PRIVACY POLICY

Your privacy is important to ParadigmARQ Advisors Private Limited (“Company” or “we” or “us”). The following Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and safeguard the information you provide to us through or in association with the website www.paradigmarq.com (“website”), its related features and functions, and regarding other services provided by the Company. Please read the following statement to learn about our information gathering and dissemination practices.

Our privacy policy is subject to change at any time without notice. To make sure you are aware of any changes, please review this policy periodically.

By visiting this website, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree please do not use or access our website.

By mere use of the website, you expressly consent to our use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to the Terms of Use.

In furtherance of our efforts to protect your privacy, the Company and this Privacy Policy are in compliance with the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the rules formulated thereto.

TYPES OF INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We have the ability to collect two types of information from people who visit our website: Personally Identifiable Information and Aggregate Information.

‘Personally Identifiable Information’ is any information by which you can be identified, such as your name, address, telephone number, email address, credit card information, personal

interests, pictures, etc. If you choose to provide us with personal sensitive information, you consent to the transfer and storage of that information on our servers and use of your personal information for the purposes mentioned in this Privacy Policy.

‘Aggregate Information’ is anonymous data such as your IP address (i.e., a number that is assigned to your computer whenever you connect to the Internet), your domain name (e.g., “XYZ.com”) and user statistics (e.g., 30% of our users live in metro cities).

‘Personally Identifiable Information’

is any information by which you can be identified, such as your name, address, telephone number, email address, credit card information, personal

‘Aggregate Information’

is anonymous data such as your IP address (i.e., a number that is assigned to your computer whenever you connect to the Internet), your domain name (e.g., “XYZ.com”) and user statistics (e.g., 30% of our users live in metro cities).

Information we receive from other sources:

We may receive information about you if you use any of the websites we operate or the other services we provide. We are also working closely with third parties (including, for example, business partners, service providers, advertising networks, analytics providers, search information providers, social media) and may receive information from them, whether or not you have taken out a product with them, what other products you may have used, and other such details.

Recording telephone calls and other communications:

We may monitor or record telephone conversations or other communications between you and us. We will use telephone recordings or transcripts of communications to check your instructions to us, analyse, assess and improve our services, for training and quality purposes and for the purposes of investigating any complaint you may make, or as evidence in any dispute between you and us.

WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION

We collect Aggregate Information to diagnose technical problems on our website, to help us administer the website, to help us improve the quality of the pages that make up our website, to permit us to provide data regarding the volume of use on, and frequency of visitors to, the website, to gather broad demographic information and to improve our website to assure that it is as appealing as we can make it for as many people as possible.

The Company also collects Personally Identifiable Information. This can be done when you choose certain products, services or programs offered on our website. We use such information to try to offer you our products and services, to improve the quality of the content that we provide on the website, to personalize your online experience, and to build a strong community.

We may disclose your Personally Identifiable Information to (i) the Company’s current and future sponsorship, advertisement and development partners and strategic alliances, and (ii) the Company’s contractors, vendors, consultants and professional advisors to the extent necessary for them to perform services on our behalf, and only under disclosure restrictions (iii) group companies, i.e., subsidiaries, ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries. We may share your data with other third parties, such as our service providers, affiliates or with any governmental authority, statutory authority, judicial authority, associated partners, our consultants, advisors, service providers or commercial partners, or any other third party, without the need for further consent from you.

Your name and any other information you choose to make available in connection with any materials posted by you on the website will be published on the website and will be disclosed to other users of the website and to other third parties who may have access to or otherwise see a display of such information on the website. When, how and what extent of your Personally Identifiable Information we choose to disclose to other users of the website will be at our sole discretion and you hereby provide the Company with your express consent to make such disclosures as it deems appropriate.

We will make use of such Personally Identifiable Information and Aggregate Information for internal or external marketing and promotional purposes. We will also share your Personally Identifiable Information and the Aggregate Information with companies, organizations and individuals outside of the Company. Additionally, we may transfer your Personally Identifiable Information and the Aggregate Information as part of the assets of the Company, if the Company is, or parts of its business are, sold to, merged with or acquired by, a third party. The Company may also disclose your Personally Identifiable Information and the Aggregate Information when required by law or court order.

