Transparency & Governance

Use of the website is provided by Hank Nunn Institute subject to the following Terms and Conditions:

• By using this website you are accepting the terms and conditions. They are effective from your first visit.

• Hank Nunn Institute may change these terms and conditions from time to time; your use of the website indicates your acceptance of the terms and conditions at the time of use.

• Hank Nunn Institute reserves the right to change the content of the website at any time.

• Hank Nunn Institute has taken every precaution to make sure the content of this website is accurate and legally correct at the time of appearance. If you believe the content of any of our pages is inaccurate, please send us an email at coordinator@hanknunninstitute.org or comms@hanknunninstitute.org .

• Hank Nunn Institute accepts no liability for loss or damage, including personal injury, resulting from use of this website. Hank Nunn Institute makes all reasonable efforts to make sure malware or viruses are not transmitted from this website, however this cannot be guaranteed. We recommend that you safeguard your IT equipment before downloading information and files. Hank Nunn Institute will not accept liability for damage caused by viruses.

• When we provide links to other websites it does not mean that we approve of or endorse the views and information contained in the website. We accept no liability for damage caused by malware or viruses on websites that we have linked to.

• Please request permission before using our logos or other branded material by writing to us at coordinator@hanknunninstitute.org. We reserve the right to require our logo to be removed from websites or printed material if it is not in our interests.

• Our downloadable documents, brochures and web pages are provided for your use. You may copy or print the information for private purpose including teaching. You may not amend the content or use it for commercial purposes without Hank Nunn Institute written consent.

• Images and photos used on this website are the property of Hank Nunn Institute or other Copyright owners. They may not be reproduced or used without Hank Nunn Institute or the copyright owner’s written consent.

• If there is any conflict between these terms and conditions and rules or specific terms of use relating to specific material then the latter shall prevail.

1. Hank Nunn Institute is committed to the ethical collection, retention and use of information that you provide to us about yourself (“Personal Information”) on this site https://hanknunninstitute.com/ (“Site”)

2. Your Personal Information may comprise the following:

a. your name

b. your age

c. your occupation

d. a user ID and password of your choice

e. your email and mailing address

f. your telephone number

g. your payment processing details

h. limited personal details

i. Any other data as Hank Nunn Institute may require

3. 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.

4. YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE CONSTITUTES YOUR CONSENT TO THE ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CONTAINED IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY (AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME) AND YOU SHALL BE BOUND BY THE SAME.

5. Collection of Information

a. 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.

b. 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 your were visiting, if you linked to us from another website

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

– which ‘hit’ it is on the Site

c. The General Information is not Personal Information. Hank Nunn Institute’s tracking system does not record personal information about individuals or link this information to any Personal Information collected from you.

d. The General Information is used by Hank Nunn Institute statistical analysis, for tracking overall traffic patterns on the Site and to gauge the public interest in Hank Nunn Institute and the Site. Such General Information may be shared by Hank Nunn Institute with any person, at Hank Nunn Institute’s discretion.

e. Cookies

“Cookies” are small amounts of data that a website can send to a web browser on a visitor’s computer. The cookie is stored on a visitor’s computer. A cookie may enable the site holder to track how a visitor navigates through its site and the areas in which they show interest. This is similar to a traffic report: it tracks trends and behaviors, but does not identify individuals. Information gathered may include date and time of visits, pages viewed, time spent at the site, and the site visited just before and just after the Hank Nunn Institute site.

Types of Cookies

Cookies can be set to expire: on a specified date after a specific period of time when a transaction has been completed or when a user turns off his/her browser.

A cookie that is erased from memory when a visitor’s browser closes is called a “session” cookie. Cookies that expire based on a time set by the Web server are called “persistent” cookies.

Persistent cookies may be used in some cases, for example, to recognize when a visitor returns to a website. The web browser will send the cookie information from the initial visit back to the website. This is useful to the visitor if he or she has established a password at a particular website and wants to be identified by that site to perform a function or transaction.

To browse anonymously, you may set your browser to disable cookies or delete cookies. Please note that disabling cookies for some services will impact ability to use that service.

Refusing Cookies on Hank Nunn Institute ‘s Website

Customers may choose not to accept cookies. Your web browser may alert and permit you to refuse cookies. When you receive an alert, you may choose at that time to refuse that cookie. If the use of cookies is a concern to you, then please make sure your browser has this capability, and that you set your browser to alert you accordingly.

