Privacy Policy
Last updated: May 24, 2026
This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, storage, processing, and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and outlines Your data protection rights under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) of India.
Grampanchayat Dhansar operates as a Data Fiduciary under the DPDP Act. We process Your Personal Data solely for specified, lawful public administrative purposes, or where you have given explicit consent. By utilizing this digital platform, you acknowledge the terms of this processing framework.
1Interpretation and Definitions
Definitions
- Data Fiduciary / Grampanchayat: Refers to Gram Panchayat Dhansar, At – Dhansar, Post – Tembhode, Taluka – Palghar, District – Palghar, Maharashtra – 401404, India.
- Data Principal / You: The citizen or individual identifying with the personal data being processed.
- Personal Data: Any data about an individual who is identifiable by or in relation to such data.
- Processing: Any automated or structured operation performed on digital personal data (such as collection, recording, indexing, or retrieval).
- Service: The official digital governance portal of Grampanchayat Dhansar.
2Notice of Collection & Lawful Basis of Processing
Under Section 6 of the DPDP Act, we collect and process your personal information under two specific legal pillars: Explicit Consent (for optional online applications) and Certain Legitimate Uses (for performing statutory functions under the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act).
Types of Personal Data We Process
- Identity Vectors: Full Name, Parent/Spouse names, Date of Birth, and structural demographic records.
- Contact Information: Active Phone/WhatsApp numbers and Email IDs.
- Property & Asset Indicators: Assessment numbers, Property Tax ledger history, and spatial holding identification codes.
- Supporting Documentation: Forms submitted for the issuance of Birth, Death, Marriage certificates, or regional Self-Declarations.
3Technical Processing and Tracker Policies
To preserve state continuity across interactive digital forms, this portal utilizes essential cookies and system diagnostic trackers. No automated marketing metrics or behavioral tracking modules are deployed against public users.
4Rights of the Data Principal (Your DPDP Rights)
As a citizen interacting with Grampanchayat Dhansar, you retain structural statutory provisions under the DPDP Act:
- Right to Access: You may request a summary of your personal data being processed along with an overview of the processing operations.
- Right to Correction and Erasure: You can update inaccurate data records or request the deletion of data that is no longer required for its original legal purpose.
- Right to Grievance Redressal: You have the immediate right to file a performance grievance regarding data missteps directly with our administrative desk before escalating to the Data Protection Board of India.
- Right to Nominate: You can nominate an individual to execute your data privacy rights in the event of death or systemic incapacity.
5Security, Local Storage, and Redressal
All local datasets are retained on protected, government-compliant architecture and are never commodified, transferred, or exposed to unverified secondary contractors. Online payment sequences pass directly to authorized payment gateways.
Data Protection Officer / Grievance Desk
If you seek to exercise your statutory DPDP rights, withdraw processing consent, or file a notice of data concern, contact our official desk:
Data Grievance Desk, Gram Panchayat Dhansar, At – Dhansar, Post – Tembhode, Taluka – Palghar, District – Palghar, Maharashtra – 401404, India.