Privacy Policy

01Who we are

This Privacy Policy explains how ClusterMicro Technologies ("we", "us", "our") handles personal data across our websites and products, including this site (clustermicro.com), StockLearn, our developer-certification platforms, and related services. We are the data fiduciary for that information. This policy is written to align with India's Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (the "DPDP Act").

ClusterMicro Technologies
Bengaluru – 560092, Karnataka, India
Email: contact@clustermicro.com

02What we collect

The personal data we collect depends on how you interact with us:

• Information you give us — such as your name and email when you create an account on one of our products, contact us, or subscribe to a service.
• Usage information — basic technical data such as browser type, device, pages visited and time of visit, collected automatically to operate and improve the site.
• Cookies and similar technologies — see Cookies & advertising below.

We do not knowingly collect sensitive personal data (such as health, religion, or biometric information), and we never collect your broker or demat credentials or trading passwords.

03How we use it

We use personal data to operate and provide our services, create and manage accounts, respond to your enquiries, process subscriptions where applicable, keep our sites secure, comply with legal obligations, and understand and improve how our products are used.

04Cookies & advertising

We use a small number of first-party cookies that are essential to operate the site, remember your preferences, and measure usage so we can improve our content.

Third-party advertising cookies

Parts of this website display advertisements served through Google AdSense, a third-party advertising service provided by Google LLC. Advertising helps us keep content freely available.

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to this website and other websites on the internet.
• Google's use of advertising cookies (including the DoubleClick cookie) enables Google and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
• These advertising cookies are set and controlled by Google and its advertising partners, not by us, and their use is governed by those providers' own privacy policies.

How to control or opt out

• You can opt out of personalised advertising in Google Ads Settings.
• You can opt out of some third-party vendors' cookies for personalised advertising at www.aboutads.info.
• You can manage or block cookies in your browser settings, though disabling essential cookies will affect how the site works.

For more on how Google uses data when you use its partners' sites or apps, see Google's Privacy & Terms.

05Who we share with

We share personal data only with service providers who help us operate — such as cloud hosting and payment processors — and only as far as needed to deliver our services. We may also disclose data where the law requires it. We display third-party advertising provided by Google, which uses cookies as described above; this is distinct from selling personal data, and we do not sell, rent, or license your personal data to advertisers or marketing companies.

06How we protect it

We apply industry-standard safeguards including encrypted transport over HTTPS/TLS, access limited to those who need it, and periodic review. No system is perfectly secure, so while we work hard to protect your data we cannot guarantee absolute security.

07How long we keep it

We keep personal data only as long as needed for the purposes described here or as required by law, after which it is deleted or anonymised. You may ask us to delete your data sooner, subject to any retention the law requires.

08Your rights

Subject to the DPDP Act and applicable law, you may ask us to access, correct, or delete the personal data we hold about you. Write to contact@clustermicro.com and we will respond within 30 days. You also have the right to raise a complaint with the Data Protection Board of India.

09Children

Our services are intended for adults aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect data from minors, and will delete it if we learn we have.

10Updates & contact

We may update this policy as our services or the law evolve; the date above reflects the latest version. For any privacy question or to exercise a right, contact contact@clustermicro.com.