Summary: We collect only the information necessary to provide you with government job alerts. We do not sell your personal data to third parties. You can request deletion of your account and data at any time.
1. Information We Collect
Information You Provide Directly
When you register for an account or use our services, you may provide us with:
- Account information: Your name, email address, phone number, and password when you create a student, partner, or mentor account.
- Profile details: Educational qualifications, preferred job categories, preferred districts, and other career-related preferences you choose to share.
- Payment information: When you purchase a subscription plan, payment details are processed through our payment partner (Razorpay). We do not store your complete card or banking details on our servers.
- Communication data: Messages you send through our contact form, support requests, or feedback submissions.
- Document uploads: If you use our document processing services (such as photo editing or certificate generation), the files you upload.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, certain information is collected automatically:
- Device information: Browser type, operating system, screen resolution, and device type.
- Usage data: Pages visited, time spent on pages, links clicked, and features used.
- IP address: Your internet protocol address, which may indicate your approximate geographic location.
- Referral data: The website or link that directed you to our platform.
Information from Third-Party Sources
We collect job-related information from the following public government sources:
- Official district administration websites of the Government of Odisha (e.g., angul.odisha.gov.in, ganjam.odisha.gov.in)
- Employment News / Rozgar Samachar weekly publication
- Other official government recruitment portals
This information is publicly available and does not include personal data of individual users.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information collected for the following purposes:
- Service delivery: To send you job alerts via email, display relevant jobs on your dashboard, and provide access to premium features based on your subscription.
- Account management: To create and manage your account, process subscription payments, and handle support requests.
- Personalisation: To filter and prioritize job listings based on your district preferences, qualifications, and interests.
- Communication: To send you important service updates, subscription reminders, expiring job alerts, and responses to your inquiries.
- Platform improvement: To analyze usage patterns, identify technical issues, and improve the performance and features of our platform.
- Security: To detect and prevent fraudulent activity, unauthorized access, and abuse of our services.
We do not use your personal information for purposes unrelated to our job alert and career services platform.
3. Data Storage and Security
We take the security of your personal information seriously and implement the following measures:
- Encrypted storage: Passwords are stored using bcrypt hashing. Sensitive data is encrypted at rest.
- Secure transmission: All data transmitted between your browser and our servers uses HTTPS/TLS encryption.
- Access controls: Only authorized personnel have access to user data, and access is limited to what is necessary for their role.
- Infrastructure security: Our servers are hosted on cloud infrastructure with regular security patches, firewalls, and monitoring.
- Regular backups: User data is backed up regularly to prevent loss from technical failures.
While we implement reasonable security measures, no method of electronic storage or internet transmission is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of your data.
4. Cookies and Tracking
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
- Essential cookies: Required for basic site functionality, including user authentication (session cookies) and security features. These cannot be disabled.
- Analytics cookies: We may use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. This helps us improve page layouts, content, and navigation.
- Advertising cookies: We display advertisements through Google AdSense, which may use cookies to show relevant ads based on your browsing history across websites.
You can control cookie settings through your browser preferences. Blocking certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website.
5. Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services that may have access to certain user data:
- Razorpay: Payment processing for subscription purchases. Razorpay handles payment data according to their own privacy policy and PCI-DSS compliance standards.
- Google AdSense: Advertisement display on public pages. Google may collect browsing data through ad-related cookies. See Google's Privacy Policy.
- Email service providers: We use email infrastructure to deliver job alerts and transactional emails. Email addresses are shared with our email delivery service solely for the purpose of sending messages on our behalf.
- Cloud hosting: Our application and database are hosted on cloud servers. The hosting provider has physical access to servers but is contractually obligated to maintain data security.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to any third party for marketing purposes.
6. Information Sharing and Disclosure
We may share your information only in the following limited circumstances:
- With your consent: When you explicitly authorize us to share information with a third party.
- Partner network: If you registered through a local partner, that partner may have access to basic information (name, registration status) necessary to provide you support. Partners do not have access to your password or payment details.
- Legal requirements: When required by law, court order, or governmental regulation, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of our company, users, or the public.
- Business transfer: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of company assets, user data may be transferred as part of that transaction. We would notify users before their data becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
7. Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services and fulfill the purposes described in this policy:
- Active accounts: Data is retained as long as your account remains active.
- Inactive accounts: If your account has been inactive for more than 24 months with no active subscription, we may send a reminder email before archiving or deleting the account.
- Deleted accounts: When you request account deletion, we remove your personal data within 30 days. Some anonymized data may be retained for analytics purposes.
- Payment records: Transaction records are retained for 7 years as required by Indian tax and accounting regulations.
- Job data: Extracted job listings from government portals are retained indefinitely as public information for archival and reference purposes.
8. Your Rights and Choices
As a user of our platform, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Access: You can view and download your personal information from your account dashboard at any time.
- Correction: You can update or correct your profile information through your account settings.
- Deletion: You can request deletion of your account and associated personal data by contacting us at support@odishajobs.org.in. We will process deletion requests within 30 days.
- Email opt-out: You can unsubscribe from job alert emails by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email or by adjusting your notification preferences in account settings. Note: Transactional emails (payment confirmations, security alerts) cannot be opted out of while your account is active.
- Data portability: You can request a copy of your personal data in a machine-readable format.
- Object to processing: You can object to the use of your data for analytics or advertising purposes.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at support@odishajobs.org.in with your registered email address.
9. Children's Privacy
Our services are intended for users who are at least 16 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we become aware that we have collected data from a child under 16 without parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information promptly. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us immediately.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. When we make material changes:
- We will update the "Last Updated" date at the bottom of this page.
- For significant changes that affect how we use your data, we will notify registered users via email at least 15 days before the changes take effect.
- Continued use of our services after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
- Email: support@odishajobs.org.in
- Phone: +91 9040736524
- Address: Bijdutronix Innovation Private Limited, Asika, Ganjam, Odisha, India
We aim to respond to all privacy-related inquiries within 7 business days.
Grievance Officer: For any privacy-related grievances under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, you may contact our Grievance Officer at support@odishajobs.org.in. The Grievance Officer will acknowledge your complaint within 48 hours and resolve it within 30 days.
Last Updated: January 2026 | Effective Date: January 2026