Privacy Policy
Practiceleague Legaltech Private Limited a private limited company with its registered office at
401, Montvert Zenith, Baner Road, Pune – 411045, Maharashtra, India (“Company”, “We”, “Us”,
“Our” and terms of similar meaning) is committed to protecting your privacy. We are a
private limited company and engaged in the provision of services which include end to end
contract management solutions, legal operation solutions and law, legal firm/departments
management software etc. (“Services”). This Privacy Policy shall apply only to the users who
visit the website. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, the users hereinafter be referred
individually to as “You”, “Your” or “Yourself” (collectively referred to herein as
“Users”).
The Company has adopted this Privacy Policy to set out the manner in which personal data and
other information is collected, received, stored, processed, disclosed, transferred, dealt with
and handled through the relevant websites of PracticeLeague depending on the subscriptions and
services opted for by the Users (“Website“) when the Users use the Website. The Website
may contain links to other websites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information that You
provide to, or that is collected by, any third-party through the Website and Company shall not
be liable for and has no control over the practices and content of any such third party website.
We provide certain products and services that may have supplementary privacy policies which
explain in more detail our specific privacy practices in relation to those products and services
Please read the Privacy Policy carefully before using or registering for availing our Services.
By submitting your personal information to us, by using the Website or Services, You consent to
our collecting, using and disclosing your personal information as set out in this Privacy
Policy, as revised from time to time. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to
Our Website Terms and Conditions, Terms of Service, Terms of Subscription and other applicable
terms (“Terms of Use“) applicable to the Users and shall be read harmoniously and in
conjunction with the Terms of Use.
The Privacy Policy constitutes an electronic record within the meaning of the applicable law.
This electronic record is generated by a computer system and does not require any physical or
digital signatures.
If You do not accept and agree with Our Privacy Policy, then You must cease to access or use of Our Website or services.
We commit to protecting your privacy and hence our Personal Data (defined herein below) handling practices are continually reviewed to ensure compliance with the applicable Privacy laws and regulations.
I. INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS
1. Interpretation
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the
following Clause 2. The following definitions shall have the same meaning, regardless of
whether they appear in singular or in plural form.
2. Definitions
- “Cookies” are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device when You access our Website.
- “Personal Information/Data” means any information that relates to a natural person, which, either directly or indirectly or in combination with.
- “Sensitive Personal Data or Information” means sensitive information of any individual relating to password; physical, physiological and mental health condition; sexual orientation; medical records; biometric information; any detail relating to the above as provided to or received by Us for processing or storage. However, any data/ information relating to an individual that is freely available or accessible in public domain or furnished under the Right to Information Act, 2005 or any other applicable law shall not qualify as Sensitive Personal Data.
- “Service Provider” means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to the third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analysing how the Service is used.
- “Third-party” refers to any website or any social network website through which You can log in or create an account to use the Platform Services and other entities that help Us provide You with the Platform Services, such as system hosting, payment gateway, support, data analysis, facilitation of advertisements, data back-up, data security and storage services.
II. THIS PRIVACY POLICY HAS BEEN DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE FOLLOWING:
- The type of Personal Information that the Company, though its Website collects from its User(s);
- The purpose of collection, means and modes of usage of such Personal Information by the Company;
- How and to whom the Company will disclose such information;
- How the Company will protect the Personal Information that is collected from the Users; and
- How Users may access and/ or modify their Personal Information.
III. COLLECTING AND USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
A. WHAT WE COLLECT
1. Types of Data Collected
We collect Personal Information and data generated by the User accessing Our Website
(“Usage Data“) herein collectively referred to (the Personal Data). We
generally do not seek Sensitive Personal Data from Our Users, and We ask that You do not
provide such data. If in case You voluntarily share with Us any Sensitive Personal Data to
this Website and/or for use of Our Services and/or for any other reason, You consent that We
may use such data in accordance with applicable law and this Privacy Policy.
When using Our Website for information purposes only, i.e. if You do not register or
otherwise provide Us with information, We only collect the Personal Data that your browser
transmits to Our server, which are technically necessary for us to display our Website to
you and to guarantee stability and security.
In addition to the above, We may obtain and use the following Personal Data and/or Usage
Data for:
- (a) Correspondence: Any correspondence we have with User in case User wants Us to communicate with Us regarding Our Services;
- (b) Your preferences: To personalise the repeat visits of the Users and settings such as time zone and language;
- (c) Your searches and other activities: The search terms you have looked up and results you selected;
- (d) Your browsing information: How long you used our Website and Services, and which features you used; the ads you clicked on;
- (e) Your Search: Details of Your visits to Our Website, which includes without limitation location and traffic data, weblogs, resources You access and other communication data.
