Privacy Policy

Last updated on 01.06.2022

About Our Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy [“Policy”] is a legally binding contract between the owner of The Website www.saifmahmood.com (along with the services provided on or through it) [“we”/”us”] and each user of The Website.

By using this Website, you signify that you understand and unconditionally agree with and consent to the terms of this Policy. This Privacy Policy should be read in conjunction and together with the Terms of Use. If you do not agree with or consent to the terms of this Policy, please do not use this Website.

Why this Privacy Policy

We are committed to protecting your privacy and strives to provide you a safe and secure user experience. This Policy sets forth the information and collection, storage and usage policies and practices which we follow and which apply to this Website and its use by you. This Policy provides the following information:

• Collection of your Information
• How your Information will be stored and processed
• Safeguards in place to protect your Personal Information
• Disclosure of your Personal Information
• Other useful information about this Policy
• Where to address your questions or complaints

This Policy is in compliance with theapplicablelaws of India, and particularly, the provisions of the Information Technology Act 2000; the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Information) Rules 2011; and the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules 2011.

1.        Collection of your Information and Data

To ensure that we can best meet your needs, we may require certain information and data from you. Such information and data collected by us or provided by you to us may consist of “Personal Information” and “Non-Personal Information”. All such “Personal Information” and “Non-Personal Information” is together referred to as “Information”.

1.Personal Information

1.1.1   “Personal Information” means any information or data that can be used to uniquely identify you or contact you and which you have provided to us during your registration process on The Website or while using The Website or the services provided by it and includes, without limitation:

• Your name
• Your telephone numbers
• Information regarding your subscription, purchase or payment for premium or upgraded version of this Website.

• Your Internet Protocol address
• Identification code of your communication device which you use to access this Website or otherwise deal with us

1.1.2   “Sensitive personal data or information” as defined under the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data of Information) Rules, 2011 shall not be collected.

1.1.3   We may receive Personal Information about you from third parties, such as social media services, commercially available sources and business partners. If you access this Website through a social media service or connect a service on this Website to a social media service, the Information we collect may include your user name associated with that social media service, any Information or content the social media service has the right to share with us, such as your profile picture, email address or friends list, etc and any information you have made public in connection with that social media service. In such cases, you authorize us to collect, store, use and retain such Information and content in accordance with this Policy.

1.1.4   This Website may enable you to communicate with other users or to post Information to be accessed by them, whereupon other users may collect such Information. Such users, including any moderators or administrators, are not our authorized representatives or agents and we hereby expressly disclaim any liability on account of any of their acts in respect of any Information made available to them by you during the use of this Website.

1.2      Non-Personal Information

1.2.1   We may also collect information or data other than Personal Information from you through your use of this Website. Such information or data shall be “Non-Personal Information” and may be stored in server logs. Non-Personal Information will not help in identifying you personally.

1. Non-Personal Information may include, without limitation:

• Your geographic location
• Your list of contacts
• Your camera and photos
• Files on your device
• Calendar entries on Google and on your device
• Details of your telecom service provider or internet service provider
• The type of browser you use (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, etc.)

• The operating system of your system, device and this Website you last visited before using this Website

• The duration of your stay on this Website and the date and time of your access

1. Non-Personal Information is collected through various ways such as using cookies, web beacons, embedded scripts and security software used for security and fraud detection purposes. We may place temporary or permanent cookies on your computer and use cookies, web beacons, embedded scripts and security software etc. to collect Non-Personal Information about you.

1.3      Your Representations

You represent to us and agree that:

1.3.1   The Information you periodically provide is and shall be authentic, correct, current and updated and that you have the necessary rights, permissions and consents as may be required to provide such Information to us.

1.3.2   Personal Information and Non-Personal Information may be treated differently.

1.3.3   Your providing the Information to us and our consequent collection, storage, use, processing and transfer of the same in terms of this Policy shall not be in violation of any third-party agreement, laws, or orders qua you.

1.3.4   We, or anyone acting on our behalf, shall not be responsible for the authenticity of the Information provided by you and you shall indemnify and hold all of them harmless in the event you are in breach of these representations.

1.3.5   All Information provided by you shall, subject to the terms of this Policy, be and shall remain our exclusive property.  