Newer browser versions allow you to be alerted or to automatically refuse cookies. You may need to download a more current version of your web browser from your service provider in order to obtain this option.

Note : Some product features and services provided by Hank Nunn Institute  require you to accept a cookie in order to be able to use the particular functionality or service. These cookies are used to establish a link between the user and the application server. The cookies contain unique session IDs, and no customer data is stored on the cookies.

6. Usage of Information

Personal information will be used by Hank Nunn Institute for internal purposes including the following:

a. sending you inter alia emails, features, promotional material, surveys, brochures, catalogues, reminders for donations, regular updates on the utilisation of donations by Hank Nunn Institute and other updates.

b. processing your donations to Hank Nunn institute and purchases of Hank Nunn Institute products on the Site.

c. Delivering the Hank Nunn Institute products you have purchased on the Site /Receipt for donations made by you to Hank Nunn Institute.

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

e. Evaluating and administering the Site and Hank Nunn Institute’s activities, responding to any problems that may arise and gauging visitor trends on the Site.

7. Disclosure of Personal Information by Hank Nunn Institute

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

b. Hank Nunn Institute may share Personal Information with any of persons who are associated with Hank Nunn Institute, including companies and non-governmental organisations affiliated with Hank Nunn Institute in any manner. Hank Nunn Institute will retain ownership rights over such information and will share only such portions of the Personal Information as it deems fit.

c. Hank Nunn Institute 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 Hank Nunn Institute.

d. Notwithstanding anything contained herein or any other contract between you and Hank Nunn Institute, Hank Nunn Institute 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 Hank Nunn Institute and it’s property, to fulfil your requests, to protect our visitors and other persons and if required by the policy of Hank Nunn Institute.

8. Security

a. Hank Nunn Institute endeavours to use up-to-date security measures to protect your Personal Information.

b. Hank Nunn Institute 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.

9. 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. Hank Nunn Institute 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 website 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.

10. Variation of the Privacy Policy

Hank Nunn Institute shall be absolutely entitled at its sole discretion from time to time 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.

11. Copyright Protection

All content on this Site including graphics, text, icons, interfaces, audio clips, logos, images and software is the property of Hank Nunn Institute 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 Hank Nunn Institute and protected by Indian and international copyright laws. Permission is given to use the resources of this Site only for the purposes of making enquiries, making a donation or placing an order for the purchase of Hank Nunn Institute products. Any other use, including the reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display or performance, of the content on this Site can only be made with the express permission of Hank Nunn Institute. All other trademarks, brands and copyrights other than those belonging to Hank Nunn Institute belong to their respective owners and are their property.

Hank Nunn Institute is instituting a donation refund policy to ensure fair and transparent processing of requests for refund of donations as digital payments are becoming more frequent. Hank Nunn Institute expects that all donors will exercise due care and diligence while making donations. Hank Nunn Institute also recognises that a donation may be made erroneously or donors may change their mind.

Hank Nunn Institute will examine each request for refund of donation and endeavour to make the refund. Hank Nunn Institute may also seek further information / documents and donor must co-operate in this regard.

However, Hank Nunn Institute is not obliged to make refunds and may, in its discretion, decline any requests for refund of donations, particularly if a tax exemption certificate has been issued.

– If you would like your donation to Hank Nunn Institute to be refunded,

– You must request Hank Nunn Institute in writing or by email for a refund and Your request must reach Hank Nunn Institute within 15 (fifteen) days from the date on which you made the donation i.e. the date on which you:

– Made the donation online, electronically or through other means, OR

– Handed over the cash/ cheque / demand draft to Hank Nunn Institute or someone authorised by Hank Nunn Institute for this purpose, OR

– Dispatched the cash/ cheque / demand draft to Hank Nunn Institute by other means.

The written request stating reason for requesting refund must be sent to the address stated below and must contain all the following details pertaining to the donation:

– Date of donation

– Donation amount

– If donation was made through cheque/draft, please provide Cheque/Draft no.

– If donation was made through credit card, please provide Credit Card no. (last 4 digits only).

– If donation was made online, please provide Donation-ID.

Address :

Hank Nunn Institute

P-51, 7th Main, Sector 10

Jeevan Bhima Nagar

Bangalore – 560 075

Email : drm@hanknunninstitute.org

All decisions of Hank Nunn Institute in this regard will be final and binding on the donor.