Privacy Policy of Professional Networking & Business Collaboration Platform
Welcome to Professional Networking & Business Collaboration Platform. We are committed to fostering professional connections, facilitating business collaboration, and enabling knowledge sharing responsibly. Your privacy is paramount to us, and this policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you use our online platform and services.
1. Information We Collect
We collect various types of information to provide and improve our services, facilitate collaboration, and enhance your user experience.
1.1. Information You Provide Directly:
- Personal Data: When you register for an account, create a profile, or use our services, we collect information such as your name, email address, professional title, company name, industry, contact number, professional skills, work experience, educational background, profile picture, and any other information you choose to provide.
- Content and Communications: We collect the content you post on our platform, including messages, comments, files, project details, discussions in groups, event registrations, and any other communications you make through our service.
- Payment Information: If you subscribe to premium services or paid features, we may collect payment-related information, such as billing address and transaction details. We typically do not store full credit card numbers, relying on secure third-party payment processors.
1.2. Information We Collect Automatically:
- Usage Data: We collect information about your interactions with our platform, such as the pages or content you view, the features you use, the time and duration of your activities, and your search queries.
- Technical Data: We gather technical information about your device and internet connection, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, device identifiers, referring URLs, and mobile network information.
- Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our service and hold certain information. These include identifiers, web beacons, and pixels for functionality, performance, analytics, and advertising purposes. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
- To Provide and Maintain Our Services: Operating our platform, managing your account, providing customer support, and performing necessary business functions.
- To Facilitate Professional Networking and Collaboration: Enabling you to connect with other professionals, join groups, participate in discussions, manage projects, and attend networking events.
- To Enhance and Personalize Your Experience: Tailoring content, recommendations, and features based on your profile, preferences, and interactions.
- To Improve Our Platform: Analyzing usage patterns, conducting research, and gathering feedback to develop new features, improve existing ones, and ensure the stability and security of our services.
- For Communication: Sending you service-related announcements, updates, security alerts, and administrative messages. We may also send promotional communications about our services or relevant third-party offers if you have opted in to receive them.
- For Security and Fraud Prevention: Detecting and preventing fraudulent activity, unauthorized access, and other malicious conduct.
- To Comply with Legal Obligations: Meeting our legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements.
3. How We Share Your Information
We may share your information in the following circumstances:
- With Other Users: Information you share on your public profile, in public forums, or through collaboration tools is visible to other users of our platform. You control the visibility of certain profile elements through your privacy settings.
- With Service Providers: We engage trusted third-party service providers to perform functions on our behalf, such as hosting, data analysis, payment processing, customer service, and marketing. These providers have access to your information only to perform these tasks and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
- For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, in response to a subpoena or court order, or if we believe such action is necessary to comply with legal obligations, protect our rights or property, or ensure the safety of our users or the public.
- In Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, asset sale, or similar transaction, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.
- With Your Consent: We may share your information with third parties when we have your explicit consent to do so.
4. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include encryption, access controls, secure server environments, and regular security assessments. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
5. Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with our services. We also retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
6. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to Access: You have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you.
- Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information under certain circumstances.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information under certain conditions.
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
- Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable laws.
7. International Data Transfers
Our servers and operations are located in India. If you access our platform from outside India, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in India. By using our services, you consent to the transfer of your information to India and to the use and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. We ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data during such transfers, as required by applicable data protection laws.
8. Children's Privacy
Our services are not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 18, we will take steps to delete such information from our records.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "last updated" date at the top of this policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
- Company Name: ZenithPath
- Address: unnamed road, Delhi, Delhi, 110006, India
- Phone: +916424941683
- Email: info@zenithpath.in