Privacy Policy

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[Updated on December 02, 2024]

NOTE: The terms ‘website’, ‘site’ and ‘blog’ on this page refer collectively to all pages and posts on this website domain https://deoc.in. Use of this website by visitors will be regarded as their acceptance of the terms of this Privacy Policy.

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Who We Are

Diversity and Equal Opportunity Centre (DEOC), established in 2007 in India, provides Consulting, Research and Training services to corporates, educational institutions, industry bodies, development organizations and the Government in creating an inclusive environment. We are trusted advisors for ‘equal opportunity’ for many businesses and NGOs in India. DEOC also works on building the knowledge base on disability policy and inclusion. Learn more about us.

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Policy and Principle

Through this website and blog, DEOC wishes to engage in meaningful communication with visitors and as a matter of policy and principle does not believe in collecting or using any personal data from visitors for personal gain, promotion or profit. This site does not collect any financial data nor does it feature any advertising. However, when visitors / users interact with the website, user data input is required for technical reasons — for the site to function effectively, users to be identified correctly and information to be exchanged smoothly — and it is used / collected as follows:

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Use of WordPress

This website uses WordPress (external link) software by Automattic Inc. (external link) as the core platform. By default, WordPress does not collect any personal data about visitors, and only collects the data shown on the User Profile screen from registered users. Automattic’s Privacy Notice (external link) explains in detail how visitor information is processed by WordPress.

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Use of Web Cookies

This website uses cookies (external link) to give visitors / users the best possible user experience. Visitors’ consent to use cookies is obtained when they first visit this site, via the cookie banner or notice that pops up at the bottom of the web page. Cookie information is stored in visitors’ web browsers and performs functions such as recognising them when they return and helping DEOC understand which sections of the site they find most interesting and useful.

Visitors / users can control the use of cookies by deleting stored cookies, disabling storage of cookies or selectively accepting certain cookies, via the Help, Preferences or Settings functions of their web browsers. This may, however, limit the functionality of this site. For visitors who are concerned about their privacy, it may be a good practice to clear cookies from their web browsers periodically (browsers can also be configured to automatically remove cookies). You can learn more about cookies at: www.internetcookies.org (external link).

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Contact Form

When visitors use the Contact form and submit comments / queries on this site, the data submitted typically includes the visitor’s IP address, user agent (web browser) and referrer, along with other information directly provided by the visitor such as their name, email address, mobile number (optional), site / social media page URL (optional) and the message itself. Messages and e-mail IDs submitted are not made public but read by DEOC team only. E-mail IDs received through the contact form are used for visitor identification and for further communication if required, they are stored privately and indefinitely in the website back-end. They may also be stored in e-mail applications used by the DEOC team. Irrelevant messages and spam may be deleted immediately / intermittently.

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Embedded Content From Other Websites

While DEOC will strive to post all content (e.g. text, images, videos, etc.) on the secure server of this website only, owing to unavoidable reasons, some articles and posts may include embedded content from other websites, for example: YouTube (external link) videos. Embedded content behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about visitors / viewers, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor and track their interaction with that embedded content specially if the visitor has an account with and is logged in to the other website/s.

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Several pages and articles on this website contain links to other / third party websites that are not operated by us. When users clicks on such links, they will be directed to respective third party’s site/s. We have taken care to identify / flag all external links featured on this website. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party websites or services.

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How User Data is Protected

This website uses a TLS or SSL Certificate which ensures a secure connection between the user’s web browser and the server. It also uses industry standard security features to prevent unwanted intrusions with effective brute force attack protection and malware scanning. While we strive to use industry standard means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

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Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have commented on articles on this website / blog or contacted DEOC using the Contact form, you can request to receive information via e-mail of the personal data this site holds about you. You can also request that any personal data you have provided be erased from this website. This may not, however, include any data obliged to be stored for technical, administrative, legal, or security purposes. In this regard, please note that spam or comments not approved are usually immediately deleted. Kindly contact the moderator for any queries / requests regarding your data via the Contact form. For you data to be shared with you and / or deleted, please provide the e-mail ID you had used / submitted earlier on this site.

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The sole purpose of this website is to communicate / interact with visitors and it is thus important to understand which part/s of the world they come from and which pages or posts they access the most — for which this site uses cookie-based web analytics tools / services. Visitors’ consent to use these tools is obtained when they first visit this site, via the cookie banner or notice that pops up at the bottom of the web page. The following analytics tools are used on this website:

1. Bing Webmaster Tools (external link) — This service from Microsoft (external link) stores cookies and beacons on visitors web browsers. Beacons, also known as pixels, are small invisible graphics that can be used to detect if a web page has been accessed. With these tools, search results (for this website) can be optimised for best appearance in Bing (external link) search results. For more information on how Microsoft (including Bing services) collects user data, kindly see Microsoft Privacy Statement (external link).

2. Google Analytics (external link) — This tool collects information and reports site usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors to Google. Analytics reports are used to optimise this site for Google search. Google Analytics Privacy Document (external link) has more details about data collected by Google Analytics. Visitors can prevent Google from collecting their site usage data by installing Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on (external link).

3. Jetpack Site Stats — This analytics feature is activated by default on all sites / blogs powered by WordPress — a part of Automattic Inc. (external link) — and provides visitor statistics to site owners / moderators. However, any piece of data explicitly identifying a specific user (IP address, WordPress.com ID, WordPress.com username, etc.) is not visible to the site owner via this feature. For example, site owners can see that a specific post has XX views, but they cannot see which specific users or accounts viewed that post. Stats logs — containing visitor IP addresses and WordPress.com usernames (if available) — are retained by Automattic for 28 days and are used only for the purpose of powering the Stats feature. For more information about this feature, kindly see Jetpack Stats Support (external link) page. Automattic’s Privacy Notice (external link) contains detailed information about data collection from visitors by WordPress powered websites.

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Use of Google Fonts

This website uses the typeface / font Atkinson Hyperlegible (external link) hosted at Google Fonts (external link). This font is optimised for good legibility and readability on screens and when served by Google Fonts Web API, results in a fast and smooth user experience. The Google Fonts API is designed to limit the collection, storage, and use of end-user data. Use of the Google Fonts Web API is unauthenticated and it does not set or log cookies. Requests to the Google Fonts Web API are made to resource-specific domains, such as fonts.googleapis.com or fonts.gstatic.com. Font requests are separate from and don’t contain any credentials sent to google.com. For more information, kindly see the Privacy and Data Collection article (external link) on Google Fonts Support page.

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Updates to Privacy Policy

DEOC reserves the right to change or modify the Privacy Policy of this website at any time. Continued use of this site by users / visitors after any such updates shall constitute their consent to such changes.

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Contacting the Moderator

For any privacy related or other issues with this website, kindly contact DEOC via the Contact form.

Thank you!

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