Privacy Policy – BytR’s Commitment to Protecting Your Data

Invact is neither affiliated with any university nor has sought de-jure recognition for its academic programs from any statutory body. Invact Students must categorically know that Invact does not give any degrees or has given any degrees ever since inception.

Invact School Private Limited (“Company / Invact / We / Our / Us”), operating under the brand name "bytr.in," is committed to protecting your privacy and works towards offering you a powerful and safe online experience. The Company provides training, education, and upskilling through digital, virtual, and online tools to improve your understanding of fundamental concepts, develop industry-relevant skills, and enhance career prospects.

This privacy policy governs your use of the "bytr.in" website (www.bytr.in); the "Application" of bytr.in, including mobile or web applications hosted by Invact and/or Invact entities; and any other platforms owned by Invact and/or Invact entities (collectively referred to as the “Platform”). These platforms are not limited to AR applications, devices, URLs/links, notifications, chatbots, or any other communication medium used by Invact to provide its services to users.

Please read this privacy policy ("Policy") carefully before using the Application, Website, Platform, or any of Invact’s services and products, along with the Terms of Use ("Terms") provided on the Website, Application, and Platform. Your use of the Website, Application, Platform, or any services and/or products provided through the Application, Website, or Platform (collectively referred to as "Services"), or your registration with Invact and/or bytr.in signifies your acceptance of this Policy along with the Terms of Use. If you do not agree with the terms of this Policy and/or Terms of Use, please do not use the Website, Application, Platform, or any of the Services.

What data/information do you provide

The Application/Website/Platform/Services obtains the information you provide when you download and/or register on the Website/Application/Platform and/or use any Services. While registering, you may provide:

Your name, age, email address, location, phone number, professional and educational qualifications, interests, and password generation.
Transaction-related information when making payments or using other services.
Correspondence or information you share during interactions.
Information entered when participating in virtual classes, discussions, or assignments.

We may record all activities during the use of Services, including virtual classes, presentations, and social interactions. The information collected from users may include "Personal Information," "Sensitive Personal Information," and "Associated Information," as defined under the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 ("Data Protection Rules"). This information is collectively referred to as "Information" in this Policy.

We may use your information to provide services, display session recordings, collaborate with vendors, and for marketing purposes. You will be contacted when additional information is required that personally identifies you or allows us to reach you.

Information Collected automatically

The Application/Website/Platform/Services may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of device you use (mobile, laptop, desktop, etc.), unique device ID, IP address, operating system, browser type, and information on how you use the Application/Website/Platform and/or Services.

We may send cookies (small files containing a string of characters) to your computer/laptop/mobile, thereby uniquely identifying your browser. Cookies are used to track your preferences, help you log in faster, and are aggregated to determine user trends. This data is used to improve our offerings, such as providing more content in areas of greater interest to a majority of users. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. We may send cookies (small files containing a string of characters) to your computer/laptop/mobile, thereby uniquely identifying your browser. Cookies are used to track your preferences, help you log in faster, and are aggregated to determine user trends. This data is used to improve our offerings, such as providing more content in areas of greater interest to a majority of users. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

Educational Partners

Invact School Private Limited is NEITHER a university NOR affiliated with any university/association. Invact is an education service provider offering courses and programs in consultation with Indian and International universities, institutions, and other entities ("Educational Partners"). Educational Partners may have their own privacy policies and terms of use, which Invact has no control over. Users must review these policies before using such services.

Clear GIF’s

‍We may use "clear GIFs" (Web Beacons) to track the online usage patterns of our users anonymously without personally identifying the user. We may also use clear GIFs in HTML- based emails sent to our users to track which emails are opened by recipients. We use this information to inter-alia deliver our web pages to you upon request, to tailor our Website/Application/Platform and/or service/s to the interests of our users, to measure traffic within our Websites/Applications/Platform to improve the quality, functionality, and interactivity of our Website/Application/Platform and/or Services and let advertisers know the geographic locations from where our users come without personally identifying the users.

