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These Terms of Use (the “Terms”) are a binding written contract between you and Pratham Books, Bangalore, India, a registered public charitable trust having its principle office at No.621, 5th Main, OMBR Layout, Banaswadi, Bangalore – 560043 INDIA (hereinafter called the “Publisher”) of the OTHER PART; who is the owner of the website donateabook.org.in
To avoid any possibility of confusion, when you see references to “we” or “us” or “our”, all of those references are to Pratham Books (collectively with its agents, consultants, employees, officers and directors); when you see a reference to “you” or “your”, we are referring to you, the User of one of our websites or services.
You must agree and accept all of the Terms, or you don’t have the right to use the Services offered through donateabook.org.in.Your using the Services in any way means that you agree to all of these Terms, and these Terms will remain in effect while you use the Services. Your access or continued use of the Service after the effective date of the revised Terms constitutes your acceptance of the modified Terms.
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“Campaign Owners”/”Beneficiary Organisations”- people who are looking to raise funds.
“Campaigns” – the fund raising activities of the Campaign Owners.
“Contributors”/”Donors”- those who contribute funds to the Campaigns
“Contributions”- the funds that are contributed.
“Special Occasion Campaigns” – are those that are set up by individuals or organisations to commemorate specific events such as birthdays, anniversaries, in memory of loved ones, or days such as Literacy Day, Children’s Day, etc. The funds raised through such campaigns are pooled into a Donate-a-Book corpus managed by Pratham Books, which is solely responsible for the allocation of these monies and reporting of impact of the same.
“Users”- All people including Campaign owners, Contributors, other visitors to the Service.
This document is a written binding agreement and an electronic record under Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules there under as applicable and the amended provisions pertaining to electronic records in various statutes under applicable Indian laws. This electronic record is generated by a computer system and does not require any physical or digital signatures.
This document is published and shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of Rule 3 (1) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries guidelines) Rules, 2011 under Information Technology Act, 2000 that require publishing the rules and regulations, privacy policy and user agreement for access or usage of www.placetalks.com website.
Thank you for visiting and using donateabook.org.in. We are excited and glad you are here, but there are some rules you need to agree to before you use our websites and services (”Services”). When we use the word Services, we mean not only the donateabook.org.in website, but also all the other websites, services and applications made available by PrathamBooks( “DAB”).
These Terms of Use (the “Terms”) are a binding written contract between you and Pratham Books, Bangalore, India, a registered public charitable trust having its principle office at No.621, 5th Main, OMBR Layout, Banaswadi, Bangalore – 560043 INDIA (hereinafter called the “Publisher”) of the OTHER PART; who is the owner of the website donateabook.org.in.
To avoid any possibility of confusion, when you see references to “we” or “us” or “our”, all of those references are to Pratham Books (collectively with its agents, consultants, employees, officers and directors); when you see a reference to “you” or “your”, we are referring to you, the User of one of our websites or services.
You must agree and accept all of the Terms, or you don’t have the right to use the Services offered through donateabook.org.in Your using the Services in any way means that you agree to all of these Terms, and these Terms will remain in effect while you use the Services. Your access or continued use of the Service after the effective date of the revised Terms constitutes your acceptance of the modified Terms.
These Terms include the provisions in this document, and in the donateabook.org.in Privacy Policy.
“Campaign Owners”/”Beneficiary Organisations” – people who are looking to raise funds.
“Campaigns” – the fund raising activities of the Campaign Owners.
“Contributors”/”Donors”- those who contribute funds to the Campaigns.
“Contributions”- the funds that are contributed.
“Special Occasion Campaigns” – are those that are set up by individuals or organisations to commemorate specific events such as birthdays, anniversaries, in memory of loved ones, or days such as Literacy Day, Children’s Day, etc. The funds raised through such campaigns are pooled into a Donate-a-Book corpus managed by Pratham Books, which is solely responsible for the allocation of these monies and reporting of impact of the same.
“Users”- All people including Campaign owners, Contributors, other visitors to the Service.
donateabook.org.in is an online crowd-funding venue for people and entities seeking to raise funds for a Campaign, which will involve funds being collected and raised to provide books to children, schools and educational institutions in need of such books. The main motto of the Campaign is “a book in every hand”. Users use the Service at their own risk.
At Donate-a-Book , we respect your privacy. We want to ensure that you get the information, content, and experiences that matter most to you. We are committed to protecting the privacy of our donors , campaigners , customers, volunteers, and other supporters.
