At Design for Change (DFC), we understand that you value your privacy, and we want to help make your experience with our site and services, including our content offerings through third-party sites such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and our newsletters and blogs (referred to in this policy collectively as our “Service” or “Services”) is satisfying and safe. This policy describes the information we collect on www.dfcworld.com and sub-websites, including personal information, in connection with our Services, and explains how we use and disclose this information. By accessing and/or using the Site, you agree to be bound by the provisions of this Privacy Policy. Please note that this Privacy Policy is incorporated into, and made a part of, the Design for Change Terms and Conditions (the “Terms”). Capitalized terms used and not defined in this policy have the meaning given to them in the Terms.
There are many different ways you can use our services – to get inspired, to share content, participate in the school challenge and other events, as and when organized. As you use our services/content, we want you to be clear how we’re using information and the ways in which you can protect your privacy.
What information we collect and why we collect it.
How we use that information.
The choices we offer, including how to access and update information.
Your privacy matters to DFC so whether you are new to DFC or a long-time user, please do take the time to get to know our practices – and if you have any questions contact us.
We collect information as a part of the School Challenge entry to have the details of the participants. Downloading several resources may also ask you to provide some basic information like your email id.
We use the information we collect from all of our services to provide, maintain, protect and improve them, to develop new ones, and to protect DFC and our users. When you contact DFC, we may keep a record of your communication to help solve any issues you might be facing. We may use your email address to inform you about our services, such as letting you know about upcoming changes or improvements.
We will ask for your consent before using information for a purpose other than those that are set out in this Privacy Policy.
From time-to-time we may provide you the opportunity to participate in contests, sweepstakes or surveys on the site which require you to disclose certain personally identifiable information in order to participate. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you therefore have a choice whether or not to disclose this information. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and shipping address), and demographic information (such as PIN code).
Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. If you are a parent or guardian and discover that your child under the age of 15 has posted, submitted or otherwise communicated personal information to our Service without your consent, then you may alert DFC at contact@dfcworld.com so that we may take appropriate action to remove the child’s personally identifiable information from our systems.
People have different privacy concerns. Our goal is to be clear about what information we collect, so that you can make meaningful choices about how it is used. Information you share Many of our services let you share information with others. Remember that when you share information publicly, it may be indexable by search engines, including Google.
Accessing and updating your personal information Whenever you use our services, we aim to provide you with access to your personal information. If that information is wrong, we strive to give you ways to update it quickly or to delete it – unless we have to keep that information for legitimate business or legal purposes. When updating your personal information, we may ask you to verify your identity before we can act on your request.
We may reject requests that are unreasonably repetitive, require disproportionate technical effort (for example, developing a new system or fundamentally changing an existing practice), risk the privacy of others, or would be extremely impractical (for instance, requests concerning information residing on backup tapes).
Where we can provide information access and correction, we will do so for free, except where it would require a disproportionate effort. We aim to maintain our services in a manner that protects information from accidental or malicious destruction. Because of this, after you delete information from our services, we may not immediately delete residual copies from our active servers and may not remove information from our backup systems. In case, you face issues in updating your information, please write to contact@dfcworld.com.
We do not share personal information with companies, organizations and individuals outside of DFC unless one of the following circumstances apply:
We will share personal information with companies, organizations or individuals outside of DFC when we have your consent to do so. We require opt-in consent for the sharing of any sensitive personal information.
Your DFC accounts are managed by DFC web administrators for moderation andtroubleshooting. DFC web administrators may be able to:
– view statistics regarding your account, like statistics regarding applications you install. – change your account password. – suspend or terminate your account access. – access or retain information stored as part of your account. – receive your account information in order to satisfy applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request. – restrict your ability to delete or edit information or privacy settings.
We may provide personal information to our affiliates or other trusted businesses or persons to process it for us, based on our instructions and in compliance with our Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
If DFC is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, we will continue to ensure the confidentiality of any personal information and give affected users notice before personal information is transferred or becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
We work hard to protect DFC and our users from unauthorized access to or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction of information we hold.
Our Privacy Policy applies to all of the services offered by DFC and its affiliates, including services offered on individual country websites of DFC, but excludes services that have separate privacy policies that do not incorporate this Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Policy does not apply to services offered by other companies or individuals, including products or sites that may be displayed to you in search results, sites that may include DFC services, or other sites linked from our services. Our Privacy Policy does not cover the information practices of other companies and organizations who advertise our services, and who may use cookies, pixel tags and other technologies to serve and offer relevant ads.
We regularly review our compliance with our Privacy Policy. We also adhere to several self regulatory frameworks. When we receive formal written complaints, we will contact the person who made the complaint to follow up.
Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time. We will not reduce your rights under this Privacy Policy without your explicit consent. We will post any privacy policy changes on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice (including, for certain services, email notification of privacy policy changes). We will also keep prior versions of this Privacy Policy in an archive for your review.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, or our Sites or Services, please contact:
contact@dfcworld.com