Privacy Policy
Last updated: 5/24/2025
Introduction
FOSS Andhra ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our services.
We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the "Last updated" date of this Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect
Personal Data
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you:
- Register for our programs or services
- Sign up for our newsletter
- Participate in our events
- Contact us
- Make a donation
- Complete surveys
The personal information we collect may include your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and payment information.
Automatically Collected Information
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device, including:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Operating system
- Pages visited
- Time and date of your visit
- Referring website
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.
How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- Providing, operating, and maintaining our website and services
- Improving, personalizing, and expanding our website and services
- Understanding and analyzing how you use our website
- Developing new products, services, features, and functionality
- Communicating with you, including for customer service, updates, and marketing purposes
- Processing your transactions
- Finding and preventing fraud
Disclosure of Your Information
We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:
By Law or to Protect Rights
If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.
Third-Party Service Providers
We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.
Marketing Communications
With your consent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
Affiliates
We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.
Business Partners
We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
Security of Your Information
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.
Children's Privacy
Our website and services are not directed to individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.
Your Rights
You may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:
- The right to access the personal information we have about you
- The right to request that we correct or update any personal information we have about you
- The right to request that we delete any personal information we have about you
- The right to opt-out of marketing communications
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.
Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
FOSS Andhra
Email: privacy@fossandhra.org
Address: 123 Open Source Street, Andhra Pradesh, India