OMI Foundation Trust (“OMI”), referred to as (“we”, “us”, “our”) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy and providing the information, options and choices necessary for you to control how we use your information. This privacy policy describes how we collect and use personal information to provide services operated by or on behalf of us.

BY ACCEPTING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS provided in this policy, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY. Please review the following carefully so that you understand our privacy practices. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, do not accept the Terms and Conditions or use our Services. This Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference into the Terms and Conditions.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through the email address provided on our website.

1. DEFINITIONS

Unless otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, the terms capitalized in the Privacy Policy shall have the meaning as provided hereunder:

a. “Personal Data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

b. “Device Identifier” shall mean IP address or other unique identifier for the Device.

c. “Usage Information” shall mean information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

2. SCOPE

OMI’s privacy homepage provides information about our commitment to respecting your personal information, and sets out as follows:

1. Information we collect as you access our platform
2. Information collected while using the website through Mobile
3. Use of collected information
4. Who we give your information to
5. Where we store your information
6. Changes to this policy
7. Contact us

3. INFORMATION WE COLLECT AS YOU ACCESS OUR PLATFORM

• We may collect certain information whenever you visit or interact with the Website (“Usage Information”). This Usage Information may include the browser that you are using, the URL, all of the areas within our Services that you visit, and the time of day, among other information. In addition, we collect your Device Identifier for your Device. A Device Identifier is a number that is automatically assigned to your Device used to access our website and identify your Device by its Device Identifier.
• Usage Information may be collected using a cookie. If you do not want information to be collected through the use of cookies, your browser allows you to deny or accept the use of cookies. Cookies can be disabled or controlled by setting a preference within your web browser or on your Device. If you choose to disable cookies or flash cookies on your Device, some features of the Platform may not function properly or may not be able to customize the delivery of information to you. OMI Foundation Trust cannot control the use of cookies (or the resulting information) by third parties, and use of third party cookies is not covered by our Privacy Policy.

4. INFORMATION COLLECTED WHILE USING THE WEBSITE THROUGH MOBILE

• When you use our Website, the Website may automatically collect and store some or all of the following information from your mobile device (“Mobile Device Information”), in addition to the Device Information, including without limitation:
  • Your preferred language and country site (if applicable)
  • The manufacturer and model of your mobile device
  • Your mobile operating system
  • The type of mobile internet browsers you are using

5. USE OF INFORMATION COLLECTED

• Our primary goal in collecting your information is to provide you with an enhanced experience when using the website. We use your information to closely monitor which features of the website are used most.
• We use your Internet Protocol (IP) address to help diagnose problems with our computer server and to administer our website(s). Your IP address is used to help identify you but contains no personal information about you.
• We may use the information obtained from you to prevent, discover, and investigate violations of this Privacy Policy or any applicable terms of service or terms of use for the Website.
• In addition, we may use the Usage Information that we collect about you for inclusion in our data analytics.

6. WHO WE GIVE YOUR INFORMATION TO

We do not sell, share, rent, or trade the information we have collected about you, other than as disclosed within this Privacy Policy or at the time you provide your information. Following are the situations when information may be shared:

a. Administrative and legal reasons

We cooperate with Government and law enforcement officials to enforce and comply with the law. Thus, we may access, use, preserve, transfer, and disclose your information (such as IP address, Device Information etc.,), to Government or law enforcement officials as we reasonably determine is necessary and appropriate: (i) to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, subpoenas, Governmental requests or legal process; (ii) to protect and/or defend the Terms and Conditions for our website or other policies applicable to our website, including investigation of potential violations thereof; (iii) to protect the safety, rights, property or security of OMI Foundation Trust; (iv) to detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues; and /or (vi) to prevent or stop activity we may consider to be, or to pose a risk of being, an illegal, unethical, or legally actionable activity.

b. Social media widgets

Our website may include our social media page widgets, such as our Facebook page, Instagram page etc., Visit on these pages may collect your IP address and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media widgets are hosted directly on our server.. Your interactions with these social media platforms are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing them.

7. INFORMATION SECURITY

The Protected Information and Usage Information we collect is securely stored within our databases, and we use standard, industry-wide, commercially reasonable security practices for protecting your information.

8. GRIEVANCE

OMI Foundation Trust hereby appoints Support Manager as the grievance officer for the purposes of the rules drafted under the Information Technology Act, 2000, who may be contacted at comms@omifoundation.org. You may address any grievances you may have in respect of this privacy policy or usage of your Protected Information or other data to the Support Manager.

9. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

From time to time, we may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our information practices. Any changes will be effective immediately upon the posting of the revised Privacy Policy. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.