Privacy Policy

Effective Date: May 26, 2026

Kashmir International Career Consultancy (KICC) respects your privacy and is committed to handling your personal data responsibly. This Privacy Policy explains how KICC collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects personal information when you visit our website, submit an enquiry, or communicate with us regarding educational counselling and related services.

Information submitted through an enquiry may be processed for the purposes explained in this Privacy Policy and the notice provided at the relevant form. Where consent is legally required, KICC obtains it through the applicable consent mechanism. Consent to receive promotional communications is separate from the consent or processing necessary to handle an enquiry.

1. About KICC

Kashmir International Career Consultancy (KICC) is an educational consultancy providing counselling and assistance relating to educational opportunities, courses, universities, countries, admissions and related services.

The same contact details may be used for privacy-related enquiries, requests, complaints, correction requests, consent withdrawal and deletion requests.

2. Personal Data We Collect

Depending on how you interact with KICC, we may collect the following information.

Information submitted through the website enquiry form

The website may collect:

• Full name
• Phone number
• Email address
• NEET score or NEET score range, where requested
• Preferred country
• Message or enquiry details
• Date and time of submission
• Source or status associated with the enquiry for internal enquiry management

You should provide information that is accurate and relevant to your enquiry.

Information provided during later counselling or admission assistance

If you subsequently choose to use KICC's counselling or admission assistance services, you may voluntarily provide additional information necessary for those services, such as academic information or application-related information.
Such information is not necessarily collected through the initial website enquiry form.

Documents

The current website enquiry form does not require or provide a document-upload facility.
If documents are later provided directly to KICC through another communication channel for counselling or admission assistance, those documents may contain personal information and will be handled for the relevant consultancy or application purpose.

3. Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the website, certain technical information may be processed for website operation, security, performance and administration.
Depending on the website's technical configuration, this may include information such as:

• IP address
• Browser type
• Device information
• Operating system
• Pages visited
• Referring page or source
• Visit/session information
• Date and time of access
• Technical and security logs

Such information may be processed to operate, secure, troubleshoot and improve the website.

4. How We Use Personal Data

KICC may use personal data for the following purposes:

• Responding to enquiries
• Providing educational and career counselling
• Understanding your preferred course, country or educational destination
• Providing information requested by you
• Following up regarding your enquiry
• Providing admission-related guidance where requested
• Communicating regarding counselling or services
• Managing and maintaining enquiry records
• Improving website functionality and user experience
• Maintaining website security and preventing misuse
• Complying with applicable legal obligations
• Sending promotional or educational communications where applicable consent or another lawful basis permits such communication

KICC will use personal data only for purposes relevant to the services and interactions described in this Privacy Policy and the applicable notice provided when information is collected.

5. Consent

Where processing is based on consent, KICC will seek consent through an appropriate notice or consent mechanism.

The website's enquiry form may require users to provide consent to the processing necessary to receive and respond to their enquiry.

The notice associated with the form should identify the categories of personal data being collected and the purposes for which they are processed.

Consent for necessary enquiry processing should not automatically be treated as consent to receive unrelated promotional communications.

6. Promotional and Marketing Communications

KICC may wish to communicate with users regarding:

• Educational opportunities
• Admission updates
• Scholarships
• Courses and universities
• Counselling services
• Other promotional or educational information

Where required, promotional communications will be subject to the appropriate consent or other applicable legal requirements.

Where promotional consent is requested, it should be separate from consent necessary to submit and respond to an enquiry.

Users may request that promotional communications be stopped by contacting KICC using the contact details provided in this Privacy Policy.

7. Children and Students Under 18

KICC's services may be used by students who are under 18 years of age.

A minor may submit an educational enquiry through the website. Where the user is a minor, KICC may require appropriate parent or legal guardian involvement and information, including parent/guardian contact information, where necessary.

KICC will take appropriate steps required under applicable data-protection law when processing personal data relating to children, including requirements relating to parental or guardian consent where applicable.

Parents or legal guardians may contact KICC using the contact details in this Privacy Policy regarding the processing of a child's personal data.

KICC does not intentionally require children to provide personal information that is unnecessary for the relevant educational enquiry.

8. Sharing of Personal Data

KICC does not sell personal data.

Personal data may be shared where reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including with:

• KICC personnel handling enquiries and counselling
• Universities or educational institutions, where necessary for services requested by the student
• Admission or educational partners, where applicable
• Technology and service providers used to operate the website or manage enquiries
• Legal, regulatory or governmental authorities where required by applicable law

Information will not be shared with a university or admission partner merely because a user submitted a general website enquiry unless such sharing is necessary and appropriate for the relevant service or has otherwise been authorised.

Where third-party service providers process information on KICC's behalf, KICC will take appropriate measures consistent with applicable law.

9. Website Data Storage

The website currently uses Firebase services for certain website functionality and enquiry management.

The website's Firebase services include:

• Cloud Firestore: Asia South 1 (asia-south1)
• Firebase Realtime Database: US Central (us-central)

Personal information submitted through the website may therefore be processed and stored using these services as part of the website's technical operation.

KICC may also maintain records of enquiries through its own business systems and communication channels.

10. International Processing

Some technology or service providers used by the website may process or store information in locations outside India.

The Firebase services used by the website include a Realtime Database located in the US Central region.

Where personal data is processed outside India, KICC will handle such processing subject to applicable Indian law and any applicable restrictions or requirements concerning transfer or processing outside India.

11. Data Retention

KICC does not represent that all enquiry information will be automatically deleted after a fixed number of days or months.

Personal data may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including:

• Responding to and following up on enquiries
• Providing ongoing counselling or admission assistance
• Maintaining necessary business records
• Complying with legal or regulatory obligations
• Establishing, exercising or defending legal claims
• Addressing disputes or security issues

The website does not itself determine the consultancy's offline business retention practices.

When personal data is no longer required for the relevant purpose and there is no legal or other applicable reason to retain it, KICC will take appropriate steps to delete or otherwise dispose of the information.

12. Your Rights

Subject to applicable law and any applicable conditions or limitations, you may contact KICC to request:

• Access to information concerning your personal data
• Correction or updating of inaccurate personal data
• Deletion or erasure of personal data
• Withdrawal of consent where processing is based on consent
• Cessation of promotional communications
• Assistance regarding a privacy-related complaint or grievance

To make a request, contact KICC using the contact information provided below.

KICC may need to verify the identity or authority of the person making a request before taking action, particularly where the request concerns personal data.

13. Requesting Deletion of Personal Data

You may request deletion of your personal data by directly contacting KICC using the contact details below.

When making a deletion request, please provide sufficient information for KICC to identify the relevant enquiry or records.

KICC will consider and process deletion requests in accordance with applicable law.

Personal data may be retained where continued retention is necessary for a specified purpose, required by applicable law, or otherwise permitted under applicable law.

14. Withdrawal of Consent

Where KICC processes personal data on the basis of consent, you may contact KICC to withdraw that consent.

Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.

After withdrawal, KICC may stop the relevant processing unless continued processing is permitted or required under applicable law.

15. Data Security

KICC takes reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, misuse, alteration, disclosure, loss or destruction.

The website uses appropriate security controls for its technical environment, including secure communication and access controls.

However, no website, online system, database, internet transmission, or electronic storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure. While we make reasonable efforts to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted to or stored through online systems.

Users should avoid submitting unnecessary sensitive information through public or unsecured communication channels.

By using our website and submitting information electronically, you acknowledge this inherent risk. We will continue to take reasonable steps to improve and maintain the security of the personal information we handle.

16. Personal Data Breaches

KICC will take appropriate steps to identify, investigate, contain and address personal-data security incidents.

Where applicable under law, KICC will provide required notifications to affected individuals and/or relevant authorities within the applicable timeframes.

17. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The website uses cookies, browser local storage, and similar technologies that are strictly necessary for website functionality, security, performance, and spam prevention.

Specifically, we use local storage and cookies to enforce rate limits on our enquiry forms. This prevents automated bots and spam from submitting multiple forms and ensures the security and stability of our website. Because these are essential security features, they cannot be disabled or rejected.

The website may also use analytics or other technical tools where implemented.

Where non-essential tracking or advertising technologies are implemented, they will be handled in accordance with applicable requirements.

18. Third-Party Websites and Services

The KICC website may contain links or integrations leading to third-party websites or services.

If you choose to communicate with KICC through a third-party communication platform such as WhatsApp, information exchanged through that platform may also be processed by the platform according to its own terms and privacy practices.

Third-party websites and services operate under their own terms and privacy practices.

KICC is not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of third-party websites that it does not control.

Users should review the privacy policies of third-party services before submitting personal information to them.

19. Accuracy of Information

Users are responsible for providing accurate and up-to-date information.

If you discover that information provided to KICC is inaccurate or incomplete, you may contact KICC and request correction or updating of the information.

20. Changes to This Privacy Policy

KICC may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:

• Services
• Website functionality
• Data-processing practices
• Applicable laws or regulations
• Security practices

The updated version will be published on this page. Users are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

21. Contact and Privacy Enquiries

For privacy questions, requests, complaints, correction requests, consent withdrawal or deletion requests, please contact:

The above contact details may also be used to request deletion of personal data.

22. Acceptance

By submitting information through the KICC website, users acknowledge that they have been provided with the applicable privacy notice and that their personal data may be processed for the purposes described in that notice and this Privacy Policy, subject to applicable law.

Where separate consent is required, KICC will obtain consent through the applicable consent mechanism.

Kashmir International Career Consultancy (KICC)