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PRIVACY POLICY – TALENT GRID  

Last updated: 16-July-2026 

version: 0.2

We are committed to keep your personal data secure and being transparent about our practices. We adhere to the standard industry practices to secure information collected from You. 

Dadu Technologies Private Limited, having its registered office at UKS Mansion, No. 1605 11th main, HAL 3RD Stage Off, Bangalore North, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560008, Bengaluru, India 560042 (“Company” or “we” or “us”), is the owner of the website domain at https://talentgridnow.com and mobile application titled “Talent Grid” available on the Google Play Store/Apple App Store, respectively (collectively referred as “Platform”) and any service availed by Users (hereinafter referred to as “you”, “your” or “User”) through the Platform is governed by the Terms of Service as available on Platform and this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”). This Privacy Policy (i) shall apply to any person who visits, browses, uses or accesses the Platform or use any Services (as defined in our Terms of Use) on the Platform; (ii) provides you with information on the purposes and manner of handling your personal data by us 
 
This Privacy Policy has been drafted and is published in compliance with the Information Technology Act, 2000, and applicable amendments, rules, regulations and guidelines enacted thereunder from time to time (“IT Act”) and the Personal Data Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive personal information) Rules, 2011 (“SPDI Rules”), the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (to the extent in force and as their provisions are progressively brought into effect) and any other national and state laws which relate the processing of data.  

This Privacy Policy is an electronic record in terms of the IT Act and this electronic record is generated by a computer system and does not require any physical or digital signatures. Any new features and/or services that are added to our current Services at any point in the future shall also be subject to the terms set out in this Privacy Policy along with any other future relevant legislations to be incorporated as per the laws of the land. This Privacy Policy forms an integral part of the Terms and Conditions governing the use of the Platform and shall be read together with them. Capitalised terms used but not defined in this Privacy Policy shall have the meanings given to them in the Terms and Conditions, unless specifically defined herein. 

We use your data to provide and improve the Platform. By using the Platform, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy 

  1. INTRODUCTION AND APPLICABILITY OF THE PRIVACY POLICY 
  1. We are strongly committed to respecting your online privacy and recognize the need for appropriate protection and management of any personal information collected and/or collated by us. 
  1. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to ensure that there is a document laying out the manner in which we collect, use and protect of any personal data collected by us. This Policy informs our Users/ visitors of our procedures regarding collection, usage, storage, processing, disclosure, sharing and protection of any Personal Data or Sensitive Personal Data obtained by us through the Platform. This Privacy Policy is intended to comply with applicable Indian law, including the Personal Data Technology Act, 2000 and the rules made thereunder, and is being progressively aligned with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 as and when their respective provisions are brought into force. Certain rights and obligations described in this Privacy Policy may apply currently, or become fully operational, in accordance with the implementation timelines notified under that legislation. 
  1. Any reference made to Privacy Policy in this document shall mean and refer to the latest version of the Privacy Policy. 
  1. DISCLAIMER 
  1. Please be advised that any Personal Data (as defined herein below) procured by us, shall be: 
  1. processed fairly and lawfully for rendering the Services (as defined in the Terms of Service); 
  1. obtained only for specified and lawful purposes; 
  1. adequate, relevant, and not excessive in relation to the purpose for which it is required; 
  1. able to be reviewed by the User, from time to time and updated-if need arises; and 
  1. not kept longer than for the time which it is required or the purpose for which it is required or as required by applicable data protection law. 
  1. WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE SUSTAINED BY REASON OF ANY DISCLOSURE (INADVERTENT OR OTHERWISE) OF ANY OF YOUR INFORMATION AND DATA, IF THE SAME IS EITHER (A) REQUIRED FOR SHARING YOUR INFORMATION FOR LEGITIMATE PURPOSES; OR (B) WAS EFFECTED THROUGH NO FAULT, ACT, OR OMISSION OF THE COMPANY OR (C) WAS EFFECTED IN OFFERING OF OUR LAWFUL SERVICES OR (D) IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE USER. 
  1. BY USING THE PLATFORM OR SERVICES, YOU EXPLICITLY ACCEPT, WITHOUT LIMITATION OR QUALIFICATION, THE COLLECTION, USE AND TRANSFER OF THE INFORMATION/ DATA IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED HEREIN. 
  1. PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY AS IT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES UNDER LAW. 
  1. YOUR CONSENT: 
  1. Please note that by providing Personal Data, you provide your consent and authorize us to collect, use, or disclose such Personal Data for business and research purposes, as stated in this Policy, and as permitted or required by applicable law. Moreover, you understand and hereby consent that this Personal Data may be transferred to any third party for the purpose of providing Services through the Platform or to any third-party providers in accordance with this Privacy Policy. 
  1. This Privacy Policy shall be enforceable against you in the same manner as any other written agreement. By visiting or accessing the Platform and voluntarily providing us with Personal Data (including Personal Data), you are consenting to our use of the Personal Data, in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, you may choose to not provide us with any Personal Data. Under such circumstance, we may be unable to render the Services. 
  1. Such an intimation to withdraw your consent can be sent to grievance@talentgridnow.com. 
  1. TYPES OF DATA COLLECTED 
  1. We collect the following information for the purposes mentioned in this Privacy Policy: 
  1. Personal data including names, addresses, phone numbers, bank account details, permanent account number and any other publicly available personal data; 
  1. “Transaction Data” means information that is contained in text messages (that is, SMS) sent by providers of services and/or products (including but not limited to financial institutions, mobile carriers and utility companies) to your mobile telephone number(s) in connection with one or more transactions across multiple financial accounts (including purchase, payments, billing information and service notifications related thereto). Without limitation, Transaction Data includes: mobile phone number, email address, partial payment card data only to the extent such card data is disclosed in the said messages, information related to the transaction in question including identity of the service and the price or fee paid or payable in respect thereof, KYC details 
  1. “Technical Data”: any information gathered through various technologies that may employ cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to automatically record certain information from your device through which you use the Platform. This technical information may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, device or browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring or exit pages, clickstream data, operating system, hardware model, operating system version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network. This data includes usage information and user statistics; 
  1. “Locational Data”: the information obtained through GPS or other means, such as the geographical location of the User; 
  1. “Professional Data” means information relating to the service provider’s prior engagements, including résumé details, records of past work, and any other documentation evidencing relevant experience.  
  1. “Personal Data for use of our service” means information which is shared with us to avail our Services.  
  1. (All the types of data mentioned above shall be collectively referred to as “Personal Data”) 

