Privacy Policy
1. About Policy

We, RIA Advisory (“RIA”, “We”,) are the owners of the website [https://riaadvisory.com/] (“Website”) This Website Privacy Policy (“Policy”) is applicable to RIA’s online and mobile websites, and digital services and clarifies data collection, usage and sharing practices among RIA its affiliates and unaffiliated third parties. You consent to the data collection, use, disclosure, and storage practices described in this Policy when you browse our Website or use any of its feature. This Website showcases our product and services (“Offerings”).

PLEASE READ THIS POLICY CAREFULLY. BY CONTINUING TO USE THE WEBSITE PROVIDING US PERSONAL INFORMATION, YOU CONSENT TO OUR USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, YOU MAY WITHDRAW YOUR CONSENT OR ALTERNATIVELY CHOOSE NOT TO PROVIDE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE. SUCH AN INTIMATION TO WITHDRAW YOUR CONSENT CAN BE PROVIDED BY EMAIL TO COMMUNICATION DETAILS MENTIONED BELOW.

IF YOU ARE ACCESSING THE WEBSITE ON BEHALF OF A THIRD PARTY, YOU REPRESENT THAT YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO USE OR ACCESS THE WEBSITE AND TO BIND SUCH THIRD-PARTY TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY AND, IN SUCH AN EVENT YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE SHALL REFER TO USE BY SUCH THIRD PARTY. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE SUCH AN AUTHORITY (TO PROVIDE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION OF A THIRD PARTY) OR DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, THEN YOU SHOULD REFRAIN FROM USING THE WEBSITE OR SHARING PERSONAL INFOMRATION THROUGH THE WEBSITE.

For residents of the US, please note that the Personal Information provided by you on this Website shall be utilized, used or handled in accordance with the applicable US data protection and privacy laws.

For Non-EU residents, by continuing to access the Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, you may not access the Website.

This Privacy Policy is an electronic record in the form of an electronic contract being compliant and construed in accordance with The Indian Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 under The Information Technology Act 2000 (“Privacy Rules”) that require publishing of privacy policy for the collection, use, storage and transfer of sensitive personal data.

2. Information Provided by user

You may be asked to provide your information in order to access some of our services. This includes registering for webinars, blog subscriptions and events, submitting an inquiry form, submitting your resume, subscribing to or accessing our online newsletters, blogs, whitepapers, brochures, webinars, podcasts, case studies or participating in one of our online forums. We may ask you for the following types of Information: name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, job title, organization name and country. For the sake of brevity, the aforementioned information shall be referred to as “Personal Information”.

When you visit the Website, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website (“Log Data“). This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP“) address, browser type or the webpage you were visiting before you came to our Website, pages of our Website and subscription that you visit use, the time spent on those pages, information you search for on our Website, access times and dates, and other product performance and analytical data

3. Cookies

We use cookies and/or similar in-house and third-party tracking tools to track user traffic patterns. Tracking tools also used are beacons, tags and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Website and our Offerings. You may choose to disable cookies through your browser settings. For more information, please refer to our cookie policy

4. Accuracy of Personal Information

Please make sure that any Personal Information you share with us is accurate and up to date information.

5. Use of Personal Information

We use the Personal Information for the following purposes:

1. To inform you about our Offerings and to respond to your requests.
2. For creation or development of business intelligence or data analytics in relation to the Offerings provided by us
3. To manage our relationship with you.
4. For internal record keeping; and
5. To comply with our legal or statutory obligations.
6. To improve customer service (your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs)
7. To share occasional company news, updates, related product or service information, etc.
8. Fulfill your requests regarding the Offerings, including without limitation requests for newsletters and notifications,
9. Communicate with you about other products, programs or services that we believe may be of interest to you,
10. Recruitment related purposes which may include contacting you via email, phone or post.

6. Disclosure of data

We do not sell, rent, share, distribute, lease or otherwise provide your Personal Information to third parties, without your prior consent. Keeping this in mind, we may disclose Personal Information in the following cases:

  •  Affiliates: We may provide your Personal Information to our affiliates and all business entities under RIA Advisory; to enable them to improve the Offerings and provide offerings related to the Offerings.
  • Service Providers: We may share your Personal Information with the service providers who work with us in connection with operating the Website and/ or providing the Offerings. All such service providers are subject to stringent confidentiality restrictions consistent with this Policy.
  • Merger or Acquisition: We may transfer your Personal Information if we are acquired by another entity, or if we merge with another company or transfer a part of our business, including the Website, to a third party. Any such third party or resultant entity that receives your Personal Information shall have the right to continue to use your Personal Information in line with the purposes set out herein. In the event of such a sale or transfer, we may notify you.
  • Legal and Regulatory Authorities: We may disclose your Personal Information in order to comply with our legal obligations/ court orders/ requests by Govt. authorities.
7. Retention of Personal Information

We will retain your Personal Information as long as it is required to be retained for the purpose of provision of the Service and to comply with our legal obligations. Subject to this section, we will delete your Personal Information upon reasonable written request for the same. For more information on where and how long your Personal Information is stored, and for more information on your rights of erasure and portability, please contact dataprivacy@riaadvisory.com.

8. Information security

Your Personal Information is protected by storing it on secure servers that only authorized RIA personnel have access to. Your Personal Information is encrypted to prevent unauthorized parties from accessing this information. We provide appropriate firewalls and protections for the security of Personal Information, but these systems are not hackproof. Data pilferage due to unauthorized hacking, virus attacks, technical issues is possible, and we will take necessary measures to mitigate such events. You are required to be careful to avoid “phishing” scams, where someone may send you an e-mail that looks like it is from us asking for your Personal Information.

9. Your Rights

You have the right to access your Personal Information in our possession, right to have us rectify or modify any such Personal Information, right to have us erase/delete your Personal Information, right to object to our use of your Personal Information. If you would like to exercise ANY of these rights, please contact dataprivacy@riaadvisory.com.

10. Choice and Opt-out

We may send you communications including but not limited to (a) notices about your use of our Website and Offerings, including those concerning violations of use, (b) updates, (c) promotional information regarding our Offerings, and (d) newsletters. You may opt out of receiving promotional emails and newsletters from us by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in those emails. Alternatively, you can opt-out, at any time, by emailing dataprivacy@riaadvisory.com with your specific request.

11. Links to other websites

Our Website contains links to websites of third parties which maybe of your interest. RIA has no control over, and is not responsible for, the content, privacy policies or reliability of such sites. applications of your interest and you will be accessing these websites/applications at your own risk. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such websites/applications and those are not governed by this Privacy Policy. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy policy applicable to such websites/applications.

12. Governing Laws and Disputes

This Privacy Policy shall be construed and governed by the laws of India Any dispute arising, between you and us shall be submitted to the arbitration to be conducted in Pune, India in English language, in accordance with the rules of Arbitration and Conciliation Act of 1996, by a sole arbitrator, who shall be appointed by us and the award made in pursuance thereof shall be binding on you and us. Subject to the arbitration provisions, you agree that the courts in Pune, India shall have exclusive jurisdiction over such disputes.

13. Changes to the Policy

RIA reserves the right to modify or amend this Policy at its own discretion. This policy is effective from November 2, 2022. In order to check updates to this Policy, please consult this page on a regular basis.

14. Additional Information

If you would like to know more about RIA’s Privacy program or have any concerns or grievances regarding this Policy, or wish to withdraw your consent in relation to the processing of your Personal Information you can reach out to our appointed grievance redressal officer at dataprivacy@riaadvisory.com