PRIVACY POLICY

• This part sets out Hedge Equities Limited (HEL) policy with regard to the personal information of a user through its website www.hedgeequities.com or from details provided by the User. By accepting this Privacy Policy, a User expressly consents to the use, disclosure and sharing of sensitive personal data or information (Personal Information) provided by the users of the website www.hedgeequities.com(Website), which is owned and operated by HEL. This policy is equally applicable and binding on all the visitors to the Website.
• This Privacy Policy explains how we protect Personal Information provided by you through the Website and how we store and use that information to deliver the services on the Website.
• This Privacy Policy is subject to change at any time. It is advised that you review this Privacy Policy periodically. This Privacy Policy is also incorporated into and subject to the Terms of Use of the Website.
• The Website may require registration, which may require you to provide your details such as an email address, a password and other information and may also require you to share your ID and address proof to comply with statutory obligations, wherever necessary.
• From time to time, the Website may request you to provide other Personal Information for avaipng other benefits of the Services. On all such occasions, you will have an opportunity to provide or to decpne to provide such other Personal Information, which may or may not affect the requested services.
The Website uses and discloses your Personal Information only as follows:
• To fulfill your requests for products and services offered or subscribed by you on the Website.
• To deliver to you any administrative notices, money alerts, advice and communications relevant to your use of the Services.
• To analyse Website usage and improve the services offered.
• For market research, project planning, trouble-shooting problems, detecting and protecting against error, fraud or any criminal activity.
• To Third Party Service Providers that provide services to HEL and are bound by these same privacy restrictions.
• To improve features, tailor the Website to your interests and needs, and to get in touch with you whenever necessary.
  
  

For any of these purposes, we may use group companies /affiliates, third party vendors, agents, contractors, consultants or service providers (individually a Third Party Service Provider and collectively, the Third Party Service Providers). We may also use them to help us in providing / assisting with the features of the Website, such as sending email messages on our behalf, collecting subscription fees for such services, and notifying or contacting you regarding any problem with such Services or hosting and operating a particular feature or functionality. Such Third Party Service Providers are bound by privacy restrictions which are similar to the restrictions mentioned in this Policy.

• Provide you with the product and services
• Conform with any legal requirements or comply with legal process(es)
• Enforce the terms and conditions of the products or services
• Protect the interests of HEL, its affiliates, or its members, constituents, or of other persons
• To meet statutory obligations HEL may make anonymous or aggregate Personal Information, and disclose or use such data only in a non-personally identifiable manner for purposes of research, advertising and comparison to organisations approved by HEL.

Servers and further access to your account will not be possible. The Website will also promptly disconnect any connection it had established to your linked accounts and delete all account credentials. our/hired servers indefinitely. Your data may also remain on their backup server or media.

The Website may provide you with periodic summaries of your Account Information and send email/SMS alerts. The Website also allows you to subscribe to email newsletters, research information (if any) and may from time to time transmit emails/SMS, promoting the Website or third party products or services. You have the ability to opt out of receiving our promotional emails/SMS and to terminate your newsletter subscriptions by following the instructions on the Website. Opting out in this manner will not end transmission of service-related emails/SMS and such transactional alerts.

From time to time, the Website may offer you the opportunity to participate in surveys, contests, giveaways and other promotions. Any information submitted in connection with such activities will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy, except as specifically set forth in the rules for those surveys, contests, giveaways or promotions.

You should be aware that HEL may permit third parties to offer subscription and/or registration-based services through the Website. HEL is not responsible for any actions or policies of such third parties, and you should check the applicable privacy policy of such third party when providing personally identifiable information. Further, HEL will not be responsible if you do not get the benefits announced, if any, by the third parties permitted to offer subscription and registration-based services on its Website.

If you use a bulletin board, blog or chat room (if any) on the Website, you should be aware that any information you submit there can be read, collected or used by other users/visitors and could be used to send you unsolicited messages. The Website and HEL are not responsible for any personal information you choose to submit in these forums. These forums shall be hosted by the Website or by our Third Party Service Providers on HELs behalf.

The Website will automatically receive and collect certain anonymous information in standard usage logs through our Web server, including computer-identification information obtained from "cookies" sent to your browser from a web server or other means. Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers in the form of text files that are inserted and stored by your Web browser on your computers hard drive.

The Website uses cookies for a number of purposes - for instance, to enable us to simplify the logging on process for registered users, to help ensure the security and authenticity of registered users, etc. Please note that most Internet browsers will allow you to stop cookies from being stored on your computer and to delete cookies stored on your computer. If you choose to eliminate cookies, the full functionality of the services may be impaired for you.

When you register for the Services, the Website requires a Login ID and a password from you for your privacy and security. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your Login ID and password and you may not provide these credentials to any third party. We recommend that you change your password periodically.

Your password must confirm to standards and, as a security feature; the Website may automatically reject weak passwords. We shall not be responsible if someone else accesses your account through a Login ID and password they have obtained from you or through a violation by you of this Privacy Policy or the Websites Terms of Use.

While accessing your linked accounts online, the Website uses a combination of firewall barriers, encryption techniques and authentication procedures, among others, to maintain the security of your online session, and to protect Website accounts and systems from unauthorized access. From the time you submit your Login ID and password, these communications between your computer and the Website are encrypted using at least 128-bit Secure Socket Layer technology (SSL). This enables client and server applications to communicate in a way that is designed to prevent eavesdropping, tampering and message forgery. The Website also encrypts your Website password so that your password cannot be recovered, even by us.

If you have questions, comments, concerns or feedback regarding this Privacy Policy or any other privacy or security concern, you can contact us at info@hedgeequities.com,

or compliance@hedgeequities.com