1. Introduction
This Privacy Policy explains how 1GEN Innvovations Private Limited ("Origin", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and protects your personal data in compliance with the **Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023** (India), the **General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)** (EU), and the **California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)** (USA).
2. Personal Data We Process
Based on your consent, we process the following categories of digital personal data:
- **Identity Data:** Name, Date of Birth.
- **Contact Data:** Email address, Phone number.
- **Professional Data:** Educational background, work experience, and skills.
- **Technical Data:** IP address, device identifiers, and platform usage logs.
3. Purpose of Processing
We process your data for the following specific purposes:
- Creation and management of your lifelong educational identity (Origin ID).
- Facilitating Single Sign-On (SSO) across our ecosystem of partner applications.
- Recording and verifying academic and professional achievements on the Folio ledger.
- Identity verification as required by partner educational institutions.
4. Your Rights as a Data Principal
Under the DPDP Act, you have the following rights:
- **Right to Access:** Request information about your processed data and processing activities.
- **Right to Correction & Erasure:** Update inaccurate data or request deletion of data that is no longer necessary.
- **Right to Withdraw Consent:** At any time, you may withdraw your consent via your account settings.
- **Right of Grievance Redressal:** Submit grievances to our designated Grievance Officer.
- **European Union Rights (GDPR):** If you are in the EU, you also have the right to **data portability**, the right to object to processing, and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
- **California Rights (CCPA):** If you are a California resident, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information.
5. Data Deletion (Right to be Forgotten)
You may initiate account deletion through your profile dashboard. Upon request, we will erase your personal data from our active systems within the statutory timeframe, subject to legal retention requirements.
6. Contact for Grievances
If you have any questions or grievances regarding this policy or our data practices, please contact our **Statutory Officer**, **Paul Singh Oberoi**, at [paul@1gen.io](/grievance).
**Data Controller:** 1GEN Innvovations Private Limited.
**CCPA Notice:** We do not sell your personal information. To exercise your rights, please use the contact details above.
