Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 29 September 2026 · Lord Buddha Awareness And Development Foundation
This Privacy Policy describes how the Trust collects, uses, and protects information provided by visitors, donors and volunteers through this website.
1. Introduction and Purpose
Lord Buddha Awareness And Development Foundation is dedicated to protecting your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, store, handle, and secure your personal details through our website and administrative systems.
2. Compliance with Legal Standards
This policy complies with applicable Indian laws, including the Information Technology Act, 2000, reasonable security practices guidelines, and the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act.
3. Collection of Contact Information
When you reach out via our contact or volunteer forms, we collect your full name, email address, mobile phone number, city, and any custom message you share.
4. Donor Information & Statutory Records
If you contribute to the foundation, we collect donor details including name, postal address, email, phone number, and PAN where required for statutory accounting and legal compliance.
5. Information Collected Automatically
Standard automated records such as your device IP address, browser type, operating system version, referring pages, and access timestamps are collected for diagnostic and stability purposes.
6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our platform uses basic and session cookies to ensure core website performance, manage secure sessions for the administrator portal, and evaluate aggregate page traffic.
7. Purpose of Using Your Data
Personal details are used exclusively to respond to public inquiries, process charitable contributions, coordinate volunteer initiatives, provide program updates, and fulfill mandatory statutory records.
8. Handling of Financial & Banking Data
All electronic transactions or UPI transfers are securely routed via licensed third-party payment providers. The Trust does not store or process card PINs, CVV, or net-banking credentials on its servers.
9. Strict Policy Against Data Sale
The Trust will never trade, license, rent, monetize, or sell your private contact data to commercial third parties, data aggregators, or external advertisers.
10. Media and Event Photography Consent
Photographs captured during our welfare initiatives, health camps, and public seminars displayed in our gallery are handled respectfully. Any individual seeking removal of their recognizable image can request deletion by contacting us.
11. Data Security Measures
We implement HTTPS encryption (TLS/SSL protocols), role-based database permissions, strict firewall rules, and structured security controls to protect against data leakage or theft.
12. Right to Review, Rectify and Erasure
You may request a copy of the personal details we hold, request corrections, or request complete removal of your contact records, provided such retention is not made mandatory by legal or taxation standards.
13. Children's Privacy Protection
Our web forms are intended for use by adults or legal guardians. We do not intentionally capture information from minors under 18 years without guardian consent.
14. Jurisdiction and Governing Law
This document is governed by the laws of India, subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts in Aurangabad, Bihar.
Grievance & Contact Desk
Lord Buddha Awareness And Development Foundation
Village - Deokali, Post - Obra, District - Aurangabad, Bihar - 824124
Email: lbaadftrust@gmail.com · Ref: Deed No. 6/2024 (Book No. 4, Volume No. 1)