Privacy Policy

1) DEFINITIONS

1. The term ‘You’ where the context relates to ‘Mentee’ and ‘Mentee’, shall mean any legal person or entity accessing or using the services provided on this App, who is competent to enter into binding contracts as per the provisions of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 and who is desirous of entering into mentoring programs to improve their English communication, interpersonal and social skills, job-readiness, computer skills.

2. ‘You’ where the context relates to ‘Mentor’ & ‘Mentor’ means any legal person or entity accessing or using the services provided on this App, who is competent to enter into binding contracts as per the provisions of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 who is desirous of implementing the mentorship programmes of the Proprietor through interaction, training and engagement with the Mentees on a voluntary basis.

3. The terms ‘We’, ‘Us’, ‘Our’ shall mean the App and/or the Proprietor, as the context so requires.

4. The term ‘Services’ shall mean the conceptualization and design of mentoring programs to improve a range of life skills, including but not limited to, communication skills, interpersonal and social skills, job-readiness, emotional management, self-awareness, and others, with the overall goal of helping youth from backgrounds of social and economic disadvantage (hereinafter referred to as ‘Mentees​ ’)​ break the inequality of opportunity they face, in various parts of India (hereinafter referred to as ‘Programmes’)​ .​ The Proprietor represents that its programmes are implemented through the Mentors, who impart the above-mentioned skills to mentees.

5. “Personal Information” shall mean and refer to any personally identifiable information that We may collect from You. For removal of any doubts, please refer to Clause 2.

6. “Third Parties” refer to any website, proprietor or individual apart from the Mentee, Mentor and the creators of the App.

2) INFORMATION COLLECTED

We are committed to respecting Your privacy. We further recognize Your need for appropriate protection and management of any Personal Information You share with us. We may collect the following information which are appropriately required to provide our services:

From Mentors and Mentees:

• Personal information such as name, address, mobile number, gender, age, career and academic background, personality & motivation for mentorship, career needs etc.

  • Tracking Information such as, but not limited to the IP address of your device and Device ID when connected to the Internet.

  • Usage patterns on the app

Additionally, from mentors

• One government approved ID proof copy – either Passport, Driver’s License, Aadhar Card, or Voter ID, to complete the screening process successfully.

3) EXTERNAL LINKS ON THE WEBSITE

The App may include hyperlinks to other websites, applications, content or resources. We have no control over such external links present in the App, which are provided by persons or companies other than Us.

You acknowledge and agree that We are not responsible for any collection or disclosure of your Personal Information by any external sites, Websites, companies or persons, nor do We endorse any advertising, products or other material on or available from such external Apps or resources.

You further acknowledge and agree that We are not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by You, as a result of the collection and/or disclosure of Your personal information by external Websites, sites or resources, or as a result of any reliance placed by You on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, products or other materials on, or available from such Websites, websites or resources. This external Website, websites and resource providers may have their own privacy policies governing the collection, storage, retention and disclosure of Your Personal Information that You may be subject to. We recommend that You enter the external App or website and review their privacy policy.

OUR USE OF YOUR INFORMATION

The information provided by You at the time of registration and thereafter shall be used to contact You when necessary. For more details about the nature of such communications, please refer to our Terms of Service. Further, Your personal data may be collected and stored by Us for internal record.

Information provided by you will also be used by us to determine your fit to the mentoring program commitments, and to determine a suitable mentoring match.

Once matched, your phone number will be shared with your Mentor or Mentee.

We use Your tracking information such as IP addresses, and or Device ID to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information.

In case We are acquired by or merged with any company, We shall be legally obliged to share information disclosed by You and information about You to the company we are acquired by or merged with. In the event of a merger or acquisition, We shall notify You by email to review our revised privacy policy, as and when Your Personal Information is shared with or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

4) CONFIDENTIALITY

Your information is regarded as confidential and therefore shall not be divulged to any third party, unless if legally required to do so to the appropriate authorities, or if necessary, to ensure Mentors or Mentees may fully avail of the services of the App.

We shall not sell, share, or rent your personal information to any marketing agencies or any other such companies that indulge in unsolicited communications. Any communication by Us to You shall be undertaken in accordance with Our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

5) DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES

Due to the existing regulatory environment, We cannot ensure that all of your Personal Information shall never be disclosed in ways other than those described in this Privacy Policy. Although we use industry standard practices to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personally identifiable information or private communications would always remain private.

• External Service Providers: There may be a number of services offered by external service providers that help You use our Website. If You choose to use these optional services, and in the course of doing so, disclose information to the external service providers, and/ or grant them permission to collect information about You, then their use of Your information is governed by their privacy policy.

  • Other Corporate Entities: It is possible that We could merge with or be acquired by another business entity. Should such a combination occur, you should expect that we would share some or all of your information in order to continue to provide the service. You shall receive notice of such event (to the extent it occurs).

  • Law and Order: We cooperate with law enforcement inquiries, as well as other third parties to enforce laws, such as: intellectual property rights, fraud and other rights. We can, and You so authorize Us, disclose Your Personal Information to law enforcement and other government officials as We, in Our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate, in connection with an investigation of fraud, intellectual property infringements, or other activity that is illegal or may expose Us/ Us or You to any legal liability.

Any information that you make publicly available on the site may be potentially viewed by any party, and by posting such material it is deemed that you consent to share such information with such parties.

6) ACCESSING, REVIEWING AND CHANGING YOUR PROFILE

Following registration, You can review and change the information You submitted at the stage of registration. Such change can be facilitated by emailing us at m2g@mentortogether.org. If You change any information, We may keep track of Your old information.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, or to remove Your profile, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at m2g@mentortogether.org. We shall promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

We shall retain in Our files, information You have requested to remove for certain circumstances, such as to resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems and enforce Our terms and conditions. Further, such prior information is never completely removed from Our databases due to technical and legal constraints, including stored ‘back up’ systems. Therefore, You should not expect that all of Your personally identifiable information shall be completely removed from our databases in response to Your requests.

7) SECURITY

We treat data as an asset that must be protected against loss and unauthorized access. We employ many different security techniques to protect such data from unauthorized access by members inside and outside the Proprietor. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the Personal Information submitted to Us and information that we have accessed. However, “perfect security” does not exist on the Internet. You therefore agree that any security breaches beyond the control of Our standard security procedures are at Your sole risk and discretion.

8) INDEMNITY

You agree and undertake to indemnify us in any suit or dispute by any Third Party arising out of disclosure of Personal Information by You to Third Parties either through Our App or otherwise and Your use and access of Apps/Websites and resources of Third Parties. We assume no liability for any actions of Third Parties with regard to Your Personal Information, which You may have disclosed to such Third Parties.

9) SEVERABILITY

Each paragraph of this privacy policy shall be and remain separate from and independent of and severable from all and any other paragraphs herein except where otherwise expressly indicated or indicated by the context of the agreement. The decision or declaration that one or more of the paragraphs are null and void shall have no effect on the remaining paragraphs of this privacy policy.

10) AMENDMENT

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