We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on our platform, express interest in government job opportunities, use our application services, or otherwise contact us.

Personal Information Provided by You

The personal information we collect depends on your interactions with us and includes:

• Identification Data: Full name, date of birth, gender, photograph
• Contact Information: Phone numbers, email addresses, mailing addresses
• Educational Qualifications: Degrees, certificates, marksheets, academic records
• Professional Information: Resume/CV, work experience, skills, references
• Government Documents: Aadhaar, PAN, voter ID, driving license, passport details
• Financial Information: Bank account details, payment information for application fees
• Demographic Information: Category (General/OBC/SC/ST), disability status
• Authentication Data: Usernames, passwords, security questions

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our Services, we automatically collect certain information such as:

• IP address, browser type, device information
• Usage patterns, pages visited, time spent on platform
• Job search history, applications submitted, exam preferences

Information from Third Parties

We may receive information about you from:

• Government job portals and employment exchanges
• Educational institutions for verification purposes
• Background verification agencies (with your consent)
• Payment processors for transaction verification

We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, facilitate government job applications, communicate with you, ensure security, and comply with legal requirements.

We may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following third parties:

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice.

Types of Cookies We Use

• Essential Cookies: Required for basic site functionality and security
• Preference Cookies: Remember your settings and preferences
• Analytical Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website
• Marketing Cookies: Used to track effectiveness of campaigns (with consent)

Other Tracking Technologies

We may also use:

• Web beacons, tags, and scripts for analytics
• Local storage to store content information and preferences

We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice unless otherwise required by law.

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize 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.

Retention Periods for Different Data Types

• Account Information: Retained for 3 years after account inactivity
• Application Data: Retained for 5 years to facilitate future applications
• Financial Records: Retained for 7 years as required by Indian tax laws
• Government Documents: Deleted after successful verification or 90 days
• Communication Data: Retained for 2 years for service quality purposes

We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational 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 unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.

Our Security Measures

• SSL encryption for all data transmissions
• Regular security assessments and vulnerability testing
• Access controls and authentication protocols
• Data encryption at rest and in transit
• Regular staff training on data protection
• Secure document disposal procedures

Incident Response

In the event of a data breach, we will:

1. Take immediate steps to contain the breach
2. Assess the risks to individuals
3. Notify affected users and appropriate authorities as required by law
4. Take steps to mitigate harm and prevent future breaches

Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including those under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

Exercising Your Rights

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided in Section 10. We will respond to your request within 30 days as required by Indian law.

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 recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized.

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.

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. Continued use of our Services after any changes to this Privacy Notice constitutes acceptance of those changes.

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may contact our Data Protection Officer by post at:

Or by email at: support@applyanywhere.com

Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, details about how we have processed it, correct inaccuracies, or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information.

To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please submit a request by:

1. Logging into your account settings and updating your information
2. Contacting us using the contact information provided in Section 10
3. Using our self-service data management portal (if available)

Have questions about our privacy practices? Reach out to our Data Protection Officer: