General

The website (www.sarafpartners.com) and any content available therein (the “Website”) is controlled and operated solely by Saraf and Partners. The Privacy Policy of Saraf and Partners (also referred to as “we”, “us”, “our”) is to safeguard and protect information collected by the Website or any information shared by the person while accessing, using, or downloading material from the Website or engaging through e-mails (the “User”, also referred to as “you” and “your”).

The Privacy Policy is published in accordance with Information and Technology Act, 2000 read along with Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 and Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011.

Applicability

The Privacy Policy applies to collection, access, use, retention, process and disclosure of any information or data shared with us either through access or use of the Website, or through e-mail exchange, relating to a natural person which, either directly or indirectly, or in combination with other information available with us, is capable of identifying such person (“Personal Information”). Personal Information may include:

  1. your name, address, e-mail address, contact number, gender, date of birth, organization, designation, etc;
  2. information provided by you due to the client relationship with you, including all requests, payments, business details, etc;
  3. information regarding significant pending legal proceedings and resolved legal disputes related to you and other concerned person / entity related to you;
  4. information related to your health, disability, and dietary requirements that we ask to make provisions for you in an event, seminar or workshop hosted by us;
  5. record of your appointments at our offices; and / or
  6. information collected by us to assess your job / internship application such as your qualifications, interests, expertise, and preferred designation.

We shall keep all your Personal Information confidential within the contours of this Privacy Policy. On accessing and using the Website, the User agrees to be bound by this Privacy Policy as well as the Terms of Use, available on the Website. Any Personal Information provided by you while accessing or using the Website or otherwise provided, is on your own volition and you consent to our collection, access, use, retention, disclosure, and transfer of such Personal Information in accordance with the terms of the Privacy Policy. If you do not wish to provide any information to us, you may choose not to share it. However, we reserve the right to restrict or block your access to the Website, and to discontinue all or certain services that we provide.

Revision to the Privacy Policy

We may change, modify, and revise the Privacy Policy without any prior notice to the User. Such changes, modification and revision shall be applicable from the time they are displayed on the Website. The User is construed to have accepted such changes, modifications, and revisions by accessing or using the Website after the changes, modifications or revisions have been made. We advise you to regularly read the Privacy Policy and update yourself to its terms. You may not agree with the changes, modifications or revisions made to the Privacy Policy. However, we reserve the right to restrict or block your access to the Website and discontinue our services if you choose to not agree with the changes, modifications, and revisions to the Website.

Method of Collection

We collect your Personal Information when you access or use our Website, accepts the Terms of Use of our Website, enter information wherever required on our Website including while applying for internships or jobs, attend a seminar or workshop with us, or send us e-mails or contact us through any other source, from publicly available records, or provide information otherwise in any manner.

Uses

We may use your Personal Information for various purposes including (“Uses”):

  1. To develop and optimize our Website and provide you improved and enhanced access to our Website so as to provide you with relevant information;
  2. To examine the use of Our Website and prevent any problem associated with the use of our Website;
  3. To reply to your queries and requests;
  4. To provide you with news, legal updates, regulatory updates, updates about us, etc, through e-mail;
  5. To invite you to workshops, seminars and conferences hosted by us that may interest you;
  6. To record your preferences in order to provide personalised and tailor made services;
  7. To develop our business;
  8. To administer a business relationship with you or your organisation;
  9. To fulfil our legal and regulatory obligations;
  10. To maintain records;
  11. To protect you from and prevent security threats, frauds and other illegal activities; and
  12. To secure access to our premises, communication services, information technology, and the Website.

You may choose to not receive any news, legal and regulatory updates, or any update about us by writing an e-mail to unsubscribe@sarafpartners.com.

Retention

We shall retain your Personal Information as long as the purpose for which it has been collected is being served, or if it is required to be retained under applicable law, or for any other purposes.  We will delete your Personal Information immediately after it has served its purpose for which we had collected that Personal Information. However, we shall retain and continue to use your aggregated Personal Information for providing effective services as well as for other business purposes.

