Privacy Policy

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Effective Date: 9 July 2025

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1. Scope

This Privacy Policy describes how Adani GEMS Education and ADGE Education Development Foundation (“AGEF”, “we”, “us”, “our”) collect, use, store and disclose personal data through adanigemseducation.com and all sub-pages (collectively, the “Website”). It applies to:

  • visitors who browse the Website;

  • parents, guardians or students who fill in admission or enquiry forms;

  • alumni, job-seekers, vendors and any other users who interact with us online.

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2. What We Collect


Identity & Contact
  • Typical Data: Name, postal address, phone, e-mail, child’s name & age
  • Source: Web forms, phone, e-mail
Academic & Admission
  • Typical Data: Prior school, grade sought, academic records (if voluntarily supplied)
  • Source: Admission form uploads
Transactional
  • Typical Data: Date/time of form submissions, IP address, referring URL
  • Source: Automated logs
Technical
  • Typical Data: Device type, browser, cookies, pixels, geolocation (city-level)
  • Source: Analytics & cookies
Marketing Preferences
  • Typical Data: Subscription status, consent flags
  • Source: User choice, cookies

[# Children’s data: We collect information about minors only from their parents/guardians or from the student with verifiable parental consent, consistent with the Indian IT Act 2000 and draft DPDP Bill guidelines.]

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3. How We Use Personal Data


Processing admission enquiries, arranging campus visits and sending offer letters
  • Legal Basis (India): Contractual necessity
  • Examples: Responding to your application, scheduling interviews
Operating and securing the Website (logs, fraud prevention, backups)
  • Legal Basis (India): Legitimate interests
  • Examples: Detecting misuse, ensuring availability
Marketing AGEF schools, events and programmes you have opted in to receive
  • Legal Basis (India): Consent (opt-in)
  • Examples: Newsletters, WhatsApp chats, event invitations
Compliance with legal duties (tax, safety, court orders)
  • Legal Basis (India): Legal obligation
  • Examples: Responding to regulatory requests, RTI queries

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[#We never sell or rent personal data.]

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4. Cookies & Similar Technologies

The Website uses first-party cookies for session management and Google Analytics. We also integrate standard school tools such as Meta Pixel, WhatsApp Chatbot and ERP Single Sign-On, which may set their own cookies.
You may disable cookies in your browser; core site features will remain available, but analytics, preference-remembering and chatbot functionality may degrade.

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5. Disclosure to Third Parties

We share data only with:

  1. Service providers under written contract (hosting, admissions ERP, e-mail/SMS gateways, analytics).

  2. Regulators, courts or law-enforcement when required by Indian law.

  3. Successors in the event of a merger, acquisition or restructuring of AGEF, with continued protection of your data.

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6. Data Security & Retention

  • Hosted on ISO 27001-certified servers located in India.

  • TLS encryption in transit, role-based access controls at rest.

  • Admissions records retained for 7 years after the close of the academic year in which they were created, or longer if legally required; marketing consents retained until withdrawal.

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7. Your Rights

You may access, correct, delete or withdraw consent by writing to info@adanigemseducation.com. We will respond within 30 days.
If you believe we have not handled your data lawfully, you may complain to the Data Protection Authority of India once established.

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8. Changes

We may revise this Policy; the “Effective Date” will change and material changes will be announced on the Website homepage.

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