PRIVACY POLICY
EquiBharat
Aaditya Kiran Naik
Thane, Maharashtra, India
EquiBharat ("we," "us," or "our") operates as a specialized financial intelligence platform. We are strictly committed to data minimization, confidentiality, and the security of user information. This Privacy Policy governs the collection, processing, and protection of digital data across the EquiBharat platform and ensures compliance with applicable regulatory frameworks, including the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023. By accessing or utilizing our platform, users ("Data Principals") acknowledge and consent to the data practices outlined in this document.
1. Data Collection Architecture
We adhere to the principle of data minimization, collecting only the information strictly required for platform functionality, security, and the delivery of financial intelligence.
A. User-Provided Data (Consent-Based)
- Authentication Credentials: Email address and cryptographically hashed passwords required for account provisioning and secure authentication.
- Communication Preferences: Email addresses provided explicitly for receiving macroeconomic updates, platform alerts, and administrative notifications. Account registration remains optional; however, unauthenticated sessions may restrict access to premium AI summaries, complete macroeconomic datasets, and full platform capabilities.
B. Automated Telemetry and Usage Data
To ensure platform integrity, prevent unauthorized scraping, and optimize latency, our backend infrastructure automatically logs non-identifiable technical metrics:
- Device & Network Telemetry: Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, browser specifications, and operating system identifiers.
- Interaction Metrics: Timestamps, session durations, and interaction logs with specific platform modules, strictly limited to navigation flow across sections such as Key Market Triggers and Hot Stories & News.
2. Local Storage and Session Management
EquiBharat deploys local browser storage and strictly essential cookies to maintain user session continuity and interface integrity without requiring repetitive configuration.
- Interface ConfigurationPreservation of UI preferences, including Dark Mode, Light Mode, and professional terminal theme selections.
- Analytical CachingRetention of customized filtering parameters and sorting preferences within the economic calendar and news feeds.
Users retain full control over local storage via browser parameters; however, purging these mechanisms will initiate a reset of all customized terminal interfaces and session states.
3. Purpose of Processing
Data processing operations are executed solely for legitimate business operations and the continuous enhancement of our automated data pipelines. Information is utilized to:
- Operate, maintain, and provision the EquiBharat terminal and its underlying RSS ingestion and AI summarization engines.
- Authenticate user identities and manage cryptographic access controls.
- Deploy explicit opt-in communications regarding critical macroeconomic developments and platform upgrades.
- Execute threat mitigation protocols, detecting and neutralizing automated scraping, brute-force intrusion attempts, and unauthorized API exploitation.
- Conduct aggregate, anonymized traffic analysis to streamline UI minimalism and optimize data delivery infrastructure.
4. Disclosure and Third-Party Integration
- Infrastructure Partners: Data is securely routed through vetted, enterprise-grade infrastructure providers (e.g., secure cloud environments, verified transactional email gateways) strictly bound by confidentiality agreements and purpose-limitation clauses.
- Regulatory Compliance & Law Enforcement: EquiBharat reserves the right to disclose specific digital records if explicitly mandated by binding legal frameworks, an order from a competent Indian judicial authority, or formal directives from regulatory institutions such as the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) or the Data Protection Board of India.
5. Security Protocols and Retention
6. Data Principal Rights
Under Indian data protection frameworks (DPDP Act 2023), users ("Data Principals") are guaranteed specific rights regarding their digital footprint on our platform:
7. Contact and Grievance Redressal
For legal inquiries, execution of Data Principal rights, or escalation of privacy concerns, users are directed to contact the administrative desk. All legitimate data requests and grievance reports will be processed systematically and within statutory timelines.