Security Policies

The security of the user personal information is of utmost importance to HSTPL. On the MRIGS Portal, your data and personal information is secured with the best-in-class security standards

To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of information, MRIGS portal has put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the personal information that the MRIGS Portal collects about the user online. Following are some of the security mechanisms being followed to safeguard your data:

Login IDs and strong Passwords

Only the User has the ability to access his MRIGS Portal account through the Login ID and Password that the user has created during registration. MRIGS Portal requires strong passwords that include a mix of uppercase, lowercase, numeric, and non-alphanumeric characters. Many web sites do not compulsorily require strong passwords, but MRIGS Portal believes that this additional security is important in safeguarding your personal and financial information. Please keep the Login ID and password information securely and do not share it with anyone.

Potent data encryption

For the MRIGS Portal, we use Secure Sockets Layer ('SSL') technology to encrypt information exchange. Unlike normal Internet communication, information provided to us on the MRIGS Portal is sent in a "secure session" established with SSL. SSL is a security protocol that provides data encryption, server authentication, and message integrity for a connection to the Internet. Using SSL ensures that the information you exchange with MRIGS Portal is never transmitted over the Internet unencrypted and therefore cannot be viewed by unauthorized individuals. This encryption is done using 128-bit encryption, the maximum level of encryption possible on the Internet comparable to security levels used by financial institutions. In the interest of security, it is suggested that you end your browser session before leaving your computer

Safe data storage and Access control

The user data resides safely in the MRIGS Portal database and is protected by a firewall. The firewall is configured to receive and process requests only from authorized personnel. Further, some of the highly critical information such as the user password, bank details, etc are stored in the database in a encrypted format, thereby preventing any misuse of data. We take regular back-ups of the user data so that appropriate recovery measures can be initiated of the latest information if there are any data loss problems. We take security seriously and it is important to us that you understand and are comfortable with our security standards'

PRIVACY POLICY

HSTPL knows that you care how information about you is used and shared and we appreciate your trust in us to do that carefully and sensibly. By visiting MRIGS, you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

CONTROLLERS OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Any personal information provided to or gathered by HSTPL under this Privacy Policy will be stored and controlled by HSTPL, India.

DOES MRIGS SHARE THE INFORMATION IT RECEIVES?

Information about our customers is an important part of our business and we are not in the business of selling it to others. HSTPL’s shares customer information only as described below and with Hard Shell Technologies Pvt Ltd. (HSTPL) and the subsidiaries which HSTPL controls and that are either subject to this Privacy Policy or follow practices at least as protective as those described in this Privacy Policy.

Advertisers: We provide advertisers with reports about the kinds of people seeing their ads and how their ads are performing, but we don't share information that personally identifies you (information such as your name or email address that by itself can be used to contact you or identifies who you are) unless you give us permission. We also confirm which MRIGS ads led you to make a purchase or take an action with an advertiser.

Measurement partners: We share information about you with companies that aggregate it to provide analytics and measurement reports to our partners.

Partners offering goods and services in our Products: When you subscribe to receive premium content, or buy something from a seller in our Products, the content creator or seller can receive your public information and other information that you share with them, as well as the information needed to complete the transaction, including shipping and contact details.

Vendors and service providers: We provide information and content to vendors and service providers who support our business, such as by providing technical infrastructure services, analysing how our Products are used, providing customer service, facilitating payments or conducting surveys.

Researchers and academics: We also provide information and content to research partners and academics to conduct research that advances scholarship and innovation that supports our business or mission and enhances discovery and innovation on topics of general social welfare, technological advancement, public interest, health and well-being.

Law enforcement or legal requests: We share information with law enforcement or in response to legal requests in the circumstances.

Business Transfers: As we continue to develop our business, we might sell or buy business units. In such transactions, customer information generally is one of the transferred business assets but remains subject to the promises made in any pre-existing Privacy Policy (unless, of course, the customer consents otherwise). Also, in the unlikely event that HSTPL or substantially all of its assets are acquired, customer information will of course be one of the transferred assets.