This document is a written agreement and an electronic record and valid and enforceable electronic agreement / contract under Information Technology Act, 2000 (as applicable in Republic of India) and rules thereunder as applicable and the amended provisions pertaining to electronic records in various statutes under applicable Indian laws. This electronic record is generated by a computer system and does not require any physical or digital signatures. Your usage of the website shall be your deemed acceptance of this Privacy Policy and all the modifications and updates thereto.
We do not publish, sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your consent, which includes your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully, to learn more about the ways in which we use and protect your personal information. If you do not agree with the contents of this policy, please do not use or access our website.
This Privacy Policy covers the information, DONATE-A-BOOK under the umbrella of PRATHAM BOOKS (“Platform” and/or “We”) collects from the user(s) (“User(s)” and/or “You”) whether or not registered with. donateabook.org.in (“Website” including any successor website) and includes the Services – the term as defined in the Terms and Conditions). This Privacy Policy should be read in conjunction and together with the Terms and Conditions of the website.
This Privacy Policy applies to all personal data processed by full-time and part-time employees, volunteers when acting on behalf of Pratham Books, contractors and partners doing business on behalf of Pratham Books, as well as all legal entities, all operating locations in all countries, and all business processes conducted by Pratham Books.
During your registration or usage of the website, you may provide and/or we may access, capture or store various sensitive personal information, personal information or general information or data with respect to your activities or usage on the website. We may install cookies or other similar data collection software in your computer system for such purposes and you hereby consent to the same.
Certain information or data which you may provide includes:
You represent to us that the information or data you provide to us on the website from time to time is and shall be correct, current and updated and you have all the rights, permissions and consents to provide such information or data to us. Your providing the information or data to us and our consequent storage, collection, usage, transfer, access or processing of the same shall not be in violation of any third party agreement, laws, charter documents, judgments, orders and decrees.
While using the website, you may provide sensitive personal information, or other general information about yourself or in connection with yourself to third parties. The website may have webpages, cookies, files, software, data or other information or communication links that are originated, created or posted by third parties (including advertisers, content or other partners or users) that can or has the capabilities of collecting, storing or using your data / information. We are not responsible for such data or information collected, stored or used by third parties even if such third parties uses the website to collect, store or use such data or information.
We use reasonable security measures, at the minimum, those mandated under the Information Technology Act, 2000, as amended and read with Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011, to safeguard and protect your data and information. However, you may note that we may collect, store and process your information or data in computer resource, computer system or computer network which may not be owned or controlled by us and may be situated outside the Republic of India. You acknowledge that governmental or law enforcement authorities in the countries where your data or information is stored may have the right to decrypt, collect, monitor or access your data or information whose actions are completely out of our control. We don’t take any responsibilities for such actions.
We utilise up-to-date security measures and policies for the protection of our website and to help avoid unauthorised access or corruption. Unfortunately, it is not possible to guarantee total security of information held and data and information transmitted via the internet may not be secure, may be routed incorrectly and/or is susceptible to interception by unauthorised parties. Therefore, the confidentiality and security of data and information provided by electronic means cannot be guaranteed and personal or sensitive information should not be provided unless you can satisfy yourself that you are using tried and tested encryption or secure communications software. However, every reasonable effort will be made to keep our website secure and to avoid unauthorised access or corruption. Use of the internet is not wholly secure and data and information provided via the internet can end up in the hands of unauthorised third parties despite best efforts to ensure security at all times. In providing any data or information to us by electronic means, you are agreeing to the transfer, storing and processing of information which could unknowingly be intercepted by an unauthorised person.
Our website may, from time to time, contain links to and from other websites. If you follow a link to any of those websites, please note that you do so entirely at your own sole risk and responsibility. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for, nor do we make any representation in respect of, or endorse the content or material of, the external websites in any links provided. We would strongly urge you to exercise caution before you submit any personal data to or information to any of those websites.
The data we collect is only used for the following:
You can control the information we have about you and how we use it in several ways.
For registered users/ members: We retain your personal information only for contractual and legal reasons (for example, we are legally required to keep certain information on record for tax reasons). If you are a registered user, you can review, revise and correct the personal data that you have provided to us by contacting privacy@prathambooks.org
For newsletter subscriber: We only retain your name and email address as long as your subscription with us is active. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Donate-a-Book and Pratham Books do not knowingly collect data from or about children under 16 without the permission of parent(s)/guardian(s). If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 16, we will delete that information as quickly as possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under age 16, please contact us.
Please rest assured that we treat your personal information and data as strictly confidential.
We use a variety of methods such as firewalls, intrusion detection software and manual security procedures to secure your data against loss or damage and to help protect the accuracy and security of Personal Data and to prevent unauthorized access or improper use. If you think that the Website or any Personal Data is not secure or that there has been unauthorized access to the website or your personal data, please contact privacy@prathambooks.orgimmediately.
