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Data Deletion

Effective Date: 21 August 2026

Your Right to Delete Your Data

GrantPanda respects your right to request deletion of your personal data. This page describes the process for submitting a data deletion request, what data is eligible for deletion, and what data may be retained for legitimate reasons.

This applies to all GrantPanda products, including:

  • GrantPanda Scholarship Platform
  • ICSB Leave Management
  • WhatsApp Business Solutions (message delivery metadata)

Deletion Request Process

Follow these steps to request deletion of your data:

1

Submit your request

Send an email to adnankhadnan@gmail.com or contact@grantpanda.online with the subject line "Data Deletion Request". Include the email address or phone number associated with your account or the platform through which you used GrantPanda services.

2

Identity verification

Where required to protect account security and prevent unauthorised deletion, we may ask you to verify your identity. This may involve confirming details associated with your account.

3

Identification of applicable data

We will identify what personal data we hold about you across the relevant GrantPanda products — Scholarship Platform, ICSB, or WhatsApp-related data.

4

Deletion or anonymisation

Eligible personal data will be deleted or anonymised. This process typically takes up to 30 days from receipt of a verified request.

5

Retained data notice

Where applicable law or legitimate institutional obligations require us to retain certain data (for example, institutional audit records), we will inform you what data has been retained and why. Only the minimum required data will be kept.

6

Confirmation

Once deletion is complete, we will send a confirmation to the email address you used to submit the request. If you do not receive a response within 30 days, please follow up.

What Data Can Be Deleted

Scholarship Platform
  • Email address and waitlist registration
  • Academic profile information
  • Communications and support history
ICSB Leave Management
  • Student account and profile data
  • Leave and event application history
  • Uploaded supporting documents
  • Parent phone numbers used for notifications
  • Staff and admin account data
WhatsApp / Messaging
  • Recipient phone numbers used as message recipients
  • WhatsApp message identifiers associated with sent messages
  • Delivery, read, and failure status records received via webhook
  • WhatsApp communication logs maintained by GrantPanda
  • Other GrantPanda-held information associated with the recipient

WhatsApp-Related Data in Deletion Requests

Where applicable, your deletion request may include WhatsApp-related information processed by GrantPanda, such as:

  • Recipient phone number used for WhatsApp communications
  • WhatsApp message identifiers returned by Meta
  • Delivery, read, and failure status information
  • WhatsApp communication logs maintained by GrantPanda
  • Other GrantPanda-held information associated with the recipient

Information that GrantPanda is required to retain for legitimate legal, security, audit, or institutional record-keeping purposes may be retained for the applicable period rather than deleted.

GrantPanda can delete or remove WhatsApp-related data that GrantPanda itself controls or stores. Data processed independently by Meta Platforms, Inc. (such as message content transmitted through the WhatsApp Business Platform) is subject to Meta's own applicable policies and processes, and GrantPanda does not claim the ability to directly delete data from Meta's systems. GrantPanda is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting as an agent of Meta Platforms, Inc.

Data That May Be Retained

Certain data may be retained despite a deletion request where retention is required by applicable law or legitimate institutional obligations:

  • Institutional leave records that form part of an educational institution's official records, where the institution has a legal obligation to maintain them
  • Data required for ongoing legal proceedings or regulatory investigations
  • Financial or transactional records required by tax or commercial law
  • Anonymised or aggregated data that cannot be attributed to a specific individual

Where we retain data for legal reasons, we will inform you of the category of data retained and the legal basis for retention.

ICSB — Institutional Data Requests

If you are a student or parent whose data is held as part of an institution's ICSB deployment, your request may need to be coordinated with the institution. The institution may have independent legal obligations to retain your records.

Contact your institution's administrator in addition to submitting a request to GrantPanda if you want your data removed from both the institution's records and the GrantPanda platform.

ICSB Institutional Data

For users of ICSB deployed by an educational institution, some personal data is controlled or maintained on behalf of the deploying institution. Deletion requests may therefore need to be coordinated with the relevant institution where the institution is responsible for the underlying student or parent records.

Data Protection & Compliance Contact

For privacy, data protection, compliance, or personal data deletion requests, contact our Chief Compliance Officer / Data Protection Officer:

H K Enterprises — GrantPandaChief Compliance Officer / Data Protection Officer

You may contact these representatives regarding personal data access, correction, deletion, privacy concerns, or other data protection requests.

Submit Your Request

To request data deletion, contact us:

H K Enterprises — GrantPandaHamidiya Manzil, 3-63, Mulagudde House, Kadaba Village,
Kadaba Taluk, Dakshin Kannada, Karnataka – 574221, India
Email Deletion RequestUse subject line: "Data Deletion Request" and include your email or phone number used with GrantPanda.

Response Timeline

We will acknowledge your request within 5 business days and complete the deletion process within 30 days of receiving a verified request. We will send a confirmation email when the process is complete.

In cases requiring coordination with an institution or involving complex data holdings, the process may take longer. We will keep you informed of any delay.