VITrendz - Privacy Policy

VITrendz is not affiliated with any college or external organisation. This is a student-run developers' and content creators' community focusing on delivering guidance to students with help of the input from various fellow student's experiences. At Trendz we develop web and mobile applications that help other students to navigate through their college life in a much smoother manner. VITrendz is not an official entity that falls under the management of VIT and hence the data produced here isn't official and is just a personal opinion shared by various individuals of the same college.

General Summary

  • We do not collect any personal data except for an email ID.
  • In order to avoid excessive data collection, we follow OTP based verification so that we don't have access to the additional information shared when logged in using third party authentication providers like Google.
  • Sharing of user's name is completely optional and is used only for a personalised user experience.
  • We ask for a college specific email ID in-order to avoid access from external users.
  • None of the data mentioned above is used for any sort of commercial use.

Privacy Policy

Last Updated January 29, 2022

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You. We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

The words of which the initial letter is capitalised have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
  • Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to VITrendz.
  • Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
  • Country refers to: Tamil Nadu, India
  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cell phone or a digital tablet.
  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
  • Service refers to the Website.
  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analysing how the Service is used.
  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit). • App refers to VITrendz App, this current mobile application accessible on Android and iOS.
  • You mean the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Types of Data Collected

Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to: Email address, Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. We do not have any control over this kind of data and it is used by the os and application to run efficiently. Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Retention of Your Personal Data

which is only our email address, all other data is optional.

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to and maintained on - computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those from Your jurisdiction. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer. The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organisation or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of your Personal Data

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency). The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

Security of your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers. If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Privacy Policy for ViBoot (Chrome Extension)

Disclosure of ViBoot

  • Vtop Booster use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to Google API Services User Data Policy , including the Limited Use requirements.
  • Vtop Booster is a free browser extension. This SERVICE is provided at no cost and is intended for use as is.

Usage of ViBoot

By using the "ViBoot" extension, you agree to the terms of this privacy policy:

  • By authorizing this extension to access your Google Calendar data, you agree to add the events to your Google calander.
  • Event data is kept private and not sent to any third party.

Limited Use

  • Personally identifiable information: If You choose some calander features, only Your email address will be collected in order to get the OAuth token. Vitrendz does NOT collect any other personal information.
  • Authentication information: The Vtop Extension extensions use OAuth tokens to authenticate users, but none of this information is collected by Vitrendz.
  • Google user data: Google user data is accessed by the Vtop Booster extension solely in order to add the events of the Due dates to the calander, which is the purpose of the Vtop Booster Extension. For performance reasons, some information is stored locally in the extensions and can be removed by uninstalling the extension.

Service Providers

Use of Google OAuth for authenticating Gmail accounts is done.

Permissions and Security

The permissions You agree to when installing the extensions are the minimum requirements for the extensions to perform their basic purpose. Optional permissions which you may grant after installing the extensions give you more control and safety.