Menon Verma LLP (the “Firm”) owns this website www.menonverma.com (the “Website”) and is the regulator of the data it collects from and/or about you. The Firm protects the privacy of your personal information that has been provided to the Firm. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) applies to all current and former users accessing or using our Website, or otherwise engaging with the Firm through other means.
This Privacy Policy is designed to make you aware and understand:
“Personal information” means any information or data relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
The Firm may collect your Personal Information when you provide it to the Firm, during the course of browsing this Website or availing its services, applying for a position with the Firm, or during the course of your engagement or employment with the Firm as a consultant, intern, clerk or a potential recruit or which may be available in the public domain. The Personal Information that the Firm collects about you will depend on your relationship with the Firm. The Personal Information that the Firm may collect includes inter alia your name, address, phone numbers, email address and such other general information including your employer and your title or position; data related to your visit of our offices, other meetings with the Firm, electronic updates that you provide from time to time, and in the case you are a retainer/employee/consultant/intern: certain financial information such, as your bank account details including any associate information (credit card, debit card details, etc.) and biometric information such as, finger prints; your contacts with the Firm, through emails or letters and other records of any contact. To comply with statutory obligations for the prevention of insider trading, the Firm may in accordance with laws or regulations, from time to time, collect information pertaining to your securities trading account and allied details regarding your trading history.
Besides the above, for the purpose of improving the content and usability, the Website automatically collects certain information from your internet browser to determine your internet protocol address, operating system, browser type, browser version, browser configuration, name of internet service provider, and such other types of computer and connection related information relating to the device, services etc. that you may be using for browsing this Website. The Firm also uses cookies on its Website to help the management of the Website and your browsing experience.
The Firm processes the data in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations inter alia including provisions of Information Technology Act, 2000 and Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011. The Firm ensures the privacy and security of your Personal Information. This Privacy Policy considers sensitive personal data or information as a part of Personal Information.
The Firm monitors and/or records official electronic communication to ensure compliance with its internal policy and applicable law, and for backup and business continuity purposes. The Firm will only process your Personal Information in connection with its ordinary professional activities, including the fulfilment of its legal or regulatory obligations. Unless required by applicable law, the Firm will not disclose, use, give or distribute any Personal Information to third parties for any purposes other than in the ordinary course of its business. The collection and processing of information in the course of its delivery of services to you, or other contractual or commercial engagements will be done in accordance with the terms applicable thereto, and not by this Privacy Policy. By accessing or using the Website or by otherwise providing your Personal Information, you confirm that you consent to the collection and use of your Personal Information supplied to the Firm, as set forth in the Privacy Policy and you have the legal capacity to enter into a binding contract and have read, understood and agreed to the practices and policies outlined in this Privacy Policy. The Firm may disclose your Personal Information to third parties: where you have consented to the Firm sharing your Personal Information; where the Firm is under a legal, regulatory or professional obligation to do so, including but not limited to, in the course of protecting its rights, interests, property, or safety of the Firm/clients/others; where it is relevant in the circumstances to disclose the information to its clients, your employer or place of business, and your professional advisers; where it is required in relation to managing Firm’s business development and marketing activities; where it is required in relation to your job or internship application or otherwise in relation to the recruitment processes of the Firm. The Firm may also share your Personal Information with third parties in relation to services availed that may involve data processing, generating statistics regarding the use of the Website or to analyse and improve on the Website; and for fulfilling our legal, regulatory and risk management obligations, including exercising or defending legal claims, auditing, professional advisory, security services etc.
The Firm maintains technical and organizational security measures to protect your Personal Information against loss, destruction, misuse, damage, alteration or disclosure as per the industry standards. The Firm is committed to protecting the information it receives from you. The Firm maintains appropriate physical and electronic procedures to safeguard and secure the information and data stored on its system which is required in the ordinary course of business.
You have legal rights under applicable data protection legislation and subject to limitations therein, you are entitled to request details of the personal data concerning you; to have your Personal Information rectified or corrected if it is inaccurate or incomplete; to request the deletion of the personal data that relates to you; to withdraw your consent; to request restrictions on the processing of your data; to have personal data transmitted to another organization in an appropriate format; to object to profiling; and to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
If you wish to exercise these rights, you may, contact the Firm and request the removal of your Personal Information from its data base at any time. The Firm will exercise all reasonable efforts to promptly remove your Personal Information, however, it does not guarantee the permanent removal of your Personal Information, which may remain in archival or backup copies. If a request for removal is made, the Firm will exercise all reasonable efforts to promptly remove your Personal Information. However, you do not have the right to retrospectively retract consent, but can withdraw consent to any further processing of the information you have provided, after the point at which such withdrawal is communicated to the Firm. Additionally, the Firm cannot ensure that all your information including Personal Information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. The Firm is committed to protecting your privacy, you assume all responsibility and risk for your use of the Website or other platforms. The Firm shall not be liable for any actions of third parties with regard to your Personal Information which you may have disclosed to such third parties. You hereby agree and undertake to indemnify the Firm in any suit or dispute by any third party arising out of disclosure of third party information either through its platforms or otherwise.
The Firm reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time without any notice. If any changes are made, the new policy will go into effect once it is posted on the Website. The Firm shall be under no obligation to notify you about the changes. If you require any information or have any questions or complaints regarding the disclosure or treatment of your Personal Information, please contact our privacy data compliance officer at helpdesk.delhi@menonverma.com.
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