Disclosure

We do not disclose and transfer your Personal Information to any third part except in following circumstances:

  1. With agents, acting on behalf of Saraf and Partners and other affiliates of Saraf and Partners connected to the Website including hosts, experts and advisors for management of the Website, strictly on confidential basis;
  2. We may disclose your aggregated personal information with third parties to analyse the Website usage in order to manage, develop and provide enhanced services through our Website;
  3. With other entities who process your Personal Information and provide assistance with operation and management of our business including providing services like billing, information technology, communication systems, client management, and for other administrative purposes, strictly on confidential basis;
  4. With our clients if we collect your Personal Information while delivering legal services to our clients, and to others, if the law permits or requires us to disclose;
  5. With third parties, in whose favour we have assigned or novated our rights and obligations;
  6. With regulatory and governmental authorities, law enforcement agencies, courts, and other parties to fulfil our legal obligations and to exercise our legal rights; and
  7. We may disclose your Personal Information if required under applicable laws and regulations, or requested by courts, or to prevent and investigate fraudulent, criminal, and other illegal activities; and
  8. With domestic and overseas third parties, who may require your Personal Information for one or more of the abovementioned Uses.

In other circumstances, we will not disclose, share, and transfer your Personal Information without your explicit consent.

Third Person Information

You shall not provide Personal Information of any other person. If you provide Personal Information of any other person, you must be authorized by such person to share that Personal Information with us, and such person shall be aware of all the terms of this Privacy Policy. We may use, process, and disclose such Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Links to other websites

The links to other internet websites available on our Website (“Linked Websites”) are controlled by other entities and are available only for easier accessibility. Linked Websites have separate privacy policy and you shall be governed by their privacy policy while accessing and sharing information with Linked Websites. We advise you to read the privacy policy of Linked Websites to understand administration of your information by them before sharing your Personal Information.

We do not share your Personal Information with Linked Websites and are not accountable for any Personal Information collected, used, and disclosed by Linked Websites.

We are also not liable for any loss or damage incurred by you due to collection, usage, and disclosure of your information by Linked Websites.

Your Rights

You have the right to request us to review, edit, change, modify, update, and revise your Personal Information by writing to us at privacy@sarafpartners.com.

You also have the right to ensure completeness, correctness and comprehensiveness of the Personal Information provided by you.

You have the right to know the purpose of the collection and names of the persons / entities who have access to your Personal Information.

You have the right to withdraw your consent, anytime for collection, use, retention, disclosure and transfer of your Personal Information by writing to us at privacy@sarafpartners.com. However, we do not guarantee that on such withdrawal of consent, you will have continued access to and use of our Website. We reserve the right to restrict your access and use of the Website, or block your access to the Website and discontinue all or certain services that require your Personal Information.

You have the right to seek deletion of your Personal Information stored by us, by writing to us at privacy@sarafpartners.com. However, we reserve the right to restrict your access and use of the Website or block your access to the Website and discontinue all or certain services that require your Personal Information if you wish to delete your Personal Information. You also agree that certain information cannot be deleted under legal and judicial mandates.

Disclaimer

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Privacy Policy or elsewhere, we disclaim all liabilities arising out of appropriation, misuse, loss, or damage of your Personal Information, caused due to circumstances beyond our control.

Security Measures

We endeavour to maintain maximum confidentiality and safeguard your Personal Information by taking physical, technical, and operational measures that are appropriate and reasonable to protect your Personal Information from all kinds of misuse, loss, damage and unauthorized access, storage, and disclosure.

Your Personal Information is accessible to limited individuals i.e. only to those individuals who require your Personal Information for any of the Uses mentioned in this Privacy Policy. Such individuals are bound by confidentiality agreements regarding your information.

We periodically examine the Website to assess potential security threats and exposure of your Personal Information. This includes assessment of our security measures and collection, storage, use and disclosure standards in order to prevent unauthorized access.

We shall ensure that all third-party services that we avail, who have access to your Personal Information, have adopted reasonable security measures commensurate with our security standards and in accordance with applicable law to safeguard your Personal Information.

While we strive to take all necessary and reasonable action to protect your Personal Information, you agree that there exists inherent danger of security breaches for information provided over internet and that we are not liable for any such security breach that is beyond our control.

Grievance Officer

You may report any kind of security breach or potential security threats to the Personal Information by writing to the Grievance Officer at privacy@sarafpartners.com. Details of the Grievance Officer are as follows:

Name: Ms. Khushboo Chester

Contact No.: 9999214020

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

The Privacy Policy and any proceedings, claims or disputes arising out of these terms of this Privacy Policy are governed by Indian laws without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. The use of the Website and any dispute arising out this Privacy Policy, is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in New Delhi.