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Last updated: 4 May 2026
Mentors for Kids Foundation (“we”, “us”, “the foundation”) operates this website and the mentor application. This policy explains what personal data we collect, why we collect it, and how we handle it. We comply with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“DPDP Act”) of India.
Children we work with: name, school, class, attendance, daily journal entries, photographs and videos taken during program activities, mutual fund contribution records, and a stable internal student ID.
Mentors and volunteers: name, contact details, role, and activity records within the mentor app.
Donors: name, contact details, and payment confirmations from UPI / payment processors. We do not store card or bank account numbers.
Visitors: standard server logs and anonymous usage analytics.
We use this data to run the mentorship program, track each child’s progress and rewards, communicate with mentors and donors, share program updates, issue donation receipts, and improve the website. We do not sell personal data and we do not use it for advertising.
Public surfaces of the website (videos, listings, story pages) display children by an assumed name only — a short pseudonym (max 8 characters) plus a single last initial. Each child also has a 6-character public identifier (PNR) used in their profile URL and printed QR code. A child’s real name is visible only to authorised foundation staff and mentors and is never spoken or shown in published video content.
Children may change their assumed name at any time on their profile’s edit screen. When a child graduates or otherwise exits the program, their profile is shown as an anonymous alumna placeholder and the underlying personal data is anonymised in line with our Data Retention Policy.
Parents or legal guardians may request access to, correction of, or deletion of their child’s data at any time using the contact below.
We do not currently use AI to process personal data. The Technology section of this site describes features we are considering — for example translation of journal entries, OCR of paper registers, and an automated safety check that flags any faces or names accidentally captured in videos before publication. Before any AI feature goes live, this policy will be updated and parents will be notified through the website.
We use the following processors:
These processors may store data outside India in line with their own infrastructure. Each is bound by their own privacy commitments and applicable data-protection law.
We keep program data (journal entries, attendance, videos, photographs and contribution records) for one year after a child graduates from or otherwise exits the program, after which it is anonymised or deleted. Donation and accounting records are kept for the period required by Indian tax and audit law. Server logs are retained for up to 90 days. See our Data Retention Policy for the full schedule.
Under the DPDP Act you (or, for a child, the parent or legal guardian) have the right to access the personal data we hold about you, to ask us to correct or update it, to ask us to delete it, and to withdraw any consent you have previously given. To exercise any of these rights, write to us at the address below. We respond within 30 days.
Personal data is transmitted over HTTPS and stored in access-controlled systems. Authentication uses one-time passwords. We collect only the minimum data needed to operate the program. Payments are handled by UPI partners; we never store payment instrument numbers.
We may update this policy from time to time. The “last updated” date at the top of the page reflects the most recent change. Material changes will be notified through the website.
For any privacy question or to exercise your rights, write to us at ask@mentorsforkids.in.
Mentors for Kids Foundation — a not-for-profit initiative by BCL India.