Terms Of Use

Last Updated on 25th April, 2024.

Welcome to The Atlas of Behavior Change in Development (“ABCD”).

This document is an electronic record in terms of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (“Act”) and rules made thereunder as applicable and the amended provisions pertaining to electronic records in various statues as amended by the Act. This document does not require any physical or digital signatures. This document is published in accordance with the Act that requires publication of the rules and regulations, privacy policy and terms of use for access or usage of the website “www.abcd.guide” (“Platform”) and your ABCD account.

The Platform is managed by Dalberg Development Advisors Private Limited, a company incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 and having its registered office at Mezzanine Floor, B Wing, Barodawala Mansion 81, Dr. Annie Besant Road Mumbai 400018. The following Terms of Use (“Terms”) relate to your (“you”, “your” and “yourself”) use of the Platform and your ABCD account.

A. Acceptance of Terms

These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement for your use of our Platform. By accessing our Platform, you agree to comply with and be bound by the following Terms.

B. Platform Functionality

On our Platform, we curate and synthesize behavior content in the form of articles, research papers, blogs, images, lists, tags, etc. The content is intended to support users with research and knowledge to design and build behavior programs. Our Platform allows users to learn about behavioural changes in development and explore relevant resources for programs.

Our Platform presents curated content from various sources including third parties that may include news articles, blog posts, videos, images, and other types of content (“Curated Content”). We do not own all the Curated Content and are not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of such content. We are not responsible for any actions or decisions that you may take based on such content. We will not accept any liability for any errors or omission.

Our Platform may provide links to other websites or resources. We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked to our Platform. Such links should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We will not be liable for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them.

C. Account, Password and Security

You may use our Platform as a registered User.

Registered User: If You wish to register yourself on our Platform, you must create a User Account (“User Account”). You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the password and User Account, and are fully responsible for any and all activities that occur under your password or User Account. You shall ensure that the password is kept confidential and secure and should inform us immediately if you have any reason to believe that your password has become known to anyone else, or if the password is being, or is likely to be, used in an unauthorized manner. Please ensure that the details you provide us with, are correct and complete and inform us immediately of any changes to the information that you provided while registering.

D. Use of the Platform

Our Platform is intended for social impact related use only.

You must not:

Do anything that breaches these Terms;
Use the Platform for any illegal or unauthorized purpose;
Download, print, copy or otherwise reproduce any content except those which relate solely to You;
Remove or change anything on our Platform or add anything to it, including without limitation by unauthorized changes through system manipulation or hacking;
violate the rights of others or publish any third-party information or use any third-party intellectual property without proper authorization.

You must only use our Platform for lawful purposes and agree to comply with all applicable laws and regulations in connection with your use of our Platform.

E. Privacy

Please review our Privacy Policy that, also governs your visit to our Platform, to understand our practices in relation to collection and dissemination of your personal/sensitive personal information. By visiting our Platform, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Privacy Policy.

F. Data Confidentiality and Protection for the ABCD AI Tools

In our continuous effort to provide secure and confidential data processing services through The Atlas of Behavior Change in Development (ABCD) Analyzer and related AI tools, we uphold stringent data protection measures. These updated clauses reflect our commitment to maintaining the security of our users' data across various interactions with the ABCD Analyzer & Evaluator, ensuring comprehensive data protection for all users.

1. Security During Email Transmission

1.1 Email Handling Security:ABCD employs advanced email handling protocols, utilizing Mail Transfer Agents (MTA) along with Two-Factor Authentication (2FA). This ensures that email transmissions, both inbound and outbound, are securely managed by authorized systems only, significantly reducing the risk of unauthorized data access.

1.2 Expedited Email Processing:To minimize data exposure, emails directed to the ABCD Analyzer & Evaluator handle are processed promptly, with documents being relocated to secure processing servers within 2-3 seconds of receipt. Outgoing analyzed documents are similarly managed, with immediate deletion from the sending folder once dispatched to the recipient.

2. Security During Document Storage

2.1 AES-256 Encrypted Storage:ABCD leverages AES-256 encryption for document storage on secure servers, ensuring that data is safeguarded against unauthorized access. This encryption standard is applied to all documents awaiting analysis or stored temporarily for further processing.

2.2 Document Retention Policy:We offer customizable document retention options, allowing for the secure deletion of documents within a specified timeframe ranging from 0 to 90 days, tailored to the unique needs of each client for secure data management.

3. Document Transmission Security

3.1 HTTPS and TLS Protection:ABCD ensures the secure transmission of documents to summarizer tools through HTTPS and TLS encryption, safeguarding data against interception during transfer, thus enhancing data confidentiality across our services.

