Website Privacy Policy
Last updated: 19th December 2024
Introduction
This website Privacy Notice (“Privacy notice”) describes the information collection practices that AuthBridge Research Services Private Limited, and its respective subsidiaries (“AuthBridge,” “we,” “us,” or “our,” if not explicitly referring to one company) follow when handling Personal Data. cy policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes the information collection practices that AuthBridge Research Services Private Limited, and its respective subsidiaries (“AuthBridge,” “we,” “us,” or “our,” if not explicitly referring to one company) follow when handling Personal Data. This privacy statement applies to the collection, process, disclosure and use of Personal Data from a registered user or other visitor of our website, which is submitted to AuthBridge.
Scope & Applicability
This Notice outlines how we collect, process, disclose, use, retain, transfer and protect the Personal Data of a registered user with AuthBridge or other visitors to our website.
Important Note:
Users may visit and browse our website without having to provide Personal Data. By using our website and accessing and using its services, users confirm their agreement with the terms of this policy. If a user does not agree with the terms of this policy, he / she should stop using the website immediately.
If you are a candidate or employee or vendor or customer of AuthBridge’s Client, then please follow this link to access the stakeholders’ Privacy Notice.
Definitions
Applicable Data Protection Law: Applicable Data Protection Laws means the relevant local and/ or international laws/ regulations basis the jurisdiction where the individual resides or is located, whose Personal Data is processed by an organisation. Some of the applicable data privacy laws to AuthBridge are General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA).
Personal Data: Personal Data is any data relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Sensitive Personal Data: Sensitive Personal Data is a specific set of “special categories” that must be treated with extra security, as may be required under Applicable Data Protection Law.
Data subject/ Data Principal/ Individual: Means any identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identification number or to one or more factors specific to the person’s physical, physiological, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.
Processing: Means any operation or set of operations that is performed upon Personal Data or on sets of Personal Data, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation, alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, transfer, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, blocking, restriction, erasure or destruction.
Data Controller/ Data Fiduciary: Means a person, company or other body which determines the purposes and means of processing the Personal Data.
Consent – Means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of an individual permission by which he or she signifies/ indicates agreement to the processing of Personal Data relating to him or her.
Data Processor: Means a person, company or other body who processes data on behalf of a Data Controller.
Data Sub-processor – Means a person, company or other body used by the Data Processor to assist in its processing of Personal Data for a Data Controller.
Personal Data breach–Means a security event leading to the accidental, or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to Personal Data.
What Personal Data do we collect?
AuthBridge collects Personal Data that you submit voluntary to us while filling out the form available on this website. We may collect, process, use, store, maintain and transfer different kinds of Personal Data about you which we have grouped together as follows:
- Personal Data that may be collected or stored includes name, company name(s), e-mail address, and telephone number(s).
- AuthBridge collects Personal Data about the candidates interested in our recruitment drives. To know how we manage their Personal Data, please visit our Recruitment Privacy Policy.
- In addition to Personal Data that you choose to submit to us, we also use cookies and collect technical information. Please read Cookie Policy for more details.
- Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing services from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.
- AuthBridge may obtain your Personal Data from public sources such as freely or paid databases, including public content on social media websites, through AuthBridge’s social media pages. Social media sites may have their own privacy policies explaining how they use and share your Personal Data.
Restriction on sensitive Personal Data
Unless we specifically request for information to comply with applicable laws, we ask users to not send or disclose to us any sensitive Personal Data (e.g., government IDs, passport numbers, racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or other beliefs, health, biometrics or genetic characteristics, criminal background or trade union membership) on or through this website to us.
How we collect your Personal Data?
We use different methods to collect your Personal Data as per below:
- Directly from the Data Subject
- Through this website when you sign up to our newsletter or fills online form on this Website,
- Through our externally facing business activities, such as service offerings, events, surveys, and communications,
- When we interact with you and collect data from you for use by and on behalf of AuthBridge,
- We may also collect your Personal Data through HR events, forums etc.
- By using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. To know more please visit our Cookie Policy.
What purpose does AuthBridge use the Personal Data for?
Purpose | Legal Basis |
Contractual obligations with our clients/ vendors/ any other business associate | Necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party. |
Legal and regulatory requirements | Necessary for the compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject. |
Operating and managing our business operations including or being part of the provision of our services to our clients. | Necessary for the performance of a contract |
Marketing our products or services to users for advertisement purposes and to develop and increase our business. | Basis the consent of the data subject or justified on the basis of our legitimate interests |
Facilitating communication with you, which may include facilitating meetings, communication in case of emergencies, and to provide you with requested information. | Justified on the basis of our legitimate interest |
Improving the security and functioning of our website and networks to ensure proper administration of the website and monitor our systems. | Basis the consent obtained from the user Please refer Cookie Policy for more details |
AuthBridge’s recruitment or employment purposes | Basis the consent of the data subject or justified on the basis of our legitimate interests of recruiting the appropriate employees (for more details, please refer to the Recruitment Privacy Policy) |
To manage and respond to any request you submit through our website:
- We can send our communication at the mobile number provided, even if this mobile number is registered under DND/NCPR list under TRAI regulations. And for that purpose, we can share/disclose the information to any third-party service provider or any affiliates, group companies, their authorized agents, or third-party service providers for legitimate purposes of responding to your request.
