Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, and to enhance the experience for all visitors,
we provide this privacy policy.

1. Scope:

Reliance Foundation Institution of Education and Research owns, operates, and maintains the website and its sub-domains – https://jioinstitute.edu.in (hereinafter referred to as “Portal” and is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

1.1 This policy (this “Privacy Policy”), together with the Terms and Conditions of the Portal outlines the Portal’s privacy practices regarding the collection, use and safeguard of your information through the Portal and the services offered thereupon.

1.2 By using the Portal or registering or signing up for the Portal and submission of personal information; or if you are a minor, the submission of your personal information either by your parents (or your guardian) or by you with the permission of your parents (or guardian) to the Portal will be deemed as your acceptance of this Privacy Policy.

1.3 The Terms are an electronic record in terms of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (as amended / re-enacted) (“IT Act") and rules thereunder, and is published in accordance with the provisions of Rule 3 (1) of the Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediaries and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, which mandates for publishing of rules and regulations, privacy policy and terms of use for access or usage of Application. This electronic record is generated by a computer system and does not require any physical or digital signatures.

2. Changes to the Privacy Policy:

2.1 We are obligated to protect your information in accordance with applicable laws, and regulations.

2.2 This Privacy Policy is subject to modification based on changes in the business, legal and regulatory requirements and will be updated online. We will make reasonable efforts to communicate any significant changes to this Privacy Policy to you, however, your continuous usage of the Portal shall be deemed acceptance of the current privacy policy. You are encouraged to periodically visit this page to review the Privacy Policy and any changes to it.

3. Third Party Services:

3.1 Please note that your mobile service provider, mobile operating system provider, third party applications on your device, social media platforms and websites that you access, third party operators may also collect, use and share information about you and your usage. We cannot control how these third parties collect, use, share or secure this information. For information about third-party privacy practices, please consult their respective privacy policies.

4. Personal Information we collect:

4.1 Personal information is defined as information that can be used to identify you and may include details such as your name, age, gender, contact information, products and services you are interested in or require more information about. Insofar as sensitive personal information is concerned, it will carry the meaning as may be defined by applicable laws from time to time.

4.2 The following is the manner in which we collect, use, share and retain personal information:

4.2.1Collection:

4.2.1.1 You agree that the Portal may collect such personal information, whenever relevant, to help providing you with information and to complete any transaction or provide any services you have requested or authorized. You also consent to the collection of certain personal information in the course of your applying for the services.

4.2.2Usage:

4.2.2.1 The Portal seeks this information with your consent either to (i) respond to your queries regarding the programs (ii) sign up as a user in the Portal (iii) verify your documents / details submitted for the admission process (iv) give access to services like newsletter subscription, Contact Us form, Sign-up for application portal (v) give access to admission portal, application form, payment gateway, document upload repository to complete the admission process (vi) give access to student and academic management platform, financial transactions platform (vii) validate and process your request for the services of the Portal or information; (viii) to improve the quality of the Portal; (ix) to assist you to determine which services best meet your needs; or (x) to facilitate our internal business operations, including the fulfilment of any legal and regulatory requirements; or (xi) to provide you with recommendation about services you may be interested in, based on your use of the Portal; or (xii) to provide you with marketing communications and advertising that the Portal believe may be of interest of you ;or (xiii) to facilitate your payments and/or for any Institute’s academic, research or administrative functions.

4.2.3Sharing:

4.2.3.1 We may disclose personal information to our affiliates when necessary to perform services on our behalf or on your behalf, to provide display advertising and promotional services, providing search results and links (including paid listings and links), processing credit card payments, providing customer service etc.

4.2.3.2 We may also share personal information with external organizations or individuals if we believe that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to: (a)meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request; (b)detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues; (c)protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of our customers or the public, as required or permitted by law; (d) provide academic, research and administrative services offered by the Institute.

4.2.4 Retention:

4.2.4.1 The information so collected shall be retained only for a limited duration necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined herein unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law and only for the purposes defined above. Once the purpose is achieved, all personal information is deleted in a safe and secure mode. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the Institute may retain all academic and other relevant non-academic records and information that are required and deemed necessary for fulfilment of Institute’s academic, research and administrative functions.

