Kings Indian Chess is a volunteer-run youth chess club in Chantilly, Virginia, operated by Pragathi USA, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit. We are a non-profit and the proceeds from our programs support various charitable and community-service activities in the United States and in India. We respect your family's privacy and keep what we collect to a minimum.
Our promise: We do not sell, rent, or share your or your child's information with anyone for marketing. We use it only to run the chess program.
Information we collect
- Registration details you provide: student's name and age, chess experience, program level, and parent/guardian name, email and phone.
- Member login: a username and a securely hashed password you create.
- Program activity: lesson progress, puzzle/rating records, and any reviews you choose to submit.
How we use it
- To enroll your child, run classes and tournaments, and track progress.
- To contact you about classes, payments, scheduling and club news.
- Nothing more — we don't use your information for outside marketing.
Children's privacy (COPPA)
Our programs are for young chess players, so we take children's privacy seriously.
- A child's account is registered by a parent or guardian, who provides consent during registration.
- We collect only what's needed to run the program.
- We do not show personalized/behavioral ads to children (see below).
- Parents may review or request deletion of their child's information at any time — just email us.
Advertising & cookies
- We use a login/session cookie so members can stay signed in. We don't use tracking cookies for advertising.
- Some public learning pages (lessons, puzzles) may show ads from Google AdSense. These are non-personalized (contextual) ads — they are based on the page's content, not on tracking your child.
- There are no ads on the registration form or in the logged-in members area.
- You can learn how Google uses information at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
How we protect it
Passwords are stored as one-way secure hashes, and access to family data is limited to authorized Kings Indian Chess volunteers and coaches.
Your choices
To review, update, or delete your or your child's information — or ask any privacy question — email kingsindianchess@gmail.com and we'll take care of it.
Contact
Kings Indian Chess (a program of Pragathi USA, a 501(c)(3) non-profit)
Chantilly, Virginia · kingsindianchess@gmail.com · (571) 485-9686
Last updated: June 2026.