Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how Articulate India Media collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you visit or use our site, this service, or our online platform. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in an open and transparent manner, in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Personal Data We Collect
We may collect personal data that you provide directly to us, such as your name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other contact information when you fill out forms on our site, subscribe to newsletters, request information, or interact with our services.
We may also collect information automatically as you use our site, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and visit duration. This data helps us understand how our service is used and improve your experience.
Lawful Basis for Processing
We will only process your personal data where we have a lawful basis to do so. The lawful bases we rely on include:
- Your consent: Where you have given us clear consent to process your personal data for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
- Performance of a contract: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party, or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract.
- Legal obligation: Where processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation that applies to us.
- Legitimate interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or those of a third party, provided your fundamental rights do not override those interests. This may include improving our services, marketing (where not requiring consent), or preventing fraud.
How We Use Your Information
We use the personal data we collect for various purposes, including:
- To provide and maintain our services.
- To respond to your inquiries and requests.
- To send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support or administrative messages.
- To improve our site and services, and to develop new services.
- To communicate with you about products, services, offers, promotions, and events, with your consent where required.
- To monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our service.
- To detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities and protect our rights and property.
Sharing and Disclosure of Information
We do not sell your personal data to third parties.
We may share your personal data with trusted third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, data analysis, payment processing, information technology, customer service, email delivery, and auditing services. These providers are contractually obligated to protect your data and are only permitted to use it for the purposes specified by us.
We may also disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency). We may also disclose your information to establish or exercise our legal rights, defend against legal claims, or as otherwise required by law.
In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your personal data may be transferred to the acquiring entity.
Data Retention
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location and applicable data protection laws, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- The right to erasure (Right to Be Forgotten): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
- The right to withdraw consent: Where we rely on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights).
Data Security
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures designed to protect your personal data from accidental loss, unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, no internet transmission is ever completely secure or error-free.
Third-Party Websites
Our site may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Children's Privacy
Our service is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us by writing to the following address:
Articulate India Media
503, Lotus Business Park,
New Link Road, Andheri West,
Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400053
India