Privacy Policy

Kala Kriti Studios operates this online platform and is committed to protecting the privacy of those who use our service. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our site or use our services. By using our service, you agree to the terms outlined in this policy.

Information We Collect

We collect information that you provide directly to us when you interact with our service. This may include:

• Personal identification information you provide when contacting us, submitting forms, or engaging with our content, such as your name and other details you choose to share.
• Content you submit when participating in interviews, submitting creative works, or providing feedback.
• Communication preferences and correspondence when you contact us.

We may also automatically collect certain information when you access and use our site or service, such as:

• Usage data, including information about how you access and use the service, which pages you view, the time spent on those pages, and other diagnostic data.
• Technical data, such as your computer's Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, and operating system.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

• To provide, operate, and maintain our service.
• To improve, personalize, and expand our service offerings.
• To understand and analyze how you use our service.
• To develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
• To communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the service, and for marketing and promotional purposes (where you have consented).
• To process your transactions and manage your orders (if applicable).
• To find and prevent fraud.
• To produce and deliver content related to our services, such as artist interviews or documentaries, based on your participation and agreements.

Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:

• Consent: Where you have given explicit consent to process your personal data for a specific purpose.
• Contract: Where the processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract.
• Legal Obligation: Where processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
• Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.

Sharing Your Information

We may share your information in the following situations:

• With Service Providers: We may share your personal information with third-party service providers to perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, data analysis, payment processing, customer service, and marketing assistance. These providers are obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which it was shared.
• For Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
• With Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this privacy policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
• With Business Partners: We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
• With Other Users: When you share personal information or otherwise interact in public areas of the service, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
• With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, or as required by law. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR)

Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have the following data protection rights:

• The Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
• The Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the physical address provided below.

Security of Your Data

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children's Privacy

Our service is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under age 18 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Links to Other Sites

Our service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page. You are advised to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this privacy policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at the following physical address:

Kala Kriti Studios
201, Film City Road, Goregaon (East)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400065
India