Privacy Policy
Effective Date: August 7, 2026
Sree Anjaneya Institute of Dental Sciences (SAIDS), a unit of Malabar Medical College, Kozhikode, is committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of every visitor, student, parent, and patient who uses our website. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, share, and protect your information when you interact with our online platform.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect personal information when you interact with our website, submit online forms, or make financial transactions. This may include:
- Personal Identifiers: Name, Date of Birth, Gender, and Relationship (e.g., Parent/Guardian details).
- Contact Information: Email address, mobile/phone number, and billing/residential address.
- Institutional/Clinical Data: Student Roll Number, Application ID, Course/Class, Section, or Patient UHID/Reference Number.
2. How We Use Your Information
The information collected is used solely for institutional, academic, and clinical operations, including:
- Processing admissions, student registrations, and course enrollments.
- Scheduling clinical appointments and managing hospital treatment bookings.
- Generating secure digital fee receipts and maintaining institutional financial records.
- Responding to your explicit enquiries, providing customer support, and communicating critical institutional updates.
3. Financial Data Security & Compliance
We implement strict technical, administrative, and organizational measures to safeguard your sensitive information.
- No Financial Data Storage: SAIDS does not collect, process, or store your sensitive payment credentials—such as credit/debit card numbers, CVV numbers, expiration dates, net banking passwords, or UPI PINs—on its institutional servers.
- Secure Transaction Routing: All online financial transactions are handled securely via an authorized, PCI-DSS compliant third-party payment gateway partner. Data transmission is fully encrypted using standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL) / Transport Layer Security (TLS) technology to protect your data from interception or unauthorized access during transit.
4. Data Sharing & Third-Party Services
- Commercial Restrictions: SAIDS does not sell, rent, lease, or trade your personal or financial information to third-party commercial entities for marketing purposes.
- Authorized Sharing for Payments: Student, parent, or patient metadata and transaction specifics are shared with our integrated payment gateway partner(s) solely for the purpose of verifying, processing, authorizing, and securing your transaction, as well as monitoring transaction statuses and mitigating financial fraud.
- Legal Disclosures: Information may be shared with external entities only when strictly mandated by law, court orders, or statutory regulatory bodies governing medical/dental education in India.
5. Cookies
Our website may use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze traffic patterns, and optimize website performance. You can configure your internet browser to refuse or disable cookies; however, note that doing so may cause certain features or interactive forms on our payment portal to function improperly.
6. Policy Updates
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to align with shifting legal frameworks or institutional upgrades without prior notice. Any modifications will be posted immediately on this page, and your continued use of the website constitutes full acceptance of the revised policy.