Privacy Policy

1. Introduction & Scope

Popular Computer Institute ("PCI", "we", "our", "us") operates educational services, online exam portals, fee gateways, and course verification platforms. This Privacy Policy details how we gather, process, store, and safeguard your personal details when accessing our web domains and enrolling in academic programs.

2. Data We Collect

To facilitate student admission, examination scheduling, certification issuance, and communications, we collect:

• Personal & Academic Identification: Full Name, Date of Birth, Father's Name, Mother's Name, Gender, educational qualification, and passport-size photograph.
• Contact Details: Registered Mobile Number, WhatsApp Number, Email Address, and Postal Address with Pincode.
• Academic & Examination Records: Batch attendance records, practical scores, assessment logs, and certificate issuance IDs.
• Financial Data: Razorpay transaction IDs, payment mode, installment records, and generated invoice receipts. We do not store raw credit card numbers or UPI MPINs on our servers.

3. How Your Information Is Utilized

• To verify student identity and process course admissions.
• To generate authenticated marksheets, diplomas, and enrollment letters.
• To send important academic notices, exam time tables, and fee installment receipts via SMS or WhatsApp.
• To provide 24/7 public employer verification of academic certificates.

4. Information Security & Protection

We implement industry-standard 256-bit SSL encryption, hardened tokenized sessions, role-based authorization filters, and rate-limiting safeguards against brute-force intrusion. Only authorized institute administrative staff possess access to candidate records.

5. Third-Party Disclosures

We never sell, rent, or trade student records to telemarketing agencies. Personal data is only shared with statutory examination bodies (e.g., NIELIT) upon candidate authorization or with payment service providers (Razorpay) strictly to process tuition fees.