Comprehensive Privacy Policy for Indian Peoples Council
Last Updated: [09/10/2025]
1. Introduction
Indian Peoples Council (“we,” “our,” “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website [https://indianpeoplescouncil.com/], use our membership services, interact with our social media, or otherwise engage with us as a registered political party. Please read this policy carefully.
2. Information We Collect
a) Personal Information:
- Voluntarily Provided: Name, email address, phone number, postal address, demographic information (e.g., age, constituency), and any other details you provide when you:
- Become a member or volunteer
- Contact us via forms or email
- Sign up for newsletters or events
- Donate to the party
b) Automatically Collected Information:
- Technical Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, device information, pages visited, time spent on site, and referring website addresses. We collect this via cookies and similar tracking technologies.
- Social Media Data: When you interact with our embedded social media feeds (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube), these platforms may share analytics data with us (e.g., engagement metrics, public profile information) as per their policies.
c) Information from Third Parties:
- We may receive information from social media platforms when you interact with our content, subject to your privacy settings on those platforms.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To manage and process your party membership
- To communicate with you (send updates, newsletters, political materials, and event information)
- To organize and mobilize for political activities and campaigns
- To improve our website, content, and outreach strategies
- To comply with Indian election and political party regulations
- To prevent fraud and ensure the security of our digital assets
- To analyze engagement across our website and social media platforms
4. Legal Basis for Processing (Under Indian IT Act & DPDPA)
We process your personal information based on:
- Your explicit consent when you provide your data
- The legitimate interest of a political party in communicating with its members and the electorate
- Compliance with legal obligations under the Representation of the People Act, 1951 and other Indian laws
5. How We Share Your Information
- Within the Party: Your information may be shared with authorized party members and volunteers for organizational purposes.
- Service Providers: With trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our political work (e.g., email service providers, cloud hosting), and who are bound by contractual obligations to keep your information confidential.
- Legal Requirements: When required by law, court order, or to comply with any legal or regulatory process in India.
- With Your Consent: For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information, with your explicit consent.
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal identification information to third parties.
6. Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by Indian law. Membership data is retained for the duration of your membership and a reasonable period thereafter.
7. Your Rights
Under the upcoming Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) and other applicable laws, you have the right to:
- Access and receive a copy of your personal data
- Correct inaccurate or incomplete data
- Withdraw your consent for data processing
- Request deletion of your personal data
- Grievance redressal
To exercise these rights, contact our Grievance Officer at: work.abhishekparmar@gmail.com
8. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our website uses cookies to enhance user experience. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, but this may affect website functionality.
9. Third-Party Links and Embedded Content
Our website contains links to and embedded content from social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, etc.). These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites.
10. Social Media Integration
When you interact with our social media content embedded on our website, the respective social media platforms may collect data about you as outlined in their privacy policies. We only receive aggregated, anonymized data from these platforms about engagement with our content.
11. Data Security
We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no internet transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
12. Children’s Privacy
Our services are not directed to individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date.
14. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Grievance Officer: Abhishek Tusharkumar Parmar
Email: work.abhishekparmar@gmail.com
Address: Indian Peoples Council, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India