This notice describes the information practices of WPU Rise Digital Learning Pvt Ltd hereafter referred as WPU RISE that relate to the websites and apps on which this statement is posted. This includes mobile websites and applications.
Welcome to the Site wpurise.com. This statement demonstrates WPU RISE’s firm commitment to respect your individual privacy on the site and to properly manage, protect and process your personal data. For this reason, we would like to explain how we process your personal data when you interact with us.
If you are only browsing this site or using the search function, we do not capture data that allows us to identify you individually. While user sessions will be tracked, the users will remain anonymous.
If you choose to submit an application form or an email that contains personally identifiable data, for WPU RISE to process or to render you a service, we may share that relevant data within the University, or if necessary, with other Government agencies or universities, so as to serve you efficiently and effectively.
To safeguard your personal data, WPU RISE has put in place appropriate security technologies, policies and procedures to secure all electronic storage and transmission of personal data.
Cookies are small pieces of information saved by your browser onto your device’s hard drive. Cookies are used to record various aspects of your visit and to assist WPU RISE to provide you with uninterrupted service. Web beacons are small graphic files linked to our servers that allow us to track your use of our Platform and related functionalities.
We also use or may use cookies and/or web beacons to help us determine and identify repeat visitors, the type of content and sites to which a user of our platform links, the length of time each user spends at any particular area of our platform, and the specific functionalities that users choose to use. Cookies and web beacons allow WPU RISE to serve you better and more efficiently, and to personalize your experience at our platform. Cookies and web beacons are not used to retain Personally Identifiable Information. From time to time, we may also use additional methods of collecting data.
We may allow third-party companies, including advertising companies (such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, Quora and Bing) to place cookies on our website. These cookies enable such companies to track your activity across various sites where they display Ads and record your activities, so they can show Ads that they consider relevant to you as you browse the Internet. These cookies store information about the content you are browsing, together with an identifier linked to your device or IP address.
These cookies also allow us and third parties to know whether you’ve seen an Ad or a type of Ad, and how long it has been since you’ve last seen it. This information is used for frequency capping purposes, to help tailor the Ads you see and to measure their effectiveness.
You should be able to control how and whether cookies will be accepted by your web browser. Most browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject cookies in the “Help” section of the toolbar. If you reject our cookies, many functions and conveniences of this Platform may not work properly.
WPU RISE, or its Educational Partners and third-party service providers, may, for instance, collect certain information from you in conjunction with assignments, exams and other assessments related to the online course. For example, as part of a proctored exam for a course, WPU RISE (or its third-party service providers) may collect certain Personally Identifiable Information from you in order to (a) verify or authenticate your identity or submissions made by you, such as a signature for a test or an assignment log, a photograph or a recording of you (e.g., using a webcam) or information included on a photo identification card or document, or (b) monitor your performance during an exam to confirm that you are abiding by the applicable test rules or requirements (e.g., confirming that you are not using prohibited resources). WPU RISE may also collect information from you or about your performance or your accomplishments, such as quiz/exam scores, grades, project evaluations, teacher evaluations and other evaluations of your performance or accomplishments.
Should you need any financial assistance (such as EMIs, scholarships, payment options etc), WPU RISE may recommend certain third-party credit facility providers. Should you opt to sign up with such credit facility providers, any information you provide to them will be governed by their terms of use and policies, as you would be their direct customer. Please note, WPU RISE does not control, manage or regulate such third-party providers.
If you have opted for any of our recruitment services or if you participate in any of our recruitment activities, we will be sharing your information with recruiters and potential employers. For example, if you participate in a recruitment drive jointly organized by WPU RISE and a recruitment agency, we will share your information with the recruitment agency and with potential employers who wish to consider you for employment. In this case, such a recruitment agency or an employer may directly contact you to schedule interviews, etc. Please note that any information you share with the recruitment agency or employer will be governed by their terms and policies.
WPU RISE offers public sharing features as part of its career services, which, among other features, makes your careers profile as well as your details and information public, including your progress in the Program to others outside of WPU RISE. By electing to participate in any of these services, you acknowledge that any information or materials you include in your profile can be viewed by other persons accessing the Platform, including potential or existing employers, recruiters, peers, as well as others on the applicable third-party websites. You also acknowledge that the information shared may remain accessible on third-party websites and/or to those you have shared the information with, in the event you make your profile private after having made it public and/or ceasing to share your information. You also acknowledge that WPU RISE has no control over the access of or use of information provided to third parties via this mode outside its website.
