Last Updated: June 2026
The International Institute for Faculty and Research ("IIFR," "we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal data.
This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you interact with our website (https://www.iifr.global) and our academic, training, and research services.
This policy is designed to comply with applicable data protection laws, including the Indian Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023, and other relevant local and international frameworks.
1. Information We Collect
We collect the following categories of information:
- Personal Information: Information you provide directly to us, such as your name, email address, phone number, institutional/university affiliation, academic credentials, designative role, and billing/payment details when you register for programs, apply for faculty development initiatives, or submit research proposals.
- Usage Data: Technical information automatically collected when you visit our website, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, pages viewed, device identifiers, and the duration of your visit.
2. Lawful Basis and Purpose of Processing
In compliance with the DPDP Act, 2023, we process your personal data only based on your explicit, specific, and unambiguous consent, or for legitimate uses (such as processing an academic application you voluntarily submitted).
We use your data strictly to:
- Provide, manage, and improve our faculty training modules, research initiatives, and institutional collaborations.
- Process registrations, institutional memberships, and certification programs.
- Respond to your academic inquiries, applications, or administrative requests.
- Send you institutional updates, research insights, and program announcements (you may opt-out at any time).
- We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third parties for commercial marketing.
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. Cookies help us analyze site traffic, customize your experience, and remember your institutional preferences. You can manage or disable cookies through your individual browser settings; however, doing so may limit your access to certain interactive features of our portal.
4. Data Protection and Security
We implement robust technical, administrative, and physical security measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, accidental loss, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Access to your data is strictly limited to authorized personnel who require it to conduct official IIFR academic and administrative functions.
5. Cross-Border Data Transfers
As a global institute facilitating international research collaborations, your personal data may occasionally be transferred to, stored, or processed in countries outside of India. We ensure that such transfers comply with permissible government regulations and that our international partners maintain data protection standards at least as stringent as those required under Indian law.
6. Age Limitations (Children's Data)
Our programs and website are intended for adult academic professionals, researchers, and higher education students. We do not knowingly collect personal data from individuals under the age of 18 without verifiable parental or legal guardian consent.
7. Data Retention
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the educational, research, and administrative purposes outlined in this policy, or as required to comply with statutory legal, auditing, and regulatory retention obligations in India.
8. Your Rights
Under the DPDP Act, 2023, you hold specific rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to Correction and Erasure: You can request that we update inaccurate data or erase data that is no longer necessary for the purpose it was collected.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: You may withdraw your consent for data processing at any time, after which we will cease processing unless required by law.
- Right to Grievance Redressal: You have the right to register a grievance with our Grievance Officer regarding any data processing concerns.
9. Security
IIFR makes all reasonable efforts to safeguard your Personal information (if any), and protect it from loss, misuse, unauthorised access or disclosure, unauthorised alteration, or destruction.
10. Grievance Redressal and Contact Information
If you have any questions, concerns, or wish to exercise your data rights, please contact our administrative office or our designated Grievance Officer using the details below. We are committed to addressing valid grievances within the legally mandated timelines.
- Email: info@iifr.global
- Phone: +91-79818-95005
- Website: www.iifr.global
- Registered Campus Address: International Institute for Faculty and Research (IIFR), Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan campus, KG Marg, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi, Delhi 110001, India
