Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 15.11.2025
Last Updated: 20.06.2026
At 2nd Brain Foundation, trust is the foundation of everything we do.
We work with children, families, caregivers, healthcare professionals, educators, researchers, donors, volunteers, and community organizations united by a common purpose: improving lives through evidence-based nutrition, education, and community support.
Many of the families we serve share deeply personal information with us—including health histories, developmental challenges, nutritional concerns, and family experiences. We recognize that such information is not merely data; it represents real people, real journeys, and real hopes for a better future.
We are committed to protecting your privacy with the same care, dignity, and responsibility that guide our mission. Whether you are visiting our website, making a donation, attending an event, participating in research, volunteering, or seeking support for your family, we strive to ensure that your personal information is handled lawfully, ethically, securely, and transparently.
Our approach to privacy reflects our core values:
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, protect, and manage personal information when you interact with 2nd Brain Foundation through our website, programs, events, research initiatives, and related services.
2nd Brain Foundation is a Section 8 not-for-profit company dedicated to improving gut health, mental wellbeing, and quality of life through science-based therapeutic nutrition, education, professional training, research, community partnerships, and livelihood support initiatives.
Our vision is a world where every child and adult—regardless of economic background—has access to nutrition that supports gut health, mental wellbeing, and a dignified life.
Legal Name: 2nd Brain Foundation
Registered Address:
G-07, Lily Block, Ground Floor, VijyaSri Elixir,
Borewell Road, Whitefield,
Bangalore – 560066, Karnataka, India
General Contact:
Email: info@2ndbrain.in
Phone: +91-7760856999
Grievance Officer
For privacy-related concerns, requests, or complaints, please contact:
Shri Arnab Guha
Grievance Officer
Email: abgu@2ndbrain.in
Phone: +91-7760856999
Information You Voluntarily Provide
Depending on your interaction with us, we may collect:
Health and Wellness Information
Where voluntarily provided and relevant to our programs, we may collect:
Such information is collected only for legitimate educational, research, wellness, program administration, or support purposes.
Children's Information
Because many of our initiatives support neurodiverse children and families, parents or legal guardians may voluntarily provide:
We collect such information only with appropriate parental or guardian consent.
Protecting children is one of our highest priorities.
We understand that families place significant trust in us when sharing information related to their children. We are committed to treating every child's information with dignity, confidentiality, and respect.
Access to children's information is limited to authorized personnel and trusted service providers who require such access for legitimate organizational purposes.
Where photographs, videos, testimonials, case studies, educational materials, or impact stories are used for awareness, education, fundraising, research, publications, or reporting purposes, we seek appropriate consent from parents or legal guardians.
We believe every child deserves not only better health opportunities, but also the right to privacy, safety, inclusion, and dignity.
We may use personal information to:
We process personal information based on:
Where consent is the basis for processing, individuals may withdraw consent at any time, subject to legal or operational limitations.
Donations made through our website may be processed through PhonePe and associated banking partners.
For security reasons, we do not store complete payment card or banking credentials on our servers.
Payment processors maintain their own privacy and security policies. Donors are encouraged to review those policies before completing transactions.
Donation records may be retained for accounting, audit, taxation, legal compliance, reporting, and transparency purposes.
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to improve user experience and understand how visitors engage with our content.
These may include:
Essential Cookies
Required for website functionality and security.
Analytics Cookies
Used to understand visitor behavior and improve website performance.
Marketing Cookies
Used to evaluate outreach campaigns and improve communication effectiveness.
Visitors can manage cookie preferences through our cookie consent banner and browser settings.
We may use:
These tools may collect information such as:
Such information helps us improve educational outreach, website usability, awareness campaigns, and community engagement.
To operate efficiently, we may engage trusted service providers including:
These providers may process information on our behalf under appropriate contractual and security arrangements.
As a science-led organization, 2nd Brain Foundation is committed to advancing knowledge related to nutrition, gut health, neurodevelopment, mental wellbeing, community health, and health equity.
From time to time, we may conduct:
Our objective is not merely to deliver programs but to continuously learn, improve, and contribute to evidence-based understanding that can benefit broader communities.
Whenever reasonably possible, information used for research, publications, presentations, impact reports, or scientific analysis will be anonymized, aggregated, or de-identified.
Participation in research activities is voluntary.
With appropriate consent, we may collect and use:
These materials may be used for:
Individuals may request withdrawal of future use where legally permissible and operationally feasible.
We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information.
Information may be shared only when necessary with:
Information sharing is limited to legitimate and lawful purposes.
Because we may engage with international donors, researchers, volunteers, service providers, and technology platforms, personal information may be processed or stored outside India.
Where such transfers occur, we implement reasonable safeguards designed to protect personal information and maintain appropriate levels of privacy and security.
We retain information only for legitimate organizational, legal, compliance, research, and operational purposes.
Our general retention periods are:
|
Data Category |
Retention Period |
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Contact enquiries |
Minimum 10 years |
|
Volunteer records |
Minimum 10 years |
|
Employment applications |
Minimum 10 years |
|
Event registrations |
Minimum 10 years |
|
Donation records |
Minimum 10 years |
|
Research participation records |
Minimum 10 years |
|
Program participant records |
Minimum 5 years |
Where legally required or operationally justified, information may be retained for longer periods.
Protecting information is a responsibility we take seriously.
We implement reasonable administrative, organizational, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect information against:
While we strive to use commercially reasonable measures to protect information, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage system can guarantee absolute security.
Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:
Requests may be submitted to our Grievance Officer using the contact details provided in this Policy.
Our website may contain links to external websites operated by third parties.
We do not control and are not responsible for the privacy practices, security measures, or content of external websites.
Users are encouraged to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites they visit.
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in applicable laws, technology, organizational practices, or website functionality.
Updated versions will be published on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date.
Continued use of our website following publication of updates constitutes acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.
At 2nd Brain Foundation, we view privacy not merely as a legal obligation but as a responsibility entrusted to us by the families, children, caregivers, donors, volunteers, healthcare professionals, educators, researchers, and communities we serve.
We are committed to handling personal information with integrity, transparency, accountability, and respect.
As we work toward a future where evidence-based nutritional support is accessible to all, we remain equally committed to protecting the trust that makes our mission possible.
For questions, requests, concerns, or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact:
2nd Brain Foundation
G-07, Lily Block, Ground Floor, VijyaSri Elixir,
Borewell Road, Whitefield,
Bangalore – 560066, Karnataka, India
Email: info@2ndbrain.in
Phone: +91-7760856999
Grievance Officer
Shri Arnab Guha
Email: abgu@2ndbrain.in
Phone: +91-7760856999
We will make reasonable efforts to respond to privacy-related requests and concerns in a timely and respectful manner.
Call Us For More Details
info@2ndbrain.in
Bangalore-66, Karnataka, INDIA