Your information or data will primarily be stored in electronic form; however, certain data can also be stored in physical form. We may store, collect, process and use your data in countries other than the Republic of India but under full compliance with applicable laws. We may enter into agreement with third parties (in or outside of India) to store your information or data. These third parties may have their own security standards to safeguard your information or data and we will on a commercial, reasonable basis require such third parties to adopt reasonable security standards to safeguard your information / data.
As per the applicable laws, we are required to show the source of donations, therefore we retain and store details of the Donor/s, with respect to their name, PAN card details, address etc.
Donate-a-Book and Pratham Books reserve the right to share your information to respond to duly authorized information requests of governmental authorities or where required by law.
In the event of bankruptcy, merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets, your information may be sold or transferred as part of that transaction. The promises in this Privacy Policy will apply to your information as transferred to the new entity.
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation EU 2016/679) (also known as GDPR), if you are an individual protected by the GDPR, you may have certain rights as a data subject. To request information about or avail yourself of those rights, please send an email to privacy@prathambooks.orgwith “GDPR Request” in the subject line. In the email please describe with specificity, the GDPR right you are requesting assistance with. Please note additional information may be requested prior to initiation of a request and that Donate-a-book and Pratham Books reserve the right to charge a fee with respect to certain requests. Upon Pratham Book’s completion of its review, you will be notified if your request has been granted, denied, or exemptions apply.
If you remain unhappy with how your complaint is dealt with, you should contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (https://ico.org.uk/). Alternatively, you are entitled to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office without first referring your complaint to us.
We may use your information or data for various communications to you. You have full control regarding which of these communications you want to receive. If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to receive such communications from us, please follow the unsubscribe instructions provided in any of the communications. Please note that once we receive your request, it may take an additional period of time for your opt-out to become effective.
If you wish to have the information or data that you have provided to us deleted, you can always do so by sending a request to privacy@prathambooks.org You may note that deletion of certain information or data may lead to cancellation of your registration with the website and your access to certain features of the website. You also agree and acknowledge that certain data or information cannot be deleted or prohibited to be deleted as required under any applicable law, law enforcement requests or under any judicial proceedings.
From time to time, we may update or modify this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the website constitutes an acceptance of the then-current Privacy Policy so we encourage you to visit this page periodically to review any changes.
This Agreement has been executed and delivered in India, and its interpretations, validity and performance shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of India, and shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the COURTS IN BANGALORE.
Users’ access to the website is at their own risk. This website is provided by Donate-A-Book and Pratham Books on an “as is” and “as available” basis. To the full extent permissible by applicable law, donate-a-book site disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of the website or your dealings with the website, you can contact us at privacy@prathambooks.org
Reading is many things, but it always begins with access. When children have books to read, they are more likely to become confident and lifelong readers. Yet millions of children across India grow up in book-scarce environments.
Through Donate-a-Book, Corporates can help bridge this reading gap by enabling access to affordable, high-quality, levelled storybooks in Indian languages for children in rural, tribal, and underserved communities. Donate-a-Book connects organisations and donors with schools, NGOs, and community groups across India—helping bring the joy of reading to those who need it most.
Donate-a-Book is a crowdfunding platform by Pratham Books, is a nonprofit publisher introducing children to the joy of reading. The platform enables individuals and organisations to support access to multilingual storybooks across India with the aim to unlock the joy of reading for every child.
Through the platform:
CSR Partnerships: Support to provide libraries and books for schools and communities.
Employee Giving: Encourage employees to support reading initiatives through workplace campaigns.
Corporate Campaigns: Run a fundraising campaign for a specific reading initiative or community.
Workplace Giving Platform: Partner with us on platforms like Benevity, CAF, etc
Event-based Giving: Support reading campaigns during company events or annual celebrations.
Donate-a-Book works with Corporates to support access to multilingual storybooks, reading corners, and libraries in underserved communities.
To explore a partnership, please share a few details below—our team will reach out to understand your requirements and take the partnership forward with relevant opportunities.
We are listed on multiple certified Indian and global platforms
Pratham Books is a nonprofit publisher committed to making books accessible to every child in India. Through innovative publishing and distribution models, Pratham Books creates high-quality, affordable storybooks in multiple languages for children across the country.
Find out more at www.prathambooks.org
Let's bring the Joy of Reading to more children and enable access to storybooks and libraries.
Donate-a-Book works with Corporates to support access to multilingual storybooks, reading corners, and libraries in underserved communities.
To explore a partnership, please share a few details below—our team will reach out to understand your requirements and take the partnership forward with relevant opportunities.
For partnership discussions or queries, reach out to us.
