E-Square - Privacy Policy

Objective

The purpose of the Privacy Policy is to maintain the privacy of and protect the personal information of employees, contractors, vendors, interns, associates, customers and business partners of E-Square Alliance Private Limited (ESAPL) and ensure compliance with laws and regulations applicable to ESAPL.

Scope

The Privacy Policy is applicable to all ESAPL employees, contractors, vendors, interns, associates, customers and business partners who may receive personal information, have access to personal information collected or processed, or who provide information to the organization.

This Privacy Policy applies to all ESAPL employees, contractors, vendors, interns, associates, customers and business partners who receive personal information from ESAPL, who have access to personal information collected or processed by ESAPL, or who provide information to ESAPL, regardless of geographic location. All employees/customers of ESAPL are expected to support the Privacy Policy and principles when they collect and / or handle personal information, or are involved in the process of maintaining or disposing of personal information. This Privacy Policy provides the information to successfully meet the organization’s commitment towards data privacy.

All partner firms and any Third-Parties working with or for ESAPL, and who have or may have access to personal information, will be expected to have read, understand and comply with this Privacy Policy. No Third Party may access personal information held by the organization without having first entered into a confidentiality agreement.

Responsibilities

The Data Privacy Officer shall be responsible for maintenance and accuracy of this Privacy Policy. Any queries regarding the implementation of this Privacy Policy shall be directed to the Data Privacy Officer.

The Data Privacy Officer shall review this Privacy Policy for updates on an annual basis. Additionally, the Privacy Policy shall be updated in-line with any major changes within the organization’s operating environment or on recommendations provided by internal/ external auditors.

Policy Compliance

Compliance to the Privacy Policy shall be reviewed on an annual basis by Data Privacy Officer to ensure continuous compliance monitoring through the implementation of compliance measurements and periodic review processes.

In cases where non-compliance is identified, the Data Privacy Officer shall review the reasons for such non-compliance along with a plan for remediation and report them to the Board of Directors of ESAPL. Depending on the conclusions of the review, need for a revision to the Privacy Policy may be identified. In instances of persistent non-compliance by the individuals concerned, they shall be subject to action in accordance with the ESAPL’s Disciplinary Action Policy.

Data Privacy Principles

This Privacy Policy describes generally acceptable privacy principles (GAPP) for the protection and appropriate use of personal information at ESAPL. These principles shall govern the use, collection, disposal and transfer of personal information, except as specifically provided by this Privacy Policy or as required by applicable laws:

• Notice: ESAPL shall provide data subjects with notice about how it collects, uses, retains, and discloses personal information about them.
• Choice and Consent: ESAPL shall give data subjects the choices and obtain their consent regarding how it collects, uses, and discloses their personal information.
• Rights of Data subject: ESAPL shall provide individuals with the right to control their personal information, which includes the right to access, modify, erase, restrict, transmit, or object to certain uses of their information and for withdrawal of earlier given consent to the notice.
• Collection: ESAPL shall collect personal information from data subjects only for the purposes identified in the privacy notice / SoW / contract agreements and only to provide requested product or service.
• Use, Retention and Disposal: ESAPL shall only use personal information that has been collected for the purposes identified in the privacy notice / SoW / contract agreements and in accordance with the consent that the data subject shall provide. ESAPL shall not retain personal information longer than is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected and to maintain reasonable business records. ESAPL shall dispose the personal information once it has served its intended purpose or as specified by the data subject.
• Access: ESAPL shall allow data subjects to make inquiries regarding the personal information about them, that ESAPL shall hold and, when appropriate, shall provide access to their personal information for review, and/or update.
• Disclosure to Third Parties: ESAPL shall disclose personal information to Third Parties / partner firms only for purposes identified in the privacy notice / SoW / contract agreements. ESAPL shall disclose personal information in a secure manner, with assurances of protection by those parties, according to the contracts, laws and other segments, and, where needed, with consent of the data subject.
• Obligations for sub-processor: Where a processor (vendor or 3^rd party acting on behalf of ESAPL’s processor) engages another processor (sub-processor) for carrying out specific processing activities on behalf of ESAPL (controller), the same data privacy obligations as set out in the contract or other legal act between ESAPL and the processor shall be imposed on the sub processor under union or member state law, in particular providing sufficient guarantees to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures in such a manner that the processing will meet the requirements of the GDPR. Where the sub processor fails to fulfill its data privacy obligations, the initial processor (relevant vendor or 3^rd party acting on behalf of ESAPL’s data processor) shall remain fully liable to ESAPL for the performance of that sub processor’s obligations.
• Security for Privacy: ESAPL shall protect personal information from unauthorized access, data leakage and misuse.
• Quality: ESAPL shall take steps to ensure that personal information in its records is accurate and relevant to the purposes for which it was collected.

