Privacy Policy

Your Privacy is of paramount importance to us. We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and protecting your Personal Data that is with us. This Privacy Notice outlines the details of the Personal Data we collect and process, how we handle it and the purposes for which we use it. Please read the following carefully to understand our practices regarding your Personal Data.

Throughout this document, the terms “we”, “us”, “our” & “ours” refer to TVS Cheema Scholarship Foundation. And the terms “you”, “your” & “yours” refer to YOU (the individual whose Personal Data we are referring to).

What Personal Data Do We Collect, Store and Process?

Categories of Personal Data that we collect, store and process are as follows:

1. Demographic, Identity & Contact Data (for e.g., name, last name, date of birth, gender, email address, address proof, contact number, language, occupation, physical address with pin code, preferences and interests.)
2. Personal Identification Number (for e.g., Aadhaar Number, etc.)
3. Financial Account Details (for e.g., bank account details, Proof of income)
4. Educational Data (for e.g., institute name, marks obtained, CGPA, etc.)
5. Details relating to any physical disability (for e.g. type of disability, description, percentage)
6. Online Identifiers and other Technical Data (for e.g., IP address, browser type, device identifiers)
7. Communications details (for e.g., communication done through emails, message)
8. Details of parents/guardians (for e.g., name, number, occupation, income etc.)
9. Details of the guarantor (for e.g., name, phone, age, Aadhaar No., etc.)
10. Generated Data (for e.g., logs, transaction records)
11. Information relevant to surveys that we undertake.
12. Testimonials that may contain some Personal Data.

Where Do We Collect Your Personal Data From?

We collect your Personal Data in the following ways:

1. When you visit our website or social media pages and fill in the registration form and use the Contact Us facility.
2. When you interact with us via our websites or use services on our websites including customer support.
3. Via third party vendors

How Do We Use Your Personal Data?

We use your Personal Data for the following purposes:

1. to determine your scholarship or loan eligibility.
2. to ascertain the quantum of financial assistance required.
3. to authenticate your account or information on our website/applications that you use.
4. to provide you with our products and services.to communicate with you regarding notifications of any alerts or updates on your application.
5. to evaluate, develop and improve our services.
6. to reach out to you for marketing purposes.
7. to obtain feedback and handle enquiries and complaints.
8. to comply with legal or regulatory requirements.

If you are a website visitor, we process your Personal Data to optimize your website experience and customize content.

On What Legal Grounds Do We Process Your Personal Data?

We process your Personal Data by relying on one or more of the following legal grounds:

1. You have consented to us processing your Personal Data for specified reasons.
2. The processing is necessary to carry out our contractual obligation with you (for e.g., to communicate with you regarding existing services availed by you).
3. The processing is necessary to fulfil our legitimate uses.
4. The processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation we may have towards other stakeholders like law enforcement agencies, government agencies, regulators, etc.

Where the processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any point in time. Upon receipt of your request to withdraw your consent, the consequences of withdrawal will be communicated to you. In many cases, upon such a withdrawal, we may not be able to continue offering our products and services to you. You may withdraw consent by contacting us using the details specified in the ‘Contact Us’ section.

Who Do We Share Your Personal Data With?

We may disclose your Personal Data to:

1. Third Party Service Providers who work for us or provide services or products to us.

We may also share your Personal Data under the following circumstances:

1. to respond to court orders, or legal process, or to establish our legal rights or defend against legal claims.
2. if we are acquired by or merged with another company.

How Do We Secure Your Personal Data?

We are committed to protecting your Personal Data in our custody. We take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate physical, technical and managerial safeguards are in place to protect your Personal Data from unauthorized access, alteration, transmission, and deletion. We train our employees about the importance of maintaining the privacy and security of your Personal Data. We ensure that the third parties with whom we share your Personal Data under appropriate contracts; take appropriate security measures to protect your Personal Data in line with our policies.

How Long Do We Keep Your Personal Data?

We retain your Personal Data for as long as it is required to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice and for legal or regulatory reasons.

How Do We Use Cookies and other Tracking Mechanisms?

We use cookies and other tracking mechanisms on our website to collect data about you. We use the data collected from cookies and trackers to analyze trends and statistics. This will help us optimize and customize your website experience and to provide better website functionalities.

We collect Personal Data about you via Mobile Applications using permissions such as camera contacts/telephone, location, photo, SMS, etc. Your iOS and Android devices will notify you of the permissions that our app seeks and will provide you an option to consent to or refuse the permission. We use the data obtained through permissions to provide the functionalities through the Mobile Applications.

Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to websites of other organisations. This Privacy Notice does not cover how that organisation processes Personal Data. We encourage you to read the Privacy Notices of the other websites you visit.

How Do We Keep This Notice Up to Date?

We regularly review and update our Privacy Notice to ensure it is up-to-date and accurate. Any changes we may make to this Privacy Notice in the future will be posted on this page. When we post changes to this Privacy Notice, we will revise the “last updated” date.

Limitation of Liability

To the extent permissible under the law, we shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, data, information, or other intangible losses (even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages), arising out of this Privacy Policy.

Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Dispute Resolution

This Privacy Policy shall be construed and governed by the laws of India without regard to principles of conflict of laws. All disputes, differences, claims, controversies and the like, which may arise between the parties to this Privacy Policy, including construction, meaning or operation or effect of the same shall be referred to sole arbitration of an arbitrator to be nominated by the MCCI Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation Centre (MAMC), The Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ‘Karumuttu Centre’, First Floor, No. 634, Anna Salai, Nandanam, Chennai – 600 035, at the request of the authorised signatory of either TVS Motor or yourself, as the case may be, and such arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act, 2021, or its statutory amendments, and in accordance with the MAMC’s Rules of Arbitration and Conciliation or its amendments, in English language, and the seat of arbitration shall be at Chennai; the venue of arbitration shall be as per the choice of the MAMC-appointed arbitrator. The Award passed by the Arbitrator shall be final and binding on both the Parties.

How Do You Contact Us?

For any further queries and complaints related to privacy or exercising your rights, you could reach our Data Protection Officer at the following address:

(For privacy related issues only)
Business Address: TVS CHEEMA SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
Chaitanya,
No.12, Khader, NawazKhan Rd
Nungambakkam, Shastri Bhavan, Chennai,
Chennai- 600006,
Tamil Nadu

Phone: 04344-276780