Policy Notice
Purpose and Who We Are
The purpose of this Privacy Notice is to describe how Repaper Consultants (“us,” “we,” or “our”) collects, uses, and shares information about you through our online interfaces, including our website at www.repaper.in (herein referred to as the “Site”). Please read this Privacy Notice carefully to understand what we do. If you have any questions or need clarification on any aspects of our Privacy Notice, please feel free to contact us at support@repaper.in. Your use of our Site is also subject to our Terms of Use. Terms used but not defined in this Privacy Notice can be found in our Terms of Use. Repaper Consultants is a sole proprietorship firm with its principal place of registered business at Aparna Astute, Co-Worker Space, 4th Floor, situated in Survey Nos. 7, Shaikpet Village and Mandal, Hyderabad District -500008, with contact information of the founder bm@repaper.in.
What Information this Privacy Notice Covers
This Privacy Notice covers information we collect from you through our Site. Some of our Site’s functionality can be used without revealing any Personal Data, but for features or Services related to our offerings, Personal Data may be required. In order to access certain features and benefits on our Site, you may need to submit or we may collect “Personal Data,” which refers to information that can be used to identify you. Personal Data can include information such as your name, email address, IP address, and device identifier, among other things. You are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the Personal Data you submit to Repaper Consultants. Inaccurate information may affect your ability to use the Site, the information you receive when using the Site, and our ability to contact you. For example, please ensure that your user name or email address is kept current, as it is one of the primary means of communication between us.
What You Agree to by Using Our Site
We consider that the legal bases for using your personal information as set out in this Privacy Notice are as follows:
● Our use of your personal information is necessary to perform our obligations under any contract with you, such as complying with the Terms of Use of our Site, which you accept by browsing our website, and/or to comply with our contract to provide Services to you, your academic institution, your employer, or other organization providing access to our Services.
● Our use of your personal information is necessary for complying with our legal obligations.
● The use of your personal information is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of others. Our legitimate interests include running, growing, and developing our business; operating our Site and providing our Services; selecting appropriately skilled and qualified trainers, and suppliers; building relationships with partners and academic institutions; carrying out research and statistical analysis; conducting marketing and business development; and for internal administrative and auditing purposes.
● In some cases, we may rely on your consent to send you certain communications or when you submit specific information to us, or where required to rely upon consent by local law, Hyderabad, Telangana Jurisdiction.
The specific legal basis for a particular activity will depend on the type of personal information used and the context in which it is being used.
If we rely on our (or another party’s) legitimate interests for using your personal information. In that case, we will undertake a balancing test to ensure that our (or the other party’s) legitimate interests are not outweighed by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms requiring the protection of personal information.
In some cases, we may process your personal information for marketing purposes based on your consent (which you may withdraw at any time, as described below).
If we rely on your consent to use your personal information in a particular way, but you later change your mind, you may withdraw your consent by visiting your profile page and clicking the box to remove consent, and we will cease doing so. Please note that withdrawing your consent may affect our ability to provide some of our Services to you.
What Information We Collect
We gather the following types of information about users through our Site:
Information Relating to Your Use of Our Site
When users visit our Site, we may track, collect, and aggregate information indicating:
● Which pages of our Site were visited
● The order in which they were visited
● When they were visited
● Which hyperlinks were clicked
We may also collect information from the URLs from which you linked to our Site. Collecting such information may involve logging the IP address, operating system, and browser software used by each user of the Site. We may be able to determine a user’s Internet Service Provider and the geographic location of their point of connectivity from an IP address. Location data may be used to route your traffic to the nearest regional server to reduce latency and improve your experience. We may also use cookies and web beacons when you visit our Site. For more information on our use of cookies and web beacons, please refer to our Cookies Policy.