B. HOW WE COLLECT:
- 1. How do We collect Personal Data: The data is collected automatically as you navigate through our Website and/or Services (information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses and information collected through cookies, web beacons and other tracking technologies).
- 2. How We collect Non-Personal Data: We gather statistical and other analytical information collected on an aggregate basis from all Users on the Website. This Non-Personal Data comprises information that cannot be used to identify or contact Our Users.
- 3. How we collect Automatic Data: We gather Usage Data such as date, time, browser type, navigation history of all who visit the Website. The information gathered is used for Our internal security audit log, for analysing trends, for system administration purposes and, also, to gather User behaviour and usage patterns on the Website.
- 4. Purpose limitation: We collect Personal Data only for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes. We do not use Personal Data for incompatible purposes from that disclosed when it was first obtained unless we have informed the Users of the new purposes, and they have consented where necessary.
C. WHY WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE DATA COLLECTED
1. The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
- (a) To provide and maintain Our Website and/or Service, including to monitor the usage of Our Website and/or Services.
- (b) To contact Users by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
- (c) To provide Users with news, special offers and general information about other goods, Services and events which We offer that are similar to those that Users have already purchased or enquired about unless Users have opted not to receive such information.
- (d) For other purposes: We may use information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of Our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve Our Service, products, services, marketing and Your experience.
2. Why We Collect Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit.
Similarly, there are other types of trackers used. Likewise, mobile applications use
requisite permissions and Software Developments Kits (SDKs). These are used to make websites
& apps work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of
the website/ app. We, and third parties with whom we partner, may use cookies, pixel tags,
web beacons, mobile device IDs, “flash cookies” and similar files or technologies to
improve, collect and store information in respect to Your use of the Platform Services.
- (a) We use cookies or similar technologies to analyse trends, administer the Website, track users’ movements around the Website, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. For example, we use certain third-party analytics services including but not limited to Google Analytics cookies, Google Search, Console Google Tag Manager, and Google Optimize and Google Tag Manager, Facebook pixels and such similar Tools to help Us understand how Users arrive at and browse Our Website and Services to identify areas for improvement such as navigation, User experience, and marketing campaigns. Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use these cookies, over which we have no control.
- (b) You can adjust Your browser to disable cookies or notify when they are set if You prefer. However, if You disable them, You might not be able to get the most out of Our Services or parts of the Website.
- (c) Third parties whose products or services are accessible or advertised through the Website, including social media services, may also use cookies or similar tools, and we advise You to check their privacy policies for information about their cookies and other practices. We do not control the practices of such partners and their privacy policies govern their interactions with You.
3. Use of Data Collected
We may share Your personal information in the following situations:
- (a) Requests for Information: If you submit a request for
information or otherwise contact Us through our Website, We collect Your request and
Your identifying contact information (for clarity, references to contact information
throughout this Privacy Policy includes name, email address, phone number and address). - (b) With business partners/sponsors: With your prior consent, We
may share Your Personal Data with Our business partners/sponsors to offer You certain
products, services or promotions. - (c) With Your consent: We may disclose Your Personal Data for any
other purpose with Your consent. You agree to the above processing. We will never supply
Your Personal Data to third parties unless under the conditions stated in Our Privacy
Policy. Notwithstanding the foregoing, You acknowledge and agree that we may aggregate
and anonymize You, Personal Data, and use and share such aggregated and anonymized
Personal Data with third parties for statistical purposes and for the purpose of data
analytics, product development, and/or Services improvement. We may also use Your
Personal Data to:- (i) protect against and prevent fraud, claims, and other
liabilities, - (ii) manage and protect Our information technology
infrastructure; - (iii) to customize your experience on the Services or to
serve you specific content or ads that we deem are relevant to you; - (iv) to comply with or enforce applicable legal
requirements, industry standards, and Our policies and terms; and (v) for
purposes disclosed at the time you provide your information or as otherwise set
forth in this Privacy Policy. We use Personal Data for these purposes when it is
necessary to protect, exercise, or defend Our legal rights, or when we are
required to do so by applicable law.
