Privacy Policy
Last Updated: January 15, 2026 · Effective Date: January 1, 2026
At Shiksha Bhavan, we believe educational empowerment starts with uncompromising trust. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, store, safeguard, and utilize data provided by students, parents, tutors, and academic partners.
Zero Data Selling
We never monetize, rent, or sell student or parent phone numbers to third-party telemarketers or advertisers.
Government ID Security
Aadhaar & PAN documents uploaded by tutors are encrypted at rest with AES-256 and only accessed during verification.
Granular Consent
Parents explicitly authorize contact details before an assigned trial demo educator connects for classes.
1. Information We Collect
Depending on your interactions with the Shiksha Bhavan portal, we collect the following categories of information:
- Parents & Students: Contact name, phone number (WhatsApp enabled), email address, student grade level, academic board (CBSE, ICSE, IB, State Board), subjects requested, and locality/city.
- Tutors & Educators: Full name, contact credentials, academic degrees and marksheets, teaching experience, preferred localities, government identification (Aadhaar/PAN for mandatory background checks), and bank details for payout distributions.
- System Data: Technical logs including IP address, browser type, device information, and session cookies necessary for authentication and fraud prevention.
2. Purpose of Data Processing
Your data is strictly processed for legitimate educational and placement operations:
3. Data Security & Retention
All traffic between your browser and our servers is secured via 256-bit SSL encryption. We employ strict Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) ensuring only authorized administrative personnel can review tutor verification credentials. Sensitive documents are stored on secure cloud vaults with signed tokenized URLs.
We retain user information only for as long as necessary to maintain active placements, satisfy regulatory tax requirements, or until a parent or educator requests account deletion.
4. Your Rights & Grievance Officer
Under applicable Indian Information Technology (IT) Acts and Digital Personal Data Protection rules, you have the right to review, update, or request permanent erasure of your personal records from our database.
Grievance & Data Protection Officer:
Shiksha Bhavan Academic Compliance Desk