PRIVACY POLICY

Ziba Growth (“we”, or “us” or “our”) is a firm having its office at Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

Purpose

We recognize the importance of maintaining your privacy. We are committed to protecting the information and privacy of any person accessing or using the website (“User”, or “you”, or “your”) (www.zibagrowth.com) (“Website”), that is owned, operated and managed by us.

This privacy policy applies to any person or entity that accesses the Website or has shared any information or data concerning an identified or identifiable natural person (“Personal Data”) with us. You hereby agree not to provide the Personal Data of any other person. Personal Data includes any data or information that relates to a natural person, which, either directly or indirectly, in combination with other information, is capable of identifying such person; and includes name, address, telephone number, date of birth, gender, e-mail address, organization name etc.

This privacy policy governs the access, collection, usage, handling, storage and disclosure of such Personal Data during the course of your use of the Website. It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your Personal Data and how you can access and update this Personal Data.

Acceptance of Privacy Policy

• By accessing and using the Website, you accept the terms of, and be bound by this privacy policy. This privacy policy may be updated from time to time at its sole discretion or on account of changes in law. Unless otherwise specified, such revisions shall take effect from the day and date they are posted on the Website. We shall be under no obligation to notify the User about the changes.

• You are advised to consult this privacy policy regularly for any changes, as your continued access and use of the Website shall be deemed to be your approval and acceptance of all changes to this privacy policy.

• This privacy policy should be at all times read along with the Terms of Use of the Website. By accessing and using this Website, you accept and agree to be bound by and comply with (i) this Privacy Policy; and (ii) the Terms of Use.

How we use your Personal Data

• Subscriber provided information: We collect and process the Personal Data provided by you when you enter information through the online form published on our Website, accept the Terms of Use of the Website, subscribe to a newsletter, contact us for help or submit any enquiry, apply for a job posting made available on the Website, or otherwise enter information on the Website before or during its use. When entering information on the Website, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, age, or other details as required, for us to improve the Website, to contact you and respond to your information requests, managing our relationships with you, clients etc. We may utilise third party analytics tools to process your data. If you would like us to delete any Personal Data or information provided by you, you may write to us at contact@zibagrowth.com. You may also choose not to provide us with such Personal Data or withdraw your consent at any time. We process the Personal Data as provided by you with your consent, for the proper administration of the Website, improving the Website, management of our customer relationships and/or performing any contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.

• Automatically Collected Information: 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.

• Newsletters: We may also process certain Personal Data to periodically send you emails containing news and updates about us, industry updates, case studies, insights etc. You hereby consent to allow us to use your e-mail address for this purpose. You may also unsubscribe from receiving such e-mails in the future by sending an email to contact@zibagrowth.com.

• You can always choose not to provide the Personal Data, even though it might be needed to access the Website. In such cases, if any information required is classified as mandatory, you may not be able to avail part or whole of the Website.

• 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 us, or in order to protect your interests.

• Notwithstanding anything contained in this privacy policy or elsewhere, we shall not be held responsible for any loss, damage or misuse of the User Information.

• 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.

Access to Information

• As per the terms and conditions of use, we have the right to restrict access of any User from the Website and the services offered therein (“Restricted User”). With respect to a Restricted User, we will delete any or all User Information given by the Restricted User. If we, by our sole discretion or due to a legal requirement, decide to retain the User Information for its records, then we will be responsible to safeguard that User Information to such extent as required under applicable law.

Retention of your Personal Data

• Your Personal Data shall not be retained for longer than is necessary for the purposes for which we collect or process them, unless otherwise required for the purposes of fulfilling any legal obligation.

• You also have right to request us to update, amend, correct, complete or delete your Personal Data retained by us through email.

• We may also retain your Personal Data where necessary for compliance with a legal obligation applicable to us, or in order to protect your interests.

Cookies

• Cookies are small files transferred to the hard drive of your device that enable us to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current activity on the Website, which allows us to improve our Website. 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 and marketing automation tools that track this information on our behalf.

How do we protect your information

• We take the safety of your Personal Data and its confidentiality very seriously and we provide reasonable security safeguards commensurate to the sensitivity of the Persona Data being handled and have implemented security practices including but not limited to technical, operational and physical safeguards (like Secure Socket Layer (SSL) during transmission, along with firewalls and other security measures to prevent unauthorized access) to protect your information. 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.

• Your Personal Data is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems or otherwise require the Personal Data for the purposes enlisted in this privacy policy. These persons are also under an obligation to keep such Personal Data confidential.

• Please be aware that, although we endeavour to provide reasonable security for your Personal Data, no security system can prevent all potential security breaches and we cannot guarantee absolute security of your Personal Data.

• We endeavour to ensure to the best of our ability that all third party service providers whose services which we may use, maintain security standards that are equivalent to our security standards and commensurate with market practices, in the context of the kind and nature of Personal Data being stored or handled.

Disclosures to third parties

• We do not sell, trade, publish or otherwise transfer your Personal Data to outside parties, unless we provide you with advance notice and obtain your prior consent to do so.

• This does not include our trusted service providers, including without limitation, our hosting partners, who assist us in operating the Website, conducting our business, or serving our clients; so long as they agree to keep this information confidential and do not have any independent use of the information we disclose to them. You hereby give us your consent to transfer your Personal Data to our trusted service providers.

• We may also release certain limited information when its release is required to comply with the law, enforce our policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property or safety, investigate fraud or respond to a government request.

Your Rights

• You may request us to confirm whether or not certain Personal Data belonging to you is being processed by us, and if yes, seek access to such Personal Data or other information pertaining to such Personal Data such as the purpose of processing, category of personal data and names of third parties having access to such Personal Data.

• 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.

• 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.

• You may exercise your rights under this section in relation to your Personal Data by writing to us at contact@zibagrowth.com. We will respond to your request within 30 days of receiving your email.

Links to other websites

• The Website may include links to other Websites whose privacy practices may differ from ours. We do not provide any Personal Data to such third party websites.

• If you submit your Personal Data to any of those sites, your information will be governed by their privacy statements. We encourage you to read the privacy statement of any website you visit.

• We shall not be liable for any loss, damage, claim or expenses suffered by you as a result of accessing these third party sites and features.

Who is the Grievance Officer?

If you wish to report a security breach, have a problem that you are unable to resolve or otherwise require any other assistance in respect of the Website and this privacy policy, you may contact our Grievance Officer whose details are provided below:

E-mail: contact@zibagrowth.com

Address: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Jurisdiction

• We cause the control and maintenance of this Website from India. We make no representations that the information and material contained in this Website are appropriate or permitted for use in jurisdictions outside India.

• The Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of India without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws.

• The usage of the Website by the User is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Mumbai, Maharashtra without prejudice to our right to take action in any jurisdiction whatsoever.

Investigations

• We reserve the right to investigate complaints or reported violations of this Privacy Policy and to take any action we deem necessary and appropriate. Such action may include but not be limited to reporting any suspected unlawful activity to law enforcement officials, regulators, or other third parties. In addition, we may take action to disclose any information necessary or appropriate to such persons or entities relating to the User’s profiles, e-mail addresses, usage history, IP addresses and traffic information.

Legal Remedies

• We reserve the right to seek all remedies available at law and in equity for violations of this Privacy Policy by the User.