Uttung Skills Academy (“Uttung”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), a Mindwrks Group company, is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit uttungacademy.com or use our online admission portal (together, the “Services”). Please read it carefully. By using our Services, you consent to the practices described in this policy.
1. Information We Collect
Information you provide
- Personal details — full name, date of birth, gender, email address, mobile number, postal address, and emergency contact.
- Educational information — qualifications, institution, year of completion, grades, and subjects.
- Documents — government-issued ID, academic marksheets, address proof, photographs, and other documents you upload as part of your application.
- Payment information — registration-fee transaction details processed through our payment gateway. We do not store your full card or bank details on our servers.
- Communications — messages you send us through forms, email, phone, or chat.
Information collected automatically
- Device and browser type, IP address, pages visited, and general usage analytics, including through cookies and similar technologies.
2. How We Use Your Information
- To process and evaluate your admission application and verify your documents.
- To communicate with you about your application, admission status, fees, classes, and placement assistance.
- To process registration-fee payments and issue receipts.
- To provide, maintain, and improve our Services and respond to your queries.
- To send important updates and, where you have opted in, information about our programs.
- To comply with legal obligations and to detect and prevent fraud or misuse.
3. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell your personal information. We may share it only with:
- Service providers who help us operate the Services — for example, our cloud hosting, database, and payment-gateway partners — under appropriate confidentiality obligations.
- Our admissions and academic team, strictly to process your application.
- Authorities, where required by law, regulation, or valid legal process.
4. Data Security
We use industry-standard safeguards — including encrypted (HTTPS) connections, access controls, and secure cloud infrastructure — to protect your information. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
5. Data Retention
We retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this policy, to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations, and to resolve disputes. You may request deletion of your data as described below, subject to any records we are required to retain by law.
6. Cookies
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to keep you signed in, remember preferences, and understand site usage. You can control cookies through your browser settings; disabling them may affect some features.
7. Your Rights
Subject to applicable law, you may request to access, correct, update, or delete your personal information, or withdraw consent for non-essential processing. To exercise these rights, contact us using the details below, and we will respond within a reasonable time.
8. Children’s Privacy
Our Services are intended for applicants who are at least 15 years of age. We do not knowingly collect information from children below this age without appropriate consent.
9. Third-Party Links
Our Services may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites and encourage you to review their policies.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date above reflects the latest revision. Continued use of our Services after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
11. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, contact us at:
Uttung Skills Academy
Office No. 220, 2nd floor, Wakad Business Bay, Opposite Yashwin Encor, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Email: info@uttungacademy.com
Phone: +91 98220 28503 / +91 74209 94407