Notice

Notice shall be made readily accessible and available to data subjects before or at the time of collection of personal information or otherwise, notice shall be provided as soon as practical thereafter. Notice shall be displayed clearly and conspicuously and shall be provided through online (e.g. by posting it on the intranet portal, website, sending mails, newsletters, etc.) and / or offline methods (e.g. through posts, couriers, etc.). All the web sites (including Intranet portals), and any product or service that collects personal information internally, shall have privacy notice. In case of any cross-border transfer of personal information, a notice sufficiently prior to the transfer shall inform the data subjects.

Privacy notices may include:

• The organization’s operating jurisdictions; Third Parties involved; business segments and affiliates; lines of business; locations;
• Types of personal information collected; sources of information; who is collecting the personal information, including contact information;
• The purpose of collecting the personal information;
• Assurance that the personal information will be used only for the purpose identified in the notice and only if the implicit and / or explicit consent is provided unless a law or regulation specifically requires otherwise;
• Any choices the data subject have regarding the use or disclosure of the information; the process and data subject shall follow to exercise the choices;
• The process for a data subject to change contact preferences and ways in which the consent is obtained.
• Collection process and how the information is collected; how the information is used including any onward transfer to Third-Parties;
• Retention and disposal process for personal information; assurance that the personal information to be retained only as long as necessary to fulfill the stated purposes, or for a period specifically required by law or regulation and will be disposed-off securely or made anonymous post the identified purpose is completed;
• Process of accessing personal information; the costs associated for accessing personal information (if any); process to update / correct the personal information; the resolution of disagreements related to personal information; how the information is protected from unauthorized access or use;
• How users will be notified of any changes made to privacy notice;
• Disclosure process for Third Parties; the assurance that the personal information is disclosed to Third Parties only for the purpose identified; the remedial actions in place for any misuse of personal information by the Third Parties;
• Security measures in place to protect the personal information; ways of maintaining quality of personal information;
• Monitoring and enforcement mechanisms in place; description of the complaint channels available to data subjects; how the internal personnel, key stakeholders and the customers can contact the Company related to any privacy complaints or breaches; relevant contact information and / or other reporting methods through which the complaints and/or breaches could be registered;
• Consequences of not providing the requested information.

Choice and Consent

Choice refers to the options the data subjects are offered regarding the collection and use of their personal information. Consent refers to their agreement to the collection and use, often expressed by the way in which they exercise a choice option.

• ESAPL shall establish systems for the collection and documentation of data subject consents to the collection, processing, and/or transfer of personal data.
• Data subjects shall be informed about the choices available to them with respect to the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information.
• Consent shall be obtained (in writing or electronically) from the data subjects before or at the time of collecting personal information or as soon as practical thereafter.
• The changes to a data subject’s preferences shall be managed and documented. Consent or withdrawal of consent shall be documented appropriately.
• The choices shall be implemented in a timely fashion and respected. If personal information is to be used for purposes not identified in the notice / Scope of Work (SoW) / contract agreements at the time of collection, the new purpose shall be documented, the data subject shall be notified, and consent shall be obtained prior to such new use or purpose.
• The data subject shall be notified if the data collected is used for marketing purposes, advertisements, etc.
• ESAPL shall review the privacy policies of the Third Parties and types of consent of Third Parties before accepting personal information from Third-Party data sources.

