educarecounselling.com
Last Updated: 13th August 2025

1. Introduction & Acceptance

We at Educare Counselling (“we”, “us”, “our”) respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data under India’s privacy frameworks, including the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and the IT (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 (Counsel India, Wikipedia).
By accessing or using educarecounselling.com (“Website”), you accept this Privacy Policy and consent to the practices described herein.

2. Scope

This policy governs the collection, use, disclosure, and retention of personal data for all users of our Website.

3. Information We Collect

a. Personal Information

When you engage with us (e.g., inquiries, appointment requests), we may collect details such as:

• Name, email address, phone number
  
  
• Educational background, counselling preferences, course interests
  
  

b. Usage Data (Log Data)

We automatically log technical and usage information like:

• IP address, browser type/version, pages visited, access date/time, referral sources (Counsel India, BCPA).
  
  

c. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies, web beacons, and similar tools for:

• Enhancing site functionality and user experience
  
  
• Analytics and performance tracking
  You can manage or disable cookies in your browser settings, although some functionality may be affected (edukatingindia.com, BCPA).
  
  

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the data we collect to:

• Deliver and personalize counselling services and support
  
  
• Respond to queries and process service requests
  
  
• Send service-related communications (e.g., updates, reminders)
  
  
• Analyze site performance and improve our offerings
  
  
• (With consent) Share updates, offers, or newsletters
  This mirrors common practices across Indian counselling sites like MetaApply Career Counselling, StudyIndia, and Edukating India (careercounselling, https://www.studyindia.com, edukatingindia.com).
  
  

5. Disclosure of Information

We do not sell or rent your personal data. We may share your data in limited scenarios:

• With trusted third-party service providers for hosting, analytics, or support (under confidentiality obligations)
  
  
• To comply with legal obligations, respond to government requests, or protect our rights
  This is consistent with practices seen on other Indian counselling platforms (careercounselling, edukatingindia.com).
  
  

6. Data Security

We implement industry-standard technical and organizational safeguards such as secure servers, encryption, and access controls to protect your data (Study Overseas Consultants).
However, no system can guarantee absolute security.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal information only as long as needed for the purposes outlined here or as required by law. When no longer required, data is securely deleted or anonymized (Study Overseas Consultants, edukatingindia.com).

8. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Request access to your personal data
  
  
• Correct or update inaccurate or incomplete information
  
  
• Request deletion of your data, subject to legal or contractual obligations
  
  
• Withdraw your consent for data processing at any time
  To exercise these rights, please contact us at [contact@educarecounselling.com].
  
  

9. Children’s Privacy

Our Website is not intended for individuals under [insert age, e.g. 13/18]. We do not knowingly collect data from minors. If we discover such data is collected, we will promptly delete it (edukatingindia.com, BCPA).

10. Third-Party Links

Our site may link to external sites with separate privacy practices. We do not bear responsibility for their content or policies (edukatingindia.com, BCPA).

11. Policy Updates

We may revise this policy from time to time. Changes are effective upon posting with an updated “Last Updated” date. We recommend checking this page periodically (Counsel India, careercounselling).

12. Other Information

Comments

Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

13. Contact Information

For questions or requests regarding this policy:

Email: bharatisood@educarecounselling.com
Address: Sea Breeze, 2 – 702, Sector 16, Palm Beach Road, Nerul (West), Navi Mumbai – 400706