Privacy Policy

Please read the following Privacy Policy applicable to the services made available on dbmci.one (website), and the former eGurukul website www.egurukulapp.com or the equivalent DBMCI One Mobile application and its family of applications and platforms including but not limited to DBMCI Q&T (formerly eGurukul), DBMCI Live, DBMCI One-Note available on Google Play Store or Apple Store (“Services”) (“DBMCI App”/ “Website”). The DBMCI App or Website on which the Services are available may together be referred to for convenience as the “Platform”.

For the purpose of these privacy policies, wherever the context so requires “Your”, “You" or "User" shall mean any natural or legal person who browses the Platform or has agreed to become a subscriber to the Services on the Platform by providing login credentials by registering on our website as a Subscribed User. The term "We", "Us", "Our" shall mean Dr Bhatia Medical Coaching Institute Private Limited (“DBMCI”) and Our affiliated entities.

Please ensure that this Privacy Policy is perused by You before availing any Services from Us. This Privacy Policy shall be updated from time to time and to stay abreast with our methods of using Your information and protecting Your privacy, please keep reviewing this Policy. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, We will post those changes on this page so that You are always aware of what information We collect, how We use it, and under what circumstances We disclose it. If You do not agree for the foregoing, please do not continue to use or access our Website. We may review and change this Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the law, our business practices, processes or structure. This Policy is not a contract, nor does it suggest any obligation on our part with another party.

By viewing the DBMCI Platform, you agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy.

By using the DBMCI Platform and/or by providing Your information, You consent to the collection and use of the information You disclose on our Website in accordance with this Privacy Policy, including but not limited to your consent for sharing your information as per this Privacy Policy.

Any questions about this Privacy Policy may be directed to care@dbmci.one , You may also contact Our Grievance Officer by writing to DBMCI support at care@dbmci.one

This Privacy Policy is not intended for Our employees as they are subject to other policies specifically applicable and notified to them.

Collection of Personally Identifiable Information

  1. When You interact with Us, for example by visiting Our offices, corresponding with Us by email, post or telephone, or registering on Our Platform, We collect personal information about you (such as Name; Telephone Number; Email Address; Service Address; Other information about the service address which You give Us; Your IP address; Information about your device; Network information; College/ Institution Details and location; User uploaded photo and ids; Demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests; Any other personal information which you give Us while booking a service or is relevant to customer surveys and/or offers) to help us serve You better. We do not intend to collect your sensitive personal data or information (“SPDI”) (such as passwords, financial information, biometric information, sexual orientation, medical records and history or information about physical, physiological and mental health condition) during our interactions with you. However, if we are required to collect your SPDI, we will process it only in accordance with the data protection laws of India (including obtaining express written consent, where required).
  2. We are committed to protecting your privacy and will take the relevant measures to safeguard Your personal information in accordance with the Information Technology Act, 2000 (the "IT Act") and The Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 (the “SPDI Rules”) and other applicable laws (collectively referred to as the “Data Protection Laws”). This Policy sets out how We use and protect the personal information You give Us.
  3. To create a profile and use this Website and Services, You may be asked to provide the following information: your name, your username, password, email address, the speciality in which you practice or intend to practice (selected from a drop-down menu if applicable), year of graduation or year of joining undergraduate medical program and the name of your college or university. You may also choose to provide a picture to be associated with Your profile.
  4. We may collect and process your personal data from third parties, our business partners or from publicly-available sources. We will store Your username, country and specialty on an unencrypted server. Your password is cryptographically hashed and Your email address is encrypted. These information elements are referred to collectively as Your “Personal User Information.” We collect and hold this information for the purpose of administering Your use of the Platform and the Services.
  5. We also provide an option to register using Gmail. Please note that if You register to the Platform through Gmail, You shall be subject to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of Gmail.
  6. You are and shall remain solely responsible for:
    • Maintaining the strict confidentiality of your Personal User Information;
    • Not allowing another person to use Your Personal User Information to access the Services,
    • Any and all damages or losses that may be incurred or suffered as a result of any activities that occur in Your Account; ensuring that the information submitted by You complies with Our terms and conditions; and
    • Ensuring that the information provided by You is correct and updated from time to time.
  7. You agree to immediately notify DBMCI in writing by email to care@dbmci.one of any unauthorized use of Your Personal User Information or any other breach of security. DBMCI is not and shall not be liable for any harm arising from or relating to the theft of Your Personal User Information that is under Your control, Your disclosure of Your Personal User Information, or the use of Your Personal User Information by another person or entity.
  8. On receiving personal information about You, You no longer remain anonymous to Us. We may use this information to do internal research on demographics, interests, and behaviour to better understand, protect and serve our customers. This information is compiled and analysed on an aggregated basis. We indicate fields that are mandatorily required to be filled and fields that are optional. You may decide whether or not to provide such information to Us.
  9. You may choose not to provide us with any personal information or information as required to provide any Services. If We do not receive information required, We may choose not to provide You with such Service.
  10. You can browse Our Website without telling Us who You are or revealing any personal information about Yourself. We may automatically track certain information about You based on Your behaviour on our Website. This information may include the URL that You just came from (whether this URL is on our Website or not), which URL You next go to (whether this URL is on our Website or not), Your browser information, and Your IP address.