Personal Data Provided Directly by You or via Third Parties
We collect Personal Data that you provide to us when you:
● Register for an account
● Update or change information for your account
● Purchase products or Services
● Complete a survey
● Sign up for email updates
● Participate in our public forums
● Send us email messages
● Participate in Content Offerings or other Services on our Site
We may use the Personal Data that you provide to:
● Respond to your questions
● Provide you with the specific Content Offering and/or Services you select
● Send you updates about Content Offerings or other Repaper Consultants events
● Send you email messages about Site maintenance or updates
Account Registration
If you register for an account on our Site, you may be required to provide certain Personal Data, such as your name and email address. You may also voluntarily provide us with additional Personal Data.
Updates
Repaper Consultants may offer you the ability to receive updates either via email or by posting on portions of the Site accessible to registered users. To subscribe to these Services, you may be required to provide us with Personal Data, such as your name and email address.
Forums
Repaper Consultants may offer public forums from time to time (the “Forums”) where you can share comments and thoughts. To participate in the Forums, you may be required to register with us and/or provide us with Personal Data, such as your name and email address. Please keep in mind that information you post or make available in Forums will be publicly available. You should not include any personal information or other information of a personal or sensitive nature, whether relating to you or another person, in a Forum post. Please also reference our Terms of Use and our Code of Conduct Repaper Consultants Code of Conduct for additional information about the proper use of our Forums.
Participation in Content Offerings and Peer to Peer assignment marking
Repaper Consultants offers users the opportunity to participate in Content Offerings on or through the Site. If you desire to participate in a Content Offering or Peer to Peer assignment
marking of fellow users, you will be asked to provide us with certain information necessary to conduct such a Content Offering and Peer to Peer assignment marking. This information may include, among other things, your name and email address.
If you participate in a Content Offering and Peer to Peer assignment marking, we may collect certain user-generated content, such as assignments you submit, peer-graded assignments, and peer-grading feedback. We also collect course data, such as responses to in-video quizzes, standalone quizzes, exams, and surveys. You should not include any Personal Data or other information of a personal or sensitive nature, whether relating to you or another person, on assignments, exams, or surveys, except for information required to participate in or submit such assignments, exams, or surveys.
Identity Verification
Repaper Consultants may offer you the ability to verify your identity for select Services. In order to enroll for these Services, you may be required to provide us or our third-party identity verification vendor with Personal Data, such as your name, email address, date of birth, education qualification, name of the education institute or working Organization, place, time to contact and others.
Communications with Repaper Consultants
We may receive Personal Data when you send us an email message or otherwise contact us at support@repaper.in.
Third-Party Sites
We may receive Personal Data when you access or log in to a third-party site, e.g., Google or Facebook, from our Sites. This may include the text and/or images of your Personal Data available from the third-party site.
Quizzes
We may receive Personal Data when you provide information in response to a quiz operated by us or a Content Provider.
Partner Sites and Plugins
Partner sites and Plugins providing Content Offering-related tools and services to Repaper Consultants users may collect non-financial individual-level user data regarding the individual’s use of that partner site while the partner sites provide those services to Repaper Consultants. The partner sites and Plugins may share that data with Repaper Consultants for the purpose of improving our Services, the partner site’s services or the Plugins, and the individual’s education experience. This data includes information such as the amount of time spent on the partner site and pages viewed, the same refers to the Plugins installed for the functionality of Repaper.in website.
Third-Party Payment Processing
Repaper Consultants provides you with the ability to pay for Content Offerings, eBooks, Quizzes, Workshops, and other Services using a credit card or other methods through a third-party payment processing service provider. Please note that our service provider, not Repaper Consultants, collects and processes your financial information.
How We Use the Information
Information Relating to Your Use of Our Site
Repaper Consultants provides you with
We use information relating to your use of the Site to:
● Build higher quality, more useful Services by performing statistical analyses of the collective characteristics and behavior of our users.
● Measure demographics and interests regarding specific areas of our Site.
● Ensure the security of our Services and the Site.
