Privacy Policy
Verdant Info Comm Systems, its subsidiaries and branch operations hereinafter referred as ‘Verdant’ ‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’ is committed to respect your privacy and choices. The privacy statement (hereinafter “Privacy Statement” or “Statement”) highlights our privacy practices regarding Personal Information that we collect and process in compliance to applicable data privacy regulations.
Objective:
Through this privacy statement we intend to provide a synopsis of our privacy practices regarding Personal Information that we collect and process about you through various sources. Although the primary focus of this statement is on the data collected and processed through our website. Our adherence to the below mentioned principles remain across the organization towards personal data processing. Depending on the purposes of processing and your relationship with us as a data subject, we may provide additional customized privacy statements, more information on which can be found below.
The scope of this Statement covers the categories of personal data collected, how we use or process such data, who are the recipients of such data, and your associated rights under applicable laws including how to exercise the same. The applicability of the Privacy Statement is global, however certain additional information may be relevant to you depending on the country where you reside.
Wherever we may have provided the translation of our Statement in local languages, as per applicability, in case of a conflict between the local language and the English version, the English version shall prevail.
1. Personal Information that we process and use
1.1 Personal Information that we process
We may collect the following categories of Personal Information:
Information collected as part of your visit and usage of our websites, such as Internet Protocol (IP) address, demographics, your computers’ operating system, device information, telemetry data and browser type and information collected via cookies or similar tracking technologies. As a website visitor who merely browses our websites (including the hosted content), without submitting any additional data, this is the most relevant paragraph for applicable data processing.
Personal and Contact details, such as, Name, title, e-mail address, phone numbers, address, designation, Company/Organization, Industry, Location (in terms of City/Country), LinkedIn profiles/URLs (or similar professional data set).
Login credentials, such as Username and Passwords, when you register for any of our applicable services.
Audio-Visual information such as photographs or images captured, video recordings (if enabled), when attending any of our events, webinars etc.
Queries, comments, or feedback as submitted by you, including any correspondence you have made with us.
Preferences relating to marketing communications, interest areas, subscription details, dietary preferences/allergies (in relations to events we may organize).
Additionally, we may collect certain data points based on the categories of data subject and their relationship with us, as are detailed out in additional Privacy Statements for relevant categories of data subjects at the end of this statement.
1.2 Sources of Personal Information
We may collect the aforementioned Personal Information through various sources, such as mentioned below:
Submitted by yourself, through our website forms, applications on our portals, or by contacting/emailing our official contacts.
Shared to Verdant employees, such as our sales or marketing representatives.
Shared with or by Verdant’ affiliates.
Shared by the employers of the visitors and contractors, where applicable.
Sourced from public websites and social media, including your publicly accessible profiles.
Shared by our suppliers, vendors and service providers.
Sourced via Cookies and similar tracking technologies as deployed on our website.
1.3. Use of your Personal Information
We may use your Personal Information for the following purposes:
To provide better usability, troubleshooting and site maintenance.
To understand which parts of the website are visited and how frequently.
To create your login credentials, where applicable.
To identify you once you register on our website.
To facilitate communication with you, including contacting you and responding to your queries or requests.
To provide access to desirable content based on your preferences.
To enable marketing and sales related communications and related purposes.
To know your interest of participation in ideathons or other competitions.
As a participant of any competitions and/or award ceremonies organized by us, to publish your name and corresponding details to make them available to larger audience on the Internet (including details of awards won); for the jury members and other associated delegates and speakers, to publish their name, title, photograph, and bio in a similar manner.
To invite you for events, seminars and equivalent ceremonies organized by us and related purposes such as running marketing or promotional campaigns, including such promotions or publications on social media.
To publish testimonials and case studies.
To generate and maintain leads as part of our Customer Relationship Management database.
To perform data analytics for providing a better user experience, enhance website performance and achieve business objectives.
To enhance and optimize our business operations, applications, systems, and processes, including operation and management of our communication assets and systems, ensuring and strengthening information security, maintenance of audit trail and associated records.
To protect your data and Verdant assets from information security threats and to secure against any unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
To comply with applicable laws and other legal requirements, such as regulatory filings, record-keeping and reporting obligations, cooperating with government authorized inspections or requests, protecting our legal rights, and seeking remedies, including defending against any claims or engaging in legal proceedings, responding to subpoenas or court orders and managing documentation for related purposes.
To enhance your website experience and other associated purposes by deploying cookies or similar technologies. These may serve different purposes. For example, some of the cookies may be necessary for the operation of the website, while others are used to ensure its seamless performance. They may also enhance the functionalities provided on our website, help us understand how our online services are used, or to determine the interests of our website visitors. Additionally, our advertising partners collaborate with us to provide and assist in the use of such technologies on Verdant and other sites.
1.4. Legal basis of the processing
The applicable privacy and data protection laws provide for certain justifiable grounds for collection and processing of personal data, commonly referred to as legal basis of processing. We primarily rely on the following legal bases:
1.4.1 We process your Personal Information when it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are the party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract, e.g., when you would engage with us for receiving our services and offerings, or when managing the data of our employees for ensuring the performance of their employment contract.
1.4.2 We process your Personal Information when it is necessary for the purposes of a legitimate interest pursued by us or a third party (when these interests are not overridden by your data protection rights), e.g., when we need to understand your usage of our website and interaction with the same, for generating your secure login credentials, or to optimize our processes.
1.4.3 We process your Personal Information with your consent. Where we process Personal Data based on consent, your consent is revocable at any time, e.g., when registering and inviting you for events organized by us, or for sharing our marketing related communications with you.
1.4.4 We may process your personal Information to comply with any Legal obligations on us, including to applicable laws and protecting our legal rights, seeking remedies, and defending against claims.
2. Consequences of not providing Personal Information
If you choose not to provide your Personal Information that is mandatory to process your request, we may not be able to fulfil the relevant purpose of processing, including provision of any services to you, if applicable.
3. Data recipients, transfer, and disclosure of Personal Information:
3.1 Verdant does not share your Personal Information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
We share your Personal Information within
Verdant or with any of its subsidiaries;
Business partners;
Service providers;
Authorized third-party agents; or
Auditors, and/or government authorities, where applicable.
4. Your Rights:
4.1 Subject to the laws of your country, you may have certain rights as a data subject (including but not limited to right to information, access, rectification, erasure, object, restriction of processing, right to complain), relating to your Personal Information that we process. Where the data processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw your consent to the processing of any Personal Data at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of any processing operation before your withdrawal. Your rights as a data subject may differ based on your applicable jurisdiction.
4.2 Exercising your rights: For exercising your rights, we may need to request certain information from you for ascertaining your identity and confirming that you are entitled to exercise the same. You can exercise your rights by contacting us at aspire@verdant.co.in
5. Data security
At Verdant, there exists a perfect balance between Governance, Process and Technology, the combination of which has established Verdant’s commitment to its customers and stakeholders. Verdant adopts reasonable and appropriate security controls, practices and procedures including administrative, physical security, and technical controls in order to safeguard your Personal Information.
6. Data retention
Personal Information will not be retained for a period more than necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this privacy statement unless a longer retention period is required by law or for directly related legitimate business purposes. Personal Data that is no longer required to be retained as per legal and business requirements will be disposed in a secure manner.
7. Contact your Local Data Protection Authority
If you are unhappy with how we safeguard your personal data, depending on the laws of the countries where you reside, you have the right to bring a complaint to your local data protection authority.
8. Linked websites
Our privacy practices regarding Personal Information that we collect and store about you through our portals such as Recruitment and Global Alumni will be as per the privacy policy of those portals.
Verdant provides links to third-party websites and services. However, Verdant is not responsible for the privacy statements, practices, or the contents of such third-party websites.
9. Children’s Privacy
Verdant Websites, its associated products or services and hosted contents, are not intended for the use by children.
As such we do not knowingly solicit or collect personally identifiable information online from children without prior verifiable parental consent. If Verdant Info Comm Systems learns that a child has submitted personally identifiable information online without parental consent, it will take all reasonable measures to delete such information from its databases and to not use such information for any purpose (except where necessary to protect the safety of the child or others as required or allowed by law). If you become aware of any personally identifiable information we have collected from children, please email us at aspire@verdant.co.in
10. How to contact us
If you have any questions regarding our privacy practices or this privacy statement, or to request this privacy statement in another format, please contact us at: aspire@verdant.co.in
11. Updates to this privacy statement
Verdant may change the data privacy practices and update this privacy statement as and when the need arises, and the same will be made available on the website. However, our commitment to protect the privacy of website users will continue to remain.
