Privacy Policy

1. Introduction & Application Scope

This Privacy Policy applies to the official website and online assessment system of G.K. Joshi Night College, Latur (GKJNCL, website: https://gkjncl.com). The application operates as an institutional portal for academic examinations, inter-collegiate quizzes, and student services. We are dedicated to respecting your privacy and protecting any personal information collected through our online services.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information to provide and improve our educational assessment services. The categories of information collected include:

• Google User Data (via OAuth 2.0): When you sign in using your Google account, we access basic profile information provided by Google with your explicit permission:
  • Full Name: To address the candidate and record test submissions under the student\'s verified identity.
  • Email Address: To establish a unique user account, authenticate session tokens, and ensure our strict anti-cheat institutional rule of one submission per candidate.
  • Profile Picture URL: Used solely to display the logged-in candidate\'s avatar on the examination dashboard during active test sessions.
• Candidate Academic Details: Information voluntarily provided by candidates during registration, such as Institutional Roll Number, Class/Stream (e.g., B.Com, B.A., B.Sc), and College Name.
• Assessment & Quiz Submissions: Timestamp of exam start and submission, responses selected for each question, calculated examination scores, and time duration.

4. How We Use and Process Information

We use the information collected exclusively for legitimate academic and administrative objectives:

• Authenticating candidates and establishing secure assessment sessions.
• Enforcing test integrity and fraud prevention (strict 1-attempt limitation per Google account).
• Computing marks, tabulating academic scores, and issuing merit certificates.
• Compiling statistical reports for internal quality assurance (IQAC) and regulatory compliance (NAAC, University affiliation audits).

5. Third-Party Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, rent, or monetize your personal information to third parties.

Your personal information is never shared with external marketing agencies or commercial entities. Data is only accessible to authorized college administrative personnel, system administrators under strict confidentiality agreements, or when strictly mandated by competent court orders and university regulatory bodies.

6. Data Retention and Deletion Requests

We retain candidate assessment records only for as long as necessary to fulfill the academic purposes outlined in this policy or as required by institutional record retention schedules.

Right to Request Deletion: Any candidate or user may request the complete deletion of their personal information and quiz participation history from our database at any time by emailing us at [email protected] with the subject line "Data Deletion Request". Upon receiving and verifying the request, your records will be permanently purged within 30 days.

7. Data Security Measures

We implement industry-standard administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to preserve the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of your data:

• All web communication is encrypted in transit using Transport Layer Security (TLS/HTTPS 256-bit encryption).
• Databases are hosted in secured, firewalled server environments with role-based access control.
• Authentication tokens are handled using industry-standard OAuth 2.0 protocols with rotating session cookies.

8. Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or grievances regarding this Privacy Policy or the data practices of G.K. Joshi Night College, Latur, please contact our administrative office: