Collection and use of personal data. Personal data collected automatically

Our website collects certain information automatically and stores it as logs. The information collected by us is as follows:

Internet protocol (IP) addresses, the region or general location where your computer or device is accessing the internet, device type used to access the website, browser type, operating system and other information about the usage of Guru Goutam’s website, including a history of the pages you view. This is typically done to recognize your device, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics to enable us in providing better user experience to you in your future visits to this website. Guru Goutam’s website also uses cookies and web beacons. Guru Goutam has enabled personalized advertisements based on your interests, using information made available when you interact with our website. Personalized or targeted ads are displayed based on your activities on Guru Goutam and third-party websites which includes, but is not limited to visiting the website and interacting with content provided in the website. Cookies are used to enable us to learn what actions you perform in the website. These ads are displayed on external websites unaffiliated to Guru Goutam. To know more about our use of cookies, please see our Cookies Privacy Policy.

Personal data collected from you

We directly collect from you, the personal data in following ways: By entering information in the “Contact Us” section, we collect your name, email address, country of residence, phone number, job title, company you represent and details of the inquiry to enable us to respond to a general/business inquiry made by you on behalf of your company. You provide us information during registrations. In order to send you our newsletters, other news alerts that you may have subscribed to and webinars, we ask for your name, phone number, designation, email address and company you represent. Please note that we may also be collecting any information that you may have mentioned in any communication/email that you send to us after registering with us. You provide us your email address when subscribing to and using the Email Preference Center. The preference center keeps track of your communication preferences (over email) and areas of interest (such as receiving newsletters and/or webinar mailers) that you may have either opted into or opted out of. By entering information through registration with Guru Goutam Careers, we obtain your name and email address to contact you as an Employment candidate, and consider you for job opportunities within Guru Goutam. We collect, use, and disclose the received information only to pursue our legitimate business interests in keeping you updated on our services and products, respond to your queries, establish communication with prospective clients (whom you represent) and to enhance user experience by analyzing your use of our website. We may also use information as a part of our audit processes, to enforce our agreements with you (including our website terms of use), to protect our rights, systems, property and personnel, and for such other purposes as are required or permitted by law.

You also have the option to subscribe/opt-in to receive newsletters, new alerts and marketing content. You can opt-out of such options using our blog or click the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of an email newsletter. You may also opt-out by contacting us directly using the contact information in the “Our contact details” section below. We will endeavour to respond to your opt-out request promptly, but we ask that you please allow us a reasonable time to process your request. Please note that if you opt-out from receiving marketing-related emails, we may still need to send you non-marketing communications about your use of our website, or other matters.

Children’s information

Our website is not designed or directed at children. We will not intentionally collect, maintain, or distribute information about anyone under the age of 16. If you are a parent or guardian of a child who has provided personal data without your knowledge and consent, you may request us to remove the minor’s information by emailing us at info@gurugoutam.com

Security

Guru Goutam has implemented technical, physical, contractual, and organizational safeguards with a view to protecting the security of personal data from loss, damage, or unauthorized use, disclosure, alteration, or access, having regard to the nature of the data, and the risks to which they are exposed by virtue of human action or the physical or natural environment. Key security measures include and are not limited to the below:

Adopting technology and processes to limit access to your personal data to Guru Goutam employees on a need to know basis, such as to respond to your inquiry or request. Guru Goutam undergoes regular penetration testing by independent third-party service providers. Guru Goutam employees are expected to adhere to Guru Goutam’s Code of Conduct and Privacy policies, and any misuse of information is subject to strict disciplinary actions. Transfers and disclosure of personal data

We are part of an international group of companies and, as such, transfer and disclose personal data concerning you to countries outside your country of residence. While such information is outside of your country, it is subject to the laws of the country in which it is located, and may be subject to disclosure to the governments, courts or law enforcement or regulatory agencies of such other country, pursuant to the laws of such country. We transfer personal data between our affiliated entities and delivery centers, as well as to third party service providers, for the purposes explained above. Please click here to see list of our companies within our corporate group. We require our affiliates and service providers maintain the confidentiality of your personal data and keep your personal data secure. We also require that they only use your personal data for the limited purposes for which it is provided, and that it is retained as per the local regulatory requirements. In some circumstances, we may permit our affiliates or service providers to retain aggregated, anonymized or statistical information that does not identify you. We do not authorize our affiliates or service providers to disclose your personal data to unauthorized parties or to use your personal data for their direct marketing purposes. We may disclose your personal data to give effect to transactions with you, to enforce our agreements with you (including our website terms of use), to protect our rights, systems, property and personnel, and for such other purposes as are required or permitted by law. From time to time we may consider corporate transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, reorganization, asset sale or similar. In such instances, we may transfer, disclose, or allow access to information to enable assessment and undertaking of transactions. Your personal data is stored in databases, and on the servers of the cloud-based database management services that Guru Goutam engages, located within and outside your country of residence.

Guru Goutam does not provide any personal data to advertisers that display the personalized ads. Advertisers may provide us information about you (such as the sites where you have been shown ads) that we may use to provide you more relevant and useful advertising. Advertisers use technology to serve the ads that appear on our sites directly to your browser. They may use cookies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize ad content. Retention of personal data We will only keep your personal data for as long as is reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, taking into consideration our need to respond to your queries or resolve problems, any other purpose outlined above or to comply with legal requirements under applicable law(s). This means that we may retain your personal data for a reasonable period after, for example, the end of the contract with the client you represent, or after your query has been addressed. After this period, your personal data will be deleted from all Guru Goutam systems. We remind you that you have a right to request to have your personal data deleted at any time. You may always choose to opt-out by writing to us at info@gurugoutam.com

Your rights

Subject to the requirements under applicable privacy laws, you have a right to: Request access to your personal data and request details of the processing activities conducted by Guru Goutam. Request that your personal data be rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete. Request erasure of your personal data in certain circumstances. Request restriction of the processing of your personal data by Guru Goutam in certain circumstances. Object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances. Receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format in certain circumstances. Object to, and not to be subject to a decision based solely on, automated processing (including profiling), which produces legal effects or significantly affects you. Withdraw any consent you may have provided to us at any time by contacting us. In some cases, withdrawal of your consent may mean that we will no longer be able to provide you with certain products or services or such withdrawal be subject to legal or contractual restrictions. We will inform you of the implications of your withdrawal of consent.

If you provide Personal data about another individual to us, it is your responsibility to obtain the consent of that individual to enable us to collect, use and disclose his or her information as described in this data privacy statement.

External website links This site contains links that may lead you to other sites. Be careful when accessing these links, as Guru Goutam is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other Websites. This Website Privacy Policy does not extend to any websites or products or services provided by third parties.

Changes to our Website Privacy Policy This Website Privacy Policy was last updated on 22 Feb 2022. It addresses the requirements of the EU GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (Canada) (PIPEDA) and applicable provincial privacy laws in Canada. We may modify this Website Privacy Policy from time to time and will update it upon any changes in global privacy regulations applicable to us. When changes are made to this Website Privacy Policy, they will become immediately effective when posted on our website unless otherwise noted. We may also communicate the changes through our services or by other means. By submitting your personal data to us, by using our website, or by voluntarily interacting with us after we publish or communicate a notice about the changes to this Website Privacy Policy, you consent to our collecting, using and disclosing your personal data as set out in the revised Website Privacy Policy. We would however recommend that you to look back at this policy from time to time to check for any updates.

Our contact details Guru Goutam is the controller of data for the purposes of Data Privacy. If you have any concerns as to how your data is processed you can contact our Data Protection officer at info@gurugoutam.com