AQUILAW
Privacy Policy

AQUILAW is committed to safeguarding the privacy of any person who accesses and uses the firm’s website (“User”) (www.aquilaw.com) (“Website”) that is owned and operated by AQUILAW. In this privacy policy (“Policy”), use of the terms “ we ”, “us” and “ our” refers to AQUILAW.



Applicability of the Policy

This Policy applies to any person or entity that accesses the Website or has shared any information or data concerning an identified or identifiable natural person (“Personal Data”) with AQUILAW. You hereby agree not to provide the Personal Data of any other person. Personal Data includes any data or information that relates to a natural person, which, either directly or indirectly, in combination with other information, is capable of identifying such person; and includes name, address, telephone number, date of birth, gender, e-mail address, organization name etc.



Scope and type of information collected by us

This Policy governs the access, collection, usage, handling, storage and disclosure of such Personal Data during the course of your use of the Website. It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your Personal Data and how you can access and update this Personal Data. The Website has been designed to collect the following types of information/data:

  • User Data: While interacting with our Website, you may share certain information with us, such as your name, email address, mobile number, your organisation’s name, and title. All such information collectively falls under “user information”

  • Demographic Details: We may collect information from you that is not exclusive but related to selected population characteristics. This falls under demographic details, which include designation, company name and current location

  • Technical Data: Upon your visit to our Website, we may also collect information about how you navigate our Website, the device used to access the Website (mobile, laptop, tablet, etc.), the operating system installed in that device, as well as usage statistics, traffic data, IP address and information pertaining to the parts of the Website you access. AQUILAW uses various types of cookies. With the help of cookies, AQUILAW acquires data related to your use of our site and the resources accessed by you. The cookies that we use are listed below:

    • Some of the cookies we use are necessary to enable you to move around the Website and use its features

    • We also use functional cookies to record information about the choices you have made and to allow us to tailor the site to our users, for example, to remember your language or region. This information is usually anonymised and is not used for any other purpose

    • We or our service providers also use analytic services to help us understand how effective our content is, what interests our users have, and to improve how this Website works. In addition, we use performance cookies to track how many individual users access this Website and how often. This information is used for statistical purposes only and it is not our intention to use such information to personally identify any user

  • Social Buttons: We use social buttons to enable our users to share or bookmark web pages. These are buttons for third-party social media sites and these sites may log information about your activities on the Internet including on this Website. Please review the respective terms of use and privacy policies of these sites to understand exactly how they use your information and to find out how to opt out or delete such information

  • External Web Services: We sometimes use external web services on this Website to display content within the web pages of this Website, for example, to display images or show videos. As with the social buttons, we cannot prevent these sites, or external domains, from collecting information on your use of this embedded content.

  • Indirect Information: When you use third-party services on the Website, it requires us to gather such information as is considered necessary for that purpose. We may also collect your information when you access our Website through third-party plugins. This data falls under the indirect information category. When you access our Website, we collect your demographic details and behavioural and indirect information. However, we gather user information only from you and only with your prior consent. In case you provide us with user information related to third parties, it must be done after obtaining consent from the parties involved. Further, we understand you have adequate rights, approvals and licenses to share such data with us.

By accessing and using the Website, you accept the terms of, and be bound by this Policy. This privacy policy may be updated from time to time at our sole discretion or on account of changes in law. Unless otherwise specified, such revisions shall take effect from the day and date they are posted on the Website. AQUILAW shall be under no obligation to notify the User about the changes. You are advised to consult this Policy regularly for any changes, as your continued access and use of the Website shall be deemed to be your approval and acceptance of all changes to this privacy policy.

This Policy should be at all times read along with the terms and conditions of use of the Website. By accessing and using this Website, you accept and agree to be bound by and comply with (i) this privacy policy, (ii) the Disclaimer and, (iii) the Terms of Use

If a User visits the Website, after choosing to do so, then any dispute regarding breach of privacy will be subject to this privacy policy and its terms and conditions of use. The applicable law for any such dispute shall be the laws of the Republic of India. The competent courts at Kolkata, West Bengal, India will have exclusive jurisdiction over any or all disputes arising out of, or in connection with this Policy.

  1. Usage of Personal Data/ information collected
    1. Subscriber provided information – We collect and process the Personal Data provided by you when you enter information through the online form published on our Website, accept the terms of use of the Website, subscribe to a newsletter, contact us for help or submit any enquiry, apply for a job posting made available on the Website, or otherwise enter information on the Website before or during its use. When entering information on the Website, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, age, or other details as required, for us to improve the Website, to contact you and respond to your information requests, managing our relationships with you, clients etc. If you would like us to delete any Personal Data or information provided by you, you may write to us at contact@aquilaw.com . You may also choose not to provide us with such Personal Data or withdraw your consent at any time. We process the Personal Data as provided by you with your consent, for the proper administration of the Website, improving the Website, management of our customer relationships and/or performing any contract between you and us and/or taking steps, at your request, to enter into such a contract.

    2. Automatically Collected Information – We may also process certain other data, such as device ID, device make/model, IP address, browser type, operating system, page views, website navigation, timing and frequency of use of the Website etc. when you use the Website. We use this information purely for analytics and research purposes, in order to improve our Website, and to ensure the security of the Website.

