Privacy Policy

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AlphaFirms respects your privacy and is committed to protecting personal information in accordance with Indian law.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect:

Name, email, phone number
Business details
Usage and interaction data
Communication records

2. Purpose of Data Collection

Information is collected to:

Operate and improve the platform
Verify businesses
Enable user communication
Provide customer support
Comply with legal obligations

3. Sensitive Personal Data

AlphaFirms does not intentionally collect sensitive personal data unless explicitly required and consented to.

4. Consent

By using AlphaFirms, you consent to data collection and usage as outlined in this policy.

5. Data Sharing

We do not sell personal data.

Data may be shared:

With service providers under confidentiality
To comply with legal requirements
With user consent

6. Data Security

AlphaFirms employs reasonable security practices to protect user information. However, no digital system is completely secure.

7. Data Retention

Data is retained only as long as necessary for business or legal purposes.

8. User Rights

Users may:

Request access to their data
Request correction or deletion
Withdraw consent (subject to legal limits)

9. Cookies & Tracking

AlphaFirms uses cookies to improve experience and analytics. Users may disable cookies through browser settings.

10. Grievance Officer (IT Act Compliance)

In accordance with the IT Act, a Grievance Officer will be designated. Contact details will be published on the website.

11. Policy Updates

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically. Changes will be reflected on this page.

(Aligned with Indian IT Act, 2000 & IT Rules, 2011)

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What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed. If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.