Privacy Policy

1. Data Fiduciary & Identity

This Privacy Policy constitutes an electronic record in terms of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules made thereunder. For the purposes of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ("DPDP Act"), the Data Fiduciary is:

2. Categories of Personal Data Collected

We process only such personal data as is necessary for lawful, transparent, and explicit purposes:

• Identity & Account Telemetry: Full name, official email address, mobile phone number, WhatsApp contact, encrypted password hashes, and profile photographs.
• Student Wellness Questionnaire (Voluntary): Optional health indications (such as chronic lumbar pain, cervical tension, hypertension, or trimester stage in prenatal yoga) provided voluntarily to enable teachers to suggest therapeutic asana modifications.
• Teacher Accreditation & KYC: Permanent Account Number (PAN), Indian bank account details (for Cashfree Easy Split payouts), Aadhaar validation records, Ayush Ministry / Yoga Alliance certifications, and academic degrees.
• Billing & Transaction Information: Payer name, billing email, state of residence, and payment gateway transaction IDs for digital receipt generation.
• Technical & Session Data: IP address, browser headers, Google Meet attendance timestamps, and device identifiers collected to prevent unauthorized multi-device stream sharing.

3. Student & Teacher Privacy Shield

To maintain community safety and sacred privacy, Yog Connectify enforces strict contact masking:

• Masked Rosters: Teachers see only your display first name and class attendance status. Your private phone number and personal email address are never exposed to instructors or fellow students.
• No Unauthorized WhatsApp Groups: Batches do not rely on public, unmonitored group chats where personal phone numbers are visible to strangers. All session links and schedule updates are sent through automated system channels.
• Live Video Feeds Policy: 2-way camera feeds on Google Meet are real-time and ephemeral, used exclusively by the Acharya to observe spinal alignment and offer posture feedback. Yog Connectify does not monetize, sell, or publicly broadcast student camera feeds.

4. Third-Party Processors & Data Transfers

We do not sell personal data to data brokers or advertising networks. We share data only with authorized service providers under strict confidentiality agreements:

• Payment Aggregators (Cashfree & Razorpay): Authorized by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Card and UPI details are processed on PCI-DSS Level 1 compliant tokenized servers; Yog Connectify never stores raw CVVs or banking passwords.
• Video Infrastructure (Google LLC): Google Meet and Google Calendar APIs are utilized to create and gate access to live cohort video classrooms.
• Communication Relays (Meta & AWS SES): WhatsApp Business Cloud API (Meta Platforms Inc.) and transactional email relays (Amazon SES / SendGrid) to deliver OTPs, batch schedules, and digital payment receipts.

5. Rights of Data Principals under DPDP Act 2023

As a Data Principal residing in India or globally, you possess statutory rights under Chapter III of the DPDP Act:

• Right to Access: Request a summary of your personal data processed by us and the processing activities undertaken.
• Right to Correction & Erasure: Correct incomplete or inaccurate data, or request permanent deletion of your profile, subject to statutory record retention laws under Indian financial and accounting regulations.
• Right of Grievance Redressal: Avail immediate recourse through our Nodal Grievance Redressal Officer.
• Right to Nominate: Nominate an individual who shall exercise your data rights in the event of death or incapacity.

6. Statutory Grievance Redressal Mechanism

In compliance with Rule 3(2) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 and the DPDP Act, 2023, the details of the designated Grievance Officer are set forth below:

7. Updates to this Policy

We may periodically revise this Privacy Policy to reflect statutory amendments under Indian law or enhancements to our digital classroom services. Material changes will be highlighted on the website with reasonable prior notice before taking effect.