Information related to Logs

When you access our Website/Application/Platform, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a Website/Application/Platform. These server logs may include information such as your web request, internet protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES / AD-SERVERS

The Website/Application/Platform may include links to other websites or applications. Such websites or applications are governed by their respective privacy policies, which are beyond our control. Once you leave our servers (you can identify where you are by checking the URL in the location bar on your browser), the use of any information you provide is governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the application you are visiting. That privacy policy may differ from ours. If you can't find the privacy policy of any of these sites via a link from the application's homepage, you should contact the application owners directly for more information. In addition, social media buttons such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Snapchat, Google, etc. (that might include widgets such as the “share this” button or other interactive mini-programs) may be on our site. These features may collect your IP address and which page you are visiting on our site and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. These social media features are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our site. Your interactions with these features, apart from your visit to our site, are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.

Preview and updation of Personal Information

We strive to keep our records updated with your latest information, and hence we urge you to inform any discrepancy/ies that you notice in your Personal Information or if a part of your Personal Information changes, we request you to update the same with us through the Support Team (details provided below). We also adopt reasonable security measures to protect your password from being exposed or disclosed to anyone.

Use of your Personal Information

We use the collected information to analyze trends, conduct research, administer the bytr.in Website/Application/Platform and/or Services, and learn about each user’s learning patterns and movements around the platform. This helps us gather demographic information and usage behavior about our user base as a whole. Both aggregated and individual, anonymized, and non-anonymized data may periodically be transmitted to external service providers to help us improve the Website/Application/Platform and/or Services. We will only share your information with third parties as described in this Policy. Additionally, we may use individual data and behavior patterns combined with personal information to provide you with personalized content and to enhance your learning objectives. Recordings of classroom teachings, presentations, discussions, assignments, and/or any virtual place for socialization may also be used for other sessions and courses as relevant.

We work with third parties who provide certain services to analyze data and information to help personalize your experience, drive insights, and provide more value-added services. However, these third-party service providers do not have any independent right to share the information. We do not sell, trade, or share your information with any third party (except subsidiaries/affiliates of Invact for related offerings) unless expressly authorized by you, either in writing or electronically. Occasionally, we may provide aggregate statistics about our customers, traffic patterns, and related site information to reputable third parties; however, when disclosed, this information will be in aggregate form and will not include any personally identifiable information. Invact may occasionally send email notices or messages, or contact you about our Services, products, and benefits, as they are an essential part of the Services you have chosen.

We may disclose information as required under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence, to comply with legal processes, or to respond to requests from public and government authorities (including those outside your country of residence). We may also disclose information to protect our operations, rights, privacy, safety, or property, or that of our affiliates, you, or others, or to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit potential damages. This may also include protecting against legal liability, safeguarding the personal safety of users, and preventing or investigating possible wrongdoing related to the bytr.in Website/Application/Platform.

Information may also be disclosed to enforce applicable terms of use, including investigating potential violations thereof, and with our trusted service providers who work on our behalf. These service providers do not have an independent use of the information we disclose to them and have agreed to follow the rules set forth in this Policy. We may also share information with third-party service providers to personalize the Website/Application/Platform and Services for a better user experience and to perform behavioral analysis.

Any portion of the information containing personal data related to minors that you provide shall be deemed to be given with the consent of the minor's legal guardian. Such consent is assumed by your registration with us.

Payment Gateway

To enroll in courses, programs, seminars, or services, or to purchase any products offered by Invact through our Website/Application/Platform, you may be required to make payments online through options available on the bytr.in Website/Application/Platform ("Payment Method"). Invact does not store any of your debit/credit card information or any information restricted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for payment processing. We have partnered with secure third-party payment gateways to facilitate payments for the services. By using a third-party payment provider, you agree to adhere to the terms and conditions of that payment gateway provider.

You acknowledge that if Invact’s third-party payment provider stores any payment-related information, Invact shall not be responsible for such storage. It is solely at your discretion to allow the third party to store such information. Any loss or damage caused by the use or storage of such information will be entirely your responsibility, and Invact is not liable for any such losses. Invact will not be responsible for reimbursing or compensating you in any way for such losses. Additionally, you agree to pay any applicable fees for payments made through third-party payment gateway platforms.

Alerts

We may alert you by email or phone (through SMS/whats app/call/any other available mode) to inform you about new service offerings of Invact and its subsidiaries/affiliates or other information which we feel might be useful for you and your education goals and/or prospectus.

