🔒 Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how Siri Mahila Sadhikaraka Welfare Society (SMSWS) collects, uses, protects, and manages personal information shared by beneficiaries, donors, partners, volunteers and visitors to our website or services. We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality, safety and integrity of all personal data entrusted to us.

📌 Information We Collect

• 🪪 Personal identification details (name, age, gender, contact numbers)
• 📄 Documentation details (Aadhaar, PAN, certificates) provided voluntarily for social protection services
• 🏠 Address and demographic information for programme eligibility
• 📞 Communication data (calls, WhatsApp messages, emails)
• 📷 Photos or testimonies (only with informed consent)
• 🌐 Website usage data (cookies, device type, page interactions — if applicable)

🧭 How We Use Your Information

• 🤝 To provide social protection, health, education, legal and livelihood services
• 📑 To process documentation applications and government scheme linkages
• 🧑‍⚕️ To deliver health and counselling support
• 📣 To contact beneficiaries about programmes, updates or events
• 📊 For internal monitoring, reporting and programme improvement
• 📂 For donor reporting (without revealing personal identity unless consented)
• 🎤 For stories or case studies (only with consent)

🔐 Data Protection & Security

• 🔒 Personal information is stored securely and accessed only by authorised staff
• 🫶 Sensitive data (HIV status, legal cases, SP documents) is handled with strict confidentiality
• ⚖️ No information is shared with outsiders without consent except when required by law
• 🧾 Physical documents are kept under restricted access and disposed responsibly
• 🌐 Website data is protected using standard security practices

📤 Sharing of Information

• 🏛️ With government departments (Aadhaar, banks, welfare offices) only for service facilitation
• 📘 With donors or partners only in aggregated form, never revealing personal identity
• ⚖️ When required by law, court order, or official investigation
• 🤝 Never sold, rented, or misused for commercial purposes

🧒 Child Privacy

• 🧸 Children’s details are collected only with parental/guardian consent
• 🔐 Photos or stories of children are used only after written permission
• 🛡️ Child protection guidelines are strictly followed

📝 Consent

• ✔ By sharing information, individuals voluntarily consent to its use for programme purposes
• ✔ Consent can be withdrawn anytime by contacting SMSWS
• ✔ Photo/video consent is always taken separately

🗂️ Data Retention

• 📁 Personal data is stored only as long as required for programme implementation
• 🧾 Legal and financial data is retained as per statutory requirements
• 🗑️ Data is securely deleted once no longer needed

⚠️ Your Rights

• 📄 Right to request access to your personal data
• ✏️ Right to request correction of inaccurate information
• 🗑️ Right to request deletion (when legally permissible)
• 🚫 Right to withdraw consent at any time

📞 Contact Us

Organisation: Siri Mahila Sadhikaraka Welfare Society (SMSWS)
Phone / WhatsApp: +91 939 827 6995
Email: smswscbo995@gmail.com
For any questions about this Privacy Policy or to update/remove your information, please connect with us.