The Akshaya Patra Foundation takes your privacy seriously and treats all financial information about any transaction you have with the Foundation as highly confidential. In addition, Akshaya Patra does not share e-mail addresses or phone numbers of any of our donors or constituents

The Foundation deeply values all contributions to sustain our mission. To protect the privacy of our donors and their special relationship with Akshaya Patra, we maintain the following policies:

• We will not release or use this information for any other purpose unless we have your consent.
• We do not trade or sell your personal information with other organisations.
• We offer donors the option to be recognised anonymously.
• Donors may request, at any time, to not receive our solicitations.
• Donors may request to not receive certain mailings, such as our newsletter.
• We do not track, collect or distribute personal information entered by those who visit our website.
• Personal data collected through our website is encrypted using 256-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) technology.
• Personal information stored in The Akshaya Patra database is protected with a secured login with authentication, assignment of a unique ID to each person with computer access, regular pass code changes, and user IDs are deactivated or terminated as needed.
• Our hosting data server provides data protection meeting PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard), encrypted communication via SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) technology, intrusion detection for all devices and network nodes, state-of-the-art firewall infrastructure that detects malicious application attacks, virus protection, network load balancing devices via Citrix, and patch management, security and vulnerability monitoring and tracking, and SQL server attack protection via applications to detect SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting Attacks.

To assure that philanthropy merits the respect and trust of the general public, and that donors and prospective donors can have full confidence in the not-for-profit organisations and causes they are asked to support, we assure the following :

• To be informed of the foundation's mission, of the way the foundation intends to use donated resources, and of its capacity to use donations effectively for their intended purposes
• Donations contributed will be used to meet the cost of Relief feeding operations of the Org. In case of any excess funds at the end of a relief service, the funds are directed towards feeding the children
• To be informed of the identity of those serving on the foundation's governing board, and to expect the board to exercise prudent judgment in its responsibilities
• To have access to the foundation's most recent financial statements
• To receive appropriate acknowledgment and recognition
• To be assured that information about their donations is handled with respect and with confidentiality to the extent provided by law
• To expect that all relationships with individuals representing the foundation to the donor will be professional
• To be informed whether those seeking donations are volunteers, employees of the organization or hired solicitors
• To have the opportunity for their names to be deleted from mailing lists that the foundation may intend to share
• To feel free to ask questions when making a donation and to receive prompt, truthful and forthright answers