Welcome to GovtJobsOnly.net. We respect your fundamental right to privacy and are committed to safeguarding your personal data in full compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“DPDP Act”) of India and applicable electronic governance and privacy standards.
Statutory Notice
GovtJobsOnly.net operates solely as an independent, non-governmental informational portal publishing public recruitment alerts, exam results, admit cards, and syllabus references. We do not conduct recruitments, charge application fees, or act as an intermediary for government agencies.
1. Personal Data We Collect & Data Minimisation
In adherence to the principle of Data Minimisation under Section 4 and Section 7 of the DPDP Act, GovtJobsOnly.net collects only the minimum personal data strictly necessary to fulfill your specific voluntary request:
- Communication & Inquiries: Name, email address, and message context voluntarily submitted via our “Contact Us” or notification error reporting form.
- Technical & Telemetry Data: Standard internet log data, device type, browser user-agent, operating system, and anonymised IP address collected automatically through server logs and analytics to safeguard infrastructure against malicious attacks and DDoS attempts.
Zero Sensitive Personal Data Policy
GovtJobsOnly.net NEVER asks for, stores, or processes Aadhaar numbers, PAN cards, voter IDs, bank account numbers, UPI IDs, credit/debit card credentials, biometric identifiers, or sensitive financial data.
2. Specified & Lawful Purposes for Processing
Under Section 4 and Section 6 of the DPDP Act, personal data provided by you is processed exclusively for specified, lawful purposes to which you have explicitly consented:
- To address, investigate, and reply to your queries, feedback, or job notification error reports.
- To maintain system integrity, detect fraudulent actions, and defend our digital infrastructure against cybersecurity threats.
- To analyze aggregated, non-personally identifiable browsing patterns to improve user navigation, search filtering, and mobile speed.
We do not sell, rent, commercialize, or share your personal data with third-party telemarketers or external brokers.
3. Your Statutory Rights under the DPDP Act, 2023
As a Data Principal under Indian law, you are endowed with enforceable statutory rights regarding your personal data:
4. Processing of Children's Personal Data (Section 9)
In strict accordance with Section 2(f) and Section 9 of the DPDP Act, 2023, an individual under 18 years of age is recognized as a child:
- GovtJobsOnly.net does not knowingly collect personal identifiers directly from individuals under 18 years of age without verifiable parental or guardian consent.
- We explicitly prohibit and do not conduct any tracking, behavioral monitoring, or targeted commercial advertising directed toward children.
- If a parent or legal guardian discovers that their minor has provided personal data without parental consent, please contact our Grievance Officer immediately for prompt deletion.
6. Data Retention & Storage Limitation (Section 8(7))
In alignment with Section 8(7) of the DPDP Act, personal data is retained only for the duration necessary to satisfy the specific purpose for which it was collected:
- Inquiry & Feedback Messages: Retained for a maximum of 90 days following query resolution to ensure continuity, after which they are permanently expunged or anonymised.
- Security Access Logs: Retained for up to 180 days to satisfy security auditing and fraud mitigation requirements, after which they are automatically rotated and purged.
7. Reasonable Security Safeguards & Breach Protocol (Section 8(5) & 8(6))
We implement comprehensive technical and organizational safeguards in accordance with Section 8(5) of the DPDP Act:
- Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.3/HTTPS) with strict HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) spanning subdomains.
- Anti-Clickjacking (X-Frame-Options: DENY), Content Security policies, and robust rate limiting.
- Cryptographic session verification, database access controls with Row-Level Security (RLS), and two-factor authentication for administrative access.
Personal Data Breach Protocol (Section 8(6)): In the unlikely event of a security incident involving personal data, GovtJobsOnly.net will promptly notify the Data Protection Board of India (DPBI) and affected Data Principals in the prescribed form and manner required by law.
8. Links to Official Government Portals
Our job alerts and notification posts contain outbound hyperlinks directing candidates to official government portals (e.g., UPSC, SSC, RRB, State PSCs) for application submission. GovtJobsOnly.net has no control over external third-party portals. When you click external links, you are subject to the privacy practices and terms of those respective government bodies.
9. Designated Grievance Redressal Officer
In compliance with Section 8(9) and Section 13(1) of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, you may contact our designated Grievance Redressal Officer for any questions, requests for data access/correction/erasure, or privacy-related complaints:
10. Language Accessibility (Section 5(3))
As stipulated under Section 5(3) of the DPDP Act, 2023, this Privacy Notice is provided in English and is translatable or readable in any of the 22 languages specified in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India. If you require assistance or a formal translation in an Eighth Schedule language (e.g., Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Bengali, Marathi, etc.), please contact our Grievance Officer at grievance@govtjobsonly.net.