We may collect certain technical and usage information automatically when you access the Platform, such as browser type, operating system, referring or exit pages, and general usage patterns. This information is collected and used in aggregate form and does not, by itself, identify any individual user. Where such information could reasonably identify you (for example, through cookies, IP addresses, or device identifiers), we will treat it as personal data and handle it in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law. 

  1. Contact Book and Sync Feature:  
  1. The Platform may request access to your device’s contact book or contact list (“Contacts Data”) solely to enable functionalities such as identifying your existing contacts who are registered on the Platform (“find friends” feature), allowing you to send invitations to join the Platform, or enhancing social and referral features within the application.  
  1. Access to your Contacts Data will be requested through a clear, explicit, and revocable in-app permission prompt. We will not access, process, or store any Contacts Data unless you have granted consent within the Platform. You may deny or withdraw consent at any time through your device settings. 
  1. Contacts Data is processed only temporarily to perform the functions stated above. The Contacts Data is not permanently stored on our servers and is deleted immediately after completion of the matching or invitation process, or within twenty four (24) hours, whichever is earlier. 
  1. You acknowledge that your Contacts Data may contain personal information of third parties who have not directly provided their data to us. You represent and warrant that you have the lawful authority, permission, or consent to share such information for the stated purpose and that such sharing does not violate any applicable law. 
  1. You may withdraw permission for the Platform to access your Contacts Data at any time through your device settings. Upon revocation, we shall immediately cease all access and processing and permanently delete any temporarily stored Contacts Data from our systems. 
  1. PURPOSE OF COLLECTION AND USAGE OF DATA 
  1. We collect and process Personal Data only for lawful purposes connected with our legitimate business functions and only to the extent necessary for those purposes. 
  1. The Personal Data collected by us shall be used for availing our Platform and utilised for other functions including but not limited to: 
  1. offering the Services and technical support to the users; 
  1. processing payments made by the users to facilitate the Offerings (as defined in the Terms of Use) and maintaining related financial records such as invoices; 
  1. employment purposes; 
  1. analysing the usage to better serve your purpose; 
  1. sending you requested information about our Services; 
  1. responding to service requests, questions, and concerns; 
  1. administering your Account; 
  1. sending you promotional and marketing communications (where you have permitted us to do so); 
  1. facilitating your transactions with other Users when you access the Services in relation to the Offerings; 
  1. protecting our Platform and integrity of the Services (for example, fraud monitoring and prevention); 
  1. enforcing our agreements or policies; 
  1. requesting feedback; and 
  1. complying with any legal obligation. 
  1. enabling the “Contact Book and Sync Feature” to help Users discover contacts using the Platform and to send invitations, subject to explicit user consent. For the Personal Data disclosed pursuant to sub-clause (a), (d) and (e) of Clause 5(II) above, Company may share Personal Data only if you authorize us to do so. 
  1. DISCLOSURE AND SHARING OF INFORMATION 
  1. We do not rent, sell or disclose or share any information that we collect from you, with third parties, save and except in order to provide you the Services. Any such disclosure, if made, shall be in accordance to this Privacy Policy and as per the procedure prescribed by law and in compliance with our legal obligations. We may share your Personal Data in circumstances and for the purposes as specified hereunder: 
  1. We shall share the information to the third-party service providers/ vendors, to provide you with the Services. This may include but not be limited to, storage providers, data analytics providers, consultants, lawyers, and auditors. 
  1. When compelled by law, we may disclose any Personal Data provided by you on the Platform as may be deemed to be necessary or appropriate: 
  1. under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence; 
  1. to comply with any legal proceedings; 
  1. to respond to requests from public, regulatory, legal enforcement and government authorities including public and government authorities outside your country of residence; 
  1. to allow us to comply with any judgement or decree or order issued under any law for the time being in force in India, or any judgment or order relating to claims of a contractual or civil nature under any law for the time being in force outside India; 
  1. to protect our operations or those of any of our affiliates; 
  1. to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/that of our affiliates, you or others; 
  1. to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain; or 
  1. to protect against legal liability or loss, such as prevention of corporate espionage, maintenance of confidentiality of trade secrets, intellectual property, classified information; 
  1. to protect the personal safety of Users of the Platform; 
  1. to prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Platform. 
  1. Employees /Agents of Company: We follow a strict confidentiality policy with regard to disclosure of confidential information to our employees or other personnel. We may disclose the Personal Data only to those of our employees and other personnel on a need to know basis.  
  1. We may remove parts of Personal Data that can identify you and share anonymized data with other parties. We may also combine your information with other information in a way that it is no longer associated with you and share that aggregated information. 
  1. TRANSFER OF DATA 
  1. Your Personal Data may be transferred to, and maintained on, computers located in India 
  1. If you are located outside India and choose to provide information to us, please note that we may transfer the data to India to process the Personal Data. 
  1. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your unconditional agreement to that transfer or use. 
  1. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are reasonable controls in place including the security of your data. 
  1. Your Personal Data may be transferred only if the recipient ensures the same level of data protection as under the applicable law and the transfer is necessary for contract performance or consented.  
  1. YOUR RIGHTS 
  1. You can always choose not to provide the requested information to us for the purposes mentioned in this Privacy Policy, it may however result in You not availing certain features if, or the entirety, of our Services. 
  1. You have the following rights: 
  1. access, review, and request correction of any Personal Data you may have provided; 
  1. correct Personal Data that may be inaccurate or irrelevant; 
  1. update and erasure of your Personal Data from the Platform; 
  1. redress your grievances, if any; 
  1. withdraw your consent, in which case we will cease processing your personal data obtained based on your consent 
  1. right to appoint a nominee to exercise the rights on your behalf in the event of your death or incapacity to exercise your rights. 
  1. In order to exercise these rights or raise your concerns (if any) related to our handling of your personal data, please contact us at the email address provided in Clause 3.3 above. 
  1. If you withdraw/object your consent, our use of your information before you withdrew/objected shall continue to be lawful. We endeavour to keep your Personal Data accurate and up to date, and will make reasonable efforts to incorporate any corrections you notify to us as soon as practicable. We will respond to a verifiable request to access, review, correct, or erase your Personal Data within a reasonable period and in accordance with the timelines prescribed under applicable law. 
  1. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY 
  1. Our Platform and Services are not meant for use by children and we knowingly do not collect or solicit Personal Data from anyone under the age of 18, and we do not contact children under the age of 18 for marketing purposes. If you are under 18, please do not attempt to register for the Services or send any personal information about yourself to us. If we learn that we have collected Personal Data from/of a person under the age of 18, we shall take steps to remove such Personal Data from our servers. If you believe that a person under age 18 may have provided us with Personal Data, please write to us at the email address – grievance@talentgridnow.com. 
  1. CONTROL THE COLLECTION OR USE OF THE INFORMATION 

If you have any reservations, constraints or apprehensions regarding the access to, collection, storage, sharing or any other use of the Personal Data which you have provided to us, you may withdraw your consent by writing to us on the email address – grievance@talentgridnow.com. Upon withdrawal of consent, the Company reserves the right to discontinue provision of the goods or services for which such information was sought. Withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out prior to such withdrawal, nor shall it require the Company to cease or restrict any processing or retention of Personal Data that is necessary for compliance with applicable law or the order of any court or authority, or that the Company is otherwise permitted or required to undertake or retain under applicable law. 

