Privacy Policy
Describes how Desi Udyogini collects, uses, and protects personal information submitted through our website, including forms and cookies used for analytics and advertising.
Last updated February 06, 2026
This Privacy Notice for Desi Udyoginis ('we',
'us', or 'our'), describes how and why
we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share
('process') your personal information when you use our
services ('Services'), including when you:
- Visit our website at https://desiudyoginis.in/ or any website of ours that links to this Privacy Notice
- Use Desi Udyoginis. Desi Udyoginis is a platform that celebrates and empowers women entrepreneurs across India. It helps women share their stories about courage, creativity, and the journey of building businesses from dreams.
- Engage with us in other related ways, including any marketing or events
Questions or concerns? Reading this Privacy Notice
will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. We are
responsible for making decisions about how your personal information
is processed. If you do not agree with our policies and practices,
please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or
concerns, please contact us at [email protected].
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
This summary provides key points from our Privacy Notice, but you
can find out more details about any of these topics by clicking
the link following each key point or by using our table of contents below to find the section you are looking for.
What personal information do we process? When you
visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal
information depending on how you interact with us and the Services,
the choices you make, and the products and features you use. Learn
more about personal information you disclose to us.
Do we process any sensitive personal information? Some of the information may be considered 'special' or 'sensitive' in
certain jurisdictions, for example your racial or ethnic origins,
sexual orientation, and religious beliefs. We do not process sensitive
personal information.
Do we collect any information from third parties? We do not collect any information from third parties.
How do we process your information? We process your
information to provide, improve, and administer our Services,
communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply
with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with
your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid
legal reason to do so. Learn more about how we process your information.
In what situations and with which types of parties do we share
personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific
categories of third parties. Learn more about when and with whom we share your personal information.
How do we keep your information safe? We have
adequate organisational and technical processes and procedures in
place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic
transmission over the internet or information storage technology can
be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee
that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorised third parties will
not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access,
steal, or modify your information. Learn more about how we keep your information safe.
What are your rights? Depending on where you are
located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have
certain rights regarding your personal information. Learn more
about your privacy rights.
How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to
exercise your rights is by submitting a data subject access request, or by contacting us. We will consider and act upon any request in
accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Want to learn more about what we do with any information we
collect? Review the Privacy Notice in full.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Personal information you disclose to us
In Short:We collect personal information that you provide to us. We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us
when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our
products and Services, when you participate in activities on the
Services, or otherwise when you contact us.
Personal Information Provided by You. The personal
information that we collect depends on the context of your
interactions with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the
products and features you use. The personal information we collect may
include the following:
- names
- phone numbers
- email addresses
Sensitive Information. We do not process sensitive information.
All personal information that you provide to us must be true,
complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such
personal information.
Information automatically collected
In Short:Some information — such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device characteristics — is collected automatically when you visit our Services. We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or
navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific
identity (like your name or contact information) but may include
device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and
device characteristics, operating system, language preferences,
referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how
and when you use our Services, and other technical information. This
information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation
of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting
purposes.
Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and
similar technologies.
The information we collect includes:
- Log and Usage Data. Log and usage data is service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our Services and which we record in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type, and settings and information about your activity in the Services (such as the date/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches, and other actions you take such as which features you use), device event information (such as system activity, error reports (sometimes called 'crash dumps'), and hardware settings).
- Device Data. We collect device data such as information about your computer, phone, tablet, or other device you use to access the Services. Depending on the device used, this device data may include information such as your IP address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model, Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating system, and system configuration information.
- Location Data. We collect location data such as information about your device's location, which can be either precise or imprecise. How much information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use to access the Services. For example, we may use GPS and other technologies to collect geolocation data that tells us your current location (based on your IP address). You can opt out of allowing us to collect this information either by refusing access to the information or by disabling your Location setting on your device. However, if you choose to opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of the Services.
Google API
Our use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your personal information for a variety of reasons,
depending on how you interact with our Services, including:
- To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user. We may process your information to provide you with the requested service.
- To enable user-to-user communications. We may process your information if you choose to use any of our offerings that allow for communication with another user.
- To send you marketing and promotional communications. We may process the personal information you send to us for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. You can opt out of our marketing emails at any time. For more information, see 'WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?' below.
- To deliver targeted advertising to you. We may process your information to develop and display personalised content and advertising tailored to your interests, location, and more.
- To evaluate and improve our Services, products, marketing, and your experience. We may process your information when we believe it is necessary to identify usage trends, determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our Services, products, marketing, and your experience.
- To identify usage trends. We may process information about how you use our Services to better understand how they are being used so we can improve them.
- To determine the effectiveness of our marketing and promotional campaigns. We may process your information to better understand how to provide marketing and promotional campaigns that are most relevant to you.
- To comply with our legal obligations. We may process your information to comply with our legal obligations, respond to legal requests, and exercise, establish, or defend our legal rights.
Vendors, Consultants, and Other
Third-Party Service
Providers. We may share your data with
third-party vendors, service
providers, contractors, or agents
('third parties')
who perform services for us or on
our behalf and require access to
such information to do that work.
The categories of third parties we
may share personal information with
are as follows:
- Ad Networks
- Data Analytics Services
- Data Storage Service Providers
- Social Networks
We also may need to share your
personal information in the
following situations:
- Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
- When we use Google Maps Platform APIs. We may share your information with certain Google Maps Platform APIs (e.g. Google Maps API, Places API). Google Maps uses GPS, Wi-Fi, and cell towers to estimate your location. GPS is accurate to about 20 meters, while Wi-Fi and cell towers help improve accuracy when GPS signals are weak, like indoors. This data helps Google Maps provide directions, but it is not always perfectly precise.
