Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

M/s. Sriraj & Associates is a Chartered Accountancy firm registered with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). This policy covers the website www.srirajassociates.com ("this website").

2. Data We Collect

• Enquiry form submissions: name, email address, phone number, company name, the service selected, preferred contact method and message
• This website does not use analytics, advertising or tracking tools

3. Purpose of Collection

• Responding to enquiries submitted through the enquiry form
• Where an enquiry leads to a professional engagement, providing chartered accountancy services under the terms of that engagement

4. Legal Basis

• Consent: Enquiry form submissions
• Legal obligation: Retention of records as required by law

5. Data Storage and Security

Enquiry form submissions are sent over an encrypted connection to Formspree, which delivers them to the firm's email account. Formspree keeps a copy of each submission under its own privacy policy. Access to enquiries within the firm is restricted to the proprietor and authorised staff.

6. Data Retention

• Enquiry form data: 2 years, then deleted
• Records relating to professional engagements: for the periods required by applicable laws and ICAI requirements

7. Your Rights (DPDP Act, 2023)

Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, you have the right to:

• Obtain information about your personal data held by us
• Request correction or completion of inaccurate data
• Request erasure of your data (subject to statutory retention requirements)
• Nominate another person to exercise these rights in the event of your death or incapacity
• Lodge a grievance with our Grievance Officer

8. Third-Party Services

This website uses the following third-party services:

• Formspree -- processing of enquiry form submissions; data entered in the form is transmitted to Formspree for delivery to us
• Microsoft 365 -- the firm's email service, which receives enquiries delivered by Formspree
• Google Maps -- embedded map of our office location on the contact page; when that page is viewed, the visitor's browser loads map content directly from Google, which may process data such as the IP address in accordance with Google's privacy policy
• Cloudflare -- hosting and content delivery for this website
• ForwardDomain.net -- redirects visits to srirajassociates.com (without www) to www.srirajassociates.com; the visitor's IP address and the requested page address pass through this service, which states that it does not keep traffic logs

We do not sell, trade, or share your personal data with any third party for marketing purposes.

9. Cookies

This website does not set any cookies of its own. The embedded Google Maps frame on the contact page may set cookies from Google when viewed. No third-party tracking cookies are used by us.

This website stores three display preferences in your browser's own storage: the light or dark theme you choose, whether you have paused the animations on the home page, and whether the home page opening animation has already played in the current visit. These settings stay on your device, are not sent to us or to anyone else, contain no personal data, and can be cleared at any time through your browser settings.

10. Changes to This Policy

This privacy policy may be updated from time to time. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last changed.

11. Grievance Officer

For any privacy-related concerns or to exercise your rights under the DPDP Act: