(GGPV) GP-GIS plan verification application User Privacy Policy

Introduction and purpose

The Gram Panchayat-GIS plan field verification application (GGPV) is an Android-based application designed to verify the GIS based GP plan prepared by the Department of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh officials for validation of the GP GIS plan in the field.

The development, promotion and scaling up of this application is being developed by M S Swaminathan Research Foundation in partnership with GiZ, New Delhi and Department of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. The GIS plan and date are provided by the respective State Rural development department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. GGPV does not play any role in the deployment of these schemes and has only displayed this information for the benefit of the users. GGPV does not represent the government or any government entity and only displays publicly available schemes and entitlements.

This application is allowed to be downloaded at free of cost for all the interested users and no person shall charge fee for this.

Service: GGPV uses GIS technology to improve planning and implementation of rural development activities. It involves using maps and spatial information to identify areas for development, plan works, and monitor their progress

This page is used to inform users about our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use our Service.

If any stakeholder chooses to use our Service, they need to agree to the terms and conditions of this policy.

The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which is accessible at GP-GIS plan verification application (GGPV) unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy.

Information Collection modes and use

For a better experience, while using our Service, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information during registration, including but not limited to Name, Phone no, occupation, email id, State, District, Current Lattitude and Longitude position (“Personal Information”). The information that we request will be retained and used by us for the purposes as described in this privacy policy.

The Personal Information that is gathered will be used for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your Personal Information with anyone except for the purposes as described in this Privacy Policy.

We want to inform you that whenever you use our Service, in a case of an error in the app we collect data and information (through third-party products) on your phone called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your device, device name, operating system version, the configuration of the app when utilizing our Service, the time and date of your use of the Service, and other statistics.

Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:

To facilitate our Service;

To provide the Service on our behalf;

To perform Service-related services; or

To assist us in analysing how our Service is used.

We want to inform users of this Service that these third parties have access to your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any purpose other than providing the Service..

The app does use third-party services that may collect information to identify the user who has been accessing the application.

Link to privacy policy of third party service providers used by the app

Google Play Services

Data Security

We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it.

Children’s Privacy

These Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions.

Terms and Conditions

The Application is owned by MSSRF, its licensors or its suppliers and protected by copyright laws under Indian jurisdiction. You may not copy the application other than as expressly provided in this License. You may not modify, adapt, alter, translate, or create derivative works from the application. You may use the application only on your Mobile phone. This application may use your internet to notify application upgrades, special announcements and other services related information.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately after they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, grievances or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact through this mail id : wasca2ap@gmail.com. We will attempt to resolve your grievance within a reasonable period of time.