Our institutional commitment to protecting personal privacy, safeguarding digital rights, and maintaining strict transparency under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023.
Grameen Foundation India Pvt LTD (“GFI”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) is committed to honoring and safeguarding the digital privacy of all visitors, partners, researchers, community stakeholders, and beneficiaries who access our digital portals, research desks, and online services.
This Privacy Policy sets forth our practices regarding the collection, processing, storage, protection, and disclosure of Personal Data in compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) of the Republic of India, the Information Technology Act, 2000, and international data protection best practices.
Depending on your interaction with our website, we may collect the following categories of data:
GFI processes digital information solely on specified, legitimate grounds:
All photographs, field documentation images, video recordings, beneficiary portraits, institutional logos, and visual graphics hosted on this portal represent the proprietary intellectual property of Grameen Foundation India or are published with explicit informed consent from grassroots community members.
No visitor, individual, or corporate entity is permitted to scrape, copy, download, reproduce, republish, alter, distribute, or exploit any photograph or visual asset without prior written authorization from Grameen Foundation India. Violations will be pursued under the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 and relevant international intellectual property treaties.
This website utilizes automated machine-translation engines (supporting 12+ Indian regional languages including Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Assamese, and Odia) to facilitate accessible navigation for grassroots stakeholders.
While automated algorithms strive for contextual relevance, machine-generated translations may occasionally introduce interpretive variations or linguistic ambiguities. The original English version of the portal is the authentic, definitive, and legally authoritative standard for all disclosures, publications, and governance notices.
We utilize standard cookie storage and local storage preferences (`gfi_cookie_consent_v2`, `gfi_disclaimer_ack_v1`, `gfi_site_language`) to remember your cookie preferences, maintain session state, and measure anonymous engagement metrics. You can accept all cookies, select essential-only cookies, or clear cookies through your browser settings at any time.
We do NOT sell, lease, monetize, or trade any personal data with commercial advertisers. Data may only be shared with verified service providers (such as secure cloud infrastructure, transactional mail systems, and statutory auditors) operating under binding non-disclosure and data protection agreements.
Under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, you have the right to:
For any privacy inquiries, grievance submissions, or data access requests, please contact our designated Grievance & Data Protection Officer:
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