terms of use



Portal contains sensitive personal information of the residents, for the purpose of Aadhaar seeding with various Departments for disbursing benefits under G2C schemes. The data reflected on the portal shall in no means be used or reproduced in any other form, apart from the purpose of Aadhaar Seeding in the Departmental databases for Direct Benefit Schemes. The User Department must possess stringent security protocols and protection from unauthorized access. In addition to this, the User Department must maintain appropriate access control logs and audit trails.

The concerned officials of the User Department shall be responsible to ensure safety and security of shared data at all times as per the security practices and procedures envisaged under the Information Technology Act 2000 and the 'Data Protection and Security Guidelines' published by UIDAI. Strategic control over the data shall always remain with the User Department, who shall be responsible for the overall security adherence. Data reflected on the portal shall always be stored and transmitted in encrypted form. Physical, Network and Application level security for the software that uses this data shall be ensured; The data shall not be retained beyond the duration necessary to serve the purpose for which it is meant to be used. Failure to comply with any of above guidelines shall be deemed a serious breach by the User Department and may attract legal action under IT Act 2000.

This Portal is designed, developed and hosted by Department of Information Technology, Government of Himachal Pradesh, India. Though all efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of the content on this Portal, the same should not be construed as a statement of law or used for any legal purposes. In no event will the Government or Department be liable for any expense, loss or damage including, without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any expense, loss or damage whatsoever arising from use, or loss of use, of data, arising out of or in connection with the use of this Portal. This portal doesn’t deal with the sale or purchase of any item of any form and is just intended to disseminate appropriate information to the necessary stakeholders. This portal doesn’t promote to charge for any information. Authorization to reproduce such content must be obtained from the Department/copyright holders concerned. These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Indian Laws. Any dispute arising under these terms and conditions shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of India.