Copyright Policy
Copyright Policy
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This website is maintained and operated by Goods and Services Tax Network (hereinafter 'GSTN'). The materials/contents featured on this website is/are exclusively owned by and/or licensed to GSTN, and is protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property and other applicable laws of India.
The contents displayed on this website may be downloaded, subject to copyright and proprietary information exclusively retained with GSTN and terms of this policy. The contents of this website shall not be distributed, modified, transmitted, used, reused, made derivative works of, reported for public or commercial purposes, including, text, images, audio, and video or otherwise, without the prior written permission of GSTN. However, subject to the above, the materials and contents have to be used accurately and strictly for the permitted purpose and not in a derogatory manner or in a misleading context. Wherever such materials and contents are being used, the source must be prominently acknowledged. The above permission to use any material featured on this website shall not extend to any material featured on this website which is explicitly identified as being the copyrighted property of a third party. Authorization to reproduce such copyrighted material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.
These policies shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Indian Laws. Any dispute arising in connection with this policy shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts at Delhi only.
Privacy Policy
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Goods and Services Tax Network (hereinafter 'GSTN') does not collect any personal information about a visitor to Goods and Services Tax Portal (hereinafter 'Website') unless that visitor explicitly and voluntarily provides it. If you choose to provide us with your personal information when you visit our website, we use it only to take necessary action on your request.
We do not sell or share any personally identifiable information volunteered on this site to any third party except as may be required in terms of any Government Order, Notification, Policy or request. Any information provided to this website will reasonably be protected from any, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction in connection thereof.
We gather certain information about the User, such as Internet protocol (IP) address, domain name, browser type, operating system, the date and time of the visit and the pages visited, and if you reached this website from another website, the address of that referring website. We make no attempt to link these addresses with the identity of individuals visiting our site unless an attempt to damage the site has been detected.
GSTN may monitor statistics such as how many people visit our site, the user's IP address, the pages people may visit, domains our visitors use to come and which browsers people use etc. GSTN will use these statistics for aggregation purposes only and is not under an obligation to share such statistics with anyone.
Content Moderation and Approval Policy (CMAP)
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The content to be published on the website is contributed by the Content Manager in a consistent fashion to maintain uniformity and to bring in standardization. In order to present the content as per the requirement of the viewer, the content is categorized and to retrieve the relevant content efficiently, and the content is contributed to the website through a Content Management System which would be web-based having user-friendly interface.
Once the content is contributed it is approved and moderated prior to being published on the Portal. The moderation could be multilevel and is role based. If the content is rejected at any level then it is reverted back to the originator of the content for modification.
| S.No | Content Element | Moderator | Approver | Contributor | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Updates | Web Information Manager | GSTN | Content Manager | | 2 | Contact Details | Web Information Manager | GSTN | Content Manager | | 3 | User Manuals | Web Information Manager | GSTN | Content Manager | | 4 | About Us | Web Information Manager | GSTN | Content Manager |
Content Review Policy (CRP)
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The GSTN endeavours to keep the content on this Portal up-to-date. This Content Review Policy defines the roles and responsibilities of the website content review and the manner in which it need to be carried out. The matrix below gives Content Review based on content element type.
| S.No | Content Element | Frequency of Review | Approver | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | News and Updates | Immediate in case of an event | Content Manager | | 2 | Contact Details | Immediate in case of an event | Content Manager | | 3 | User Manuals | Immediate in case of an event | Content Manager | | 4 | About Us | Immediate in case of an event | Content Manager |
Content Archival Policy (CAP)
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The content components are created with metadata, source and validity date. Validity of some of the components may not be known at the time of creation. Such content is treated as perpetual and the validity date shall be ten years from the date of creation. The content shall not be displayed on this portal after the validity date unless a request has been raised by the Goods and Service Tax Network.
| S.No | Content Element | Entry Policy | Archival Policy | Exit Policy | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | News and Updates | Immediate in case of an event | Only latest 2 or 3 News and updates are displayed in the main webpage. Remaining are classified by year of publication and archived for public view. | Displayed upto 10 years from the month of the publication | | 2 | Contact Details | Immediate in case of an event | Not Required | Not Required | | 3 | User Manuals | Immediate in case of an event | Not Required | Change in process will lead to substitution of old manual. | | 4 | About Us | Immediate in case of an event | Not Required | Change in process will lead to substitution of old content. |
Web Information Manager
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Name
: Shri Alok Kumar
Designation
: EVP (Services)
Address
: Worldmark 1, East Wing, 4th Floor, Aerocity, New Delhi, Delhi 110037
Phone No
: 011-49111373