We at LawNK- The Law Offices of Nandan Kamath (“LawNK”) are committed to respecting the privacy rights of all visitors to the Website.Your privacy is important to us and we aim for our Website to be a safe and enjoyable environment for our audience. We respect and safeguard the personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) we may receive and collect from you on our Website and in the course of our other interactions online.

Accordingly, this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) sets out how LawNK may use information that users may provide to us on/through our website: www.lawnk.com (“Website”).

Please note that this Privacy Policy is only applicable to the visitors of the Website and the information and data gathered on the Website and not to any other information or website.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and fully understand the nature and purpose of gathering and/or collecting personal and other information and the usage, disclosure and sharing of such information. By viewing or accessing the Website or by contacting us through the Website you hereby also consent to LawNK sharing information with third party service providers engaged by LawNK in relation to its operations and to the transfer and/or storage of Personal Information and data across borders.

This Privacy Policy explains:

• the information we may collect about you online;
• the use and role of cookies and similar technologies on our Website;
• how we will protect and use information we collect about and from you;
• the circumstances in which we might disclose your details to anyone else;
• when we may use your details to contact you; and
• how you can be sure the information we hold about you is accurate and current.

Information Gathered

In general, you can visit our Website without revealing your identity or any Personal Information about yourself. However, you may not be able to avail of certain features such as the Contact Us feature or the Snapshot subscription feature, that require you to reveal your identity and/or other information about you. Information that we collect from you will vary depending upon the activity you seek to engage in and may include your name and email address.

Personal Information

Personal Information means any information that may be used to identify you and that is not otherwise publicly available, including, but not limited to, your first and last name, an email address, phone number or other contact information. We may collect Personal Information from you when you avail of any features that may be made available through the website or otherwise voluntarily provide such information.

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Some of our web pages may also utilise “cookies” and other tracking technologies. A “cookie” is a small text file that may be used, for example, to collect information about your activity on our Website. Some cookies and other technologies may serve to recall Personal Information previously indicated by you. Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them. You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you may choose to block cookies with your browser, but please note that if you choose to erase or block your cookies, you may need to re-enter certain information to use certain features of the Website.

Tracking technologies may automatically record information such as Internet domain and host names; other information about your geographic location; IP addresses; browser software and operating system types; CPU type; your manner of connecting to the Internet (e.g., connection speed through narrowband or broadband access); click paths; and dates and times that our Website is accessed.

Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies allows us to improve our Website and consequently your web experience. We may also analyze information that does not include Personal Information for trends and statistics.

Uses of Personal Information

We may use Personal Information and other information received and collected from you to for the purpose of contacting you or responding to your queries, when necessary. In certain circumstances, we may share aggregated non-personal information with third parties. When we use third parties to assist us in processing your Personal Information, we require that they comply with this Privacy Policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures. We may also share such information with third parties in limited circumstances, including when complying with legal process, preventing fraud or imminent harm, and ensuring the security of our network and systems.

Where we propose to use your Personal Information for any other uses we will ensure that we notify you first. You will also be given the opportunity to withhold or withdraw your consent for your use other than as listed above.

Confidentiality and Security

We will keep confidential and protect your Personal Information except where disclosure is required or permitted by law. We employ reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality of your Personal Information which measures are at par with our measures to protect the confidentiality of our own confidential or proprietary information.

No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, while we strive to protect the confidentiality of your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

We limit access to Personal Information to associates, advisors and consultants who we believe reasonably need to come into contact with that information to respond to queries or provide you the information that you have sought from us.

We do not intend to transfer Personal Information without your consent to third parties who are not bound to act on our behalf unless such transfer is legally required. Similarly, it is against our policy to sell Personal Information collected online without consent. If you choose to provide us with your Personal Information, we may transfer that Personal Information from your country or jurisdiction to other countries or jurisdictions around the world. Your Personal Information may be collected and stored on servers located in the territory of India and such other countries as we may disclose from time to time.

Third Party Websites

If you click on a link to a third party site or otherwise leave the Website, you will go to a website that is outside the purview of our control. Because we cannot control the activities of third parties, we cannot accept responsibility for any use of your Personal Information by such third parties, and we cannot guarantee that they will adhere to the same privacy and security practices as we do. The use of Personal Information by such websites shall be governed by the privacy policies provided therein. Therefore, if you visit a third party website that is linked to our Website, please do review that website’s privacy policy before providing any Personal Information

Contacting You

We may contact you using the Personal Information you have given us:

• where you have opted voluntarily to receive our newsletter ‘SnapShot’;
• where you have applied to us for an internship or a position with our organisation; and
• where you have contacted us, issued a query or requested information from us.

Accuracy

To the extent that you do provide us with Personal Information, we wish to maintain accurate and current Personal Information. Where we collect Personal Information from you on our Website, should you need to update or correct that Personal Information, please contact us on the following email address: admin@lawnk.com and we will make reasonable efforts to incorporate the changes in your Personal Information that we hold as soon as practicable.

Change of Control

In the event that constitution or ownership of the Website undergoes change, your Personal Information may be transferred and you hereby consent to such transfer. If such a transfer results in a material change in the use of your Personal Information, LawNK will provide notice about the choices you have to decline to permit such a transfer.

Consent; Amendments; Law

By using this Website, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy and to our use and management of Personal Information for the purposes and in the manner herein provided. Should this Privacy Policy be revised, we will post the revisions prominently on our Website for a reasonable period of time.

Your visit to the Website and any dispute over privacy are subject to this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of India. Further, it is irrevocably and unconditionally agreed that the courts of Benguluru, India shall have exclusive jurisdiction to entertain any proceedings in relation to any disputes arising out of the same.