1. Our Commitment to Your Privacy

Akalvilakku Educational & Charitable Trust respects your privacy.
We only collect information needed to communicate with you, issue receipts, and improve our services.

2. Information We Collect We may collect:

Name

Phone number

Email address

Address (if required for receipts/certificates)

Donation/payment details (transaction ID, amount, mode of payment)

Any information you share in contact or volunteer forms

Website usage (via cookies or analytics tools)

3. How We Use Your Information We use your information to:

• Process and confirm donations
• Issue receipts or tax certificates
• Contact you about our activities or events
• Respond to your queries
• Maintain records as required by law
• Improve our website and services

4. Sharing of Information We do not sell or trade your personal information.

• We may share information only with:
• Payment processors/banks for donation processing
• Service providers (e.g., email or hosting services)
• Government/tax authorities if legally required

5. Data Security We use reasonable security measures to protect your data.

However, no online method is 100% secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute safety.

6. Cookies & Analytics We may use cookies or analytics tools to understand website traffic and improve user experience.

You can disable cookies in your browser settings.

7. Your Choices You can:

• Update your personal information
• Ask us to stop sending updates or messages
• Request deletion of your data (unless required by law to keep)

8. Children’s Privacy We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13.

If you think a child has shared data with us, please contact us to remove it.

9. Changes to This Policy We may update this Privacy Policy when needed.

Changes will be posted on our website with the updated date.