1.3.6   This Policy provides for reasonable and sufficient safeguards in respect of the Information provided by you to us and that you do not expect us to do anything further to protect your Information.

2.        How your Information and Data will be stored and processed

            The Information shared by you will be stored and processed by us as follows.

2.1      Your Information will primarily be stored in electronic form. However, certain Information may also be stored in physical form.

2.2      We may store, collect, process and use your data in countries other than India but under compliance with applicable laws. We may enter into agreements with third parties, in or outside of India, to store or process your information or data. These third parties may have their own security standards to safeguard your information or data and we will, on reasonable basis, require such third parties to adopt reasonable security standards to safeguard your information / data in terms of this Policy.

2.3      Your Information may be processed or used for any of the following purposes, as may be permissible under applicable laws (including where the applicable law provides for such collection, usage, storage or processes in accordance with the consent of the user):

2.3.1   To facilitate your use of this Website.

2.3.2   To respond to your enquiries or fulfil your requests for information.

2.3.3   To provide you information regarding this Website, including but not limited to administrative information.

2.3.4   To send you communications which we believe may be of interest to you.

2.3.5   For proper administration and functioning of this Website and personalize your experience on this Website.

2.3.6   To help you address any issues that you may encounter during the use of this Website.

2.3.7   To conduct academic research and surveys.

2.3.8   To protect the integrity of this Website.

2.3.9   To undertake forensics of the concerned computer resource as a part of investigation or internal audit

2.3.10 To implement information security practices and determine any security breaches, computer contaminant or computer virus etc.

2.3.11 To comply with any legal obligations or requirements or to investigate, prevent or take action in respect of illegal activities

2.4      In specific, we certain portions of data as provided by you for certain specific purposes as well, which are without foregoing the generality of the use of this information as given in Clause 2.3, also processed for the following specific purposes:

2.5      You hereby agree and acknowledge that the Information so collected is for lawful purposes and the collection of Information is necessary for the said purposes.

3.        Safeguards in place to protect your Personal Information, Retention and Deletion  

The security of your Personal Information is important to us and it strives to protect your Information against unauthorized access or unauthorized alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

3.1      We adopt commercially reasonable electronic, physical and procedural controls which may include internal reviews of the data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, including appropriate encryption and physical security measures to guard against abuse access to systems where we store your Personal Information.

3.2      We have implemented best international market practices and security policies, rules, and technical measures to protect the personal data that it has under its control from unauthorised access, improper use or disclosure, unauthorised modification and unlawful destruction or accidental loss.

3.3      We will periodically implement reasonable security practices and procedures that are commensurate with respect to the Personal Information being collected and the nature of its business.

3.4      We will also adopt all security practices and procedures as mandated under applicable laws for the protection of your Personal Information.

3.5      Notwithstanding anything contained in this Policy or elsewhere, we shall not be held responsible for any loss, damage or misuse of your Personal Information, if such loss, damage or misuse is not directly attributable to us including, but not limited to, sabotage, fire, flood, explosion, pandemics, epidemics, acts of God, civil commotion, strikes or industrial action of any kind, riots, insurrection, war, acts of government, computer hacking, unauthorised access to computer, computer system or computer network, computer crashes, breach of security and encryption, power or electricity failure or unavailability of adequate power or electricity or any other reason beyond our control.

3.6      While we will endeavour to take all reasonable and appropriate steps to keep secure your Personal Information which we hold about you and prevent unauthorized access, you acknowledge that the internet or computer networks are not fully secure and that we cannot provide any absolute assurance regarding the security of your Personal Information.

3.7      We will only gain access to or modify settings of a computer system on which this Website is being operated after specific consent is taken to access/modify settings.

3.8      We will not be responsible for any form of transmission, whatsoever, received by you from any third-party website during your use of this Website. Accordingly, we do not make any representations concerning the privacy practices or policies of such third-parties or terms of use of such third-party websites, nor does it control or guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality of the information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, videos, messages or other materials available thereon. The Information provided by you to such third-party websites shall be governed in accordance with the privacy policies of such third-party websites and it is recommended that you review the same prior to using such websites

3.9      You agree that, unless required by law [including any lawfully made and applicable rule, regulation or guideline] or by an order passed or direction made by a competent authority, including without limitation, a court, judicial or quasi-judicial or regulatory authority, law enforcement agency, investigation agency, authorised government official, or other legal or state authority, all Information shall be retained and not deleted till such time as may be required by us in our sole discretion.

3.10    We collects minimal data for operations and adhere to a strict policy of no third-party access to any data or Information collected by it. However, should we share Information with a third-party as per this policy, we will ensure that such party provides equal protection and safeguards for the data or Information so shared.

3.11    We will not gain, obtain, compile or acquire any Information surreptitiously and shall only access Information with your consent in terms of this Policy.

4.        Disclosure of Your Personal Information

We take your right to privacy very seriously and, except as specifically agreed in this Policy, will not disclose your Personal Information to any third party.

4.1      We will not disclose your Personal Information to any third-party, without your express consent, for any purpose except the purposes mentioned in 2.3 above.

4.2      Notwithstanding anything contained in this Policy, we may disclose your Personal Information if required to do so by operation of any law [including any lawfully made and applicable rule, regulation or guideline] or by an order passed or direction made by a competent authority, including without limitation, a court, judicial or quasi-judicial or regulatory authority, law enforcement agency, investigation agency, authorised government official, or other legal or state authority or for similar requirements or when we, in our sole discretion, deem it necessary in order to protect or defend our own rights or the rights of others, to prevent harm to persons or property, to fight fraud etc. We may also disclose your Personal Information if it believes that such disclosure is necessary in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of various terms and conditions or policies.

4.3      We do not facilitate any third-party to identify an anonymous user and do not repurpose any Information that may have been acquired through this Website.

4.4      You agree that such disclosure of your Personal Information as provided for in this Policy shall not be deemed to cause any wrongful loss to you or to any third party, or any wrongful gain to us or to any third party.

5.        Other useful information about this Policy

            Here is some other useful information about this Policy.

5.1      Discretion & opt Out

5.1.1   You agree and acknowledge that you are providing Information out of your free will and accord. In case you do not wish to do so, you should not visit, download or use this Website or any service provided by us. Further, we may deny you access or refuse permission to use this Website.

5.1.2   You can add to or update your Personal Information on regular basis.

5.1.3   If during your use of this Website, you do not wish to comply with any term of this Policy, please do not use this Website and inform us immediately on the following email ID:

            Email: ceo@saifmahmood.com

5.2      Change to Privacy Policy

5.2.1   We reserve the right to change, modify, add to, or delete any contents or terms of this Policy at its sole discretion, at any time without notice.

5.2.2   In the event there are significant changes in the way we treat your Information, or in this Policy itself, we will send you or publish a notification so that you may review the changed terms prior to continuing to use this Website. If you object to any of the changes to this Policy, and you no longer wish to use this Website, you may contact us on the following email ID:

            Email: ceo@saifmahmood.com

5.2.3   If you use this Website after a notification of change in terms of 5.2.2 above has been sent to you or published, you duly and unconditionally agree with and consent to the changed terms in this Policy.

5.3      Children’s and Minor’s Privacy

5.4.1   Although this Website is not intended for use by minors, we respect the privacy of minors who may inadvertently use this Website.

5.4.2   We strongly encourage parents and guardians to supervise the online activities of their minor children and consider using parental control tools available from online services and software manufacturers to help provide a child-friendly online environment.

5.4.3   Every user must be eligible to enter a legal and binding contract under Indian law. Consequently, minors are not eligible to use this Website. If a minor operates this Website through misrepresentation or otherwise, we shall not be liable for any breach of privacy.

6.        Where to address your questions or complaints

6.1      Questions:

If you have questions about this Policy or our Information collection, use and disclosure practices, you may contact us at the following email:

Email: ceo@saifmahmood.com

6.2      Complaints & Grievance Officer -Cum- Data Protection & Control         Officer:

If you have any complaints or grievance with respect to our use of your Information or the compliance of this Policy, you may contact our Grievance Officer -Cum- Data Protection & Control Officer:

Name: Dr Saif Mahmood
Email:  saif@saifmahmood.com

Details of the Grievance Officer -Cum- Data Protection and Control Officer may be changed by us at any time by updating this Policy. We will use all reasonable efforts to respond promptly to any questions, concerns, complains or grievances which are brought to our notice.