Privacy Policy – D.D. Public School, Dehradun
At D.D. Public School, Dehradun (“we”, “our”, “the School”), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information of our students, parents, staff, and visitors to our website.
Who We Are
This website is operated and managed by D.D. Public School, Garhi Cantt., Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Our official website address is https://ddpsdehradun.in.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect your information when you interact with our website and online services.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user-agent string to help us detect and prevent spam.
An anonymized string (also called a hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture (if any) becomes visible to the public in the context of that comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images that include embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images displayed on the site.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may choose to save your name, email address and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience so that you do not need to re-enter your details when you leave another comment. These cookies generally last for one year.
When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we set several cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies usually last for two days, and screen options cookies for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login may persist for up to two weeks. When you log out, login cookies are removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It typically expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles and pages on this site may include embedded content (for example, videos, images, or articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if you had visited those websites directly.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that external website.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email for security purposes. Apart from such essential technical and security-related uses, we do not sell or trade your personal data to third parties for marketing.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata may be retained indefinitely. This enables us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information where required for administrative purposes.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
You may also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments and certain form submissions may be checked through an automated spam detection or security service. Such services help us protect the website, our students, and our community from malicious or unwanted content.
D.D. Public School, Dehradun is dedicated to providing a safe, transparent and responsible online experience. We regularly review this policy and our practices to keep pace with changing technology and legal requirements.