Personally Identifiable Information Provided Directly by You or via Third Parties
Except as set forth in this Privacy Notice or as specifically agreed to by you, Repaper Consultants will not disclose any of your Personal Data. In addition to the other uses set forth in this Privacy Notice, we may disclose and otherwise use Personal Data as described below:
● Providing the Site and Our Services: We use the Personal Data you provide to allow you to access and use the Site, and to provide information, products, or Services that you request from us.
● Technical Support and Security: We may use Personal Data to provide technical support to you, where required, and to ensure the security of our Services and the Site.
● Updates: Personal Data collected when you sign up for email or update services is used to send you messages in connection with the Site, eBooks, Services or Content Offerings. We may also archive this information and/or use it for future communications with you, where we are legally entitled to do so.
● Forums and Community: Please do not post any personally identifiable information or other information of a personal or sensitive nature in a Forum or Community posts. If you choose to post such information, it may be collected during your use of the Forums and Community. We may publish this information via extensions of our platform that use third-party services, like mobile applications. We reserve the right to reuse Forum posts that contain personally identifiable information in future versions of the Content Offerings and to enhance future Content Offerings. We may archive this information and/or use it for future communications with you, and/or your designee(s), and/or provide it to the Content Provider, business partners, or trainer(s) associated with the eBooks and courses you have taken. We may also use or publish posts submitted on the Forums without using personally identifiable information.
● Participation in Content Offerings: We use the Personal Data collected from your participation in a Content Offering for processing purposes. This includes tracking attendance, progress, and completion of the Content Offerings. We may share your Personal Data and your performance in a given Content Offering with the instructors and teaching assistants associated with that Content Offering, as well as with the Content Provider(s) with which they are affiliated. We may also use the information generated when taking a Content Offering or using the Services for predictive analysis of your performance in the Content Offerings. We may archive this information and/or use it for future communications with you, where we are legally entitled to do so.
● Identity Verification: For Services that require identity verification, we may use the Personal Data collected to verify your identity and authenticate submissions made on the Site. This service may be provided through a third-party identity verification vendor. Your photo identification document will be deleted after the successful verification of your profile information.
● Communications with Repaper Consultants: When you send us an email message or otherwise contact us, we may use the information provided by you to respond to your communication as described in this Privacy Notice. We may also archive this information and/or use it for future communications with you, where we are legally entitled to do so.
● Communications with Business Partners: We may share your Personal Data with Content Providers and other business partners of Repaper Consultants. Content Providers and other business partners may share information about their products and services that may be of interest to you where they are legally entitled to do so.
● Research: We may share general course data, information about your activity on our Site, and demographic data from surveys with our Content Providers and other business partners for research related to online education.
● Disclosure to Repaper Consultants Operations and Maintenance Contractors: We use various service providers, vendors, and contractors to assist in providing our Services to you. These Contractors may have limited access to your Personal Data for the purpose of providing their products or services to us, enabling us to provide our Services to you.
● Government Authorities; Legal Rights and Actions: Repaper Consultants may share your Personal Data with government authorities in response to subpoenas, court orders, or other legal processes. This may also be done to establish or exercise our legal rights, protect our property, defend against legal claims, or as otherwise required by law. We may also share your Personal Data when we believe it is appropriate to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities or to protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of Repaper Consultants, the Site, our users, customers, or others.
● Disclosure to Acquirers (continued): Repaper Consultants may disclose or transfer your Personal Data to an acquirer, assignee, or other successor entity in connection with a sale, merger, or reorganization of all or substantially all of the equity, business, or assets of Repaper Consultants to which your Personal Data relates.
● e-Readers: If we receive any Personal Data related to the extent to which you use designated e-Readers or other devices to access Repaper Consultants materials, we may archive it and use it for research, business, or other purposes.
