MultiCounsel
PRIVACY POLICY
Legatech Solutions LLP, having
its office at Blue Ridge Township, T10-303, Hinjewadi Phase 1, Pune -411057,
India and/or its associates, related parties, successors, and assigns (collectively
here in after referred to as “Provider”, “us”, “we” or “our”) operate the
website MultiCounsel (the "Website") and the
application(s) named ‘LegaConnex’ & ‘MultiProjex’ (the “App”). The Website and App, along with
all associated software, design, servers, data, user inputs and associated
services shall collectively be known as the “Platform”. The services we provide
to you via the Platform shall be known as the “Services”.
Provider has created
this document (here in after referred as “Privacy Policy”) to demonstrate our
firm commitment to User’s and your (collectively here in after referred to as
“User”, “you” and “your”) privacy. The provisions set out in this Privacy
Policy prescribe our policies regarding the use, processing and dissemination
of personal information submitted by you to us when you use our Platform whether
through or in connection with the Services.
1. ACCEPTANCE
OF POLICY
1.1.
This Privacy Policy is supplementary to the General Terms and
Conditions (“T&C”) and is incorporated into the T&C by this reference.
Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms are defined in the
T&C.
1.2.
By providing Provider with User’s personal information in any
way, User agrees to be bound by this Privacy Policy.
1.3.
If Users are accessing or using the Platform, please be aware
that the Platform may contain links to websites of third parties. By clicking
on such links, User may be transferred to the website of the third party. The
Provider is not responsible in any way for the privacy practices of such third
parties and the Users are advised to view and read the privacy statements
issued by the third parties to ensure that the User understand and agree to the
same.
2. COLLECTION
OF DATA
2.1.
User’s privacy and security is of utmost importance to the
Provider. The provider will always follow the principles of this Privacy Policy
and ask the User how the User would like the Provider to communicate with the
User.
2.2.
User may be required to provide certain information, including
any information which may be used to personally identify the User (“Personal
Information”), in the applicable contact form as part of User’s Registration
Data. Personal Information includes User’s name, company name, address, phone
number(s) and email address and any other information which may, or may lead
to, the disclosure of the User’s identity as an individual.
2.3.
User may be required for availing our Services to make payments.
When you are making any payments, we collect billing details from you such as
your name, name of company, billing address, contact number, payment method and
IP address, and then redirect you to a secure payment service provider platform
operated by our payments partner(s) Razorpay, Paytm etc and other payment partners which may be added time to
time. We do not store any payment related information such as credit/debit card
details and/or bank details.
2.4.
We also collect data on the pages of our Services that you
visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, default
language and user preferences, and other similar usage related statistics. We
may assign each User of the Services unique identifiers to help keep track of
future visits. With the help of third parties like Google and Facebook, we
collect information that your browser or mobile device sends to them whenever
you visit our Services ("Log Data"). This Log Data includes
information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol ("IP") address,
geolocation and geospatial data, browser type and browser version. We may
collect certain mobile device information such as device ID, model number,
operating system, global positioning data, application, and other related
information.
2.5.
We advertise in several ways, including but not limited to through
managed social media presences, and on other unaffiliated sites and mobile
applications. To understand how our advertising campaigns are performing, we
may collect certain information via our Platform through our advertising
service providers. We or our vendors use several common online tracking tools
to collect information about our Users, such as browser cookies, web beacons,
and other similar technologies. The information we collect includes IP
addresses, the number of page visits, pages viewed via our Website, search
engine referrals, browsing activities over time and across other websites
following your visit to one of our Website or applications, and responses to
advertisements and promotions on the website and applications where we
advertise. We do not permit third parties to advertise on our Website. We
sometimes work with online advertising vendors to provide you with relevant and
useful ads. This may include ads served on other companies’ website. These ads
may be based on information collected by us or third parties. For example, your
geographical location may be used to target an ad for people in your area.
These ads may also be based on your activities on our Website or on third party
website.
2.6.
We may combine information about you that we already have with
information we obtain from other sources, to provide you a better end user
experience or to improve the quality of our Services. Examples of information
we may receive from other sources includes details of the Mandate Information
available to us, customer support or enrolment information, page view, search
term and search result information, and credit or identity information which we
may use to detect fraud.
2.7.
Please note that we use google analytics and similar kind of
tools for the purpose of analytics and measurement of the Services. For
example, we may use the data gathered from your usage of the Services by Facebook,
Twitter etc. to design new products or services, or to make our existing
offerings under the Services more user friendly.
2.8.
Apart from the information listed above and the Personal
Information made available to us while providing our Services, we do not
collect any other sensitive information such as financial data, political views
of any individuals, health-related information or sexual orientation of any
individuals, information related to race, caste or language (Collectively,
“Sensitive Personal Information”), unless required by the provisions of any
applicable law.
2.9.