- (i) protect against and prevent fraud, claims, and other
D. DATA WE PROCESS ON BEHALF OF OUR CUSTOMERS
We receive information from and on behalf of our customers when they use our website or
Services. Because of the nature of the services, this information may contain any type of
personal data, including Contact Data, Financial Data, Demographic Data, and Legal Data
(such as Aadhaar No, PAN, Social Security Numbers, Company information, Trade secrets,
Inventions, and idea submissions and other sensitive information necessary to generate the
legal documents). We process such data only in accordance with instructions from the
customer. For such data, the customer is the data controller (for purposes of GDPR) or the
“business” (for purposes of the CCPA) and is responsible for most aspects of the personal
data. If you have any questions or concerns about how your personal data is processed in
these cases, including how to exercise your rights as a data subject, please contact the
customer. If we receive any rights requests concerning instances where we act as data
processor, we will forward your query on to the relevant customer.
We may also collect the information of third party individuals on behalf of our customers.
For example, our customers may use our website or services to collect counterparty
information to generate a contract. We primarily uses this information for the purpose of
administering and improving its services for our customers. In case of the third party
individual chooses to create an account with us, we will process their information in
accordance with this Privacy Policy.
E. RETENSION/STORING OF YOUR DATA
We will not retain Your information for longer than what required for the purposes for which
the information is being collected, that is to provide Our Services to You without any
interruption. We may also retain and use Your Personal Data in order to comply with
contractual or legal obligations, audit requirements, resolve disputes, prevent abuse and
for other statutory/legal purposes. The information We collect is only for the improved use
of the Website and provision of Our Services. We may retain Your information to provide Our
facilities to You and to recognize Your future use of the Website or to send You promotional
emails and messages (SMS). We may also retain some or all of this data in its archives even
after it has been removed from the website or services.
F. RETENSION/STORING OF YOUR DATA
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices
and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means
that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside
of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data
protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information
represents Your agreement to that transfer.
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated
securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data
will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place
including the security of Your data and other Personal Data.
G. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if
required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a
court or a government agency). We may also disclose Your Personal Data to comply with (a)
Our legal obligation, (b) protect the rights of Our Company, (c) prevent or investigate
possible wrongdoing in connection with the Platform Services, (d) protect the personal
safety of Users of the Platform Services or the public; (e) protect against legal liability
and to protect the rights of Our Users/Customers.
H. SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We value, respect, and seek to protect Your privacy, and as a result, We have taken the
necessary steps to ensure that We are in compliance with all applicable laws, including, but
not limited to, the provisions of the Information Technology Act of 2000 read along with the
Reasonable Security Practices And Procedures And Sensitive Personal Data Or Information)
Rules, 2011 (the IT Act).
I. ACCOUNT INFORMATION
We highly regard Your personal information important and under no circumstances Your
sensitive personal data such as Your user id or password etc. will be shared by Us with any
third party or anybody else. In case under any circumstance, You believe that Your account
has been hacked and You are unable to access Your account. We request You to inform Us about
the incident and We will rectify the breach in security and restore Your account within 24
hours.
J. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY.
We recognize the privacy interests of children and encourage parents and guardians to take an
active role in their children’s online activities and interests. We do not address anyone
under the age of 18 years.
K. YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THIS PRIVACY POLICY
You have certain rights with respect to the Personal Data We collect about You. The and the
same are under:
- (a) right to access;
- (b) the right to rectification;
- (c) the right to erasure;
- (d) the right to restrict processing;
- (e) the right to object to processing;
- (f) the right to data portability; and
- (g) the right to withdraw consent.
- Legal Basis for Use of Your Information: Our legal grounds for processing your information are as follows:
- Request access to Your Personal Data. The right to access, update or delete the information We have on You.
- Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You. You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate information We hold about You corrected.
- Object to processing of Your Personal Data. This right exists where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for Our processing and there is something about Your particular situation which makes You want to object to our processing of Your Personal Data on this ground. You also have the right to object where We are processing Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.
- Request erasure of Your Personal Data. You have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it.
- Request the transfer of Your Personal Data. We will provide to You, or to a third-party You have chosen, Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
- Withdraw Your consent. You have the right to withdraw Your consent on using Your Personal Data. If You withdraw Your consent, We may not be able to provide You with access to certain functionalities of the Service. In instances where We process personal information on behalf of our customer, rights requests should be directed to the relevant customer. Any request sent directly to Us that pertains to information collected on behalf of a customer will be forwarded to that customer.
- 3 International Data Transfers. Information submitted to the company will be transferred to, processed, and stored in India. If you post or transfer any information to or through the website or Services, you are agreeing to such information, including Personally Data, being hosted and accessed in India. Please note that the privacy laws of India may be different from those in the place where you are a resident.