PRIVACY POLICY

01 Introduction & Applicability

This Privacy Policy governs the processing of personal data collected through the Bengal Education & Employment Summit (BEES) 2026 portal (futurereadybengal.com), physical registration desks, on-ground networking kiosks, and Job & Opportunity Fair submissions.

By providing your personal data, you consent to the collection, storage, and processing of your information in accordance with this Policy and India's Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act 2023.

02 Categories of Data We Collect

Depending on how you engage with BEES 2026, we collect the following categories of information:

A. For Students & Jobseekers:

• Full name, date of birth, contact number, email address, and residential city.
• Academic background: Degree, college/university, graduation year, academic scores, and certifications.
• Curriculum Vitae (CV) / Resumes, portfolio links, skill tags, and employment preferences.

B. For Delegates, Institutions & Corporate Partners:

• Official name, designation, organization/institution name, corporate email, and telephone.
• Billing information, GSTIN, PAN, and corporate office address for invoicing and passes issuance.
• Award nomination submissions, institutional profile dossiers, and executive speaker bios.

C. Technical & Diagnostic Data:

• IP address, browser type, device identifiers, and page interaction timestamps gathered via essential cookies.

03 Purpose of Processing & Legal Basis

We process personal data solely for legitimate business and operational purposes:

• Delegate Accreditation: Issuing official summit gate passes, lanyard credentials, and access verifications.
• Employment & Opportunity Fair Facilitation: Matching and sharing student/candidate profiles with authorized hiring partners and recruiters participating at BEES 2026 for job screening and interview scheduling.
• Institutional Collaboration: Coordinating partnership logistics, exhibition stall allocations, and bilateral MoUs.
• Award Nomination Verification: Scrutinizing dossier metrics by our independent jury council.
• Safety & Logistical Communications: Sending essential schedule updates, hall allocations, and security advisories via email/SMS.

04 Candidate Resume & Data Sharing Protocol

We enforce strict protocols regarding candidate resume confidentiality:

• Verified Hiring Partners Only: Resumes and contact details submitted during Job Fair registration are shared exclusively with verified participating corporate employers, institutional recruiters, and designated staffing sponsors.
• No External Commercial Brokering: We never sell, rent, or lease candidate databases to third-party telemarketing firms, loan agencies, or unrelated commercial brokers.
• Employer Obligations: All employers receiving candidate data are bound by contract to use such data strictly for genuine recruitment evaluation for open vacancies.

05 Data Security & Storage

We implement industry-grade technical and organizational safeguards:

• Encryption: Data transmitted across our web forms is secured via 256-bit SSL/TLS cryptographic encryption.
• Access Controls: Access to registration data is strictly restricted to authorized BEES Secretariat personnel on a role-based, need-to-know basis.
• Payment Security: Online pass transactions and nomination fees are processed through RBI-authorized payment gateways. We do not store credit card, debit card, or UPI PIN credentials on our servers.

06 Individual Rights under DPDP Act 2023

As a data principal, you are entitled to exercise the following rights:

• Right to Access: You may request a summary of personal data held about you by the Secretariat.
• Right to Correction: You may update inaccurate or incomplete contact details or resume records.
• Right to Erasure / Withdrawal: You may withdraw your consent for candidate data sharing and request profile deletion at any time prior to the physical print of badges or resume circulation.

To exercise any of these rights, please email our Data Grievance Officer at info@futurereadybengal.com with the subject line "DPDP Data Request".

07 Cookies Policy

Our website uses essential and performance cookies to ensure seamless navigation, preserve active session security, and analyze aggregate visitor traffic patterns. You may configure your browser to reject non-essential cookies without affecting basic access to summit information.