TN Model Schools App
This Mobile Application with the name TN Model Schools App (App/TN Model Schools App) is operated by the School Education Department, Government of Tamil Nadu (We/Our/Us). We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We collect your personal information and process your personal data in accordance with the IT Act, 2000 (21 of 2000) and other national and state laws which relate to the processing of personal data. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data.
Downloading, accessing, or otherwise using the App indicates that you have read this Privacy Policy and consent to its terms. If you do not consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy, do not proceed to download, access, or otherwise use the App.
We collect your personal information in order to provide and continually improve our products and services.
Our privacy policy is subject to change at any time without notice. To make sure you are aware of any changes, please review this policy periodically. The last updated date can be found at the beginning of this policy.
All partner firms and any third-party working with or for us, and who have access to personal information, will be expected to read and comply with this policy.
From you directly and through this App: We may collect information through the App when you visit. The data we collect depends on the context of your interactions with our App.
Through business interaction: We may collect information through business interaction with you or your employees.
From other sources: We may receive information from other sources such as public databases, joint marketing partners, social media platforms, or other third parties such as information about your interactions with the products and services offered by our subsidiaries.
We collect information primarily to provide better services to all of our users.
We collect the following information from you when you use or signup on our App: Phone number (for authentication), Name, Designation, Subject specialization, School identification (UDISE code).
Educational and Professional Data: We collect information related to your professional role including:
When you visit our App, some information is automatically collected. This may include information such as the type of mobile device, operating system (OS) running on your device, Internet Protocol (IP) address, unique user ID, access times, device type, and language. We also collect information about how you use our products or services.
We collect the information about your usage of the App, including crash logs and usage statistics.
We collect information about the location of your device, including geolocation information, to verify school premises access.
We will retain your information as long as we require this to provide you with the goods and services and for such period as mandated by the concerned laws.
We use the information we collect primarily to provide, maintain, protect and improve our current products and services.
We use the information collected through this App as described in this policy and we may use your information to:
Information about our user is an important part of our business and we take due care.
We share your data with your consent or to complete any transaction or provide any product or service you have requested or authorized. We also share data with our affiliates and subsidiaries, with vendors working on our behalf.
We may employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. The functions include fulfilling orders for products or services, providing marketing assistance, providing search results and links, processing data, and providing customer service.
These third-party service providers have access to personal information needed to perform their functions but may not use it for other purposes. Further, they must process the personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and as permitted by applicable data protection laws.
We release account and other personal information when we believe is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce or apply our conditions of use, and other agreements, protect the rights, property or safety of Us, our users or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for fraud protection.
We take due care to protect customer data. Technical measures are in place to prevent unauthorized or unlawful access to data and against accidental loss or destruction of, or damage to the data. The employees who are dealing with the data have been trained to protect the data from any illegal or unauthorized usage.
We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in connection with the collection, storage, and disclosure of personal customer information.
We take reasonable steps to help protect your personal information in an effort to prevent the loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction. It is your responsibility to protect your user names and passwords to help prevent anyone from accessing or abusing your accounts and services. You should not use or reuse the same passwords you use with other accounts as your password for our services.
It is important for you to protect against unauthorized access to your password and your devices, and applications. Be sure to sign off when you finish using a non-personal device.
Information you provide to us is shared on our secure servers. We have implemented appropriate physical, technical and organizational measures designed to secure your information against accidental loss and unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. In addition, we limit access to personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties that have a legitimate business need for such access.
Information collected from you will be stored for such period as required to complete the transaction entered into with you or such period as mandated under the applicable laws.
Our App may, from time to time, contain links to and from other Apps/Websites of third parties. Please note that if you follow a link to any of these Apps/Websites, such Apps/Websites will apply different terms to the collection and privacy of your personal data and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. When you leave our App, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every App/Website you visit.
We do not share your personal data with third parties without your prior consent other than:
This App is designed for use by students in Classes 9, 10, 11, and 12, as well as teachers and school staff members. Students who are under the age of 18 or the age of majority in the jurisdiction in which they reside may use the App only with the consent and supervision of their parent or legal guardian. By allowing a minor to use the App, the parent or legal guardian agrees to this Privacy Policy and takes responsibility for the minor's activities on the App. Teachers and staff members must be 18 years or older.
We may change this policy from time to time. If we make any changes to this policy, we will change the Last Updated date above. You agree that your continued use of our services after such changes have been published to our services will constitute your acceptance of such revised policy.
If you have any concern about privacy or grievances with Us, please contact us with a thorough description and we will try to resolve the issue for you.
Mobile App Coordinator
School Education Department
DPI Campus, Egmore, Chennai
Email: ms.modelschooltech1@tnschools.gov.in