Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 11^th November 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how Vastra Kala Academy (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit, use our services, or enroll in our courses (collectively, the “Services”).

1. Information We Collect

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register for courses, express interest in our Services, participate in activities, or contact us.

1. Personal Information Provided by You

The personal information we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services, and may include:

• Identity Data: Name, date of birth, gender, and photograph (if provided for student ID/portfolio).
• Contact Data: Email address, phone number, address, and social media handles.
• Educational/Professional Data: Previous educational background, professional experience, and area of specialization.
• Payment Data: Information necessary to process payments (e.g., credit card number, bank account details) – Note: We use secure third-party payment processors and do not store sensitive payment information.
• Enquiry Data: Information provided when contacting us for support or information about courses.

1. Automatically Collected Data (Usage Data)

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity but may include device and usage information, such as:

• IP address
• Browser and device characteristics
• Operating system
• Referring URLs
• Country and location
• Information about how and when you use our Services (time stamps, pages visited).

1. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Policy (which should be separate or integrated here).

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the personal information we collect for various purposes, including:

• Service Delivery: To enroll you in our courses, provide access to the online learning platform, and manage your attendance and progress.
• Communication: To send you administrative information, course updates, and respond to your inquiries.
• Marketing and Promotions: To send you marketing and promotional communications about our products, services, and new courses, in accordance with your preferences.
• Operational Management: To process payments, manage our business operations, and maintain our records.
• Security: To protect the security and integrity of our website, prevent fraud, and comply with legal requirements.
• Improvement: To monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve and optimize our website and Services.
• Portfolio/Showcase: To showcase student work, with explicit consent, for promotional and testimonial purposes.

3. Sharing Your Information

We may share your data in the following situations:

• Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your data with vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf (e.g., payment processors, hosting services, marketing agencies).
• Legal Compliance: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.
• Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
• Affiliates/Partners: We may share your information with our affiliates or business partners (e.g., Amit Tiwari’s factory operations) to offer certain products, services, or functions necessary for the delivery of our unique hands-on training model.

4. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.

5. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location and the applicable laws, you may have the right to:

• Request access to and obtain a copy of your personal data.
• Request rectification or erasure of your personal data.
• Withdraw your consent at any time (where we are relying on consent to process your data).

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.

6. Children’s Privacy

Our Services are not directed to individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Effective Date” and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

8. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may contact us at:

Vastra Kala Academy Email: info@vastrakalaacademy.com
Phone: +91 9899690329
Address: 2^nd floor, Plot no-137, Ravi Nagar, Tilak Nagar, New Delhi-110019, India