Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 1 September 2026
Madhav Welfare Foundation respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us through our website.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use it, and how we protect it when you visit or use our website and services.
By using our website, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
🏢 About Us
Madhav Welfare Foundation is committed to promoting Gau Seva, cow care, social service and related welfare activities.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, references to “Madhav Welfare Foundation,” “we,” “us,” or “our” refer to Madhav Welfare Foundation.
📋 Information We Collect
Depending on how you use our website, we may collect information such as:
👤 Personal Information
When you register, make a donation, adopt a cow, become a volunteer or make a purchase, we may collect:
- Full Name
- Email Address
- Mobile Number
- WhatsApp Number
- Address
- City
- State
- PIN Code
- Country
🐄 Gau Seva Information
For services such as Adopt A Cow, we may collect information related to:
- Number of cows selected
- Adoption duration
- Gau Seva preferences
- Participation confirmations
🤝 Volunteer Information
If you register as a volunteer, we may collect:
- Educational qualifications
- Other information voluntarily provided by you
- Your interests or areas in which you wish to contribute
🧾 Donation & 80G Information
If you make a donation and request an 80G receipt, we may collect the information necessary to process and issue the receipt.
💳 Payments
Payments made through our website may be processed through third-party payment gateway providers.
We do not normally collect or store your complete debit card, credit card, UPI or banking credentials on our website.
Payment information is handled by the respective payment gateway according to its own privacy and security policies.
🎯 How We Use Your Information
We may use the information collected to:
- Process donations and other payments
- Process Adopt A Cow registrations
- Process volunteer registrations
- Provide requested services
- Issue receipts, including 80G receipts where applicable
- Communicate with you regarding your registration or contribution
- Respond to enquiries and support requests
- Send service-related information
- Provide updates about Gau Seva activities, where you have consented to receive them
- Maintain website and transaction records
- Improve our website and services
- Meet applicable legal and regulatory requirements
📱 WhatsApp & Communication
If you choose to receive updates and service information related to Gau Seva on WhatsApp, we may use the WhatsApp number provided by you for such communication.
You may request to stop receiving such communications at any time.
Service-related communications that are necessary to process your registration, donation or other requested service may still be sent where appropriate.
🍪 Cookies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to provide essential website functionality, remember preferences, improve user experience and understand how visitors use our website.
Some third-party services integrated with our website may also use cookies according to their own policies.
You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.
🔐 Protection of Your Information
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect the personal information entrusted to us against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, disclosure or destruction.
However, no method of transmitting information over the Internet or storing information electronically can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
🤝 Sharing of Information
We do not sell or rent your personal information.
We may share necessary information with trusted service providers when required to provide our services, such as:
- Payment gateway providers
- Website hosting and technical service providers
- Communication service providers
- Accounting or receipt-related service providers
- Government authorities or other organizations where required by law
Such information will be shared only when reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.
🧾 Transaction & Legal Records
We may retain information relating to donations, purchases, registrations, receipts and other transactions for as long as necessary for:
- Providing services
- Maintaining financial and accounting records
- Issuing or maintaining donation receipts
- Meeting legal, tax and regulatory requirements
- Resolving disputes or enquiries
🔗 Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services.
Madhav Welfare Foundation is not responsible for the privacy practices, content or security of third-party websites.
We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any third-party website before providing your personal information.
👤 Your Choices
You may contact us to:
- Ask about the personal information we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request withdrawal of optional communication consent
- Ask questions about how your information is used
Certain information may need to be retained where required for legal, accounting, tax or other legitimate purposes.
👨👩👧 Children’s Privacy
Our website is not specifically intended to collect personal information from children.
We encourage parents or guardians to supervise children’s use of online services and to avoid providing personal information without appropriate supervision.
🔄 Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, services, legal requirements or privacy practices.
Any updated version will be published on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.
We encourage you to review this page periodically.
📞 Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the use of your personal information, please contact us.
Madhav Welfare Foundation
📧 Email: admin@madhavfoundation.in
📱 Phone: (+91) 9625215889
🌐 Website: https://madhavfoundation.in
🙏 Our Commitment
Madhav Welfare Foundation values the trust you place in us.
We are committed to handling your information responsibly while continuing our work towards Gau Seva, cow care and social service. 🐄🌿❤️
Thank you for being a part of our journey. 🙏