AS APPLICABLE) AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AGENTS, AND EMPLOYEES, FROM ANY CLAIM OR DEMAND, OR ACTIONS INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES, MADE BY ANY THIRD PARTY OR PENALTY IMPOSED DUE TO OR ARISING OUT OF YOUR BREACH OF THESE TERMS OF USE, PRIVACY POLICY AND OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS, OR YOUR VIOLATION OF ANY LAW, RULES OR REGULATIONS OR THE RIGHTS (INCLUDING INFRINGEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS) OF A THIRD PARTY.
12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
    
    IN NO EVENT SHALL YASHIKHA BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS OF USE, EVEN IF USER HAS BEEN INFORMED IN ADVANCE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
13. UPDATES
    
    WE RESERVE THE RIGHT, AT OUR SOLE DISCRETION, TO CHANGE, MODIFY, ADD OR REMOVE PORTIONS OF THESE TERMS OF USE, AT ANY TIME WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WRITTEN NOTICE TO YOU. WE SUGGEST THAT YOU REGULARLY CHECK THESE TERMS OF USE TO APPRISE YOURSELF OF ANY UPDATES. YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE WEBSITE FOLLOWING THE POSTING OF CHANGES WILL MEAN THAT YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO THE REVISIONS. AS LONG AS YOU COMPLY WITH THESE TERMS OF USE, WE GRANT YOU A PERSONAL, NON-EXCLUSIVE, NON-TRANSFERABLE, LIMITED PRIVILEGE TO ENTER AND USE THE WEBSITE.
14. SEVERABILITY
    
    IF ANY OF THESE TERMS SHOULD BE DETERMINED TO BE ILLEGAL, INVALID OR OTHERWISE UNENFORCEABLE BY REASON OF THE LAWS OF ANY STATE IN WHICH THESE TERMS ARE INTENDED TO BE EFFECTIVE, THEN TO THE EXTENT AND WITHIN THE JURISDICTION WHICH THAT TERM IS ILLEGAL, INVALID OR UNENFORCEABLE, IT SHALL BE SEVERED AND DELETED AND THE REMAINING TERMS OF USE SHALL SURVIVE, REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AND CONTINUE TO BE BINDING AND ENFORCEABLE.
15. NON-ASSIGNMENT
    
    YOU SHALL NOT ASSIGN OR TRANSFER OR PURPORT TO ASSIGN OR TRANSFER THE CONTRACT BETWEEN YOU AND US TO ANY OTHER PERSON.
16. GOVERNING LAW, JURISDICTION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
    
    YOU SHALL NOT ASSIGN OR TRANSFER OR PURPORT TO ASSIGN OR TRANSFER THE CONTRACT BETWEEN YOU AND US TO ANY OTHER PERSON.

THIS PRIVACY POLICY IS AN ELECTRONIC RECORD IN THE FORM OF AN ELECTRONIC CONTRACT FORMED UNDER THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000 AND THE RULES MADE THEREUNDER AND THE AMENDED PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS / RECORDS IN VARIOUS STATUTES AS AMENDED BY THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000. THIS PRIVACY POLICY DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY PHYSICAL, ELECTRONIC OR DIGITAL SIGNATURE.

THIS DOCUMENT IS PUBLISHED AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (REASONABLE SECURITY PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES AND SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA OF INFORMATION) RULES, 2011 UNDER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000; THAT REQUIRE PUBLISHING OF THE PRIVACY POLICY FOR COLLECTION, USE, STORAGE AND TRANSFER OF SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA OR INFORMATION.

THIS PRIVACY POLICY IS A LEGALLY BINDING DOCUMENT BETWEEN YOU AND YASHIKHA (BOTH TERMS DEFINED BELOW). THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY WILL BE EFFECTIVE UPON YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE SAME (DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN ELECTRONIC FORM, BY CLICKING ON THE "I ACCEPT" TAB OR BY USE OR THE WEBSITE OR BY OTHER MEANS) AND WILL GOVERN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU AND YASHIKHA FOR YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE (DEFINED BELOW).

