Privacy Policy

Introduction

Brevintel is an independent market intelligence platform operated by RT Ventures, a company based in Pune, Maharashtra, India. We serve enterprise organizations, investment firms, consultants, and industry professionals worldwide. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information when you visit our website, submit inquiries, subscribe to communications, or otherwise interact with our services.

Information We Collect

We collect personal information in the following ways:

• Information you provide: name, business email, company, country, phone number, inquiry subject or report name, message content, and purpose of contact when you use our contact or report enquiry forms.
• Newsletter subscriptions: email address when you opt in to marketing communications.
• Automatic collection: server logs, IP address, browser type, device information, pages viewed, and referring URLs collected through our hosting infrastructure and analytics tools.
• We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information (such as government ID numbers, financial account details, or health data) through this website.

Legal Bases and Grounds for Processing

Depending on your location and the nature of processing, we rely on the following grounds:

• Consent: when you subscribe to marketing emails, accept non-essential cookies (when a consent tool is deployed), or explicitly agree to data processing via our forms.
• Legitimate interests: responding to business inquiries, operating and securing our website, understanding aggregate site usage, and pursuing our business development activities, where permitted and balanced against your rights.
• Contractual necessity: processing needed to fulfill report requests, deliver services, or perform obligations under agreements you enter with us.
• Legal obligation: compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and lawful requests.
• Under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA), we process personal data based on consent where required, and for permitted uses such as providing services you request and compliance with law.

How We Use Information

We use personal information to:

• Respond to contact, sample, and customization enquiries.
• Provide market intelligence services and fulfill commercial agreements.
• Send newsletters and product updates where you have opted in.
• Analyze website usage to improve performance and user experience.
• Maintain security, prevent fraud, and protect our systems.
• Comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms.

Cookies and Analytics

We use cookies and similar technologies as described in our Cookie Policy. In production, we use Vercel Web Analytics to understand how visitors use our site. Analytics data is aggregated and does not directly identify individuals.

See our Cookie Policy for full details.

Marketing Communications

We send promotional emails about reports, services, and events only when you have provided explicit opt-in consent (for example, by checking the marketing consent box on our newsletter form). You may withdraw consent at any time by clicking unsubscribe in our emails or contacting us at privacy@brevintel.com.

Subprocessors

We use trusted third-party service providers to operate our website and related services. These providers process personal information on our behalf under contractual safeguards:

International Data Transfers

Personal information may be processed in Pune, Maharashtra, India and transferred to other countries where our service providers operate, including the United States. These countries may have data protection laws different from those in your jurisdiction. Where required, we implement appropriate safeguards such as data processing agreements and, for transfers subject to GDPR, Standard Contractual Clauses and supplementary measures as advised by counsel. We do not rely solely on your use of the website as consent for international transfers.

Data Retention

We retain personal information only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy:

• Contact and enquiry records: typically up to 3 years from last interaction, unless a longer period is required for contract, tax, or legal purposes.
• Marketing subscriptions: until you unsubscribe or withdraw consent.
• Server logs and analytics: for limited periods consistent with operational and security needs.
• Retention may be extended where required to resolve disputes, enforce agreements, or comply with law.

Your Rights — India (DPDPA)

If you are in India, you may have rights under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, including:

• Right to access information about personal data we process about you.
• Right to correction and erasure of personal data, subject to legal exceptions.
• Right to withdraw consent where processing is consent-based.
• Right to nominate another individual to exercise your rights in the event of death or incapacity, where applicable.
• Right to lodge a grievance with us before approaching the Data Protection Board of India.

To exercise these rights or lodge a grievance, contact privacy@brevintel.com. RT Ventures, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Your Rights — EEA and UK (GDPR)

If you are in the European Economic Area or United Kingdom, you may have the following rights under GDPR:

• Access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, and data portability.
• Object to processing based on legitimate interests, and withdraw consent at any time where processing is consent-based.
• Not be subject to solely automated decision-making producing legal or similarly significant effects, where applicable.
• Lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority.

To exercise these rights, contact privacy@brevintel.com. We aim to respond within one month. You may lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority if you believe our processing violates applicable law.

Your Rights — California (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the CPRA may provide you with additional rights. This section applies only to California residents.

• Categories collected in the preceding 12 months: identifiers (name, email, phone, company, country), commercial information (inquiry context, report interest), internet or network activity (pages viewed, analytics data), and professional information you provide.
• Purposes: responding to inquiries, providing services, marketing (with consent), analytics, security, and legal compliance.
• We do not sell personal information for monetary consideration. We do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising as defined under CPRA. If this changes, we will update this policy and provide an opt-out mechanism.
• Right to know, delete, and correct personal information, subject to exceptions.
• Right to opt out of sale or sharing of personal information, if applicable.
• Right to non-discrimination for exercising privacy rights.
• To submit a request, email privacy@brevintel.com with "California Privacy Request" in the subject line. We will verify and respond within applicable statutory timelines.

Children

Our services and website are not directed to individuals under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have collected information from a child, please contact us and we will take steps to delete it.

Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page indicates when changes were last made. Material changes will be posted on this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

Contact Us

For privacy questions, grievances, or to exercise your rights, contact us at privacy@brevintel.com. RT Ventures is located in Pune, Maharashtra, India. You may also use our contact form.

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