Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Our website address is chanakya.vip. We are a domain-investment and wildlife photography platform (“we,” “us,” “our”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal data, and your rights under global privacy laws.

2. Definitions

• Personal Data: Information that identifies or can identify you.
• Processing: Any operation on Personal Data (collection, storage, use, disclosure).
• Controller: We determine purposes and means of processing.
• Processor: Third party acting on our behalf.

3. Information We Collect

• Form Submissions: Name, email, phone, message, IP, browser, device, geolocation, CAPTCHA token.
• Comments: Text, name, email, IP, user agent, Gravatar hash.
• Media: Uploaded files (avoid GPS metadata).
• Cookies & Tracking: Session, authentication, preference, analytics.
• Embedded Content: Data by external embeds (maps, videos).

Microsoft Clarity

🔐 Use of Microsoft Clarity: We use Microsoft Clarity, a web analytics tool provided by Microsoft Corporation, to help us better understand how visitors interact with our website. Clarity captures anonymized user behavior such as clicks, scrolls, pages visited, and interactions, enabling us to optimize content layout, improve user experience, and detect technical issues.

What Clarity Records: Session replays, heatmaps, device type, browser, and country-level location, non-identifiable interactions.

What Clarity Does Not Record: Personal identifiable information (PII), form field entries like names/emails/passwords, sensitive input (masked).

Compliance: Clarity is GDPR- and CCPA-compliant. No cross-site tracking. Data is anonymized and used solely for internal optimization.

We’ve configured Clarity to automatically mask input fields to prevent capturing personally identifiable information, and no field-level data such as email, phone, or address is recorded.

🔗 Microsoft Clarity’s privacy statement

4. How We Use Your Data

• Respond to inquiries and comments.
• Prevent spam, fraud, and abuse.
• Personalize and improve our services.
• Enable analytics and performance monitoring.
• Ensure legal compliance.

5. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

• Consent (opt-in forms)
• Contract (fulfilling requests)
• Legal obligation (recordkeeping)
• Legitimate interest (security, analytics)

6. Cookies & Similar Technologies

• Essential cookies: Required for functionality.
• Performance cookies: Measure site usage.
• Functional cookies: Remember preferences.
• Marketing cookies: Third‑party ads/tracking.

ℹ️ Additional Session Insights: We log non-personal behavioral data such as scroll depth, time on page, user engagement with call-to-action buttons, device type, connection type (Wi-Fi/4G), and UTM parameters (if present) for internal analytics. This helps us understand how visitors interact with our content. Repeat visits may be tracked using local browser storage to improve session analysis. No personally identifiable information (PII) is captured through these logs, and all data is processed securely and privately by us without third-party sharing.

Manage cookies via browser settings or tools like AllAboutCookies.org.

7. Third‑Party Links

We may link to external sites with their own policies. We are not responsible for their practices.

8. Do Not Track Signals

We do not currently respond to DNT headers. Please use browser controls for tracking preferences.

9. Disclosure of Your Data

We do not share your data with third parties for marketing or analytics. We only use it to:

• Communicate regarding your inquiries.
• Fulfill requests (OTPs, follow‑ups).

Processing and storage remain under our control. We may disclose if legally required.

10. International Data Transfers

Data may transfer globally with safeguards like Standard Contractual Clauses to ensure protection.

11. Data Security

We use encryption, access controls, and audits to protect your data.

12. Data Retention

• Inquiries & comments: Retained indefinitely unless requested deletion.
• Cookies: See durations above.
• Server logs: Purged after 30 days.

13. Children’s Privacy

Not intended for children under 16. We delete any data if discovered.

14. Sensitive Data & HIPAA

We do not collect PHI. Do not submit medical data.

15. Financial Information

No payment or financial details are stored here. Future payments go through secure gateways.

16. Automated Decision‑Making

We do not use profiling or automated decisions affecting you.

17. Your Rights by Jurisdiction

• GDPR (EU): Access, rectify, erase, restrict, object, portability, withdraw consent. Email: eswara@eswara.co.in
• CCPA (CA): Know, delete, opt‑out, nondiscrimination. Email: eswara@eswara.co.in
• LGPD (BR): Confirm, rectify, anonymize, delete, portability, revoke consent. Email: eswara@eswara.co.in
• PIPEDA (CA): Access, correct, withdraw consent. Email: eswara@eswara.co.in
• APPs (AU): Access and correction. Email: eswara@eswara.co.in
• Other Regions: Similar rights apply under local laws.

18. California Shine the Light

California residents can request third‑party sharing info. Email: eswara@eswara.co.in

19. Data Breach Notification

We notify individuals and regulators per legal timelines in a breach.

20. Changes to This Policy

Updates posted here with revised “Last Updated” date. Continued use implies acceptance.

21. Contact Us

Email: eswara@eswara.co.in