4. Dedicated User Data Handling

4.1 Isolated Data Storage:Each client's data is stored in isolated environments on AWS S3 with no shared folders or storage spaces on the server, effectively eliminating the risk of data mixing between clients. This is done programmatically with new folders on our AWS S3 getting created whenever new client organisations signed up.

4.2 Non-Utilization of Client Data for Model Training:ABCD's commitment to data privacy extends to our policy of not using client data for the training of our models, ensuring that the integrity and confidentiality of user data are preserved.

5. Advanced Analytical Architecture

5.1 Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Model:The ABCD Analyzer is powered by an advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) model, utilizing well-curated data to deliver precise analysis. This architecture ensures high-quality, relevant output while maintaining strict data confidentiality and security standards.

5.2 The use of OpenAI ChatGPT and privacy policy:The ABCD Analyzer & Evaluator uses the OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4 APIs for certain processes including document summarization and final output generation. We selected OpenAI on account of their very stringent privacy policy that ensures that no client data is shared or is used for model training. The Figure below, is a screenshot of their Data Protection terms (captured on 25th April 2024) and more details of their compliance can be found here: https://openai.com/enterprise-privacy. More details can be found on their Trust portal - https://trust.openai.com/

6. Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)

6.1 Comprehensive NDA Protection:ABCD is prepared to enter into Non-Disclosure Agreements with all users, reinforcing our commitment to data confidentiality. This agreement will encompass all aspects of data handling within the ABCD Analyzer, ensuring a secure environment for data processing.

These terms underscore ABCD's dedication to providing a secure, confidential service for the processing and analysis of data through the ABCD Analyzer. By implementing these measures, we affirm our commitment to safeguarding our users' data, ensuring that all interactions with our services are conducted within a secure and protected framework.

6.2 Human in the loop only for pilots and initial configuration:ABCD, in certain cases, needs to customize our AI architecture, including prompts, based on a partner’s use-case, document types, internal guidelines related to behaviour change, and also internal success criteria. In these cases, a senior member from the ABCD team reviews input and output documents from the ABCD Analyzer & Evaluator till the model is optimized for the partner organisation. Once the model is optimized and the partner organisation is happy with the outputs, there are no further human-in-the-loop processes from ABCD and all processes are fully automated with accompanying data and privacy safeguards as outlined above.

G. Ownership and Intellectual Property

These Terms provide access to and use of our Platform and you are not granted a license to any software or any other intellectual property under these Terms.

We do not claim ownership of the Curated Content posted on our Platform. The Curated Content presented on our Platform is owned by the original content creators and/or publishers, and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws.

All intellectual property in the screen lay-outs and software relating to the Platform belongs to us.

You agree and warrant that you will not:

reverse engineer or decompile (whether in whole or in part) any part of the software which makes up the Platform including the application and website;

make copies, modify, reproduce, transmit, alter or distribute the software or all or any part of the site or Curated Content contained on it.

We respect the intellectual property rights of others and expects our users to do the same. If you believe that your intellectual property rights have been infringed on our Platform, please contact us using the information provided below.

H. Report Abuse and Take Down Policy

In the event we or any User becomes aware of any objectionable content on the Platform including but not limited to violation of privacy, misuse of personal information or violation of any intellectual property rights, in violation of these Terms then, such objectionable content will be taken down from the Platform, without any prior notice.

For reporting any objectionable content, the User may contact shivangi.adani@dalberg.com.

I. Errors & Viruses

We don’t guarantee that our Platform will always be free from errors or viruses. You are responsible for installing virus-checking software to protect your hardware.

We will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by a virus, distributed denial-of-service attack, or other technologically harmful material that may infect your computer equipment, computer programs, data or other proprietary material due to your use of our Platform or to your downloading of any content on it, or through any third-party website linked to it.

J. Limitation of Liability

In no event shall we or our affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, or licensors be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, punitive, or consequential damages arising out of or in connection with your use of our Platform or the content presented on our Platform, regardless of the form of action, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, or otherwise, even if our Platform has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

K. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless, at your expense, us (and our affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, and licensors) from any and all third- party claims, suit, action or proceeding, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or in connection with your unauthorized use of our Platform or your non-compliance or breach of these Terms.

L. Changes to the Terms

We reserve the right to make changes to our Platform or revise these Terms at any time without notice by updating this page. Your continued use of our Platform after such revisions will constitute your acceptance of such changes.

M. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms shall be governed by and interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of India. The courts in Delhi & / or Mumbai shall have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any matters arising here from.