Privacy Policy

Global Vision Health and Education Trust is committed to protecting your privacy and maintaining the confidentiality and security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect when you use our website, how we use it, when we may share it, and the choices and rights available to you.

By using our website, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Last Updated: 23 October 2026

What Information Do We Collect?

When you visit or use our website, we may collect the following types of information:

1. Personal Information

You may voluntarily provide personal information when you contact us, make a donation, submit an enquiry, register for an activity, volunteer, or interact with our services.

This information may include:

Full name
Email address
Phone number
Address
City
State
PIN code
Donation-related information
Information provided through contact or enquiry forms
Any other information you voluntarily provide to us

2. Usage Data

When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically. This may include:

IP address
Browser type and version
Device type
Operating system
Pages visited
Date and time of your visit
Time spent on pages
Referring website or page
General website usage information

We use this information primarily to understand how visitors use our website, improve our services, maintain website security, and prevent misuse.

3. Mobile Device Information

If you access our website through a mobile phone or tablet, we may collect limited technical information about the device, such as device type, operating system, browser information, and other technical information provided by the device or browser.

We do not access precise GPS location from your device through the website unless you specifically provide permission for a feature that requires such access.

Cookies – What Are They?

Cookies are small text files stored on your computer, mobile phone, or other device when you visit a website. They help websites remember certain information and improve your browsing experience.

We may use the following types of cookies:

Necessary Cookies

These cookies are required for certain parts of our website to function properly. They may support basic website functionality, security, forms, and other essential services.

Preference or Acceptance Cookies

These cookies may remember choices you make, such as whether you have accepted a cookie notice or certain website preferences.

Functionality Cookies

These cookies may remember preferences and settings to provide a more convenient experience when you return to our website.

Analytics Cookies

Where applicable, we may use analytics services to understand how visitors interact with our website, including information such as pages visited, approximate location, browser type, and general usage patterns.

You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of some parts of the website.

How Do We Use Your Information?

Global Vision Health and Education Trust may use the information we collect for legitimate organisational and administrative purposes, including:

To operate, maintain, and improve our website.
To respond to your questions, requests, and enquiries.
To process donations and maintain appropriate donor records.
To issue donation receipts and maintain records required for applicable legal and tax requirements.
To communicate with donors, volunteers, beneficiaries, supporters, and other individuals who contact us.
To provide information about our charitable activities, causes, programmes, campaigns, and initiatives.
To send updates, announcements, or information about our activities where permitted by law and subject to your communication preferences.
To understand website usage and improve our online services.
To maintain website security and prevent fraud, abuse, or unauthorised activity.
To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, and government requirements.
To protect the rights, safety, property, and legitimate interests of Global Vision Health and Education Trust and its stakeholders.

Do We Share Your Information with Others?

We respect your privacy and do not sell or commercially trade your personal information.

However, we may share information in limited circumstances, including:

Service Providers

We may share necessary information with trusted third-party service providers who help us operate our website, payment systems, communication services, hosting, analytics, IT infrastructure, or other organisational services.

These service providers are expected to use information only for the purposes for which it is provided.

Payment and Donation Services

If you make a donation through an online payment facility, certain information may be processed by the relevant payment gateway or financial service provider. Their own privacy policies may also apply.

Legal and Regulatory Requirements

We may disclose information where required or permitted by applicable Indian law, court orders, government authorities, regulatory requirements, or legal processes.

Protection of Rights and Safety

We may share information when reasonably necessary to prevent fraud, abuse, security threats, unlawful activities, or to protect the rights, safety, and property of the Trust, our users, donors, beneficiaries, staff, volunteers, or other individuals.

Business or Organisational Transfers

If the Trust undergoes a restructuring, merger, transfer of activities, or other organisational change, information may be transferred as part of that process, subject to applicable law.

With Your Consent

We may share your information for other purposes when you have provided appropriate consent.

Donation and Donor Information

If you make a donation to Global Vision Health and Education Trust, we may collect information necessary to process the donation and maintain appropriate donor records.

Depending on the donation method, this may include:

Donor name
Email address
Phone number
Address
City
State
PIN code
Donation amount
Donation date
Transaction/reference information
Information required for donation receipts or applicable tax documentation

Payment card, banking, or other sensitive payment information may be processed directly by the relevant payment gateway or financial institution. We generally do not store complete card or banking credentials on our website unless specifically required and lawfully permitted.

Donation information may be retained for accounting, audit, receipt generation, tax compliance, statutory requirements, and organisational record-keeping.

Website Analytics and Approximate Location

When you visit our website, we may collect limited technical information such as your IP address and an approximate location derived from that IP address.

This information may be used for:

Understanding general visitor activity.
Website analytics.
Security and abuse prevention.
Improving website performance.
Understanding the general geographic reach of our charitable activities.

Any location derived from an IP address is approximate. We do not use this information to determine your precise physical location.

We do not access your device’s GPS location through the website unless you specifically provide permission for a feature that requires precise location information.

How Long Do We Keep Your Information?

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or as required by applicable Indian laws and regulations.

For example, donation and financial records may need to be retained for accounting, audit, tax, legal, and regulatory purposes.

Website usage and technical information may generally be retained for shorter periods unless it is required for security, fraud prevention, legal, or operational purposes.

When information is no longer required, we may securely delete, anonymise, or otherwise dispose of it, subject to applicable legal requirements.

Transfer of Your Information

Some of our service providers or technology infrastructure may be located outside your state or outside India. As a result, information may potentially be processed or stored in another jurisdiction.

Where information is transferred or processed by third-party service providers, we take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate security and privacy safeguards are applied, subject to applicable law.

Your Privacy Rights

Subject to applicable law and reasonable verification requirements, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

Request information about the personal data we hold about you.
Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
Request deletion of your personal information where there is no legal or legitimate reason for us to retain it.
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
Request information about how your personal information is being used.

Some information may need to be retained due to legal, tax, accounting, audit, security, or regulatory obligations.

To exercise your privacy rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

Is Your Information Safe With Us?

Global Vision Health and Education Trust takes reasonable measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, misuse, or destruction.

We may use appropriate administrative, technical, and organisational safeguards depending on the nature of the information and the risks involved.

However, no method of transmitting information over the internet or storing information electronically can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Therefore, while we take reasonable precautions, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Children’s Privacy

Our website is not intended to knowingly collect unnecessary personal information from children.

Where applicable law requires parental or guardian consent before collecting personal information from a minor, we will take appropriate steps to obtain such consent.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us without the required consent, please contact us so that we can review and take appropriate action.

Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, social media platforms, payment providers, or other external websites.

These websites operate independently and may have their own privacy policies and terms of use.

Global Vision Health and Education Trust is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites.

We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any external website before providing personal information.

Communication and Marketing

If you provide your contact information to us, we may use it to respond to your enquiries, provide donation-related information, communicate about our programmes, or provide important organisational updates.

Where required, promotional communications will be sent in accordance with applicable law and your communication preferences.

You may request that we stop sending non-essential promotional communications by contacting us or using an available unsubscribe option.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

Global Vision Health and Education Trust may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our activities, website functionality, legal requirements, or privacy practices.

When we make significant changes, we may update this page and revise the “Last Updated” date.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to remain informed about how we handle your information.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information, or your privacy rights, please contact us:

Global Vision Health and Education Trust

Email: contact.gvheat@gmail.com

Phone: +91 99133 99611

Address: 28, Hariom Nagar, Godadara, Surat – 395010, Gujarat, India

Website: www.healthandeducation.org