Last updated: 10 November 2026
This policy explains what information Institute of Science of Mind (“the Institute”, “we”) collects through this website, https://ism.edu.bt, how it is used and the choices you have.
Information we collect
- Visitors to the public website are not asked for any personal information. Like every website, our server records technical details of each visit (address of the page, time, browser and the internet address it came from) to keep the site secure and working.
- Students, lecturers and staff sign in to the portals with an account given by the Institute. Their academic, attendance and administrative records are kept to run the Institute and are seen only by the people whose work needs them.
- Applicants and former students who apply for admission or request documents give the details asked for on those forms; they are used only for that application or request.
- Messages sent through the Contact page are used to answer them.
Cookies
This website uses a few small cookies of its own: one that keeps you signed in to a portal, and one that remembers the language you chose (English or Dzongkha). Your browser may also keep simple preferences, such as switching the click sound off.
Advertising
This website may show advertisements provided by Google AdSense. Google and its partners use cookies to show ads based on your earlier visits to this and other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
- You may opt out of personalised advertising in Google Ads Settings, or opt out of third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising at www.aboutads.info.
- How Google uses information from sites that use its services: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
- Ads are shown only on the public pages of the website, never in the student, lecturer or administrator portals, and no student or staff record is ever shared with an advertiser.
How we protect information
Portal accounts are protected by passwords stored in scrambled (hashed) form, pages are sent over a secure (https) connection, and records are reached only by signed-in users with the right role.
Sharing
We do not sell personal information. Records are shared only where the Institute’s work or the law requires it (for example with the Council for Buddhist University, Central Monastic Body).
Children
The public website is meant for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13.
Your choices
You may ask to see or correct the information the Institute keeps about you by writing to the address below.
Changes
We may update this policy; the date at the top shows when it last changed.
Contact
Institute of Science of Mind
Simtokha, Thimphu, Bhutan
E-mail: instituteofscienceofmind@ism.edu.bt
Phone: +975-17631743