Privacy Policy

Who we are ?

The Website is operated by Alturas Law Associates LLP, a limited liability partnership law firm in India, practicing nationally in litigation, advisory and dispute resolution. Our registered offices and contact details are available on the Website. For the purposes of applicable data-protection laws, we are the “data controller”.

SCOPE OF THIS POLICY

This Privacy Policy applies to:

a).Personal data collected through your access to or use of the Website (online contact forms, cookies, analytics, newsletter sign-up, etc.);
b). Personal data collected when you engage or enquire about our legal services;
c). Personal data processed by us in connection with our provision of advisory, litigation or dispute resolution services;
d). Any other processing of personal data described herein.
e). This Policy does not cover personal data processed outside India without relevance to our Website or services, unless otherwise stated.

WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT

We may collect the following categories of personal data:

  1. Contact and identification data: such as your name, email address, postal address, telephone number, organisation name, professional title, if submitted via contact/enquiry forms or when engaging our services.
  2. Transactional and engagement data: such as the nature of your enquiry, case file number, service records, billing information, invoicing data, payment records, correspondence between us and you, relevant third-party data (clients, opposing parties, references), case documentation or other legal-service related material.
  3. Website usage data: We may automatically collect information about your use of the Website, including IP address, device type, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, time spent, download history, click-stream data, location (approximate), date/time stamps. This may be collected through cookies and other tracking technologies (see Section 7).
  4. Sensitive or special-category personal data: As a law-firm, we may receive from you data that is potentially sensitive (such as disputes involving health, family, employment, regulatory investigations etc.). If such data qualifies as “special-category data”, we will treat it with heightened confidentiality and apply additional safeguards as required by law.

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

  1. Responding to enquiries / providing legal services: To evaluate and respond to your enquiry, to communicate with you, to engage you as a client, to deliver legal advice, representation and services; to manage the client relationship; to maintain files and records; to handle billing and payments.
  2. Website administration and improvement: To operate and maintain the Website, to monitor and optimize performance, to analyse trends, to customise your experience, to improve our content and services.
  3. Compliance and risk management: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, professional obligations, audit and risk management, conflict-checks, quality control, internal governance, data-security monitoring, dispute management.
  4. Marketing and communications: If you have opted-in (or where permitted), to send you newsletters, legal updates, event invitations, alert notices or promotional materials concerning the Firm’s services. You may opt-out at any time (see Section 11).
  5. Cookie and analytics tracking: To monitor and analyse how users access and use the Website, to tailor content and functionality, to use cookies and similar technologies (see Section 7).

LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING

In so far as Indian law (including the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023) or other applicable law requires specification of the lawful basis, we rely upon one or more of the following:

  1. Consent: where you have given explicit consent (e.g., marketing communications, cookies where required).
  2. Contract / Pre-contract stage: processing necessary for entering into or performing a contract for legal services (e.g., client engagement, billing).
  3. Legal compliance: for compliance with professional or regulatory obligations (e.g., client due diligence, anti-money-laundering, audit).
  4. Legitimate interests: our legitimate interests in administering our firm, managing our website, improving our services, subject always to your rights and interests.
  5. Cookies and other online tracking technologies
  6. Cookies: Our Website uses cookies (small text files stored on your browser) and similar technologies (local storage, web beacons) to track, analyse and enhance your browsing experience. Types of cookies may include:
  7. Strictly necessary cookies: essential for the Website to function.
  8. Functional cookies: enabling certain functionalities (e.g., “remember me”, form-prefilling).
  9. Performance/analytics cookies: to gather information about use of the Website (pages visited, time spent) — e.g., Google Analytics.
  10. Targeting/advertising cookies: to track browsing across sites and display relevant advertising or to measure ad effectiveness.
  11. Third-party cookies: Our Website may host embedded content or use third-party services (such as analytics, social-media plug-ins, advertising networks). These third parties may set or access cookies. We do not control their cookie practices and we recommend you review their privacy policies.
  12. Cookie consent: On your first visit, you will be presented with a cookie-banner, pop-up seeking consent where legally required. You may accept, reject or customise your cookie preferences. You can withdraw your consent or disable cookies via your browser settings (please consult your browser’s “Help” menu). Be aware that disabling cookies may affect functionality of the Website.

DISCLOSURE AND SHARING OF PERSONAL DATA

We may share your personal data in the following circumstances:

  1. Service providers and partners: We engage third-party vendors (IT service providers, website-hosting companies, cloud-service providers, analytics providers, payment gateways, document-management firms) who process personal data on our behalf and under our instructions. We require them to comply with appropriate confidentiality and security obligations.
  2. Professional advisers: Our auditors, accountants, tax advisers, compliance or regulatory professionals may access personal data in fulfilling their professional duties.
  3. Legal and regulatory disclosure: We may disclose personal data if required by law, regulation, court order, government or regulatory body, or professional or disciplinary authority, or to protect our rights, property or the safety of others
  4. Business transactions: If we merge with, acquire or are acquired by another entity, sell or restructure all or part of our business, we may share or transfer personal data as part of that transaction. We will require the transferee to comply with this Privacy Policy.
  5. Others with your consent: We may share personal data with other parties if you have explicitly consented to such sharing.
  6. International transfers of personal data[1]
  7. Because we operate nationally and may use global service providers, your personal data may be transferred to, processed in or stored in a country other than India. Where such transfers occur, we take reasonable steps to ensure appropriate safeguards (such as contractual guarantees or recognised frameworks) and compliance with applicable law.

DATA SECURITY AND RETENTION

  1. Security: We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction or damage, including access controls, encryption (where suitable), secure backup, periodic audits, staff training. However, no security system is absolutely perfect – we cannot guarantee complete security.
  2. Retention: We will retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes set out in Section 5, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (for example, professional rules require we retain certain files for specified periods). Upon expiry of the retention period, personal data will be securely deleted, anonymised or destroyed.
  3. If you are a former client, the Firm may retain your file for the minimum period required under professional regulation and for dispute, risk-management or audit reasons.

Your Rights And How To Exercise Them

Subject to applicable law, you may have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

  1. Right to access: obtain a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  2. Right to correction: request correction of incomplete or inaccurate data.
  3. Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”): in certain circumstances, request deletion of your data.
  4. Right to restrict processing: ask us to limit the way we process your personal data.
  5. Right to object: object to processing based on our legitimate interests, including direct marketing.
  6. Right to data portability: where applicable, obtain your personal data in a structured, commonly used format.
  7. Right to withdraw consent: when processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw it at any time (without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing).
  8. Complaint: you may lodge a complaint with a data-protection authority if you believe your rights are violated.

CHILDREN AND MINORS

Our Website is directed at adult users only. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children (i.e., persons under the age of 18) without parental consent. If you believe we have collected personal data from a child, please contact us and we will delete it.

CONTACT DETAILS

If you have any questions, requests or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or our processing of your personal data, you may contact us at:

Alturas Law Associates LLP
C1, LGF, Nizamuddin East,
New Delhi, 110013.

Email: office@alturaslaw.com
Telephone: +91-11-40817795

Changes To This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time (for example, to reflect changes in our services, new regulatory requirements or our business). When we do, we will post the revised version on the Website and indicate the date of last revision. We encourage you to review this page periodically. Your continued use of the Website following changes constitutes your acceptance of those changes.

EFFECTIVE DATE

This Privacy Policy is effective as of 14.09.2025.

Last updated: [27.10.2025].

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