Privacy notice
How Bhatt & Joshi Associates handles personal data collected through this website.
Who we are
Bhatt & Joshi Associates, Advocates, Office No. 311, Grace Business Park, Sola, Ahmedabad 380060, Gujarat, India ("the firm", "we") decides how personal data collected through this website is used. We are the Data Fiduciary for that data under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ("DPDP Act").
What we collect
- Enquiries. Your name and email; if you give them, your organisation, phone number, the business head you select and your message. We also record that you agreed to this notice, when, and which language version of the site you used.
- Usage data. Google Analytics 4 records the pages you view, your approximate location (city and country), device and browser type and how you reached the site. It uses cookies and does not tell us who you are.
- Server data. Our hosting and content-delivery providers process IP addresses and request details to deliver the site and protect it from abuse.
- Reader profile (optional). If you open a free reader profile, your name, organisation, the description you choose, your areas of interest and the pages you save are kept in your browser's local storage on that device. They are not sent to us. You can change or delete them at any time from the profile form ("Remove my profile and saved pages").
We do not ask for, and you should not send, confidential client information, identity documents or financial account details through this website.
Why we use it
To reply to your enquiry; to check for conflicts of interest before the firm agrees to act; to understand, in aggregate, which pages are useful; and to keep the site secure. We do not sell personal data, and we do not use it for advertising or profiling.
Legal basis
For enquiries, your consent, given when you tick the box on the contact form. You can withdraw it at any time by writing to us; withdrawal does not affect what was done before. Where the DPDP Act allows, we also rely on legitimate uses under section 7, such as complying with the law.
Tools on this site
The calculators and selectors on our guide pages run in your browser. Your answers are not sent to us unless you choose to include them in an enquiry.
Who sees it
The firm's advocates and staff who handle enquiries, and our website administrator. Our service providers process data on our behalf: website hosting (Hostinger), content delivery and security (Cloudflare), analytics (Google) and email delivery. They may process data outside India; we transfer data only to countries not restricted by the Central Government under the DPDP Act. We disclose data to authorities only where the law requires it.
How long we keep it
- Enquiries: up to 24 months after our last contact with you. If the firm is engaged, the matter file is kept under the firm's professional record-keeping obligations.
- Google Analytics data: 14 months.
- Server logs: as kept by our hosting and security providers for operating and protecting the site.
Your rights
You may ask for a summary of the personal data we hold about you and how we use it; ask us to correct, complete, update or erase it; withdraw consent; nominate another person to exercise your rights if you cannot; and raise a grievance with us. We will respond within the time the DPDP Rules prescribe. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may complain to the Data Protection Board of India.
Cookies
The site itself needs no cookies to work. Google Analytics sets cookies (named _ga and _ga_*) to count visits. You can block or delete them in your browser settings, or use Google's opt-out browser add-on, without affecting the site. Editors who sign in to manage the site also receive WordPress session cookies. The site also uses your browser's local storage, on your device only, to remember your light or dark display choice and, if you open one, your reader profile.
Children
This site is meant for professional audiences. We do not knowingly collect personal data of children.
Contact and grievances
Write to [email protected] with "Privacy" in the subject line, or by post to the address above, marked for the attention of the Grievance Officer.
Changes
We will post any change to this notice on this page, with a new version number and effective date.