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY. BY USING THE WEBSITE, YOU INDICATE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND, AGREE AND CONSENT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE. YOU HEREBY PROVIDE YOUR UNCONDITIONAL CONSENT OR AGREEMENTS TO YASHIKHA AS PROVIDED UNDER SECTION 43A AND SECTION 72A OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000.

By providing us Your Information or by making use of the facilities provided by the Website, You hereby consent to the collection, storage, processing and transfer of any or all of Your Personal Information and Non-Personal Information by YaShikha as specified under this Privacy Policy. You further agree that such collection, use, storage and transfer of Your Information shall not cause any loss or wrongful gain to You or any other person.

YaShikha Skill Development Private Limited (“YaShikha” or “We” or “Us” or “Our") is concerned about the privacy of the data and information of users (“You” or “Your” or “Yourself”) accessing the services on YaShikha’s websites, mobile sites or mobile applications ("Website").

This Privacy Policy is a contract between You and YaShikha. This Privacy Policy shall be read together with the respective Terms of Use or other terms and condition of YaShikha Website.

This Privacy Policy is designed to tell You about Our practices regarding collection, use, and disclosure of information or data that You may provide via this Website. Please be sure to read this entire Privacy Policy before using or submitting information to this Website.

1. COLLECTION AND STORAGE OF INFORMATION

• 1.1. The Information (which shall also include data) provided by You to YaShikha or collected from You by YaShikha may consist of "Personal Information" and "Non-Personal Information".
• 1.2. Personal Information is Information collected that can be used to uniquely identify or contact You. Personal Information for the purposes of this Privacy Policy shall include, but not be limited to Your name, address, contact number, e-mail address or other contact information, Information regarding your transactions on the Website, Your financial information, Internet Protocol address, Any other items of "sensitive personal data or information" as such term is defined under the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices And Procedures And Sensitive Personal Data Of Information) Rules, 2011 enacted under the Information Technology Act, 2000, Identification code of Your communication device which You use to access the Website or any other Information that You provide during Your registration process, if any, on the Website.
• 1.3. Such Personal Information may be collected in various ways including during the course of You registering as a user on the Website, registering as a merchant on the Website, availing certain services offered on the Website. Such instances include but are not limited to participating in any online survey or contest or otherwise or posting user reviews or otherwise doing business on the Website.
• 1.4. We may receive Personal information about You from third parties, such as social media services, commercially available sources and business partners. If you access Website through a social media service or connect a service on Website to a social media service, the information We collect may include Your user name associated with that social media service, any information or content the social media service has the right to share with Us, such as Your profile picture, email address or friends list, and any information You have made public in connection with that social media service. When You access the Website through social media services or when You connect Website to social media services, You are authorizing YaShikha to collect, store, and use and retain such information and content in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
• 1.5. YaShikha may also collect information other than Personal Information from You through the Website when You visit and / or use the Website. Such information may be stored in server logs. This Non-Personal Information may include Your geographic location, details of Your telecom service provider or internet service provider, the type of browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome etc.), the operating system of Your system, device and the Website You last visited before visiting the Website or the duration of Your stay on the Website is also stored in the session along with the date and time of Your access.
• 1.6. Non-Personal Information is collected through various ways such through the use of cookies. YaShikha may store temporary or permanent "cookies" on Your computer. You can erase or choose to block these cookies from Your computer. You can configure Your computer’s browser to alert You when We attempt to send You a cookie with an option to accept or refuse the cookie. If You have turned cookies off, You may be prevented from using certain features of the Website.
• 1.7. Please do note that Personal Information and Non Personal Information may be treated differently as per this Privacy Policy.
• 1.8. You hereby represent to YaShikha that:- a) the Information You provide from time to time is and shall be authentic, correct, current and updated and You have all the rights, permissions and consents as may be required to provide such Information to YaShikha. b) Your providing the Information to YaShikha and YaShikha's consequent storage, collection, usage, transfer, access or processing of the same shall not be in violation of any third party agreement, laws, charter documents, judgments, orders and decrees.
• 1.9. YaShikha and its officers, directors, contractors or agents shall not be responsible for the authenticity of the Information that You or any other user provide to YaShikha. You shall indemnify and hold harmless YaShikha and its officers, directors, contractors or agents and any third party relying on the Information provided by You in the event You are in breach of this Privacy Policy including this provision and the immediately preceding provision above.
• 1.10. Your Information will primarily be stored in electronic form however certain data can also be stored in physical form. We may store, collect, process and use your data in countries other than Republic of India but under compliance with applicable laws. We may enter into agreements with third parties (in or outside of India) to store or process your information or data. These third parties may have their own security standards to safeguard your information or data and we will on commercial reasonable basis require from such third parties to adopt reasonable security standards to safeguard your information / data.