We will further seek your consent if we use your Personal Data for any purpose other than the mentioned above.
To whom we share your Personal Data?
Within AuthBridge: We may share your Personal Data and usage Information within AuthBridge (i.e., between and among AuthBridge and its subsidiaries). Such information may be used for business purposes in consistent with the purpose for which the information was originally collected and authorized by you.
Outside of AuthBridge:
- We may share your data with third-party service providers basis our legitimate business interest or any other legal basis such as AuthBridge’s contractual obligations or Data Subject’s consent for the informed purposes including but not limited to email marketing services, AuthBridge’s CRM tool, etc.
- AuthBridge also uses Enterprise Email service by Gmail for its business purpose and may communicate with you using the same. Please refer https://policies.google.com/privacy to know more about their security measures.
- Our website and the server on which it is hosted is at AWS Mumbai. There are reasonable and appropriate controls also at AWS to secure your data against any accidental or unlawful loss, access or disclosure. For more details visit https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/
- AuthBridge’s legal or professional advisors, if necessary, in connection with any investigation or complaint in relation to the use of the website, or to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may (either intentionally or unintentionally) be causing injury to or interference with any person’s rights or property (including of users of the website).
- Disclose any information to any governmental or statutory body to comply with applicable laws, regulations, regulatory requests/notices, as necessary for any fraud detection or in the public interest.
How does AuthBridge protect your Personal Data?
- AuthBridge is certified to ISO/IEC 27001:2013 and this international standard defines the requirements for an Information Security Management System (ISMS) and AuthBridge is also SoC-2 Type II certified. AuthBridge’s processes and security controls provide an effective framework for protecting our clients’, other stakeholders and our business information, including any Personal Data.
- We maintain organizational and technical measures for protecting all Personal Data we hold. We have protocols, controls, and relevant policies; procedures; and guidelines to maintain these controls, considering the risks associated with the categories of Personal Data and the processing we undertake.
- We regularly monitor our systems to mitigate possible vulnerabilities and attacks. However, we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information transmitted via our websites.
- We employ procedures, including contractual obligations, and require all third parties to respect the security of Personal Data about you and to treat it in accordance with the Applicable Data Privacy Laws. We do not grant permission for our third-party service providers to use Personal Data about you for their own purposes and only grant permission for them to process Personal Data about you for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
Will profiling take place?
As a matter of principle, your Personal Data will not be processed automatically with the objective of evaluating certain personal aspects (profiling). If we should process your Personal Data with the objective of conducting profiling, we will, if prescribed by Applicable Data Privacy Laws, obtain your explicit consent and inform you of your rights in this respect.
Retention Period
We will retain your Personal Data as long as necessary for the fulfilment of the purposes set out for which it was collected or as required under the Applicable Laws and regulations.
Children's Privacy
AuthBridge does not undertake processing of Personal Data belonging to a minor (as defined under the Applicable Data Privacy Regulations), expect in cases, where its due consent from the parent/lawful guardian of the minor is obtained in accordance with the Applicable Data Privacy Regulations.
Rights for Data Subjects
You have the following rights with respect to your Personal Data that we process, subject to the conditions and restrictions set out under the applicable laws and basis the jurisdiction in which you reside. If you wish to exercise any of the rights, we may need certain information to verify/ locate your identity and validate your request, which may include, but not be limited to your full name; email addresses or mobile numbers we may have associated with you, or details of how you submitted your Personal Data with us. This information will be used strictly to process your request.
Right of access: You are entitled to obtain a copy of your Personal Data, together with an explanation of the categories of data being processed, the purposes of such processing, and the details of third parties to whom the data may have been disclosed.
Right to rectification: You are entitled to correct or update your Personal Data available with us.
Right to erasure: You are entitled to get your Personal Data deleted from our records.
Right to object to and / or restrict processing: You have the right to object to and / or restrict the processing or sharing of your Personal Data such circumstances as may be prescribed under Applicable Data Privacy Laws.
Right to data portability: You are entitled to obtain and reuse your Personal Data. You can either obtain the information from us and provide it to a third party or ask us to transfer your Personal Data directly to a third party.
Right to withdraw or opt-out: You have right to withdraw your consent for any or all of the purposes for which your Personal Data has been collected provided at any time by contacting us.
Right to not be discriminated against for exercising your individual rights regarding your Personal Data.
Right to nominate (in the manner prescribed by the Central govt.) any other individual to exercise the above-mentioned rights, in the event of the death or incapacity (unsoundness of mind or infirmity of body) of the Data Subject.
Right to complain and obtain redressal: You have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority, depending upon your jurisdiction, to obtain redressal.
If you wish to exercise any of your rights, kindly share the duly filled Data Subject Request Form (DSR Form) at datasubjectrights@authbridge.com
User Communications
Contact Us
We commit to handle your Personal Data in a way that provides you trust. We also have processes for investigating and resolving any complaints regarding privacy concerns.
If you wish to contact AuthBridge for any privacy related query/concern or any grievance, you can do so by writing to us at privacy@authbridge.com or by mailing to
AuthBridge’s Data Privacy Team
C/o Compliance Team
Tower D, 14th Floor, Global Business Park,
Gurgaon – 122002, Haryana, India
Updates to the Privacy Notice
We may update our Privacy Notice from time to time. To let you know, we will amend the revision date on top of this page.
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