    3. Newsletter – We may also process certain Personal Data to periodically send you emails containing news and updates about us, legal and regulatory updates, legal news etc. You hereby consent to allow us to use your e-mail address for this purpose. You may also unsubscribe from receiving such e-mails in the future by sending an email to: contact@aquilaw.com

    4. You can always choose not to provide the Personal Data, even though it might be needed to access the Website. In such cases, if any information required is classified as mandatory, you may not be able to avail part or whole of the Website.

    5. In addition to the specific purposes enumerated hereinabove, we may also process your Personal Data where necessary for compliance with a legal obligation applicable to AQUILAW, or in order to protect your interests.

    6. Notwithstanding anything contained in this privacy policy or elsewhere, AQUILAW shall not be held responsible for any loss, damage or misuse of the User Information.

    By voluntarily providing us with your Personal Data, you hereby give us your consent to use such Personal Data in accordance with this privacy policy.

  2. Access to Personal Data/ information

    As per the terms and conditions of use, AQUILAW has the right to restrict access of any User from the Website and the services offered therein (“Restricted User”). With respect to a Restricted User, AQUILAW will delete any or all User Information given by the Restricted User. If AQUILAW, by its sole discretion or due to a legal requirement, decides to retain the User Information for its records, then AQUILAW will be responsible to safeguard that User Information to such extent as required under applicable law.

  3. Personal Data/ information retention
    1. Your Personal Data shall not be retained for longer than is necessary for the purposes for which we collect or process them, unless otherwise required for the purposes of fulfilling any legal obligation.

    2. You also have right to request us to update, amend, correct, complete or delete your Personal Data retained by us through email.

    3. We may also retain your Personal Data where necessary for compliance with a legal obligation applicable to AQUILAW, or in order to protect your interests.

  4. Cookies on our Website

    Cookies are small files transferred to the hard drive of your device that enable us to recognize your browser, capture and remember certain information. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current activity on the Website, which allows us to improve our Website. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregated and anonymized data about the traffic on the Website so that we can offer better experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.

  5. Protection of your Personal Data/ information
    1. We take the safety of your Personal Data and its confidentiality very seriously and we provide reasonable security safeguards commensurate to the sensitivity of the Personal Data being handled and have implemented security practices including but not limited to technical, operational and physical safeguards to protect your information. We implement a variety of security measures when a user enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your Personal Data.

    2. The Website is scanned on a regular basis for any known vulnerabilities in order to make your use as safe as possible.

    3. Your Personal Data is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems or otherwise require the Personal Data for the purposes enlisted in this privacy policy. These persons are also under an obligation to keep such Personal Data confidential.

    4. Please be aware that, although we endeavour to provide reasonable security for your Personal Data, no security system can prevent all potential security breaches.

    5. We endeavour to ensure to the best of our ability that all third party service providers whose services which we may use, maintain security standards that are equivalent to our security standards and commensurate with market practices, in the context of the kind and nature of Personal Data being stored or handled.

  6. Personal Data/ information disclosures to third parties
    1. We do not sell, trade, publish or otherwise transfer your Personal Data to outside parties, unless we provide you with advance notice and obtain your prior consent to do so.

    2. This does not include our trusted service providers, including without limitation, our hosting partners, who assist us in operating the Website, conducting our business, or serving our clients; so long as they agree to keep this information confidential and do not have any independent use of the information we disclose to them. You hereby give us your consent to transfer your Personal Data to our trusted service providers.

    3. We may also release certain limited information when its release is required to comply with the law, enforce our policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property or safety, investigate fraud or respond to a government request.

  7. Your Rights
    1. You may request us to confirm whether or not certain Personal Data belonging to you is being processed by AQUILAW, and if yes, seek access to such Personal Data or other information pertaining to such Personal Data such as the purpose of processing, category of personal data and names of third parties having access to such Personal Data.

    2. You also have the right to ensure that the Personal Data shared with us is accurate and complete, depending on the purpose of processing such Personal Data.

    3. You also have the right to erasure of your Personal Data. Such erasure shall not be affected, however, if required for compliance with any legal obligation or for enforcing any legal claims.

    4. You may exercise your rights under this section in relation to your Personal Data by writing to us at contact@aquilaw.com.

  8. Links to other websites

    The Website may include links to other Websites whose privacy practices may differ from ours. AQUILAW does not provide any Personal Data to such third party websites. If you submit your Personal Data to any of those sites, your information will be governed by their privacy statements. We encourage you to read the privacy statement of any website you visit. AQUILAW shall not be liable for any loss, damage, claim or expenses suffered by you as a result of accessing these third party sites and features.

  9. Grievance redressal

    If you wish to report a security breach, have a problem that you are unable to resolve or otherwise require any other assistance in respect of the Website and this privacy policy, you may contact our Grievance Officer whose details are provided below:

    Mr. Sameer Ansari
    +91 98209 44311
  10. Liability

    AQUILAW takes no liability for any actions of third parties in relation to your Personal Data/ information, which you may have shared with such third parties.