Policy

Privacy Policy

This page covers the public KMC Sparsha website and the KMC Sparsha programme-support application used by authorized hospitals, programme teams, health workers and caregivers.

What this covers

KMC Sparsha supports Kangaroo Mother Care workflows, baby-level records, follow-ups, reminders, care documentation and programme monitoring. The public website provides educational and awareness information about the initiative and the application.

Information handled

The public website is informational. The application may process user account details, hospital identifiers, programme records, baby care data, feeding entries, KMC sessions, follow-up notes and operational audit trails where authorized by the implementing institution.

Use of information

Information is used to support neonatal care workflows, programme visibility, quality improvement, implementation support, user administration, research operations where approved, and service security.

Sharing and access

Access is role-based and limited to authorized users. Data sharing depends on institutional deployment, programme governance and applicable clinical, legal and regulatory requirements.

Security

KMC Sparsha uses controlled access, hosted infrastructure and operational safeguards intended to protect programme data. No internet-connected system can be guaranteed completely risk-free.

Retention

Records may be retained according to programme, institutional, operational, legal and patient-safety requirements.

Contact

Privacy queries can be sent to privacy@kmcsparsha.org. General support requests can be sent to support@kmcsparsha.org.

This summary page is intended for public reference. Institution-specific implementations may apply additional notices, consent processes or data-governance requirements.