Collection of Personal Information

Personal information may be collected online or offline. Regardless of the collection method, the same privacy protection shall apply to all personal information. Personal information shall not be collected unless either of the following is fulfilled:

• The data subject has provided a valid, informed and free consent;
• Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract;
• Processing is necessary for compliance with the organization’s legal obligation;
• Processing is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject; or
• Processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest

Data subjects shall not be required to provide more personal information than is necessary for the provision of the product or service that data subject has requested or authorized. If any data not needed for providing a service or product is requested, such fields shall be clearly labeled as optional. Collection of personal information shall be avoided or limited when reasonably possible. Personal information shall be de-identified when the purposes of data collection can be achieved without personally identifiable information, at reasonable cost. When using vendors to collect personal information on the behalf of ESAPL, it shall ensure that the vendors comply with the privacy requirements of ESAPL as defined in this Privacy Policy.

ESAPL shall at minimum, annually review and monitor the information collected, the consent obtained and the notice / SoW / contract agreement identifying the purpose. The project team/support function shall obtain approval from the IT Security team before adopting the new methods for collecting personal information electronically.

ESAPL shall review the privacy policies and collection methods of Third-Parties before accepting personal information from Third-Party data sources.

Use, Retention and Disposal

• Personal information shall be retained for as long as necessary for business purposes identified in the notice / SoW / contract agreements at the time of collection or subsequently authorized by the data subjects.
• Personal information may only be used for the purposes identified in the notice / SoW / contract agreements and only if the data subject has given consent
• When the use of personal information is no longer necessary for business purposes, a method shall be in place to ensure that the information is destroyed in a manner sufficient to prevent unauthorized access to that information or is de-identified in a manner sufficient to make the data non-personally identifiable.
• ESAPL shall have a documented process to communicate changes in retention periods of personal information required by the business to the data subjects who are authorized to request those changes.
• Personal information shall be erased if their storage violates any of the data privacy rules or if knowledge of the data is no longer required by ESAPL or for the benefit of the data subject. Additionally, ESAPL has the right to retain the personnel information for legal and regulatory purpose and as per applicable data privacy laws.
• ESAPL shall perform an internal audit on an annual basis to ensure that personal information collected is used, retained and disposed-off in compliance with the organization’s data privacy policy.

Right to Access

ESAPL shall establish a mechanism to enable and facilitate exercise of data subject’s rights of access, blockage, erasure, opposition, rectification, and, where appropriate or required by applicable law, a system for giving notice of inappropriate exposure of personal information.

• Data subjects shall be entitled to obtain the details about their own personal information upon a request made and set forth in writing. ESAPL shall provide its response to a request within 72 hours of receipt of written request.
• The data subjects shall have the right to require ESAPL to correct or supplement erroneous, misleading, outdated, or incomplete personal information.
• Requests for access to or rectification of personal information shall be directed, at the data subject’s option, to the manager of the projects team or support function responsible for the personal information.
• The privacy coordinators shall record and document each access request as it is received and the corresponding action taken.
• ESAPL shall provide personal information to the data subjects in a plain simple format which is understandable (not in any code format).

Disclosure to Third Parties

Data Subject shall be informed in the privacy notice / SoW / contract agreement, if personal information shall be disclosed to Third Parties / partner firms, and it shall be disclosed only for the purposes described in the privacy notice / SoW / contract agreements and for which the data subject has provided consent.

• Personal information of data subjects may be disclosed to the Third Parties / partner firms only for reasons consistent with the purposes identified in the notice / SoW / contract agreements or other purposes authorized by law.
• ESAPL shall notify the data subjects prior to disclosing personal information to Third Parties / partner firms for purposes not previously identified in the notice / SoW / contract agreements.
• ESAPL shall communicate the privacy practices, procedures and the requirements for data privacy and protection to the Third Parties / partner firms.
• The Third Parties shall sign a NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) with ESAPL before any personal information is disclosed to the Third Parties partner firms. The NDA shall include the terms on non-disclosure of customer information.

Security

Information security policy and procedures shall be documented and implemented to ensure reasonable security for personal information collected, stored, used, transferred and disposed by ESAPL.