Use of Personal Information

  1. The information collected by Us through our Website is used by Us for various purposes to enable us to serve You better:
    • Ensuring Our contacts and records are up-to-date;
    • For the management of Our business;
    • To carry out Our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between You and Us;
    • Identifying opportunities to develop Our business;
    • In accordance with internal compliance policies;
    • To share with legal and professional advisors, in order to seek advice in relation to Our business;
    • To investigate complaints and suspected suspicious transactions; and
    • To share with regulators and law enforcement agencies, to respond to investigations, court orders, legal process, or to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, or situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person;
    • To share with third-party service providers that are integrated with our app;
    • To improve Our products and services;
    • To send promotional emails or messages on the Website about new products, special offers or other information which We think You may find interesting using the email address which You have provided; and
    • To customize the Website according to your interests.
  2. We may use personal information to resolve disputes that may arise with the use of Our Services, help promote a safe service to all the customers, measure consumer interest in Our services, customize Your experience, detect and protect Us against error, fraud and other criminal activity, and to enforce our terms and conditions.
  3. We identify and use Your IP address to help diagnose problems with Our server, and to administer Our Websites. Your IP address is also used to help identify You and to gather broad demographic information.

Sharing of Personal Information

  1. We may share Your information with payment service providers, regulatory authorities, and third-party agencies in the event of any request from such authorities or agencies.
  2. We may disclose Your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith and belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal process. We may disclose Your personal information to law enforcement offices, third party rights owners, or others in the good faith belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to enforce Our Terms or Privacy Policy; respond to claims that an advertisement, posting or other content violates the rights of a third party; or protect the rights, property or personal safety of Our customers or the general public.
  3. We may share your information with our service providers that service our App(s) as required for specific purposes including but not limited to Data validation and verification, analytics and feedback. These third-party service providers help us provide you with the best experience from this App. Please note that, when shared, you shall be bound by such third-party terms, privacy policy and anyother applicable policies.
  4. We and Our affiliates will share some or all of the collected 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 all the information collected. If We are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of Our assets, Your personal information may be transferred to the acquiring person or entity.
  5. We do not disclose personal information about identifiable individuals to advertisers, but We may provide them with aggregate and/or anonymised information about You to help advertisers reach the kind of audience they want to target. We may make use of the information We have collected from You to enable Us to comply with our advertisers' wishes by displaying their advertisement to that target audience.

Retention Period

  1. We will retain Your personal information only as long as is necessary for the purpose for which We have collected it or as otherwise authorised, in accordance with Our internal data retention policies.
  2. If we no longer need to use Your personal information for the purposes set out in paragraph 2 above and/or We are not legally required to retain Your personal information, We will take reasonable steps to destroy Your personal information or render it anonymous.

Information Safety and Security

  1. All information is saved and stored on servers which are secured with passwords and pins to ensure no unauthorised person has access to it. Once Your information is in Our possession, We adhere to strict security guidelines, protecting it against unauthorized access.
  2. In case You want to delete Your account and/or the information linked to it, You can send Us an email at care@dbmci.one requesting the same.
  3. We will take all reasonable precautions necessary to protect Your personal information from:
    • misuse, interference and loss; and
    • unauthorised access, processing, modification or disclosure.
  4. We may use third party data storage providers (such as cloud service providers) to store personal information electronically. We take reasonable steps to ensure this information is held as securely as information stored on Our own equipment.
  5. Please note that, unfortunately, there is always risk involved in sending information through any channel over the internet. Any information You send to Us over the internet is entirely at Your own risk. Although We will do Our best to protect Your personal information, We cannot guarantee the security of Your data transmitted over the internet and We do not warrant the security of any information, including personal data, which You transmit to Us over the internet.
  6. Where We transfer Your sensitive personal data within or outside India, We will ensure that Your sensitive personal data is transferred to only a person or body corporate that ensures the same level of data protection that is adhered to by Us and We will take reasonable steps to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Policy.

Choice/Opt-Out
We provide all customers with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving non-essential (promotional, marketing-related) communications from Us on behalf of Our partners, and from Us in general, after providing Us with personal information. If You want to remove Your contact information from all lists and newsletters, please write to care@dbmci.one requesting the same.

Third Party Links
We use third-party advertising companies to serve advertisements when You visit our Platforms. These companies may use information (not including Your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about Your visits to this and other Website in order to provide advertisements about services of interest to You.

PRIVACY GRIEVANCES
If you have any questions about this Policy, wish to exercise your rights or have concerns about privacy of your data or any privacy related grievances, please register your complaint with a thorough description via email to care@dbmci.one addressed to our grievance officer. All other terms and conditions as applicable under the Terms and Conditions of Use will be applicable to https://dbmci.one You and will be read along with this Privacy Policy.