Welcome to www.verdant.co.in
These terms of use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of www.verdant.co.in (the “Website”), including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through the Website. Please read these Terms carefully before using the Website. By using the Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use the Website.
Acceptance of Terms
You agree to use the Website only for lawful purposes and in a way that does not infringe upon the rights of, restrict or inhibit anyone else’s use and enjoyment of the Website. Prohibited behaviour includes, but is not limited to:
Posting or transmitting any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.
Impersonating any person or entity, or falsely representing your affiliation with a person or entity.
Engaging in any unauthorized advertising, solicitation, or promotional activities.
Attempting to interfere with, compromise the security of, or gain unauthorized access to any part of the Website.
Intellectual Property
All content, materials, and designs on this Website, unless otherwise stated, are the intellectual property of Verdant Info Comm Systems and are protected by applicable copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, or create derivative works without our explicit permission.
User Conduct
You agree to use the Website only for lawful purposes and in a way that does not infringe upon the rights of others or inhibit their use of the Website. You shall not engage in any conduct that could damage, disable, or impair the functionality or security of the Website.
User-Generated Content
If you submit any content to the Website, you grant Verdant Info Comm Systems a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual, and irrevocable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, and distribute such content for any official purpose of operating and promoting the website.
Privacy
Your use of the Website is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal information.
Change to Terms
We reserve the right to modify, update, or otherwise change these Terms of Service at any time, without prior notice and such changes will be updated in our website. Your continued use of the Website after any such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new terms.
Disclaimer of Warranties
The Website is provided “as is” and without any warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
Limitation of Liability
To the extent permitted by law, Verdant shall not be liable for any damages, whether direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential, arising from your use or inability to use this website.
Third-Party Links
This website may contain links to third-party websites for your convenience. Verdant does not endorse or control these websites and is not responsible for their content or activities.
10.Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Verdant Info Comm Systems and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from any claims, losses, liabilities, expenses, or demands, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of the Website, violation of these Terms of Service, or infringement of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity.
11.Governing Law
These Terms of Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Indian Jurisdiction. Any disputes arising under or in connection with these terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in our Jurisdiction.
12.Contact Information
If you have any queries or concerns about these Terms of Service, please contact us at aspire@verdant.co.in.
By using www.verdant.co.in, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms of Service.
Cookies
We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also disclose information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. Additional details are available in our Cookie PolicyPrivacy Preference Centre for cookies
When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalized web experience. Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies. Click on the different category headings to find out more and change our default settings. However, blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer.
Cookies are small text files that, like most other Web servers, we place in your device that you use to access our website. This is done to recognize your device during a session or in your future visits to our website, primarily in order to provide better user experience.
Types of cookies used:
Session cookie: Session cookies remain only as long as a browsing session is active, and are intended to avoid user inconvenience during browsing. These cookies allow websites to link the actions of a user during a browser session and expire at the end of the browsing session. Session cookies also assist the user in navigating the website, and allow the user to access secure parts of the webpage when logged in.
Persistent cookie: Persistent cookies are stored on a user’s device even after termination of a browsing session. It helps in recalling the preferences or actions of the user. Persistent cookies are used for a variety of purposes such as retaining the visitor’s language and regional preference(s) at the end of each browsing session. We use services of third-party analytics service provider to analyze cookies to carry out a behavioural analysis in order to enhance user experience and convenience, and also to provide targeted and relevant content to visitors. Depending on the type and settings of your browser, cookies may be accepted by default. You may change the settings of your browser to delete existing cookies or prevent future cookies from being automatically accepted. If you disable cookies, certain parts and functions of our website may not be available. You can learn more about cookies at www.aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your browser by clearing its browsing history.
Third Party Cookies
We use cookies from third party companies to provide us with insights about our sites, help us run targeting advertising campaigns, measure effectiveness of our advertising campaigns and to make the advertisements more relevant to you. These companies use cookies to collect information about your browsing activities on our sites, such as the pages you visit, the links you click, assets you download and how long you are on our sites. Based on your browsing of our website you may see our advertisements while browsing through our advertisement partner websites and/or their network websites. In order to opt out from receiving such advertisements, you have to set your preferences on our partner websites. Alternatively, you may also visit Network Advertising Initiative or Digital Advertising Alliance websites to opt-out.
Cookie retention
Information collected via cookies (other than the third-party cookies) will be retained for a maximum period of 2 years. Retention period of third-party cookies is mentioned in their Privacy/Cookie Policy.
