Your Privacy Matters to Us
The following Privacy Policy describes your privacy rights regarding our collection, use, storage, sharing, and protection of your information and personal data. It applies to the wbspune.org website (the “Site”), its subdomain wbsoune.org (“Client Portal”) and all services offered by Western Business School (WBS) (collectively “WBS” or “we”).
When you (“you” or the “User” or the “Client”) use this Site and its services (the “Services”) and provide us with your information and personal data, you are agreeing to the rules and regulations under our Privacy Policy and are bound by it. If you do not agree to our Privacy Policy please do not use the Site and its Services.
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time and will be published on this Site.
For the purpose of data protection legislation including General Data Protection Regulation 2016 (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) the data controller is:
Western Business School, Chakan Talegaon Road, Sudumbare, Pune, India 412109
WBS Pune respects you, your information and personal data. We make sure we collect and store your information and personal data securely. You’re in control of your personal data and you can manage your preferences in Client Portal at any time.
The Privacy Policy covers the following areas:
When using the term “personal data” in our Privacy Policy, we mean information that relates to you and allows us to identify you, either directly or indirectly. We may collect, store and use any personal data you provide us directly by completing forms on the Site, making purchases through the Site, subscribing to the newsletter or by corresponding with us by email, phone or otherwise. This information may include your first and last name, postal address, profession/role, place of work, email address and phone number.
We also collect, store and use information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this Site (including your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, geographical location, page views and website navigation paths).
We do not collect and store any sensitive information about you. We knowingly do not collect any information from children under 16 years old.
Personal data submitted to us through this Site and personal data we collected from you or third parties or from public sources will be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy.
Depending on the relationships we may use your personal data for the following purposes:
The personal data you provide when placing an order is used to complete your order.
We may need to contact you by email for operational reasons, for example in order to notify you about the status of your order.
We may inform you about news and offers that you may like, for example, by sending you occasional newsletters. If you choose to receive email marketing from us, we can let you know when there are special offers, or to tell you about our news. You can stop receiving marketing information from us at any time by using the “Unsubscribe” link in emails or by emailing us at director@wbspune.org.
The purposes for which we will use your information include accounting, billing and audit, payment card verification, fraud screening, safety, security and legal purposes, statistical and marketing analysis.
In respect to your personal data you have the right to:
If you wish to execute any of these rights, please send us a request through Client Portal or to director@wbspune.org from your email registered at Client Portal.
We use data hosting providers in the United States and India to store your information and personal data. Your personal data will be retained for as long as needed for the purpose of use or until your consent is revoked.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, we will retain information and documents containing personal data to enforce and protect our legal rights (including fraud prevention), as required by law and for statistical and reporting purposes.
You agree that we have the right to share your information and personal data with:
Whenever we transfer your information and personal data, we take steps to protect it in accordance with this Privacy Policy, including, utilizing the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers of personal information.
We do not sell or trade any of your information and personal data.
Some aggregate and non-identifying information may be collected by advertisers, advertising networks, analytics and search engine providers. Their use of such information is not under our control.
We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information.
This Site uses state-of-the-art digital encryption and security technologies to protect the privacy and security of our members information and has specific security measures in place. All data passing from your computer to this Site via HTTPS is authenticated and encrypted using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption.
When you are on a secure section within this Site, a padlock will appear at the bottom (or top) of your web browser’s screen. This is your assurance that the encryption is in place and that you are communicating across a secure link.
This Site and Client Portal uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of the Site. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse the Site and also allows us to improve the Site. Please note that most browsers accept cookies by default.
We use cookies for a few general purposes like:
If you do not want to receive cookies or store them on your computer any more please change your browsing settings and/or delete all received cookies. If you do this, however, some services and functionalities may not work.
This Site and Client Portal may contain links to third-party sites, which are not owned and operated by WBS Pune. Any information you provide to those sites will be governed by their own policies and principles. WBS Pune assumes no responsibility or liability for information handling procedures and/or policies of such independent sites.
Questions, comments and requests regarding this Privacy Policy should be addressed to director@wbspune.org.
Any conversation you have with any representative of WBS Pune may be monitored and recorded for quality assurance purposes. If you do not wish to have a conversation recorded you must alert such representative to cease recording the conversation. Your continued participation in a conversation without expressly requesting for the conversation to not be recorded shall serve as your express consent to have the conversation monitored and recorded.
Last Updated: January 2026