Public Forums

When you use certain services on our Website/Application/Platform, like the courses, virtual classrooms, discussion forums, various clubs, virtual space for socialization, and/or any other virtual space/feature, you may post or share your personal information in and/or any conversations/communications such as comments, discussions, messages, files, photos. It informed that this information will be available to all users and will be in the public domain. All such sharing of information is done at your own risk. Please keep in mind that if you disclose personal information, sensitive personal information, or any other information in your profile or when participating in our forums, virtual classrooms, or virtual space provided for socialization, this information may become publicly available. We advise you to please avoid sharing any personal information, sensitive personal information.

Security

We understand the importance of safeguarding the confidentiality of your Information. Therefore, we provide electronic, procedural, and physical safeguards to protect the information we process and maintain. To give an example, we limit access to this Information to authorized employees who only need to know that information to operate, develop or improve our Website/Application/Platform and/or Services. Having said the above, we would like to inform you that although we endeavor our best to provide reasonable security for the information we process and maintain, no security system can prevent all potential security breaches. We have the best possible processes in place to avoid any such incidents.

Retention of the Information

Invact shall retain your information as long as it is necessary to fulfill the purpose for which such information is collected or as required to comply with the internal policies of Invact or any applicable law in force. We may modify this retention practice based on legal and business requirements. For instance, we may extend the retention period for certain data, such as recordings of virtual classrooms, discussion forums, various clubs, and virtual spaces provided for socialization, for future reference of students or to comply with legal obligations. Conversely, we may shorten the retention period for some data types if required to free up storage space, subject to legal requirements.

When you send an email or other communication, we may retain those communications to process your inquiries, respond to your requests, and improve our Services.

Changes in Privacy Policy

We wish to inform you that as Invact evolves, our privacy policy and terms of use will also need to evolve to cover new situations. You are advised to regularly review the privacy policy and terms of use for any changes, as continued use is deemed approval of all changes.

Your Consent

We believe that every user of our Website/Application/Platform and/or Services must provide informed consent before sharing any information required for using the Website/Application/Platform and/or Services. By registering with us or using the bytr.in Website/Application/Platform and/or Services, you hereby expressly consent to the collection, processing, storage, disclosure, and handling of your information as outlined in this policy and as amended from time to time. You also consent to the use of information collected during your use of the Service, including audio, videos, photographs, presentations, video and audio recordings of classroom teaching, discussions, etc., in connection with any subsequent sessions and/or courses, including for promotional purposes.

We clarify that your information may be processed in various ways, including but not limited to collecting, storing, deleting, using, combining, sharing, transferring, and disclosing information. All such activities will occur in India. If the Website/Application/Platform and/or Services require sharing information with any other country, it will be done only when necessary. If you reside outside India, your information will be transferred, processed, and stored in compliance with India's applicable data protection laws.

By sharing your Aadhaar number, you authorize Invact to collect, use, and store the Aadhaar number solely for authentication purposes and to provide services in accordance with applicable laws. The Aadhaar number collected will be kept protected as per relevant legal provisions.

Questions / Grievance Redressal

Redressal Mechanism:
If you have any complaints, concerns, or issues regarding the use of our services, participation in courses, processing, or disclosure of your information, or believe there has been a breach of the terms outlined in this policy, please notify our Support Team immediately. You can do this either in writing or via email, signed with an electronic signature, addressed to:

Support Team
Email: support@invact.com
Address: Invact School Private Limited, Villa A1, Olympia Enchante, Prestige Ozone, Whitefield, Bengaluru - 560066.

To help us process your complaint, we kindly request that you provide the following information:

Identification of the information you provided.
A clear statement specifying whether the information in question is personal information or sensitive personal information.
Your address, telephone number, or email address.
A statement affirming that you believe in good faith that the information has been processed incorrectly or disclosed without authorization.
A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that the information being complained about belongs to you.

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this policy, you may also contact us using the contact information provided above.

Note: Invact may reach out to you for confirmation or to discuss further details related to your complaint and the issues raised. Invact will not be responsible for any communication if it is addressed to any non-designated person.