Protection of Ruralskills.in and Others: We release account and other personal information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with applicable law; enforce or apply our Conditions of Use and other agreements; or protect the rights, property or safety of Ruralskills.in, our users or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies, organizations, government or regulatory authorities for fraud protection and credit risk reduction. Obviously, however, this does not include selling, renting, sharing or otherwise disclosing personally identifiable information from customers for commercial purposes in a way that is contrary to the commitments made in this Privacy Policy

With your consent: Other than as set out above, you will receive policy when information about you might go to third parties and you will have an opportunity to choose not to share the information.

DEVICE INFORMATION.

As described below, we collect information from and about the computers, phones, connected TVs and other web-connected devices you use that integrate with our Products, and we combine this information across different devices that you use. For example, we use information collected about your use of our Products on your phone to better personalise the content (including ads) or features that you see when you use our Products on another device, such as your laptop or tablet, or to measure whether you took an action in response to an ad that we showed you on your phone on a different device.

INFORMATION THAT WE OBTAIN FROM THESE DEVICES INCLUDES:

Device attributes: information such as the operating system, hardware and software versions, battery level, signal strength, available storage space, browser type, app and file names and types, and plugins.

Device operations: information about operations and behaviours performed on the device, such as whether a window is foregrounded or backgrounded, or mouse movements (which can help distinguish humans from bots).

Identifiers: unique identifiers, device IDs and other identifiers, such as from games, apps or accounts that you use, and Family Device IDs

Device signals: Bluetooth signals, information about nearby Wi-Fi access points, beacons and mobile phone masts.

Data from device settings: information that you allow us to receive through device settings that you turn on, such as access to your GPS location, camera or photos.

Network and connections: information such as the name of your mobile operator or ISP, language, time zone, mobile phone number, IP address, connection speed and, in some cases, information about other devices that are nearby or on your network.

WHAT ABOUT THIRD-PARTY ADVERTISERS AND LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES?

Our site includes third-party advertising and links to other Web sites. Third party advertising on Ruralskills.in, including personalised or interest-based ads, and you will be provided opportunity to define your choice.

WHAT INFORMATION CAN I ACCESS?

Ruralskills.in gives you access to a broad range of information about your account and your interactions with Ruralskills.in for the limited purpose of viewing and, in certain cases, updating that information. This list will change as our website evolves.

HOW DO WE RESPOND TO LEGAL REQUESTS OR PREVENT HARM?

We access, preserve and share your information with regulators, law enforcement or others:

In response to a legal request (e.g. a search warrant, court order or subpoena) if we have a good-faith belief that the law requires us to do so. This may include responding to legal requests from jurisdictions outside of India when we have a good-faith belief that the response is required by law in that jurisdiction, affects users in that jurisdiction and is consistent with internationally recognised standards.

When we have a good-faith belief that it is necessary to: detect, prevent and address fraud, unauthorised use of the Products, violations of our Terms or Policies, or other harmful or illegal activity; to protect ourselves (including our rights, property or Products), you or others, including as part of investigations or regulatory enquiries; or to prevent death or imminent bodily harm. For example, if relevant, we exchange information with third-party partners about the reliability of your account to prevent fraud, abuse and other harmful activity on and off our Products.

Information that we receive about you (including financial transaction data related to purchases made with Facebook) can be accessed and preserved for an extended period when it is the subject of a legal request or obligation, governmental investigation or investigations of possible violations of our Terms or Policies, or otherwise to prevent harm. We also retain information from accounts disabled for term violations for at least a year to prevent repeat abuse or other term violations.

POLICIES AND REVISIONS

If you have any concern about privacy or grievances at ruralskills.in, please contact us with a thorough description and we will try to resolve the issue for you.

Our business changes constantly and our Privacy Policy and the Conditions of Use will change also. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our policies and conditions, unless you have instructed us not to, but you should check our website frequently to see recent changes.

Unless stated otherwise, our current Privacy Policy applies to all information that we have about you and your account. We stand behind the promises we make, however, and will never materially change our policies and practices to make them less protective of customer information collected in the past without the consent of affected customers.

If you have any concerns or questions in relation to this Privacy Policy, you may address them to our grievance officer at: feedback@ruralskills.in