External Links
For your convenience, we may provide links to sites operated by organizations other than Repaper Consultants (“Third Party Sites”) that we believe may be of interest to you. We do not disclose your Personal Data to these Third Party Sites unless we have a lawful basis to do so. We do not endorse and are not responsible for the privacy practices of these Third Party Sites. If you choose to click on a link to one of these Third Party Sites, you should review the privacy policy posted on the other site to understand how that Third Party Site collects and uses your Personal Data.
Retention of Personally Identifiable Information
We keep your Personal Data for no longer than necessary for the purposes for which the Personal Data is collected and processed. The length of time we retain Personal Data depends on the purposes for which we collect and use it and/or as required to comply with applicable laws and to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights.
Confidentiality & Security of Personally Identifiable Information
We will use industry-standard physical, technical, and administrative security measures to keep your Personal Data confidential and secure. We will not share it with third parties, except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Notice, or unless such disclosure is necessary in special cases, such as a physical threat to you or others, as permitted by applicable law. Because the Internet is not a 100% secure environment, we cannot guarantee the security of Personal Data, and there is some risk that an unauthorized third party may find a way to circumvent our security systems or that the transmission of your information over the Internet will be intercepted. It is your responsibility to protect the security of your login information. Please note that email communications are typically not encrypted and should not be considered secure.
Updating or Deleting Your Personal Data
You have certain rights in relation to your Personal Data. You can access your Personal Data and confirm that it remains correct and up-to-date, choose whether or not you wish to receive material from us or some of our partners, and request that we delete or provide you with a copy of your personal data by logging into the Site, selecting ‘Settings’ from the dropdown in the top right, and scrolling down to find the appropriate option. The ability to delete an account may be disabled for some users, particularly those who are enrolled in for-credit offerings such as degrees, MasterTrack certificate programs, and other similar offerings.
If you would like further information in relation to your rights or would like to exercise any of them, you may also contact us via support@repaper.in. If you reside or are located in regions that offer similar protections, you have the right to request that we:
● Provide access to any Personal Data we hold about you.
● Prevent the processing of your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.
● Update any Personal Data that is out of date or incorrect.
● Delete any Personal Data that we are holding about you.
● Restrict the way that we process your Personal Data.
● Provide your Personal Data to a third-party provider of services.
● Provide you with a copy of any Personal Data we hold about you.
We try to answer every request promptly where possible and provide our response within the time period stated by applicable law. Keep in mind, however, that when deleting your Personal Data, there may be residual information that will remain within our databases, access logs, and other records, which may or may not contain your Personal Data. Certain Personal Data may be exempt from such requests in specific circumstances, which may include if we need to retain your Personal Data to comply with a legal obligation. When you email us with a request, we may ask that you provide us with the information necessary to confirm your identity.
Changing Our Privacy Notice
Please note that we review our privacy practices periodically, and these practices are subject to change. Any change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on our Site. We will notify you of any material change to this Privacy Notice by posting a notice on our Site’s homepage for a reasonable period following such an update or by sending an email to the email address associated with your user account. We will also change the effective date located at the top and bottom of this page to reflect the latest version. Please revisit this page periodically to stay informed about the most current version of this Privacy Notice.
No Information from Children Under 13
Repaper Consultants is dedicated to protecting the privacy of children. We strictly prohibit any use or access by anyone under the age of 13. Certain regions and Content Offerings may have additional requirements and restrictions. In alignment with this commitment, we do not knowingly collect or maintain Personal Data on our Site from individuals under 13 years of age, and no part of our Site is directed toward individuals under 13 years of age. If you are under 13 years of age, please refrain from using or accessing this Site at any time or in any manner. We will take appropriate steps to delete any Personal Data of individuals less than 13 years of age that has been collected on our Site without verified parental consent upon learning of the existence of such Personal Data.
Contact
For any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, users can contact Repaper.in at: Repaper Consultants Email:
support@repaper.in or bm@repaper.in
Users are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes. Continued use of Repaper.in signifies user acceptance of these policies.