We may collaborate with certain third-party service providers to arrange and provide networking activities to previous, current or potential students of WPU RISE. For this purpose, WPU RISE may share certain basic information such as your name, email address and cohort details with such third-party service providers in order to enable them to invite you to connect. Should you agree to sign up for their services, please note that any information you provide will be governed by their policies. In certain cases, in order to facilitate communication between students, we may share your information with other students on chat forums such as WhatsApp and Facebook.
WPU RISE may share your Information with various government authorities in response to court orders or other legal processes to establish or exercise our legal rights or to protect our property; to defend against legal claims; or as otherwise required by law. In such cases, we reserve the right to raise or waive any legal objection or right available to us. We may also share your information when we believe it is appropriate to investigate, prevent or take appropriate action regarding illegal or suspected illegal activities; to protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of WPU RISE, the Platform, our users, customers, or others; and in connection with our Terms and other agreements.
WPU RISE may share information that can be used to directly contact you with third-party business partners, such as companies that may be offering products or services or other opportunities that may be of interest to you.
“Aggregated Data” means records that have been stripped of Personally-Identifying Information and that have been manipulated or combined to provide generalized, anonymous information. Your identity and personal information are not available in Aggregated Data. We may combine your personal information on an anonymous basis with other information to generate Aggregated Data for internal and commercial use, and for sharing with affiliates, subsidiaries and business partners for planning and marketing purposes.
We may update this Privacy Policy at any time, and it will be posted on this Platform as and when it is updated, so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and the circumstances under which we may disclose it. Unless stated otherwise, our current privacy policy applies to all information that WPU RISE has about You and Your account, even if it was collected in the past.
If you are a registered user and wish to change your preferences, or if you prefer to opt-out of regular mail/SMS/calls, you may mail us at support@wpurise.com to notify us of your request.
Once you have submitted your opt-out request, you may assume that it has been successfully received and is being processed. Please allow us 30 business days from when the request was received to complete the removal, as some of our promotions may already have been in process before you submitted your request. Getting unsubscribed from the communication services doesn’t necessarily mean that the information being collected will be deleted.
If you refuse or withdraw your consent, or if you choose not to provide us with any required Personally Identifiable Information, we may not be able to provide you the services that can be offered on our Platform.
WPU RISE has put in place various physical, electronic and managerial procedures to try to safeguard and secure the information we collect. For example, we provide strong encryptions to store certain information and have stringent managerial checks and password change policies in place. The information we collect is stored with third-party data centers that have a holistic security model. Please note that WPU RISE shall not be liable for any misuse or loss of information carried out by such third-party data centers. Furthermore, we also rely on your cell phones’ strong security model to ensure that there is no information or security leak, unless intentionally processed for authentication.
However, please note that while we implement many security measures on this site, 100% security cannot be guaranteed.
Should you have questions about this policy or WPU RISE’s process for information collection, use and disclosure practices, feel free to contact us at support@wpurise.com. We will use reasonable efforts to respond promptly to requests, questions or concerns you may have regarding our use of your information. Except where required by law, WPU RISE cannot ensure a response to questions or comments regarding topics unrelated to this policy or WPU RISE’s privacy practices.
This Policy is subject to change from time to time and shall be uploaded on our platform for your reference. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be effective immediately upon being posted on this page. By accessing the Platform, you indicate your agreement to the modified Privacy Policy and all the changes. Be sure to return to this page periodically to ensure familiarity with the most current version of this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy forms part of our Terms of Use and is governed in accordance with the laws in India.
This Site may contain links to other independently managed websites within the WPU network and to some sites outside the “wpurise.com” domain whose privacy practices may be different from ours. We are not responsible for the content and privacy practices of these other websites and encourage you to examine the privacy notices of those sites.
Although WPU RISE makes every effort to secure our networks, we cannot guarantee the privacy of online communications. Users are advised to take the usual precautions when online, such as providing personal information in online classes, chatrooms, or other open forums on the Internet. If you are using a public or shared computer, be sure to log out when you leave by exiting the site and closing your browser. Otherwise, the next person using the computer may be able to see your personal information.
Websites must disclose and seek the consent of the student / we have obtained consent of the concerned student (considering him Major, 18 years completed) and if not so then this information/consent may be given in presence of the parent of that particular student.
Websites must disclose and seek the consent of the student / we have obtained consent of the concerned student (considering him Major, 18 years completed) and if not so then this information/consent may be given in presence of the parent of that particular student.
This Privacy Policy is applicable only to the part of the platform / agencies of WPU RISE, and we are not responsible for practices of persons, companies, institutions, or websites that do not fall under control, manage, or employee of WPU RISE.
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