Privacy Policy

1 About the Institution

Cheran College of Technology (CCT), located at Cheran Nagar, Thittuparai, Kangayam, Tirupur District, Tamil Nadu – 638701, is a distinguished engineering institution under the aegis of the Cheran Group of Institutions. CCT is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, and affiliated with Anna University, Chennai.

Our institution offers state-of-the-art engineering and technological education including Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) programmes in Computer Science and Engineering, CSE (Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning), CSE (Cyber Security), Electronics and Communication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science.

We operate the website https://cct.ac.in/ to disseminate academic information, facilitate student admissions, showcase placement achievements and research initiatives, and communicate with prospective applicants, current students, parents, faculty, alumni, and industry partners.

2 Information We Collect

Cheran College of Technology collects information to deliver seamless educational services, address prospective student enquiries, evaluate academic qualifications, manage campus operations, and enhance website performance.

Depending on your interaction with our website, we may collect both personally identifiable information that you voluntarily furnish and technical, non-personal data generated through automated browsing activities.

3 Personal Information

Personal information refers to data that can uniquely identify or establish direct contact with you. We obtain personal information when you fill out admission enquiry forms, contact us via telephone or email, register for entrance tests or webinars, submit career applications, or initiate chatbot inquiries.

Personal data collected may include:

• Identity Data: Full name, gender, date of birth, parent/guardian name, and nationality.
• Contact Details: Permanent address, communication address, verified mobile phone number, WhatsApp contact, and email address.
• Academic Credentials: Higher secondary (HSC/+2) marks, qualifying examinations, board of study, cutoff marks, previous school/polytechnic details, preferred engineering or technology discipline, and extracurricular merits.
• Employment/Career Data: Curriculum vitae, qualifications, teaching or research experience, and references submitted by applicants seeking faculty or administrative positions.

4 Non-Personal Information

When you access cct.ac.in, our web servers and analytics partners automatically capture routine technical information that cannot, on its own, identify you individually.

Non-personal data collected includes:

• Internet Protocol (IP) address and approximate geographic location (city/state level).
• Web browser type, browser language, rendering engine, and device operating system.
• Device categories (mobile, tablet, desktop computer), display resolutions, and network carrier.
• Referring webpage URLs, pages viewed on our portal, sequence of browsing, time spent per page, and exit pages.

5 How We Use Information

Cheran College of Technology processes collected data solely for legitimate educational, administrative, and statutory objectives, specifically:

• Processing, counselling, and verifying undergraduate admission applications for B.E. and B.Tech programmes.
• Communicating eligibility standards, counseling procedures, scholarship opportunities, and key admission milestones.
• Responding to visitor inquiries submitted via contact forms, admissions helpdesk, or interactive communication bots.
• Maintaining administrative, institutional, and examination records required under Anna University and AICTE statutory regulations.
• Administering campus recruitment drives, industry-readiness training programs, and placement initiatives.
• Optimizing website navigation, user experience, server reliability, and digital infrastructure security.

6 Cookies and Website Analytics

Our website utilizes cookies, web beacons, and related tracking technologies. A cookie is a compact text string stored on your device that assists our systems in remembering your preferences and session state.

We deploy cookies for the following functions:

• Essential Cookies: Critical for navigation, mobile menu rendering, and secure form submissions.
• Analytical & Performance Cookies: Through Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics, we review aggregate metrics regarding site visitors, bounce rates, and popular engineering curriculum pages to continuously improve usability.
• Preference Cookies: Retaining user view preferences and interactive element configurations.

You can configure your browser to decline or block cookies. However, disabling certain functional cookies may impact specific dynamic features or form submissions on cct.ac.in.

7 Sharing of Information

We do not sell, rent, trade, or commercialize your personal information to third parties.

We disclose information strictly under the following legitimate circumstances:

• Statutory Authorities: Anna University, Directorate of Technical Education (DOTE) Tamil Nadu, AICTE, and governmental educational bodies as mandated by state and central law.
• Educational Trust Operations: Internal administrative departments within Cheran Group of Institutions for cross-departmental academic verification and counseling.
• Authorized Service Providers: Trusted enterprise technology vendors providing cloud hosting, SMS gateways, and student CRM systems who are contractually bound by stringent confidentiality agreements.
• Legal Compliance: When compelled by subpoena, court order, law enforcement inquiry, or statutory investigation to safeguard institutional integrity and student safety.

8 Third-Party Services

Our portal integrates reliable third-party cloud services to optimize admissions engagement and site performance:

• Admissions Automation & CRM: NoPaperForms (NPF) chatbot and lead generation engine for applicant counseling and real-time query resolution.
• Tag & Analytics Management: Google Tag Manager (GTM-5TQR78DG) for analytics and event measurement.
• Social & Interactive Media: YouTube embeds, Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp messaging links.
• Web Fonts & Assets: Google Fonts CDN, Cloudflare CDN, and FontAwesome libraries.

These third-party services operate in accordance with their respective privacy disclosures. We recommend reviewing their independent policies when interacting with external tools.

9 Communication Policy

When you submit an enquiry form or register your contact number on cct.ac.in, you consent to receive institutional communications regarding engineering admissions, counselling rounds, cutoff guidelines, academic calendars, and campus events.

Communications may be transmitted via SMS, telephone voice calls, WhatsApp messages, or email. You retain the right to unsubscribe or opt out from marketing communications at any point by sending an opt-out request to cherantech@cherancolleges.org or contacting our admissions office.

10 Data Security

Cheran College of Technology implements industry-recognized organizational, administrative, and technical safeguards to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, accidental alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

Security measures include SSL/TLS encryption for all data transmitted across cct.ac.in, firewall-protected hosting infrastructure, authenticated role-based access limits for administrative staff, and regular vulnerability audits. While we take every reasonable measure to protect your data, no Internet transmission or digital database is guaranteed to be 100% impenetrable.

11 Data Retention

We retain personal information only for the duration necessary to satisfy the objectives outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention timeframe is required or permitted by university guidelines, accreditation agencies, or statutory regulations.

General admission inquiries that do not culminate in enrollment are archived or purged periodically. Enrolled student academic records are maintained in compliance with Anna University examination and degree archiving rules.

12 User Privacy Rights

Subject to applicable Indian data privacy regulations, visitors and students possess the following rights regarding their stored personal data:

• Right to Access: Request confirmation on whether your personal information is stored and obtain a summary of such records.
• Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate, incomplete, or out-of-date personal records.
• Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw permission previously granted for admissions marketing communications.
• Right to Grievance Redressal: Submit privacy concerns directly to our administrative office for expedited investigation.

13 Children's Privacy

As an institution of higher technological and engineering education, our website is intended for higher secondary students, diploma holders, adult degree seekers, parents, and legal guardians. We do not intentionally solicit or collect personally identifiable details from children under the age of 14 without parental oversight.

If a parent or guardian discovers that a child has provided personal details without approval, please contact us immediately so we can remove the data from our active systems.

14 External Links

cct.ac.in may provide hypertext links to third-party portals, including Anna University (annauniv.edu), AICTE, Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA), government scholarship portals, and social media channels.

Cheran College of Technology exerts no control over the privacy practices, content, or data protection standards of external websites. We encourage users to inspect the privacy terms of external resources before disclosing personal information.

15 Changes to This Policy

We reserve the authority to update or amend this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect technological advancements, institutional policy changes, or revised statutory requirements.

Revised versions will be published on this page with an updated "Last Updated" timestamp. We encourage regular review of this statement to remain apprised of our privacy measures.

16 Contact Information

For questions, grievances, or requests concerning this Privacy Policy and your personal information, please reach out to our institutional administrative office: