This website “https://www.viridianassetadvisors.com (“Website”) is owned by Viridian Asset Advisors Private Limited‏ (hereinafter referred to as “we”, “us”, “our”, or “Viridian”, which expressions shall mean and include its affiliates, successors and assigns).

This privacy policy (“Policy”) explains how we collect, use, store, disclose and protect the Personal Information of the users of the Website (hereinafter referred to as “you” or “your”) and your corresponding rights.

The term “Personal Information” in this Policy means any information from which your identity is apparent or can be reasonable ascertained. We do not mandate the collection of your Personal Information when you visit the Website, and you can use the Website without revealing any Personal Information. However, in such case, the functionality of the Website may be limited, or certain parts of the Website may be inaccessible to you.

This Policy has been drafted in compliance with the applicable data protection laws, rules and regulations of the Republic of India and constitutes a legal agreement between you, as the user of the Website, and Viridian, as the owner of the Website.

 

1. Applicability

By voluntarily providing Personal Information to us, you consent to our collection, use, storage, and disclosure of your Personal Information in accordance with this Policy and any other arrangements, terms and conditions that may apply between us. This Policy together with such arrangements, terms and conditions are hereinafter referred to as the “Website Documents”.

During the course of your association with Viridian, you may be required to execute certain other commercial agreements (“Commercial Agreements”) and such Commercial Agreements shall govern your business relationship with Viridian. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Website Documents and the terms of the Commercial Agreements, the terms of the latter shall prevail.

 

2. Collection of Information

During your use of our Website, we may collect and process your Personal Information, including but not limited to the below mentioned types thereof:

1. Personal Information which you provide to us by filling in forms on the Website;
2. Personal Information relating to your business that may be used by us on the Website or as otherwise agreed to;
3. Personal Information which you provide to us directly via mail, email, telephone or through surveys, or indirectly through your online presence on our Website, such as device ID, device type, and geo-location information;
4. Personal Information relating to the products and services we have provided to you or that you have enquired about;
5. Any other Personal Information that may be required in order to facilitate your dealings with us.

We may collect the aforementioned Personal Information either directly from you or from third parties. We may collect this Personal Information when you:

1. register on our Website;
2. communicate with us through correspondence, chats, or email, or when you share Personal Information with us from other social applications, services or websites; or
3. interact with our Website, services, content and advertising.

 

3. Cookies and Other Similar Technologies

We may use cookies to track your online usage patterns anonymously. Information so collected helps us improve our Website and deliver a better and personalized service. You may manage, delete or refuse to accept cookies by adjusting the settings in your browser accordingly. However, this may limit the functionality of the Website or you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website.

When you use the Website, our servers automatically record certain information, such as your internet protocol (IP) address, referring/ exit pages and URLs, pages viewed, the date and time of visit, and other such technical information about your visit to the Website. We use this information to analyse trends and to gather demographic information about the user base as a whole. We make no attempt to link this information with the identity of individuals visiting our Website unless an attempt to damage the Website has been detected.

Third-party service providers that may be employed by Viridian for operating and administering the Website may collect the information sent by your browser as part of a web page request. Such information will be governed by the privacy policies of the third-party service providers, and not by this Policy.

 

4. Use of the Information

Viridian will use the information (including the Personal Information) provided by you for the following specific purposes and for purposes incidental thereto, viz.:

1. to enable you to efficiently access and use our Website or services;
2. to monitor, improve and administer our Website;
3. to ensure that content from our Website is presented in the most effective manner based upon your interests;
4. to contact you to ensure user satisfaction with respect to your use of the Website and to provide you with information that you request from us, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes;
5. to enable us to comply with our legal, regulatory and contractual obligations;
6. to notify you about changes on our Website and to send you service, support and administrative messages, reminders, technical notices, updates, and security alerts.

 

5. Disclosure of Information

We will share your Personal Information with third parties only in such manner as is described below:

1. With trusted third parties who assist us in conducting our business. Such third parties’ use of your Personal Information will be bound by the Policy.
2. With any member of our related, associate or group companies, including our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries.
3. In the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, then to the prospective buyer or seller of such business or assets. We may also transfer or assign such information in the course of corporate divestitures, mergers, or dissolution.
4. With third-party service-providers, such as professional advisers, dealers, agents and payment systems operators, solely in the course of their provision of services to us.
5. When we are under a duty to do so in order to comply with any legal obligations, or in order to enforce or apply any arrangements, terms and conditions that apply between us, or to protect our and our users’ rights, property, or safety.
6. With governmental and other statutory bodies who have appropriate authorisation to access the same for any specific legal purposes.
7. With specific third parties authorised by you to receive information held by us.

In any case of sharing your Personal Information with third parties, we endeavour to disclose information to such third parties only to the extent required and on a “need to know” basis

 

6. Your Choices about Your Information

If you are a registered user, you may update, complete or correct your account information and email preferences at any time by logging in to your account.

You may (i) make a complaint about our handling of your Personal Information;(ii) access the Personal Information we hold about you; or (iii) update, complete or correct such Personal Information, by contacting us using the contact details mentioned in Clause 16 below. To protect your privacy and the privacy of others, we may also need to verify your identity before we respond to such a complaint or request.

It is your responsibility to ensure that any information (including Personal Information) you provide to us remains updated, complete and accurate.

We promise to respond to any complaint or request made by you as above within 15 working days of receiving such complaint or request.

 

7. Links to Third Party Sites

Our Website may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, affiliates and other trusted third parties, as well as social media sites. The inclusion of a link does not imply any endorsement by us of the third party website, the website’s provider, or the information on such website. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites may be governed by their own privacy policies and we disclaim all responsibility or liability with respect to these policies or websites. Please check these policies and the terms of the websites before you submit any Personal Information to these websites.

 

8. Storage and Security

We only retain your Personal Information for the time period necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, or as required by applicable laws and regulations.

All Personal Information you provide to us may be stored in hard copy form or on our secure servers, whether outside or within India. When you provide your Personal Information to us, you consent to the disclosure of your Personal Information outside India and acknowledge that we are not required to ensure that overseas recipients handle that Personal Information in compliance with Indian privacy laws. We will, however, take reasonable steps to ensure that any overseas recipient will deal with such Personal Information in a way that is consistent with Indian privacy laws.

Viridian uses commercially reasonable safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your Personal Information against loss, theft, unauthorised access, disclosure, reproduction, use or amendment. However, in using the Website, you accept the inherent security implications of data transmission over the internet and acknowledge that the World Wide Web cannot always be guaranteed as completely secure. Therefore, your use of the Website will be at your own risk. We assume no liability for any disclosure of Personal Information due to errors in transmission, unauthorised third party access or other acts of third parties, or acts or omissions beyond our reasonable control, and you agree that you will not hold us responsible for any breach of security, unless such breach has been caused as a direct result of our gross negligence or wilful default.

In the event we become aware of any breach of the security of your Personal Information, we will promptly notify you and take appropriate action to the best of our ability to remedy such breach, including taking recourse to legal remedies.

Please note that, if you are a registered user, you are solely responsible for keeping your password confidential.

 

9. Notices and Communications

Any notice or communication from Viridian will be sent to the contact details submitted by you when you register an account with us, or when you submit any feedback, questions, comments or suggestions to us. Such notice or communication shall be deemed to be delivered (i) in case of electronic communications, when sent or communicated to the correct contact details; and (ii) if sent by courier, 30 days after the day on which it is sent out.

 

10. Severability

The invalidity or unenforceability of any part of this Policy shall not prejudice or affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Policy.

 

11. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

This Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India, and subject to the provisions of arbitration set out herein, the courts in India shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any disputes arising out of or in connection with this Policy.

If any dispute arises between Viridian and you in connection with or arising out of the validity, interpretation, implementation or alleged breach of any provision of this Policy, such dispute shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration under the laws of India for the time being in force.

There shall be one (1) arbitrator who shall be appointed by Viridian and you within 10 working days, and the venue of arbitration shall be India. The language of the arbitration proceedings and of all written decisions and correspondence relating to the arbitration shall be English.

 

12. Foreign Jurisdiction

Viridian makes no representation that the content contained on the Website is appropriate or to be used or accessed outside of India. If you use or access the Website from outside India, you do so at your own risk and are responsible for compliance with the laws of such jurisdiction.

 

13. Changes to the Policy

We may amend or update our Policy from time to time by publishing changes to it on our Website. If we make any material changes, we will notify you prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to periodically review this page to ensure that you are aware of our current Policy.

 

14. Contact

Please address any feedback, questions, comments and suggestions you may have about the collection, processing, usage, storage, protection and disclosure of your Personal Information by using the ‘contact us’ function or by writing to us at contact@viridianassetadvisors.com. You can always withdraw your consent for usage and processing of your Personal Information by us by writing to us at the email address mentioned above.