2. PURPOSE FOR COLLECTING, USING, STORING AND PROCESSING OF INFORMATION

YaShikha collects, uses, stores and processes Your Information for any purpose as may be permissible under applicable laws (including where the applicable law provides for such collection, usage, storage or processes in accordance with the consent of the user) and shall include the following:

• 2.1. to facilitate Your use of the Website;
• 2.2. to respond to Your inquiries or fulfil Your requests for information about the various services offered on the Website;
• 2.3. to provide You with information about services available on the Website and to send You information, materials, and offers;
• 2.4. to send You important information regarding the Website, changes in terms and conditions, user agreements, and policies and/or other administrative information;
• 2.5. to send You surveys and marketing communications;
• 2.6. to personalize Your experience on the Website by presenting advertisements, services and offers tailored to Your preferences;
• 2.7. to help You address Your problems incurred on the Website including addressing any technical problems;
• 2.8. if You avail of any service from the Website, to complete and fulfil the same.
• 2.9. to protect the integrity and for proper administering of the Website;
• 2.10. to conduct internal reviews and data analysis for the Website;
• 2.11. to improve the services and content on the Website;
• 2.12. to conducting academic research, surveys, analytical studies on various aspects including user behaviour, user preferences etc.;
• 2.13. to respond to legal, judicial, quasi-judicial process and provide information to law enforcement agencies or in connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety, as permitted by law;
• 2.14. to implement information security practices;
• 2.15. to determine any security breaches, computer contaminant or computer virus;
• 2.16. to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities and suspected fraud,
• 2.17. to undertake forensics of the concerned computer resource as a part of investigation or internal audit;
• 2.18. To process any job application You may submit;
• 2.19. to trace computer resources or any person who may have contravened, or is suspected of having or being likely to contravene, any provision of law including the Information Technology Act, 2000 that is likely to have an adverse impact on the services provided on any Website or by YaShikha; and
• 2.20. to enable a potential buyer or investor to evaluate the business of YaShikha.

[Individually and collectively referred to as ("Purposes")] You hereby agree and acknowledge that the Information so collected is for lawful purpose connected with a function or activity of YaShikha or any person on its behalf, and the collection of Information is necessary for the Purposes.

