Privacy Policy

1. Institutional Scope & Commitment

Community Based School (CBS) Talhar ("we," "our," or "the School") is committed to safeguarding the privacy and confidential personal data of our students, parents, legal guardians, faculty, and administrative staff. This policy outlines how information is collected, stored, processed, and protected across our physical campus operations and digital portals ([cbs.technofreaks.online](https://cbs.technofreaks.online)).

2. Information We Collect

In order to provide educational services and manage academic records, we collect:

• Student Personal Data: Full name, date of birth, gender, blood group, admission number, enrollment history, previous school records, and examination marks.
• Guardian & Contact Data: Parent/guardian names, CNIC/national identity numbers (for official identity records), residential address in Talhar/District Badin, phone/WhatsApp numbers, and email addresses.
• Academic & Attendance Records: Daily classroom attendance, homework submissions, report cards, board registration credentials, and co-curricular achievements.
• Portal Authentication Credentials: Usernames, encrypted session tokens, and access logs used exclusively to protect private ERP dashboard access.

3. Purpose & Legal Basis of Processing

Data collected by CBS Talhar is utilized solely for legitimate educational administration:

• Processing student admissions, class enrollments, and academic year advancements.
• Affiliation and board registration with the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Hyderabad.
• Communicating student progress, attendance alerts, fee notices, and emergency campus circulars with parents.
• Maintaining campus discipline, student safety, and medical emergency preparedness.

4. Cookies & Session Storage

Our website uses strictly essential functional cookies (e.g., cbs_session) to securely authenticate students, parents, teachers, and administrators into their assigned portal dashboards.

We do not use third-party marketing cookies, advertising tracking pixels, or data-broker profiling tools. Essential session cookies are deleted upon logout or expiration.

5. Data Security & Storage Architecture

We implement industry-standard administrative, physical, and technical safeguards. Passwords are cryptographically hashed using salted bcrypt routines, portal access is enforced through role-segregated authorization middleware, and web traffic is encrypted via TLS/HTTPS (Let's Encrypt).

6. Information Sharing & Third-Party Disclosures

CBS Talhar does not sell, rent, or trade student or family personal information to any commercial third parties. Information is only shared when required by:

• Official statutory education authorities and government examination boards (e.g., BISE Hyderabad, School Education & Literacy Department Sindh).
• Law enforcement authorities upon lawful compliance requests under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) and relevant Pakistani laws.
• Approved technology hosting providers under strict contractual data confidentiality obligations.

7. Parental Rights & Data Correction

Parents and legal guardians have the right to review their child's official school records, request corrections to contact details, and update emergency phone numbers. Inquiries should be directed to the campus administration office during regular school hours.

8. Contact Campus Administration

For questions or requests regarding institutional data handling, please contact: