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Privacy Policy

SmartHisaab Education supports institute operations from Admissions se Achievement Tak. This policy explains the information that journey may involve, why it is used and how to request a correction or deletion.

Effective 23 July 2026 · Last revised 25 August 2026

SmartHisaab Education (the “Service”) is developed and operated by Swayam Digital Systems, a sole proprietorship of Sitanshu Panda. In this Policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Swayam Digital Systems. The Service helps coaching and tuition institutes manage admissions, students, attendance, fees, communication, academics, assessments, staff and reports.

1. Data we collect and where it comes from

From institutes

  • Institute profile, contact information, branches, departments and optional logo
  • Authorised Owner, Admin, Teacher and Student account information and access assignments
  • Passwords for issued accounts, stored only in securely hashed form and not as readable text

About students and guardians

  • Admission, identity, contact, batch, class and lifecycle records
  • Parent or guardian identity and contact details used for institute-authorised communication
  • Attendance, academic work, assessments, marks, results and related learning records
  • Fee amounts, due dates, invoices, instalments and payment records

About staff

  • Staff identity, contact, employment, department and assignment records
  • Account role, granted access and security-relevant credential lifecycle events

Security and operation records

  • Login attempts and network information used for rate limiting and account protection
  • Authentication and session records used to keep authorised users signed in and revoke access
  • Audit records of relevant administrative actions
  • Delivery status of supported messages, such as sent, delivered, read or failed
What we deliberately do not do: no advertising trackers, no selling or renting personal data, and no SmartHisaab marketing messages to an institute's students or guardians. External messages are operational communications initiated or authorised by their institution.

2. How we use this data

  • Provide the institute-management modules and role-specific workspaces
  • Maintain the institute's operational, academic and money records
  • Deliver institute-authorised messages, reminders, alerts and receipts
  • Protect accounts through rate limiting, session management and auditability
  • Support institutes and investigate reported problems

3. WhatsApp and service providers

Messages are delivered through the WhatsApp Business Platform, operated by Meta Platforms. To deliver a message, the recipient's phone number and message content may be transmitted to Meta. Meta describes its handling in the WhatsApp Business terms and WhatsApp Privacy Policy.

The Service currently uses Vercel for web delivery, Render for the backend application and Neon for the PostgreSQL database in Singapore. These providers process data as needed to host and deliver the Service. Supported public traffic is encrypted in transit using HTTPS/TLS.

We disclose personal data only to providers needed to operate the Service, where required by law, or on the relevant institute's lawful instruction. We do not sell, rent or trade personal data.

4. Payments

Current position: SmartHisaab does not process student-fee money. Fees are currently paid directly to the institute through the institute's own methods. We record what the institute enters. PhonePe is the selected future gateway, but no checkout is live and no payment data is sent to PhonePe until merchant approval, required disclosures and the settlement model are complete. This Policy will be updated before that processing begins.

5. Children's data

Student information is entered by institutes from their admission, academic and administrative records to provide and manage educational services. We do not invite children to create an independent commercial relationship with Swayam Digital Systems. Where a guardian relationship is recorded, institute-authorised external communication goes to the guardian contact. A parent or guardian may ask the institute—or us directly—to correct or remove a child's details.

6. How long we keep data

  • Institute, student, staff, academic, fee and message records: kept while the institute's account is active so it has a continuous operational record
  • Security and audit records: kept for a limited period appropriate to account protection, investigation and applicable obligations
  • After account closure: institute data is deleted within 30 days of a confirmed closure request, except where law requires a record to be retained longer

7. Correction and deletion requests

  • Students and guardians: ask your institute to correct or remove its record, or contact us with the institute name and enough information to verify the request.
  • Institutes: contact us to close the account. The institution's data will be permanently deleted within 30 days of confirmed closure, subject to any legal retention requirement.

Write to privacy@smarthisaab.in. We aim to acknowledge requests within 7 working days and will verify authority before changing protected records.

8. Security

  • Passwords are stored as one-way cryptographic hashes
  • Authentication and session records support expiry and revocation
  • Institution context and role boundaries restrict access to tenant data
  • Repeated failed authentication attempts are rate-limited or locked out
  • Supported public traffic uses HTTPS

See Trust for our public control boundaries or Security Reports to report a suspected vulnerability.

9. Your choices

  • Ask for correction or deletion through the institute or our privacy address
  • Institute-authorised users can maintain records within the access provided to their role
  • Use the official addresses on our Contact page for privacy, support or formal legal correspondence

10. Changes to this policy

If this Policy changes materially, we will update this page and its revision date. Changes needed before a new provider or payment-processing activity begins will be published before that processing starts.

11. Contact

Swayam Digital Systems, a sole proprietorship of Sitanshu Panda · UDYAM-OD-19-0176589 · Odisha, India.

Privacy and data-protection requests: privacy@smarthisaab.in
Formal legal notices: legal@smarthisaab.in
Phone: +91 80938 03809