Other Communications: The User may also be required to provide
Personal Information to the Provider when the User communicates with the
Provider in any other way, including when you:
2.9.1.
request for further information on our Services;
2.9.2.request for any advice
or assistance in relation to the Website Content, including any resource tools
thereof; or
2.9.3.report a problem or
contact us by way of email, telephone call, fax message, letter or through any
other authorized means of communication.
3. USE
OF DATA
3.1.
Any Personal Information submitted to us, together with any other
information, material, or content you have provided (collectively here in after
referred to as, “Data “) shall be used primarily for administrative
purposes and for the purposes to which they were submitted or required.
3.2.
We may also decide to use the Data for the following additional
purposes:
3.2.1.to contact you and understand
what your needs and requirements are;
3.2.2.by responding to your requests.
3.2.3.to provide personalized
content and match the most relevant Services for you;
3.2.4.to improve on our
marketing and customer service efforts;
3.2.5.to conduct our
recruiting and selection process;
3.2.6.to enter into or carry
out contracts of various kinds.
3.2.7.in other advertising,
statistical compilation, or marketing-related purposes, and
3.2.8.to profile your
information preferences, for example, understanding how you use the Platform,
reviewing the nature of your communication and/or reviewing your search
contents, any service pages or any Website Content you access.
3.2.9.to
prevent and detect any fraud or other illegal activity on the Platform, and to
prevent violations of our general T&C;
3.2.10.
to improve the security of the Platform;
3.2.11.
to provide you with technical service and support, including
updates;
3.2.12.
to back up our systems to ensure preparedness for disaster
recovery;
3.2.13.
To improve the quality, features and functionality of the
Services, including measurement of service usage and efficiency of algorithms;
3.2.14.
For the purposes of auditing, research, and analysis to ensure
the technical stability of the Platform;
3.2.15.
to comply with applicable laws, regulations, guidance, or
professional obligations that we may be subject to;
3.3.
Unless you inform us otherwise in accordance with Clause 5.4, we
may also use your Data to communicate with us (“Communications”):
3.3.1.responding to your
requests.
3.3.2.by sending you notices
regarding updates, changes or additions to our Services or Website Content or
regarding any promotions which may be of interest to you.
3.3.3.by inviting you to
participate in our surveys;
3.3.4.by requesting for your
views on the Platform and/or our Services and/or customer support.
4. DISSEMINATION
OF DATA
4.1.
Be assured that we will never sell your Data to any third
parties for commercial gain.
4.2.
However, we may disclose your Data:
4.2.1.to our consultants, advisors,
service providers and agents (“Authorized Representatives”)
4.2.2.to assist us to achieve
the purposes described in Clauses 3; and
4.2.3.to assist us in our
Communications to you (unless you have informed us that you do not wish to
receive any of our Communications in accordance with Clause 5.4); and
4.2.4.to our business partners
who may communicate with you (“Business Partner Communications”)
4.2.5.by sending you notices
regarding any promotions or products, or services offered by them which may be
of interest to you;
4.2.6.to facilitate payment
processes and verify payment information;
4.2.7.for other advertising,
statistical compilation, or marketing-related purposes; or
4.2.8.by responding to your requests
unless you have informed us that you do not wish to receive any Business
Partner Communications in accordance with Clause 5.4.
4.3.
We may also be required to disclose your Data in the following circumstances:
4.3.1.to comply with a legal
process;
4.3.2.to enforce the general
T&C, this Privacy Policy or any other agreements executed with you or any
related entity;
4.3.3.to protect the rights, property,
or personal safety of other Users and/or the public, or to prevent fraud or
illegal activity or to protect the business operations of the Platform;
4.3.4.where applicable, to
credit reference agencies, where your Data may be used by other credit grantors
for the purposes of:
4.3.5.making credit decisions
about you and the people with whom you are financially associated with;
4.3.6.fraud or money
laundering prevention; and
4.3.7.occasionally, for
tracing debtors.
4.4.
If you post or send offensive or objectionable content to us or
otherwise engage in any disruptive behavior in respect of the Platform, we can
use whatever Data that is available to us about you to stop such behavior. This
may involve informing relevant third parties such as your employer and law
enforcement agencies about the content and your behavior. Accordingly, your
Data will be disclosed where we are obliged or permitted by law to do so.
5. CONSENT
AND OPTING-OUT
5.1.
By submitting or providing your Data to us, you expressly
acknowledge, consent, and agree to:
5.1.1.our use or processing,
or the disclosure to, or use or processing by, Authorized Representatives, of
your Data, including any Personal Information contained in your Data, for the
purposes described in Clauses 3;
5.1.2.subject to Clause 5.4,
the use or processing of your Data, including any Personal Information
contained in your Data, for the purpose of sending you any Communications; and
5.1.3.subject to Clause 5.4,
the use or processing by our Business Partners of your Data, including any
Personal Information contained in your Data, for the purpose of sending you
Business Partner Communications.