Furthermore, while it is the Company’s policy to respect the privacy of its users, including information about user’s use of the Services, including the contents of users’ email and messages, the Company reserves the right to monitor, edit or disclose any personal information about the user, his/her use of the Services, or such email contents, in the event that we believe that such action is necessary in order to (i) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (ii) to protect and defend Company’s rights; (iii) to enforce any agreement you have or may have with the Company; or (iv) to act to protect the interests of our stakeholders and others.

Whether or not you provide such information is completely your own choice. You are not obligated to answer any question that is presented to you. Of course, if you choose not to provide the information, you might be unable to access certain services, offers and content on our website.

LEGAL BASIS FOR USING THIS INFORMATION

We have appropriate legal bases on which to collect, use and share data about you. This may include consent (where you have given consent), contract (where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you (such as delivering our core services to you).

Performance of a contract:

We need you to give us the information you provide, and to collect information about you from third parties in order for us to provide you with our services as agreed in our contract with you. We cannot provide our services to you without collecting the information you give us.

For other types of information (such as the information we collect based on your use of the website and information we receive from our sources about you), we process this information for the purposes of providing our services to you as agreed in our contract and for the purpose of to enable us to:

provide a secure website to our customers; and
analyse our users’ behaviour and preferences, and information collected from users’ devices in order to have information required to be able to improve the services we provide to our customers and the user experience on our website.

Consent:

We will always seek your consent to process certain types of information where we are legally required to do so.

SECURITY

Protecting the security of your personal information that you share with us is of the utmost importance to us. Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet or data storage can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit to or from our Site, and you do so at your own risk.

COOKIES

Our website uses “cookies.” A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from an Internet server and stored in your computer. Generally, we use cookies to remind us of who you are, tailor our products, services and programs to suit your personal interests, estimate our audience size, track your status in our promotions, and/or analyzing your visiting patterns. You can set your browser to notify you when you are sent a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES OR PRODUCTS

Our website may contain links to sites operated and maintained by third parties as well as links to products and services provided by third parties. The Company has no control whatsoever over such third parties, their sites or their products or services. Privacy policies for such linked sites may be different from our privacy policy. You access such linked sites or products or services at your own risk. You should always read the privacy policy for a linked site or product or service before disclosing any personal information on such site or in exchange for such product or service.

DELETING INFORMATION ABOUT YOU

If you have provided Personally Identifiable Information but later you object to the use that we are making of that information (for example, you no longer wish to receive an email from us) you can ask us to stop making use of that information by emailing to Grievances.asqi@asqi.in

and requesting your name to be removed for our list. This process shall be governed by the provisions laid down in the Terms of Use.

HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION

If your account is terminated, we will delete the Personally Identifiable Information within 90 days. While your account remains active, we keep your information for no longer than is necessary depending on the purpose for which we are using it.

How long we keep your information will depend on the purpose for which we use it. While you are a customer of ours, we will only retain your information for as long as is necessary for those purposes.

After termination of your account, we may continue to use the Aggregate Information (which does not identify individual users) which is aggregated with anonymised data of other users. We use this Aggregated Information for data analysis, profiling and research purposes, for example to gain insights about our users. We may also keep your email address to ensure that you no longer receive any communications from us as well as your name, date of birth and latest address for fraud prevention purposes and for the exercise or defence of a legal claim.

POLICY CHANGES

If we decide to change our privacy policy in whole or in part, we will inform you by posting a notice on our website.

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

In the event of any dispute, difference or claim arising out of this Privacy Policy the same shall be settled in accordance with the Laws of India through regular judicial process and the courts of India shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

GRIEVANCE OFFICER

In accordance with Information Technology Act 2000 and rules made there under, the name and contact details of the Grievance Officer are provided below:

Ms. Palak Nanjani

Company Name: ParadigmARQ Advisors Private Limited

Address: 5028, NIBR Corporate Park, 1 Aerocity, Andheri Kurla Road, Safed Pool, Andheri East, Mumbai – 400072

Phone: 022 40021942

Email: admin@paradigmarq.com