  1. RETENTION OF INFORMATION 

All Personal Data provided by you, save and except upon withdrawal or termination, shall be retained in locations outside the direct control of Company (for instance, on servers or databases co-locates with hosting providers). We will delete Personal Data based on a request received from you within a reasonable period and in accordance with applicable law. However, we may retain such portion of Personal Data and for such periods as may be required under Applicable Law. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, Company may retain data after account deletion for compliance with any legal obligation. We retain Personal Data only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including providing the Services, responding to your requests, complying with legal, regulatory, accounting, or reporting requirements, resolving disputes, and enforcing our agreements. Where Personal Data is no longer required for such purposes, or where you withdraw your consent and continued retention is not required or permitted under applicable law, we will take reasonable steps to delete, erase, anonymise, or otherwise securely dispose of such Personal Data in accordance with applicable law. 

  1. COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES 

Our Platform may utilize “cookies” and other technical Personal Data. “Cookies” are a small text file consisting of alphanumeric numbers used to collect the Personal Data about your activity on the Platform. The technical Personal Data helps us analyse web traffic and helps you by customizing the Platform to your preferences. Cookies in no way gives us access to your computer or mobile device. In relation to Cookies, you can deny access to the installation of the Cookies by modifying the settings on your web browser, however, this may prevent you from taking full advantage of the Platform. Our use of Cookies and technical Personal Data allows us to improve Platform and your experience of Platform and Services. We may also analyse technical Personal Data that does not contain Personal Data for trends and statistics. 

  1. THIRD PARTY SERVICES 

We may use your Personal Data to send you promotional Personal Data about third parties if you consent to the same. We shall not be responsible for any disclosure of Personal Data due to unauthorized third-party access or other acts of third parties or acts or omissions beyond our reasonable control and you agree that you will not hold us responsible for any breach of security unless such breach has been caused as a direct result of our negligence or wilful default. Once you leave the Platform, we are not liable for any use/ storage/ processing/ collection of your information obtained by any third-party websites or provided by you to these third-parties. Such entities and their respective websites/platforms may be governed by their own “Privacy Policy” and “Terms of Service”, which are beyond our control. We recommend that you peruse the same in order to ascertain and understand the handling of your personal information by such third-party platforms.  

  1. DATA SECURITY 

You agree and accept that your Personal Data may be stored in third-party cloud service infrastructure providers. While all reasonable attempts have been taken from our end to ensure the safe and secure storage of your data, to the maximum extent permissible under law, we shall not be liable for any data breach on the part of the third-party cloud service infrastructure provider that was beyond our control.  

In addition to the security measures put in place by the third-party cloud service infrastructure provider for safe and secure storage of your Personal Data, we use certain physical, managerial, technical or operational safeguards as per industry standards and established best practices to protect the Personal Data we collect. We use reasonable security practices and procedures and use secure servers as mandated under applicable laws for the protection of your Personal Data. We review our Personal Data collection, storage, and processing practices, including physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems. However, as effective as these measures are, no security system is impenetrable. We cannot guarantee the security of our database, nor can we guarantee that the Personal Data you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the internet. You accept the inherent security implications of data transmission over the internet and the internet cannot always be guaranteed as completely secure. If you have any concerns, please feel free to contact us by emailing us at – grievance@talentgridnow.com. 

  1. CHANGES AND UPDATES TO POLICY 

We may modify or revise the Privacy Policy from time to time and shall accordingly notify you of any changes to the Privacy Policy by posting the revised Privacy Policy on the Platform with an updated date of revision. We shall endeavour to review, revise, update, modify, amend or correct the Privacy Policy on a regular and routine basis, especially whenever a significant update is made to the technology employed by us. You must periodically review the Privacy Policy for the latest information on our privacy practices. In the event you continue to use the Platform and our services after any update in the Privacy Policy, your use of the Platform shall be automatically subject to such updated privacy policy. Your continued usage of Services or access of the Platform post any amendment would deem to mean that you accept and agree to the revised Privacy Policy. Further, we retain the right at any time to deny or suspend access to all, or any part of, the Platform to anyone who we reasonably believe has violated any provision of this Privacy Policy. 

  1. BREACH REPORTING 

In the event of a Personal Data breach, the Company will promptly assess the nature and scope of the incident and take remedial measures, and where required notify the affected individuals in the manner and within the timelines prescribed under applicable law. 

  1. DISCREPANCIES AND GRIEVANCES WITH COMPANY 

In case of any discrepancy or grievance with respect to all or any Personal Data shared with Company, please feel free to contact our Grievance Officer: 

Attention: Grievance Officer, Dadu Technologies Private Limited 

Email ID: grievance@talentgridnow.com 

Address: UKS Mansion, No. 1605 11th main, HAL 3RD Stage Off, Bangalore North, Bangalore, Karnataka, 560008. 

We will acknowledge each request within twenty-four (24) hours and resolve complaints within thirty (30) days of receipt, or such other timeline as prescribed under applicable law. Any suggestions by Company regarding use of the Services shall not be construed as a warranty. 

Please feel free to reach out to us by e-mail at grievance@talentgridnow.com in case of any concerns, grievances, or questions relating to this Privacy Policy.