5. Non-Personal Information:

5.1 Non-personal information is defined as any data that does not personally identify you and may include unique system or hardware identifiers, system or application software, and peripherals.

5.2 Any non-personal information, when clubbed with personal information shall be treated as personal information.

5.3 The following is the manner in which we collect, use, share and retain nonpersonal information.

5.3.1 Collection:

5.3.1.1 You agree that the Portal may collect diagnostic, technical, usage related information, for the usage purposes described below.

5.3.2 Usage:

5.3.2.1 The above mentioned information is gathered periodically to provide and improve the Portal and services therein, facilitate the provision of software updates, product support and other services to you (if any) and to verify compliance with the terms of this Policy.

5.3.3 Sharing:

5.3.3.1 We may also provide any partner with a subset of diagnostic information that is relevant to that partner’s software, hardware and/or services, as long as the diagnostic information is in a form that does not personally identify you.

5.3.4 Retention:

5.3.4.1 The information so collected shall be retained only for a limited duration necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined herein unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law and only for the purposes defined above. Once the purpose is achieved, all information is deleted in a safe and secure mode. Notwithstanding the forgoing, the Institute may retain all academic and other relevant non-academic records and information that are required and deemed necessary for fulfilment of Institute’s academic, research and administrative functions.

6. Location Services:

6.1 The Portal, its licensees and agents, may access, collect and analyse your usage of the Portal and other information related to your location on a regular basis through Bluetooth and Wi-Fi signals and other technologies and data for the performance of the services provided by the Portal and to help improve the design, functionality, performance, and content of the Portal. In order to collect geo-location information, the location settings must be enabled on your device. Therefore, in some cases, the Portal may request that you enable the location settings.

6.2 Except in cases where any specific services requested by you require or involve personal identification, the Portal collects location data anonymously and in a form that does not personally identify you. By using the Portal, you agree and consent to transmission, collection, maintenance, processing and use of your location data and queries to provide and improve such services of the Portal.

7. Cookies:

7.1 Information collected by cookies and other technologies are treated as nonpersonal information. However, to the extent that IP addresses or similar identifiers are considered personal information by local law, we treat any information linked to such identifiers as personal information. Similarly, to the extent that non-personal information is combined with personal information, we will treat the combined information as personal information.

8. Other Information the Portal collects:

8.1 The Portal also may collect other information about you in ways that the Portal describe to you or otherwise with your consent. You can choose not to provide us with certain types of information, but doing so may affect your ability to avail and/or use some services.

8.2 By clicking “I Accept” button or by usage of the Portal you permit to enable certain functions of the device to find the location of your device.

8.3 The features of the Portal may allow you to post content such as profile information, status update, comments, and other content and/or information (User Content). The ownership over the User Content created by you remains with you; however, by sharing User Content through the Portal, you agree to allow others to view and/or share your User Content in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

9. Third Party Applications, Websites & Services:

9.1 The Portal may include links to other websites/applications or may display advertisements from third parties and other content that links to third party websites. Such websites/applications are governed by their respective privacy policies, which are out of the Portal’s control. Use of any information you provide while using a third party website or application through the Portal, is governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the website / application / operator you are using/ visiting. That policy may differ from that of the Portal. If you can't find the privacy policy of any of such websites /application via a link from the website's homepage, you should contact the relevant website /application operator directly for more information.

10. Access, Correction and Deletion:

10.1 The Portal strives hard to keep its records updated and accurate with your latest information. You shall be responsible to ensure that the information or data you provide from time to time is and shall be correct, current and updated and you have all the rights, permissions and consents to provide such information or data.

10.2 You may note that deletion of certain information or withdrawal of consent may lead to cancellation of your access to the Portal or your access to certain features and services of the Portal. Additionally, we may not be able to process your request of correction, updating or deletion, in case the same is not supported by valid documents or data retention is required by the applicable law or law enforcement requests or under any judicial proceedings or it is extremely difficult to implement (such as requests related to backup copies or if a new system is required to process the request or change of technical design) or risks the privacy of other users.