The **Institute for Social Reforms and Higher Education (ISRHE)** is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you interact with our website and services.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information primarily to facilitate event registration, process nominations, and improve our website experience. This includes:

• **Personal Identification Data:** Name, email address, telephone number, and institutional affiliation provided during contact form submissions or registration.
• **Technical Data:** IP address, browser type, operating system, and pages viewed, collected via cookies and third-party analytics (e.g., Google Analytics and Tag Manager).
• **Transactional Data:** Details related to awards purchased, event fees paid, and correspondence with us.

2. How We Use Your Information

Your data is used for the following specific purposes:

• To **process** and confirm your event registrations, award nominations, and service requests.
• To **communicate** with you regarding event updates, award status, and organizational news.
• To **administer** and improve the functionality and content of our website.
• For **legal compliance** and record-keeping related to our financial and non-profit status.

3. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information regarding visitors and users with our partners, trusted affiliates, and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.

• **Service Providers:** We may share information with third parties (e.g., payment processors, couriers) only as necessary to provide the services you have requested.
• **Legal Requirements:** We may disclose your information when legally required to do so in response to a court order or subpoena.

4. Data Security

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information and data stored on our Site. However, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technology

Our Site uses "cookies" to enhance user experience. Your web browser places cookies on your hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. You may choose to set your web browser to refuse cookies, but doing so may prevent the Site from functioning properly.

6. Your Data Rights

You have the right to access, update, correct, or request deletion of your personal data held by us, subject to legal and contractual constraints.

7. Policy Updates

ISRHE reserves the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. We encourage users to frequently check this page for any changes. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

Contact Information

For any questions about this Privacy Policy, please refer to the contact details provided on our main **Contact Us** page.