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National Animal Resource Facility for Biomedical Research (NARFBR)
राष्ट्रीय जैव आयुर्विज्ञान अनुसंधान जंतु संसाधन सुविधा

Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India

Privacy Polocy

Privacy Polocy

This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their 'Personally identifiable information' (PII) is being used online. PII, as used in international privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.


What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our blog, website or app?

When enquiring or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, or other details to help you with your experience/activities on the website.


When do we collect information?

We collect information from you when you enquire/register on our site, sign up for our newsletter etc.., to fill out a form or enter information on our site.


How do we use your information?

We may use the information we collect from you when you enquire/register on our site, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

To personalize user's experience and to allow us to deliver the type of services the NARFBR is offering.

  • To improve our website in order to better serve you.
  • To allow us to better service you in responding to your service/academics related requests.
  • To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
  • To quickly process your transactions.
  • To send periodic emails regarding your enquires/requests.

How do we protect visitor information?

Our website is hosted in a secured environment with SSL Certificate. The website is scanned on a regular basis for malwares, security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.

Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.

We implement a variety of security measures when a user places an enquiry, enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information.


Do we use 'cookies'?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site's or service provider's systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the page requests, enquires etc.. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.


We use cookies to:

  • Help remember and process the page requests
  • Understand and save user's preferences for future visits.
  • Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third party services that track this information on our behalf.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Internet Explorer) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser's Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.


If users disable cookies in their browser:

If you disable cookies off, some features will be disabled. It will turnoff some of the features that make your site experience more efficient and some of our services will not function properly.

However, you can still browse pages


Third Party Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide you with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.


Third party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include links to other government/institutional websites or offer third party products/services on our website wherever it is relevant/relates to overall activities/services of NARFBR. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

If Members/visitors have any questions about this privacy policy, they can contact secretary NARFBR through email to director-narfbr@icmr.gov.in

This document was last updated on May 7th 2022