Comprehensive Privacy Policy for Test Gyani
Website Name: TestGyani.com
Website URL: TestGyani.com
Effective Date: October 30, 2025
Last Updated: October 30, 2025
1. Introduction and Scope
This Comprehensive Privacy Policy describes how Test Gyani (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, stores, protects, and discloses your personal information when you visit, use, or interact with our website, TestGyani.com (the “Site”). Our platform is dedicated to providing specialized resources, including university notes, study materials, personalized career guidance, and e-content for students and professionals engaged in upskilling and workforce development.
We are committed to transparency and to protecting the privacy of our global user base. This policy is designed to meet the detailed disclosure requirements of major international data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) / California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA).
2. Information We Collect
We collect various categories of information to provide, maintain, and improve our educational and career services.
A. Personal Data You Disclose to Us (Voluntary Collection)
This data is collected when you actively use the Site, suchably by creating an account, posting User Generated Content (UGC), or making a purchase.
| Category of Personal Data | Specific Data Points Collected | Purpose of Processing |
| Identifiers & Contact Data | Full name, Email address, Telephone number, Username, Encrypted password. | To establish and authenticate your user account, enable communication, and send essential service notifications. |
| Academic & Professional Data | University/Institution Name, Course of Study, Graduation Year, Current Job Title, Resume/CV, Certifications, Targeted Job Preferences. | Core Service Delivery: To personalize the discovery of relevant study notes, suggest micro-credentials, and deliver tailored career suggestions and skill-gap analysis. |
| Transaction & Financial Data | Payment card details (last four digits, type), Billing address, Transaction history for premium e-content. | To process payments for purchased premium notes or courses, manage refunds, and comply with tax laws. |
| Communication & Feedback | Content of messages sent via our contact form, forum posts, product reviews, and AI-powered learning feedback. | To provide customer support, resolve disputes, and improve our services and algorithms. |
| Subscription Preferences | Opt-in status for newsletters, marketing emails, and specialized job-readiness alerts. | To deliver requested marketing communications based on your consent. |
B. Data Collected Automatically (Passive Collection)
When you access the Site, our servers and third-party tools automatically record certain data, often through cookies and similar tracking technologies.
- Log and Usage Data: Server logs including IP address, access times, pages viewed, time spent on the Site, and the sequence of pages visited. This helps us monitor site stability and prevent security threats.
- Device Data: Information about the device used (type, operating system, browser type, unique device identifiers). This helps ensure compatibility and optimize content display.
- Behavioral Data: Detailed information on your interaction with the Site’s features, such as notes downloaded, career path articles read, search queries performed, and content uploaded. This data is used to model and predict user interest in future-ready skills.
- Geo-Location Data: We infer your approximate geographical location from your IP address to deliver localized content (e.g., regional university notes) and comply with region-specific laws (e.g., GDPR).
3. Legal Bases for Processing (GDPR Mandate)
For users residing in the European Economic Area (EEA), we process your Personal Data only when we have a valid legal basis to do so under the GDPR:
| Legal Basis | Description and Application to Test Gyani |
| Contractual Necessity | Processing is necessary to fulfill a contract with you, or to take steps, at your request, before entering into a contract. |
| Legitimate Interest | Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided your fundamental rights do not override those interests. |
| Consent | You have given us clear, explicit permission to process your Personal Data for a specific purpose. |
| Legal Obligation | Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation to which we are subject. |
4. How and Why We Use Your Information
We process your data for the following specific and detailed business purposes, which align with our educational mission:
- To Facilitate Account Creation and Log-In: We use your Identifiers and Contact Data to securely register and maintain your access to the Test Gyani platform.
- To Personalize the User Experience and Improve E-Content: We use Academic/Professional Data and Behavioral Data to tailor our content, recommending relevant e-content, university notes, and career path articles to match your educational needs. This is critical for delivering high-value, personalized education.
- To Process Payments and Manage Transactions: We use Transaction Data to complete your purchases of premium study notes and manage billing, invoicing, and potential refund requests.
- To Provide Targeted Career Development: We analyze your Academic/Professional Data against industry trends to generate customized job-readiness suggestions, digital fluency courses, and future-ready skills articles.
- To Manage User Generated Content (UGC): We process UGC to display it to the community, ensure compliance with our Terms and Conditions, and review it for quality assurance and intellectual property issues.
- To Send Marketing and Promotional Communications (with Opt-in): We use your Contact Data and Subscription Preferences to send updates on new e-content, educational partner offers, and industry white papers related to workforce development.
- To Enforce our Terms, Conditions, and Policies: We monitor Log and Usage Data to detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions, unauthorized access, and other illegal activities on the Site.
5. Disclosure and Sharing of Your Data
We only share your data with trusted parties under strict agreements and for the limited purposes detailed below.
A. Third-Party Service Providers
We rely on third-party vendors to perform essential services:
- Payment Processors: Companies like PayPal or Stripe handle your Transaction Data securely.
- Web Hosting Providers: Companies that host our servers and data (e.g., Amazon Web Services) to ensure the Site is operational.
- Analytics Providers: Companies like Google Analytics to help us understand site traffic and user behavior.
- Marketing and Communication Partners: Email delivery services to manage our newsletters and alerts.
B. Business Partners and Affiliates
We may share your Professional Data and interests with educational partners or recruiters for the purpose of connecting you with relevant micro-credentials or job opportunities, but only where you have provided specific, explicit consent for this type of sharing.
C. Legal Compliance and Protection
We may disclose your data where we believe it is legally required to:
- Comply with legal obligations, such as a court order or subpoena.
- Protect our rights, property, and safety, or the rights, property, and safety of our users or the public.
- Investigate or prevent potential violations of our Terms and Conditions.
D. User-Generated Content (UGC)
Any study notes, comments, or forum posts you submit to the public sections of the Site are inherently public. We disclaim any privacy expectation regarding content you voluntarily post publicly.
6. Your Rights and Choices (GDPR & CCPA/CPRA)
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following specific rights regarding your Personal Data:
A. GDPR Rights (EEA Residents)
- Right of Access (Article 15): The right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not Personal Data concerning you is being processed, and access to that data.
- Right to Rectification (Article 16): The right to request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete Personal Data.
- Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten,” Article 17): The right to request the deletion of your Personal Data when certain conditions are met (e.g., the data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected).
- Right to Restriction of Processing (Article 18): The right to request that we limit the processing of your data under specific circumstances.
- Right to Data Portability (Article 20): The right to receive your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit that data to another controller.
- Right to Object (Article 21): The right to object to the processing of your data based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent to process your data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
B. CCPA/CPRA Rights (California Residents)
- Right to Know: The right to request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected, used, and/or disclosed over the past 12 months.
- Right to Delete: The right to request the deletion of your Personal Information, subject to certain exceptions.
- Right to Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing: The right to direct us not to sell or “share” (as defined by CPRA for cross-context behavioral advertising) your Personal Information. Test Gyani does not sell Personal Data for monetary value. However, we respect this right and provide mechanisms to opt-out of sharing data for targeted advertising purposes.
- Right to Non-Retaliation: The right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of your CCPA/CPRA rights.
How to Exercise Your Rights
To submit a request to exercise any of your rights, please use the contact information provided in Section 9. We will respond to verified requests within the legally mandated timeframe.
7. Data Retention and Security
A. Data Retention
We retain your Personal Data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, including providing our services, resolving disputes, and complying with our legal and accounting obligations. For most user accounts, data is retained for the duration of the account’s active status plus a reasonable period thereafter for analytical and security purposes.
B. Data Security
We employ industry-standard technical and organizational security measures, including encryption, firewalls, and secure server hosting, to protect your Personal Data from accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure, or access. However, no electronic transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
8. Children’s Privacy
The Site is not intended for use by children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under this age. If we learn that a child under 16 has provided us with Personal Data without parental consent, we will promptly delete it.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints regarding this policy or wish to exercise your data rights, please contact us:
Test Gyani
You can reach us through our dedicated contact page: