Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how the website of Jyoti High School, Jatwal, Samba, Jammu & Kashmir (“we”, “our”, “the School”) handles information in connection with jyotihighschool.in.

1. Information We Collect from Visitors

This website does not have a registration form, enquiry form, login portal, or any mechanism that collects personal data from visitors. You can browse all public pages — notices, events, gallery, staff, and contact information — without providing any personal information.

The only login on this site is an internal admin panel accessible exclusively to school staff. Data entered there (notices, events, photos, staff profiles) is school-operational information and is not shared with third parties.

2. Information Displayed on This Website

This website displays photographs and names of school staff and student achievement highlights (success stories). This content is published with the knowledge and consent of the individuals concerned, obtained by the school through its standard offline processes.

If you are a staff member, former student, or parent and have a concern about personal information displayed on this site, please contact the Grievance Officer listed in Section 7.

3. Third-Party Services

Firebase (Google LLC): The website is built on Next.js and uses Google Firebase for backend services — specifically Firestore (database) and Cloud Storage (images and PDFs). These services are hosted on Google’s infrastructure. Firebase Firestore and Storage used here operate in read-only mode for public visitors; no personal visitor data is sent to or stored in Firebase. Google’s Privacy Policy applies to Firebase infrastructure: policies.google.com/privacy.

Google Maps: The Contact page embeds a Google Maps iframe to show the school’s location. This is served directly from Google’s servers and may set cookies or use browser storage as per Google’s own policies. We do not control or have access to data collected by this embed. To avoid Google Maps loading, simply do not visit the Contact page, or use a browser extension that blocks third-party iframes.

4. Cookies

This website does not set any first-party cookies, tracking pixels, or analytics scripts.

The embedded Google Maps iframe on the Contact page may set third-party cookies from Google. These are governed entirely by Google’s Cookie Policy and are not within our control.

5. Children’s Privacy

Jyoti High School is a school serving students from Pre-Nursery to Class X, many of whom are minors. We take the privacy of children seriously. Student photographs and personal details displayed on this website are published only with appropriate consent obtained offline by the school, in line with school policy and applicable Indian law including the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

No child’s personal data is collected from this website.

6. External Links

This website contains links to the school’s official social media channels (Instagram and YouTube) and a WhatsApp contact link. Once you leave our website by following these links, this Privacy Policy no longer applies. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those platforms before interacting with them.

7. Grievance Officer

In accordance with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, the following Grievance Officer has been designated for this website:

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be published on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.