Privacy Policy

Thanks for visiting website of Indian Space Science Data Center (ISSDC), ISTRAC, and reviewing our privacy policy.

We collect no personal information, like names or addresses, when you visit our website. If you choose to provide that information to us, it is only used to fulfil your request for information/data.

We do collect some technical information when you visit to make your visit seamless. The section below explains how we handle and collect technical information when you visit our website.

Information collected and stored automatically

When you browse, read pages, or download information on this website, we automatically gather and store certain technical information about your visit. This information never identifies who you are. The information we collect and store about your visit is like:

• The Internet domain of your service provider (e.g. mtnl.net.in) and IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the web) from which you access our website.
• The type of browser (such as Firefox, Netscape, or Internet Explorer) and operating system (Windows, Linux) used to access our site.
• The date and time you access/accessed our site.
• The pages/URLs you have visited, and
• If you reached this website from another website, the address of that referring website.

This information is only used to help us make the site more useful for you. With this data, we learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use. We never track or record information about individuals and their visits.

Personal information sent to us

We do not rent, sell or share your personal information with any other third parties. We will not disclose users’ personal information with any other third parties unless:

• to help investigate, prevent or take action regarding unlawful and illegal activities, suspected fraud, potential threat to the safety or security of any person, violations of ISSDC website in terms of use or to defend against legal claims;
• special circumstances such as compliance with subpoenas, court orders, requests/order from legal authorities or law enforcement agencies requiring such disclosure.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

If we ever change the Privacy Policy, we will post that information on this page.

Site Security Policy

• For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, this government computer system may employ suitable mechanism to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.
• Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits. Raw data logs are used for no other purposes and are scheduled for regular deletion.
• Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Indian IT Act.