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Privacy notice

We take student data seriously. This notice explains what JSTE collects, why, and how families can reach us.

JSTE is the Junior Talent Search Examination. Students in this programme are children. We collect only what we need to run the examination fairly, and we do not sell student information.

What we collect

  • Student name, class, school, and Aadhaar number
  • Parent or guardian contact details
  • Registration and payment records
  • Examination and performance information
  • Scholarship records, where they apply
  • Messages sent to us for support or administration

How we use it

We use this information to register students, issue admit cards, conduct and evaluate the examination, publish results, administer scholarships, issue certificates, provide support, and keep legal and operational records.

What we do not do

We do not sell student information. We do not run advertising or behavioural tracking on the parent, school, or admin portals. Public pages may use simple, cookieless counts.

Access and security

Access is limited by role. Parents see their own children. Schools see their own students. Administrators see what they need to run the cycle. Public certificate checks show only a short whitelist: name, class, board, cycle, certificate type, issue date, and status — not parent, school, contact, or score details.

How long we keep it

We keep records for as long as reasonably necessary to run the examination, complete operations, allow certificate verification, and meet legal and accounting duties. Payment and receipt records are kept as required for accounts.

Consent

When a parent or guardian registers a child individually, we confirm the registering email with a one-time code and record consent before the registration is stored.

When a school registers students in bulk, the school attests that it holds parental consent for those students. That attestation is stored with the upload.

Questions and grievances

You can ask to see, correct, export, or delete a child’s data. Until a privacy officer is named, write via Contact or Grievance. We will not invent a name here.

This notice is written in plain language for India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act. It will be legally reviewed before registrations open.