Surana and Surana International Consultants (“SSIC”) value and respect the privacy of everyone contributing towards our aims, objects and services and are committed to ensuring and protecting the privacy of any user who accesses and uses the Website (www.ssinternational.in).
In this policy, the words “we”, “our”, “us” and “SSIC” refers to Surana and Surana International Consultants and this Policy explains how we deal with your personal data and any related information. The revisions made will come into effect from the day and date they are posted on the Website, unless specified otherwise.
POLICY APPLICABILITY
SSIC’s Privacy Policy is applicable to any person or entity that uses the Website or shares any information pertaining to identified or identifiable natural person (personal data) with SSIC. We collect personal data with your consent. For instance, we collect your information when you share your data on the Website by filling up the forms on the Website. The data collected by us may include your basic information such as your name, contact number, email address or any other details you may share.
The user agrees, accepts, and is bound by this Privacy Policy when they use or access the Website. These policies are subject to change and will be updated from time to time at our sole discretion or on account of changes in the law. However, we are not obligated to notify users unless significant changes are made or law obligates us to do so. Users are therefore requested to read our Privacy Policy along with the terms and conditions of use of the Website.
Further, if you are under 18 years of age, please do not send us your personal information (for example, your name, address and email address) since you are not legally competent to enter into a contract with us. If you are under 18 years of age and you wish to ask a question regarding the site, please ask your parent or guardian to do so on your behalf.
TYPES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
The phrases “personally identifiable information” or “personal information” for the purpose of this policy refer to any information by which you can be identified, such as your full name, address (city, state, pin/zip), e-mail address, telephone number, passport copies, copy of educational and technical qualifications, bank information for salary and expenses reimbursements, copy of the PAN card, passport size photographs, emergency contact information, family information, blood group, health records, conflict of interest information disclosure etc.
(a) PERSONAL SENSITIVE INFORMATION
Only the following information will be treated as personal sensitive information:
- Your password, if any;
- Financial information such as:
- Bank account or,
- Credit card or debit card or,
- Other payment instrument details
- Physical, physiological and mental health condition;
- Sexual orientation;
- Biometric information;
- Any detail relating to the above clauses as provided to SSIC for providing service; and
- Any of the information received under above clauses by SSIC for processing or storage under a lawful contract or otherwise.
(b) EXCEPTIONS TO PERSONAL SENSITIVE INFORMATION
Following information shall not be regarded as sensitive personal data or information:
- Information freely available or accessible in public domain;
- Information furnished under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI); or
- Information furnished under any other law for the time being in force.
PURPOSE OF COLLECTION AND EXTENT OF USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your personal information including sensitive personal information and data may be required by us for performance of our obligations, duties and exercise of our rights in India or out of India in the following manner:-
- to administer or otherwise carry out our obligations in relation to any agreement / contract you have with us;
- to perform our contractual obligations and render our services, to promote our business, services, aims and objects;
- to seek your feedback or to contact you in relation to the activities and goals of our organization;
- to conduct research for internal purpose;
- to improve the functionality of the Website to enhance user experience;
- to process enquiries or applications submitted by you;
- to process and respond to requests, improve our operations, and communicate about our activities, services and research;
- to allow you to subscribe to our newsletters;
- to best serve you, we may share your personal information including sensitive personal information with other members, associates, partners, employees and data processors including service providers that provide support services to us;
- to meet statutory obligations;
- to the extent required or permitted by law, we may also collect, use and disclose personal information in connection with security related or law enforcement investigations or in the course of cooperating with authorities or complying with legal requirements;
- We also use personal information for, but not limited to, record keeping, sharing knowledge updates and recent developments at SSIC, inviting you for relevant seminars/webinars, and to seek your valuable feedback on your engagement with us;
- We may use the information for historical, statistical or scientific purposes.
All information provided to us by you through any mode of communication shall be treated as voluntarily released information. Your e-mail, physical address or any other mode of communication, as per the practice of SSIC may be used by SSIC to respond to you.
COOKIES
Our collection of website use information may involve the use of cookies. A cookie is a small removable data file that is stored by your web browser on your computer. Cookies allow you to place an order on our Site and allow us to enhance and personalize your online surfing experience. We use cookies to remember the posts in your page, recognize you when you return to our Site and analyze visitor behavior.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser (like Internet Explorer or Firefox or Safari) settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookie settings. If you turn cookies off, you won’t have access to many features that make your site experience more efficient and some of our services will not function properly.
DATA SECURITY
We strive to maintain appropriate procedural and technical security with respect to offices and information storage facilities so as to prevent any loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, or modification of personal information. This also applies to our disposal or destruction of personal information. We have implemented technology and policies with the objective of protecting your privacy from unauthorized access and improper use and will update these measures as new technology becomes available, as appropriate.
We encrypt the pipe through which personal information is sent, using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology to ensure that your information is safe as it is sent over the Internet to our server.
INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES
We may also, in certain instances, disclose your personal information including sensitive personal information, when we have reason to believe that it is necessary to identify you, contact you, or bring legal action to protect your rights or the rights of SSIC or others. We may also disclose your personal information including sensitive personal information, when you ask us to do so or when we believe it is required by law. Service providers and third parties who perform services on our behalf are contractually restricted from using your information in any manner, other than as provided in this policy.
We are not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of others or their websites, even if you access those using links from our website. We can make no promises or guarantees regarding data collection on the hyper-linked pages and on websites that are not owned by us.
MAKING CHANGES TO INFORMATION
Users can correct, alter, update and review their personal information by writing to us at [email protected]. Furthermore, you can request us to delete your personal information, unless it is required by us to retain certain information for legal purposes.
In case you delete or modify your information in a manner that is not verifiable by us, we will be unable to share the access to our platform with you. Furthermore, the deletion or modification will be regarded as your decision to discontinue access to our platform.
Additionally, SSIC holds the right to verify and authenticate any user’s identity and personal information to ensure efficient service delivery.
All requests mentioned above may be denied or limited by us in case it breaches another person’s rights and/or is in deviance with the applicable law.
ENFORCEMENT
This privacy policy strictly follows the Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal data or Information Rules, 2011 and the Information Technology Act, 2000 of India.