5.2.
We maintain reasonable and appropriate, albeit not infallible,
physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards intended to maintain the
confidentiality of Personal Information, including that provided by a visitor
to this Platform and provided while availing our Services. We do not guarantee
that our safeguards will always work.
5.3.
All Data is kept in a secure place with restricted physical or
electronic access, and with confidentially preserved. Only the authorized management
team of the Provider is permitted access to the Data on a “need-to-know” basis.
Notwithstanding the aforesaid, you expressly acknowledge and agree:
5.3.1.that the transmission of
information via the internet is not completely secure. We will do our best to
protect your Data, but we are unable to guarantee the security of your Data
submitted or provided through or in connection with our Platform, and
accordingly, any submission or provision of Data is made at your own risk; and
5.3.2.that the transfer and
processing of your Data may be undertaken in countries outside of India, which
may not provide the same level of data protection as India. If we do make such
a transfer or if your Data is to be processed outside India, we will put a
contract in place to ensure your Data is protected.
5.4.
You may inform us by way of email sent to hello@multicounsel.com if you wish to exercise your right
to opt out of receiving any Communications from us or Business Partner
Communications from our business partners. If you do opt out, this may preclude
you from receiving any of our special offers or promotion, whether offered by
us or by any business partners in future.
6. RETAINING
AND DELETING DATA
6.1.
Upon termination of your access to the Platform in accordance
with the general T&C, we may still be required to retain your Data in order
to comply with legal obligations, prevent fraud, collect fees owed (if any),
resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems etc., but always done within a legal
framework.
6.2.
When you request for your Data to be removed in accordance with
Clause 5.4, you will be added to a suppression list to ensure your request is
complied with.
7. INFORMATION
REQUESTS
7.1.
You have a right to ask for a copy of your Personal Information
and are obliged to correct any inaccuracies in your Personal Information. If
you are unable to use our Platform to correct such inaccuracies, you may ask us
to do so on your behalf (where possible).
7.2.
Unless the Personal Information relates to an individual which
you are legally responsible for (such as a minor), you may not give us Personal
Information about any other person. If you do so, you confirm that they have
appointed you to act on behalf of them, to consent to the processing of their
Personal Information, including sensitive personal data, to the transfer of
their Personal Information abroad and to receive on their behalf any
Communications from us or any Business Partner Communications from our business
partners.
8. COOKIES
8.1.
If you visit our Website, as with the majority of website on the
internet, our computer server may automatically send you a cookie. A cookie is
a small ‘log-file’ that can be placed on your computer’s hard disk for
record-keeping purposes, and we may use them to do a number of things:
8.1.1.cookies help us to recognize
you when you next visit our Website and note the advertisements displayed to
you. This allows us to tailor the promotions we provide to your preferences. We
may use the services of third-party servers for this purpose;
8.1.2.cookies may be used to
compile anonymous statistics related to the take up or use of services, or to
patterns of browsing. A third party may collect such data on our behalf to
measure the performance of the Website. Information collected is aggregated for
reporting purposes, and no personally identifiable information is collected by
this service. The use of this service assists us in measuring and improving the
structure and ease of use of the Website
8.1.3.we may also track IP
addresses. An IP Address is a number that can identify an Internet Service
Provider, country location etc. It cannot provide personal information. We will
not use the IP Address to build a profile on Users; we only use the information
for demographic and statistical purposes.
8.2.
It is also possible that others may download cookies to your
computer when you access, visit, or use the Platform. We cannot control nor do
we have access to any cookies placed on your computer by such other persons.
8.3.
Users have the ability to control cookies through your browser settings.
How you do so, however, depends on your browser and the type of cookie. Certain
browsers can be set to reject all browser cookies. If you configure your
computer to block all cookies, you may disrupt certain web page features, and
limit the functionality we can provide when you visit or use our Website. If
you block or delete cookies, not all the tracking that we have described in
this policy will stop. Some browsers have a “Do Not Track” feature that lets
you tell website that you do not want to have your online activities tracked.
These browser features are still not uniform, so we are not currently set up to
respond to those signals.
8.4.
Cookies cannot be used by themselves to identify you. You are
not obliged to accept cookies and may modify your browser so that it will not
accept cookies. If you do disable cookies, many of the Services may not be
available to you.
9. MODIFICATION
OF PRIVACY POLICY
9.1.
This Privacy Policy may be modified from time to time as a
result of any changes in the law, best practice and/or on the Platform without
notice to you. The most current version of this Privacy Policy as posted on
this page shall supersede all previous versions.
9.2.
It is your responsibility to check regularly to determine
whether a new version of the Privacy Policy has been uploaded.
10. QUESTIONS
10.1. If you have any
questions about this Privacy Policy, the privacy practices of the Provider, or
your dealings with the Provider in respect of Personal Information, you can
email at hello@multicounsel.com