Privacy Policy

Why we do what we do

Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation is committed to the ethical collection, retention and use of information that you provide to us about yourself (“Personal Information”) on this site https://www.figtree.foundation/ (“Site”). Your Personal Information may comprise the following:

Your name
Your age
Your occupation
A user ID and password of your choice
Your email and mailing address
Your telephone numbers
Your payment processing details
Limited personal details
Any other data as Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation may require

The following Privacy Policy sets forth our understanding with you on the collection, use and protection of your Personal Information. Please read the entire Privacy Policy. YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE CONSTITUTES YOUR CONSENT TO ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY (AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME) AND YOU SHALL BE BOUND BY THE SAME.

Collection of Information

Site Browsing: You browse the Site anonymously. We do not require you to identify yourself or reveal any Personal Information while browsing through the Site. However, you may not be able to access certain sections of the Site or interact with us without supplying us with Personal Information. For instance, you would not be able to transact at the Site or make any donations at the Site, without providing the Site with Personal Information. If you desire to register yourself at the Site, you would be required to provide your Personal Information. While you are browsing through the Site, the Site’s operating system may automatically record some general information (“General Information”) about your visit such as:

The date and time you visit the Site, along with the address of the previous website you were visiting, if you linked to us from another website.

The type of browser you are using (such as Internet Explorer version ‘X’).

The General Information is not Personal Information. Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation tracking system does not record personal information about individuals or link this information to any Personal Information collected from you. The General Information is used by Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation for statistical analysis, for tracking overall traffic patterns on the Site and to gauge the public interest in Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation and the Site. Such General Information may be shared by Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation with any person, at the discretion of Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation.

 

Usage of Information

Personal information will be used by Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation for internal purposes including the following:

Sending you inter alia emails, features, promotional material, surveys, brochures, catalogues, Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation Annual Report, reminders for donations, regular updates on the utilisation of donations by Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation and other updates.

Processing your donations to Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation.

Receipt for donations made by you to Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation.

Maintaining an internal confidential database of all the Personal Information collected from visitors to the Site.

Evaluating and administering the Site and Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation activities, responding to any problems that may arise and gauging visitor trends on the Site.

Disclosure of Personal Information by Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation

Within Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation, access to Personal Information collected by Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation will be given only to those persons who are authorised by Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation and third parties hired by Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation to perform administrative services. Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation will provide access to third parties for inter alia entering and managing Personal Information in Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation Database, processing your donations preparing address labels, sending emails, which require such third parties to have access to your Personal Information. Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation cannot guarantee that such parties will keep your Personal Information confidential and Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation will not be liable in any manner for any loss of confidentiality attributable to such third parties.

Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation may share Personal Information with any of the persons who are associated with Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation, including companies and non-governmental organisations affiliated with Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation in any manner. Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation will retain ownership rights over such information and will share only such portions of the Personal Information as it deems fit. Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation is not liable in any manner whatsoever for the loss, damage (whether direct, indirect, consequential or incidental) or harm caused to you by the misuse of your Personal Information by a third party who is not an employee of Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation.

Notwithstanding anything contained herein or any other contract between you and Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation, Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation reserves the right to disclose any Personal Information about you without notice or consent as needed to satisfy any requirement of law, regulation, legal request or legal investigation, to conduct investigations of breaches of law, to protect the Site, to protect Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation and its property, to fulfill your requests, to protect our visitors and other persons and if required by the policy of Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation.

Security

Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation endeavours to use up-to-date security measures to protect your Personal Information. Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation however does not make any express or implied warranty with respect to the security measures that it may employ from time to time for the protection of the Personal Information.

Links to other Websites

The Site contains links to other websites for the benefit of its visitors. This Privacy Policy does not apply to such other websites. Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation is not expressly or impliedly responsible for, or liable to any loss or damage caused to you by the collection, use and retention of Personal Information by such websites in any manner whatsoever. It is important that you review the privacy policies of all websites you visit before you disclose any information to such websites.

Variation of the Privacy

Policy Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation shall be absolutely entitled at its sole discretion from time to time to add to, alter, delete or modify any of the terms and conditions contained herein. Such changes, additions, alterations, deletions or modifications shall be binding on you once you visit the Site after the Privacy Policy has been so amended.

Copyright Protection

All content on this Site including graphics, text, icons, interfaces, audio clips, logos, images and software is the property of Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation and/or its content suppliers and is protected by Indian and international copyright laws. The arrangement and compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement, and assembly) of all content on this Site is the exclusive property of Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation and protected by Indian and international copyright laws. Permission is given to use the resources of this Site only for the purposes of making inquiries or making a donation. Any other use, including the reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, re-publication, display or performance, of the content on this Site can only be made with the express permission of Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation. All other trademarks, brands and copyrights other than those belonging to Fig Tree Naturalist Foundation belong to their respective owners and are their property.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact us through our website or write to us at [email protected]