• Information asset labeling and handling guidelines shall include controls specific to the storage, retention and transfer of personal information.
• Management shall establish procedures that maintain the logical and physical security of personal information.
• Management shall establish procedures that ensure protection of personal information against accidental disclosure due to natural disasters and environmental hazards.
• Incident response protocols are established and maintained in order to deal with incidents concerning personal data or privacy practices.

Individuals noticing or becoming aware of any breach of personal data shall notify the Data Privacy Officer by emailing at loto@safetylock.net . It shall be the Data Privacy Officer’s responsibility to analyse and act on the intimation of the same within 48 hours.

Quality

ESAPL shall maintain data integrity and quality, as appropriate for the intended purpose of personal data collection and use and ensure data is reliable, accurate, complete and current. For this purpose, the Data Privacy Officer and privacy coordinators shall have systems and procedures in place to ensure that personal information collected is accurate and complete for the business purposes for which it is to be used.

ESAPL shall perform an annual assessment on the personal information collected to check for accuracy, completeness and relevance of the personal information.

Monitoring and Enforcement

i. Dispute resolution and recourse

ESAPL shall perform a periodic review of all the complaints related to data privacy to ensure that all the complaints are resolved in a timely manner and resolutions are documented and communicated to the data subjects.

An escalation process for unresolved complaints and disputes, which shall be designed and documented. Communication of privacy incident / breach reporting channels and the escalation matrix shall be provided to all the data subjects.

ii. Dispute resolution and escalation process for employees

Employees with inquiries or complaints about the processing of their personal information shall first discuss the matter with their immediate supervisor. If the employee does not wish to raise an inquiry or complaint with an immediate manager, or if the manager and employee are unable to reach a satisfactory resolution of the issues raised, the employee shall bring the issue to the attention of the Data Privacy Officer

iii. Dispute resolution and escalation process for customer / Third Party

Customers / Third Party with inquiries or complaints about the processing of their personal information shall bring the matter to the attention of the Data privacy Officer in writing. Any disputes concerning the processing of the personal information of non-employees shall be resolved through arbitration.

iv. Compliance review

Data Privacy Officer shall conduct an internal audit annually (at minimum) to ensure compliance with the established Privacy Policy and applicable laws. The review consists of the review of the following:

• Personal information collected from data subjects;
• The purposes of the data collection and processing;
• The actual uses of the data;
• Disclosures made about the purposes of the collection and use of such data;
• The existence and scope of any data subject consents to such activities;
• Any legal obligations regarding the collection and processing of such data, and
• The scope, sufficiency, and implementation status of security measures.

The Data Privacy Officer shall document all the instances of non-compliance with privacy policies and procedures. The Data Privacy Officer shall take actions on the findings from the internal audit and work on the recommendations for improvement of the privacy posture.

Any changes made to this Privacy Policy shall be communicated to all the employees, the stakeholders and the customers / clients.

Controlling Your Personal Information

We make every effort to give you access to your personal information, to allow you to correct any inaccuracies, or to remove your personal information at your request provided it is not required for genuine business purposes or by law to be retained. We require you identify yourself and the information you request to access, remove, modify or correct before commencing such requests. We may refuse requests that are of unreasonable technical effort or would be highly unfeasible, endanger the privacy of others, or require access that is not normally necessary. When we provide access to your personal information for the purposes of modification, correction or removal, we do so free of charge except where doing so requires a unreasonable effort. To request access, correction or removal of your personal information, please contact loto@safetylock.net . We will remove all of your information and data within 7 business days upon receipt of your request.

Cookies - How We Use Them

We can place cookies and other similar technology on your device, including mobile device, in accordance with your preferences. Depending on your settings in on your mobile device, the following information may be collected through cookies or similar technology: your unique device identifier, mobile device IP address, information about your device’s operating system, mobile carrier and your location information (to the extent permissible under applicable law).

Cookies do a lot of different jobs, such as letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences and generally improving the user experience. They can also help to ensure that the advertisements you see online are more relevant to you and your interests. In addition, cookies can help us to analyze the use of our websites and online content (analytics cookies) and they can also facilitate/track the interaction on our websites and online content with social media (e.g. links to social media sites, like buttons, etc.).

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