Privacy Policy

Last Updated: April 1, 2025

Stakobytes.in ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting the privacy of our users. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto (collectively, the "Site"). Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access the Site.

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the "Last Updated" date of this Privacy Policy. You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Privacy Policy is posted.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to the third-party online/mobile store from which you install the Site or make payments, including any in-game virtual items, which may also collect and use data about you. We are not responsible for any of the data collected by any such third party.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

A. Personal Data

Personally identifiable information, such as your name, shipping address, email address, telephone number, and demographic information, that you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Site or when you choose to participate in various activities related to the Site, such as:

• Contact Forms: When you inquire about our software solutions, industry-specific solutions, or general inquiries via forms on pages like https://stakobytes.in/software-solutions or https://stakobytes.in/industries-software-solutions.

• Career Opportunities: When you apply for a job through https://stakobytes.in/career-opportunities, you may provide your resume, cover letter, employment history, educational background, and other relevant personal information.

• Store Purchases: When you make a purchase from our online store at https://stakobytes.in/store, we collect payment information (though processed securely by third-party payment processors), billing address, shipping address, and contact details.

• Account Registration: If you create an account on our Site.

• Newsletter Subscriptions: When you sign up for our newsletters or marketing communications.

You are under no obligation to provide us with personal information of any kind, however, your refusal to do so may prevent you from using certain features of the Site.

B. Derivative Data

Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.

C. Financial Data

Financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g., valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date) that we may collect when you purchase, order, return, exchange, or request information about our services from the Site. We store only very limited, if any, financial information that we collect. Otherwise, all financial information is stored by our payment processor, and you are encouraged to review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your questions.

D. Data From Social Networks

User information from social networking sites, such as Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, etc., including your name, your social network username, location, gender, birth date, email address, profile picture, and public data for contacts, if you connect your account to such social networks.

E. Mobile Device Data

Information about your mobile device, such as your mobile device ID, model, and manufacturer, and information about the location of your device, if you access the Site from a mobile device.

F. Third-Party Data

Information from third parties, such as personal information or network friends, if you connect your account to the third party and grant the Site permission to access this information.

G. Data From Contests, Giveaways, and Surveys

Personal and other information you may provide when entering contests or giveaways and/or responding to surveys.

2. How We Collect Information

We collect information through:

• Direct Interactions: You provide information when you fill out forms, apply for jobs, make purchases, or communicate with us.

• Automated Technologies or Interactions: As you interact with our Site, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs, and other similar technologies.

• Third Parties or Publicly Available Sources: We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources.

3. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:

• Create and manage your account.

• Process your transactions and send related information, including purchase confirmations and invoices for store items.

• Deliver software solutions and services you request.

• Communicate with you about our services, promotions, and news.

• Respond to your inquiries and offer customer support.

• Evaluate your application for career opportunities.

• Improve the efficiency and operation of the Site.

• Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Site.

• Notify you of updates to the Site or our services.

• Request feedback and contact you about your use of the Site.

• Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems.

• Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.

• Comply with legal obligations.

4. How We Share Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

A. By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation. This includes exchanging information with other entities for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

B. Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing (for the store), data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance. These third parties may have access to your personal information to perform their functions but are prohibited from using it for other purposes.

C. Marketing Communications

With your consent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.

D. Interactions with Other Users

If you interact with other users of the Site, those users may see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity, including sending invitations to other users, chatting with other users, liking posts, following blogs.

E. Online Postings

When you post comments, contributions or other content to the Site, your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Site in perpetuity.

F. Third-Party Advertisers

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit the Site. These companies may use information about your visits to the Site and other websites that are contained in web cookies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

G. Affiliates

We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.

H. Business Partners

We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services or promotions.

I. Sale or Bankruptcy

If we reorganize or sell all or a portion of our assets, undergo a merger, or are acquired by another entity, we may transfer your information to the successor entity. If we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, your information would be an asset transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that the transferee may not honor the commitments we made in this Privacy Policy.

We are not responsible for the actions of third parties with whom you share personal or sensitive data, and we have no authority to manage or control third-party solicitations. If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails or other communications from third parties, you are responsible for contacting the third party directly.

5. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the Site to help customize the Site and improve your experience. When you access the Site, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can remove or reject cookies, but be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the Site. You may not decline web beacons. However, they can be rendered ineffective by declining all cookies or by modifying your web browser's settings to notify you each time a cookie is submitted, allowing you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis.

6. Data Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.

• Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.

• Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

• Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

• Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

• Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided in the "Contact Us" section below. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it.

9. Third-Party Websites

The Site may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including advertisements and external services, that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave the Site, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information. Before visiting and providing any information to any third-party websites, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of the third party responsible for that website, and should take those steps necessary to, in your discretion, protect the privacy of your information. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other sites, services or applications that may be linked to or from the Site.

10. Children's Privacy

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 18. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 18, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

info@stakobytes.in