3. SHARING AND DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

• 3.1 The Services are not available to You hereby unconditionally agree and permit that YaShikha may transfer, share, disclose or part with all or any of Your Information, within and outside of the Republic of India to third party service providers / partners / banks and financial institutions for one or more of the Purposes or as may be required by applicable law.
• 3.2. You acknowledge and agree that, to the extent permissible under applicable laws, it is adequate that when YaShikha transfers Your Information to any other entity within or outside Your country of residence, YaShikha will place contractual obligations on the transferee which will oblige the transferee to adhere to the provisions of this Privacy Policy.
• 3.3. YaShikha may share statistical data and other details (other than Your Personal Information) without Your express or implied consent to facilitates various programmes or initiatives launched by YaShikha, its affiliates, agents, third party service providers, partners or banks & financial institutions, from time to time. We may transfer/disclose/share Information (other than Your Personal Information) to those parties who support Our business, such as providing technical infrastructure services, analyzing how Our services are used, providing merchants services, facilitating payments, or conducting academic research and surveys. These affiliates and third party service providers shall adhere to confidentiality obligations consistent with this Privacy Policy. Notwithstanding the above, We use other third parties such as a credit/debit card processing company, payment gateway, pre-paid cards etc. to enable You to make payments for availing services. When You sign up for these services, You may have the ability to save Your card details for future reference and faster future payments. In such case, We may share Your relevant Personal Information as necessary for the third parties to provide such services, including Your name, residence and email address. The processing of payments or authorization is solely in accordance with these third parties policies, terms and conditions and We are not in any manner responsible or liable to You or any third party for any delay or failure at their end in processing the payments.
• 3.4 We may also share Personal Information if We believe it is necessary in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of various terms and conditions or our policies.
• 3.5. We reserve the right to disclose your information when required to do so by law or regulation, or under any legal obligation or order under law or in response to a request from a law enforcement or governmental agency or judicial, quasi-judicial or any other statutory or constitutional authority or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.
• 3.6. You further agree that such disclosure, sharing and transfer of Your Personal Information and Non-Personal Information shall not cause any wrongful loss to You or to any third party, or any wrongful gain to Us or to any third party.
• 3.7. We and Our affiliates will share / sell some or all of Your personal information with another business entity should We (or Our assets) plan to merge with, or be acquired by that business entity, or re-organization, amalgamation, restructuring of business. Should such a transaction occur that other business entity (or the new combined entity) will be required to follow this Privacy Policy with respect to Your Personal Information.

4. LINK TO OTHER WEBSITES

• 4.1. Our Website may provide links to other sites. These links are provided for Your convenience only and the provision of these links does not mean that sites are related or associated with Us. Please note that these Sites have their terms of use and privacy policies. You should check their privacy policy before You submit Your Personal Information or any other data with them. We don’t guarantee the content and the security of those sites.

·  4.2. We may have certain features on Our Website which may be hosted by third parties, Your interaction with such features shall be governed by the privacy policy of such third parties. 4.3. We shall not be responsible for any loss, damage, claim or expense caused as a result of You accessing these third party sites and features.

5. SECURITY

• 5.1. We strive to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of Your Information and to protect Your Personal Information against unauthorized access or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction. We adopt adequate measures to prevent unauthorized access to Your Personal Information.
• 5.2. We reserve the right to conduct a security review at any time to verify Your identity. You agree to provide Us all the information that We request for the security review. If You fail to comply with any security request, We reserve the right terminate Your account with Us and prohibit Your access to the Website.
• 5.3. We are not liable and cannot be held liable for any breach of security or for any actions of any third parties that receive Your Personal Information.
• 5.4. The trademarks, logos and service marks displayed on the Website ("Marks") are the property of YaShikha or their merchants or respective third parties. You are not permitted to use the Marks without the prior consent of YaShikha, the merchants or the third party that may own the Marks
• 5.5. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Policy or elsewhere, We shall not be held responsible for any loss, damage or misuse of Your Personal Information, if such loss, damage or misuse is attributable to a Force Majeure Event (as defined below). A "Force Majeure Event" shall mean any event that is beyond Our reasonable control and shall include, without limitation, sabotage, fire, flood, explosion, acts of God, civil commotion, strikes or industrial action of any kind, riots, insurrection, war, acts of government, computer hacking, unauthorised access to computer data and storage device, computer crashes, breach of security and encryption, etc.

6. CHOICE/OPT-OUT

You agree and acknowledge that You are providing your Information out of your free will. You have an option not to provide or permit YaShikha to collect Your Personal Information or later on withdraw Your consent with respect to such Personal Information so provided herein by sending an email to the grievance officer or such other electronic address as may be notified to You.

7. UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

YaShikha may change the data privacy practices and update this Privacy Policy as and when the need arises, and the same will be made available on the Website. But our commitment to protect the privacy of Website users will continue to remain. We suggest that you regularly check this Privacy Policy to apprise yourself of any updates. Your continued use of Website or provision of data or information thereafter will imply Your unconditional acceptance of such updates to this Privacy Policy.