Privacy Policy of Odisha Aspirants

1. Information We Collect

We adhere strictly to data minimization principles. We only collect information that is strictly necessary for providing recruitment updates, serving educational mock test assessments, and ensuring website stability:

• Voluntarily Provided Information: When you contact our support team via our contact form or email, we may collect your full name, email address, subject matter, and the contents of your message.
• CBT Mock Test Performance Data: When participating in our interactive Computer Based Test (CBT) mock simulations, test response answers, completion time, and scores are processed client-side to generate your personalized result scorecard.
• Non-Personal & Device Information: Standard browser header data, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, and general geographic location (country/city level) collected through automated server analytics.

2. Standard Log Files

Odisha Aspirants follows a standard procedure of utilizing log files. These files log visitors when they visit web pages. Standard internet logging records include Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamps, referring/exit pages, and number of page clicks. This information is not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of this information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information to optimize server bandwidth.

3. Google AdSense & DoubleClick DART Cookies

Google is a third-party vendor on our site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve advertisements to our site visitors based upon their visit to odishaaspirants.com and other sites on the internet.

• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visits to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
• Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ad Settings at: https://adssettings.google.com
• Alternatively, visitors can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Page at: https://www.aboutads.info/choices/
• For more details regarding how Google uses information from sites that use its services, please review Google's Partner Policy at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

4. Third-Party Advertising Partners

Some of the advertisers and analytical partners on our site may use cookies and web beacons. Our advertising partners include Google AdSense. Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Odisha Aspirants. These are sent directly to users' browsers and automatically receive your IP address. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note: Odisha Aspirants has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

5. Managing & Disabling Cookies

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. Detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers' respective websites:

6. CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California consumers have the right to:

• Request that a business disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data collected.
• Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business collected.
• Request that a business that sells a consumer's personal data, not sell the consumer's personal data. (Odisha Aspirants does not sell, rent, or trade your personal data under any circumstances).

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. Please contact us to exercise these rights.

7. GDPR Data Protection Rights

We want to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
• The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
• The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization.

8. Children's Online Privacy Protection (COPPA)

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity. Odisha Aspirants does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

9. External Links to Government & Third-Party Websites

Our website contains links to official government recruitment commissions (e.g., OPSC, OSSSC, OSSC, Odisha Police) and notification PDF documents. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

10. Consent & Policy Updates

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms. We may update our Privacy Policy periodically. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

11. Grievance Redressal & Privacy Officer

In accordance with the Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules made thereunder, if you have any questions or grievances regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact our designated officer: