We at Aikya Connect (“Aikya” or “our” or “we”) respect the privacy of our users (“You” or “Your”) and are committed towards protecting and safeguarding Your Personal Information. Accordingly, we have developed this Privacy Policy in order for You to understand how we collect, use, communicate, disclose and otherwise make use of Personal Information (as defined below) on the website aikyaconnect.com (the “Website”), to the extent applicable (“Privacy Policy”).

Any Personal Information collected from You on the Website shall be governed by this Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) and the Terms of Use (“Terms of Use”) available on the Website. This Privacy Policy provides for the kind of Personal Information collected on the Website, purpose, means and modes of collection, usage, processing, retention, destruction, disclosure and handling of such information by us. You are advised to read the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use before using the Website or providing us with Your Personal Information.

We strictly adhere to the requirements of the data protection law established in India and this Privacy Policy is published in accordance with: (a) Section 43 A of the Information Technology Act, 2000; (b) Regulation 4 of the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Information) Rules, 2011; and (c) Regulation 3(1) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011.

If You visit and / or subscribe to our Website, we may collect certain personal data from You (“User”) which may include Your name, mailing address, telephone number, date of birth, organizational details, financial information, investment related information and such other sensitive information by means of forms, surveys, questionnaires or feedback, etcetera (“Personal Information”).

All such Personal Information collected from You are processed in compliance with the Privacy Policy and the laws of India. We use such Personal Information only to render our services (if so applicable) more effectively and to provide a better experience to our Users.

We may use the Personal Information provided by You in the following ways:
1. To enable Aikya Connect to render the services;
2. To observe, improve and administer the quality of Services;
3. Remember the basic information provided by You for effective access;
4. To confirm Your identity in order to determine Your eligibility to use the platform and / or avail the services;
5. To notify You about any changes to our Policies;
6. To enable Aikya Connect to comply with applicable legal and regulatory obligations;
7. For the purpose of sending administrative notices, service-related alerts and other similar communication with a view to optimizing the efficiency of the platform; and
8. Such other purposes that Aikya Connect may inform You of, from time to time.

We do not disclose the Personal Information of our Users to any person except when it is required to do so under the law or an order of a governmental or regulatory authority or to such third parties to whom we transfer our rights and duties under any agreement entered into with such third parties. By providing us with their Personal Information, Users acknowledge, agree and provide an unconditional consent to the collection, usage, disclosure, retention and processing of such information by Aikya Connect in accordance with the Privacy Policy.

We will retain and use the Personal Information of Users for as long as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce its agreements, for other business purposes or until a User specifically requests us to destroy such information. A User may make a request to destroy their Personal Information by writing to us at govern@aikyaconnect.com.

We also reserve the right to generate anonymized data extracted out of any databases containing such Personal Information and to make use of any such anonymised data as we deem fit. While we have implemented reasonable security practices, systems or procedures, that are commensurate with industry standards, it cannot ensure or warrant complete security of all information that is being transmitted to it by You because of the inherent susceptibilities of the internet. You acknowledge that any information provided by You to Aikya Connect is transmitted or stored at Your own risk.