PRIVACY POLICY

At Sinha & Partners, we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. In the ordinary course of business, Sinha & Partners collects, processes, stores and shares personal information pertaining to its employees, its clients, and others. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect the personal information you provide to us through our website and other communication channels. Obtaining this information is important to our ability to conduct our operations and to deliver the highest level of service, but we also recognise that you expect us to treat this information appropriately and in accordance with applicable laws and regulation. This Policy shall be construed to be provided in compliance with the Information Technology Act 2000 and the rules framed thereunder, as amended from time to time. The words and expressions used in this Policy but not defined herein will have the meaning assigned to them under the IT Act. This policy may be changed/revised/amended from time to time without notice or consent and the person providing this information agrees to such changes being made. The revisions/modifications made will come into effect from the day and date they are posted on the Website, unless specified otherwise.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When you visit our website or communicate with us via email, phone, or in person, we may collect the following types of information:

1. Personal Information: This includes your name, email address, phone number, job title, postal address, including your home address, business address and other information you provide to us when filling out a contact form, subscribing to our newsletter, or sending us an email.
2. Usage Information: This includes information about your browser, device ID, device make/model, IP address, operating system and the pages you visit on our website.
3. Cookies: We use cookies to collect information about your use of our website, including the pages you visit and the links you click on. Cookies help us analyse our website’s usage patterns, improve our website’s functionality, and provide you with a more personalized experience. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregated and anonymized data about the traffic on the Website so that we can offer better experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.
4. Social Buttons: We use social buttons to enable our users to share or bookmark web pages. These are buttons for third-party social media sites and these sites may log information about your activities on the Internet including on this Website. Please review the respective terms of use and privacy policies of these sites to understand exactly how they use your information and to find out how to opt out or delete such information.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We use the information we collect to:

1. Respond to your inquiries and provide you with the information you request.
2. Conduct research for internal purposes
3. Provide you with legal services and advice, including representing you in legal proceedings.
4. Analyse usage patterns on our website to improve our website’s functionality and provide you with a more personalized experience.
5. Perform audits and quality assessment procedures
6. Provide you with marketing communications, if you have opted in to receive them. You may also unsubscribe from receiving such e-mails in the future by sending an email to: info@sinhaandpartners.com
7. Comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
8. Observe our resource usage and troubleshoot issues, in any, in relation to the Website
9. We also use personal information for, but not limited to, record keeping, sharing knowledge updates and recent developments at Sinha & Partners, inviting you for relevant seminars/webinars, and to seek your valuable feedback on your engagement with us
10. We may also process certain other data, such as device ID, device make/model, IP address, browser type, operating system, page views, website navigation, timing and frequency of use of the Website, marketing preferences etc. when you use the Website. We use this information purely for analytics and research purposes, in order to improve our website, and to ensure the security of the Website.
11. In addition to the specific purposes enumerated hereinabove, we may also process your Personal Data where necessary for compliance with a legal obligation applicable to Sinha & Partners, or in order to protect your interests. By voluntarily providing us with your Personal Data, you hereby give us your consent to use such Personal Data in accordance with this privacy policy.

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION

We take appropriate security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, or destruction. We use industry-standard security protocols, such as firewalls & encryption to protect the information we collect.

Sinha & Partners limits access to personal information to authorized firm employees, associates, partners and officers of the firms. Our service providers are held to stringent standards of privacy. Sinha & Partners maintains physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect the information against loss, misuse, damage or modification and unauthorized access or disclosure.

We monitor and review our information collection, storage and processing practices, to prevent unauthorised access to systems. We implement a variety of security measures when a user enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your Personal Data. The Website is scanned on a regular basis for any known vulnerabilities in order to make your use as safe as possible. However, we cannot be held responsible for any breach of security or for any actions of any third parties or events that lie beyond our reasonable control. These events include but are not limited to acts of the government, computer hacking and breach of security and encryption.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Policy or elsewhere, Sinha & Partners shall not be held responsible for any loss, damage or misuse of your Personal Information, if such loss, damage or misuse is attributable to a Force Majeure Event. A “Force Majeure Event” shall mean any event that is beyond the reasonable control of Sinha & Partners and shall include, inter alia, without limitation, sabotage, fire, flood, explosion, acts of God, civil commotion, strikes or industrial action of any kind, riots, insurrection, war, acts of government, computer hacking, unauthorized access to computer data and storage device, computer crashes, breach of security and encryption.

SHARING YOUR INFORMATION

We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. However, we may share your information with trusted third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as website hosting and email marketing. We ensure that these service providers meet the highest standards of privacy and data security. Third party disclosures may include sharing such information with service providers such as those providing professional, legal or accounting advice in the course of providing services to you as per the terms of engagement. Such service providers are required to maintain confidentiality of such personal information and sensitive personal information and to use it only in the course of providing such services and only for the purposes authorised by Sinha & Partners.

We may also share your information in the following circumstances:

1. to fulfil client instructions;
2. to protect our rights and interests and those of our business partners;
3. pursuant to your express consent;
4. If legally required, we may share your information pursuant to an order from a governmental entity;
5. to comply with legal requirements and processes;
6. safeguard our rights or properties;
7. deter a crime or protect national security;
8. safeguard the personal safety of users or the public;
9. in the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

YOUR RIGHTS

1. You have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal information at any time.
2. You also have the right to ensure that the Personal Data shared with us is accurate and complete, depending on the purpose of processing such Personal Data.
3. You also have the right to erasure of your Personal Data. Such erasure shall not be affected, however, if required for compliance with any legal obligation or for enforcing any legal claims.
4. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@sinhaandpartners.com.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make any material changes to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you by email or by posting a notice on our website.

LIABILITY

Sinha & Partners takes no liability for any actions of third parties in relation to your personal information, which you may have shared with such third parties.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, please contact us at info@sinhaandpartners.com.