Privacy Policy

Policy & Purpose

The Law Offices of Panag & Babu (hereinafter referred to as “we” / “our” / “us”) is committed to safeguarding the privacy of any person who accesses our Website (defined below) (hereinafter referred to as “you”, “your”, “User”).

This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) governs the collection, use and transfer of any information capable of identifying a person (“Personal Information”) accessed or shared with us by virtue of use or access of our https://www.pblawoffices.com/ (“Website”). Unless specified otherwise, this Privacy Policy applies only to the Website offered by us.

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, “Sensitive Personal Data or Information” or “Sensitive Information” means Personal Information, that consists of the (i) password, (ii) financial information, (iii) physical, psychological and mental health condition, (iv) sexual orientation, (v) medical records and history, (vi) biometric information, (vii) any detail relating to the above collected for providing a service, or to be stored or processed under a lawful contract, but not any information that is freely available or accessible in public domain or furnished under the Right to Information Act, 2005 or any other law for the time being in force.

This Privacy Policy incorporates the requirements under the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011.

By accessing the Website, you consent to be bound by this Privacy Policy and are accepting the measures, protocols and practices involving the collection, use and transfer of Personal Information collected from you, as set out hereinbelow.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to third party links and applications with which You may interact while using the Website. We will not assume any liability for any harm caused to you by accessing any third party websites or links advertised on the Website. We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

• Collection & Use of Information

• Personal Information Collected

We may collect information such as name, email address, phone number when you try to contact us using the information on our Website.

When you apply to work with us on our recruitment page, we may collect the following Personal Information:

• First name
• Last name
• Date of birth
• Email address
• Mobile number
• Residential address
• Academic records
• Curriculum Vitae

If you send us personal correspondence, such as emails or letters, or if other Users or third parties send us correspondence with your details, we may collect such information into a file specific to you.

• Non-Personal / Aggregated Data

Apart from the information You provide to us, we may also collect aggregated information using cookies or other tools related to your page views, improving Website navigation, frequency, marketing preferences, IP address, etc. We use this information purely for analytics purposes and to improve our Website.

• Storage & Security

All information provided by you is stored and retained on secure cloud storage servers and systems located in secure cloud servers. We maintain managerial, technical, operational, and physical security practices and procedures to protect data from misuse and unauthorized access, and maintain the accuracy of data. However transacting over the internet has inherent risks and absolute security of data when transmitting data online, cannot be guaranteed, therefore, we do not assume any responsibility for any transmission of your information that is at your own risk and/or for the disclosure of your information due to errors in transmission and/or unauthorized acts of third parties.

• Data Transfers & Disclosures

We will not disclose or transfer any of your Personal Information or Sensitive Personal Data or Information to any third parties except as explicitly provided in this Policy or where we have your consent to do so. We will only share your Personal Information or Sensitive Personal Data or Information with third parties with your consent, and where expressly identified, without limitation, in the following circumstances:

• Service Providers/Third Parties: Your Personal Information may be shared with service providers such as vendors, accountants, etc. Such disclosure is to your Personal Information is granted upon entering into non-disclosure agreements and statements of work which protect the Users’ rights as provided in this Privacy Policy.

• Law Enforcement: We may also use and disclose the information you provide as we believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence; (b) to comply with investigations or legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public and government authorities, including authorities outside your country of residence; (d) to defend our business, or those of any of our affiliates from third claims; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, You or others; and (g) to allow us to pursue available remedies in law or equity to limit damages that we may sustain.

• Your Rights

We do not keep your data for longer than is necessary unless we are required to do so under applicable law.  We will use your Personal Information only for so long as is necessary:

• to achieve the purposes that have been specifically identified in this Privacy Policy or such purposes as having been identified in any agreement entered into with you;
• as required by applicable laws and regulations, or as may be required for evidentiary purposes;
• as deemed necessary for tax, fraud control, or mitigation, and to conduct a defence in relation to any disputes or claims whether potential or actual (taking into account statute of limitations under applicable laws).

You can review, modify, and delete the information you have provided to us at any time and/or withdraw your consent from allowing us to collect, process or transfer your information by contacting our Grievance Officer.

Your right to withdraw consent relates to any further collection or processing, of your Sensitive Information, however such withdrawal of consent shall not: (i) be retrospective or require the deletion of records required for statutory purposes; or (ii) operate where required for the discharge of ongoing contractual obligations unless the contract under which the Sensitive Information is required to be collected is also terminated with the request for withdrawal of consent to collect such Sensitive Information.

Your data will be erased/deleted when it has served the purpose for which it was being collected and is no longer necessary, where consent has been withdrawn, or where retention of such data is contrary to or prohibited by applicable law.

You have the right to data portability, i.e., you have the right to receive a copy of your Personal Information in a commonly used and structured, machine-readable format and have it transferred to another service provider or third party after paying us a fee which shall be communicated upon your request.

We do not sell, rent or exchange your Personal Information. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from children under the age of 18 years without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

• GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL

Should you wish to (i) request deletion of the Personal Information you have provided to us, from our records, (ii) correct or update the Personal Information, (iii) raise any queries or concerns regarding the purpose of retention, end-use(s) of the Personal Information, or (iv) report a breach of this Privacy Policy, please contact our grievance officer, [Gurbani Kaur] (“Grievance Officer”) at  [gurbani.kaur@pblawoffices.com]

Our Grievance Officer is accessible between 10:00 AM to 5:00PM on weekdays (except public holidays) and will address your queries or grievances within one month from the date of receipt of such queries or grievances.