- Affiliates. We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honour this Privacy Notice. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
- Business Partners. We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
4. WHAT IS OUR STANCE ON THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES?
In Short: We are not responsible for the safety of any information that you share with third parties that we may link to or who advertise on our Services, but are not affiliated with, our Services. The Services may link to
third-party websites, online
services, or mobile applications
and/or contain advertisements
from third parties that are not
affiliated with us and which may
link to other websites,
services, or applications.
Accordingly, we do not make any
guarantee regarding any such
third parties, and we will not
be liable for any loss or damage
caused by the use of such
third-party websites, services,
or applications. The inclusion
of a link towards a third-party
website, service, or application
does not imply an endorsement by
us. We cannot guarantee the
safety and privacy of data you
provide to any third-party
websites. Any data collected by
third parties is not covered by
this Privacy Notice. We are not
responsible for the content or
privacy and security practices
and policies of any third
parties, including other
websites, services, or
applications that may be linked
to or from the Services. You
should review the policies of
such third parties and contact
them directly to respond to your
questions.
We may use cookies and similar
tracking technologies (like web
beacons and pixels) to gather
information when you interact
with our Services. Some online
tracking technologies help us
maintain the security of our
Services, prevent crashes, fix
bugs, save your preferences, and
assist with basic site
functions.
We also permit third parties and
service providers to use online
tracking technologies on our
Services for analytics and
advertising, including to help
manage and display
advertisements, to tailor
advertisements to your
interests, or to send abandoned
shopping cart reminders
(depending on your communication
preferences). The third parties
and service providers use their
technology to provide
advertising about products and
services tailored to your
interests which may appear
either on our Services or on
other websites.
Specific information about how
we use such technologies and how
you can refuse certain cookies
is set out in our Cookie
Notice.
Google Analytics
We may share your information with Google Analytics to track and analyse the use of the Services. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across the Services, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms page.Google DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google is one of a third-party vendor on our site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to www.website.com and other sites on the internet. However, visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Our Advertising Partners
Some of advertisers on our site may use cookies and web beacons. Our advertising partners are listed below. Each of our advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their policies on user data. For easier access, we hyperlinked to their Privacy Policies below.
6. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice unless otherwise required by law. We will only keep your personal
information for as long as it is
necessary for the purposes set
out in this Privacy Notice,
unless a longer retention period
is required or permitted by law
(such as tax, accounting, or
other legal requirements).
When we have no ongoing
legitimate business need to
process your personal
information, we will either
delete or anonymise such
information, or, if this is not
possible (for example, because
your personal information has
been stored in backup archives),
then we will securely store your
personal information and isolate
it from any further processing
until deletion is possible.
7. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organisational and technical security measures. We have implemented appropriate
and reasonable technical and
organisational security measures
designed to protect the security
of any personal information we
process. However, despite our
safeguards and efforts to secure
your information, no electronic
transmission over the Internet
or information storage
technology can be guaranteed to
be 100% secure, so we cannot
promise or guarantee that
hackers, cybercriminals, or
other unauthorised third parties
will not be able to defeat our
security and improperly collect,
access, steal, or modify your
information. Although we will do
our best to protect your
personal information,
transmission of personal
information to and from our
Services is at your own risk.
You should only access the
Services within a secure
environment.
8. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?
In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect,
solicit data from, or market to
children under 18 years of age,
nor do we knowingly sell such
personal information. By using
the Services, you represent that
you are at least 18 or that you
are the parent or guardian of
such a minor and consent to such
minor dependent’s use of the
Services. If we learn that
personal information from users
less than 18 years of age has
been collected, we will
deactivate the account and take
reasonable measures to promptly
delete such data from our
records. If you become aware of
any data we may have collected
from children under age 18,
please contact us at [email protected].
9. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
In Short: You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time, depending on your country, province, or state of residence. Withdrawing your
consent: If we are relying on your
consent to process your personal
information, which may be
express and/or implied consent
depending on the applicable law,
you have the right to withdraw
your consent at any time. You
can withdraw your consent at any
time by contacting us by using
the contact details provided in
the section 'HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT
THIS NOTICE?' below.
However, please note that this
will not affect the lawfulness
of the processing before its
withdrawal nor, when applicable
law allows, will it affect the
processing of your personal
information conducted in
reliance on lawful processing
grounds other than consent.
Opting out of marketing and
promotional
communications:You can unsubscribe from our
marketing and promotional
communications at any time by
clicking on the unsubscribe link
in the emails that we send, or
by contacting us using the
details provided in the section
'HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT
THIS NOTICE?' below. You will then be
removed from the marketing
lists. However, we may still
communicate with you — for
example, to send you
service-related messages that
are necessary for the
administration and use of your
account, to respond to service
requests, or for other
non-marketing purposes.
Cookies and similar
technologies: Most Web browsers are set to
accept cookies by default. If
you prefer, you can usually
choose to set your browser to
remove cookies and to reject
cookies. If you choose to remove
cookies or reject cookies, this
could affect certain features or
services of our Services. You
may also opt out of interest-based
advertising by advertisers on our Services.
If you have questions or
comments about your privacy
rights, you may email us at [email protected].
10. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ('DNT') feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognising and implementing DNT signals has been finalised. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Notice.11. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws. We may update this Privacy
Notice from time to time. The
updated version will be
indicated by an updated
'Revised' date at the top of
this Privacy Notice. If we make
material changes to this Privacy
Notice, we may notify you either
by prominently posting a notice
of such changes or by directly
sending you a notification. We
encourage you to review this
Privacy Notice frequently to be
informed of how we are
protecting your information.
12. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at [email protected] or contact us by post at:Desi Udyoginis
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