Privacy Policy - Current [Updated on 31st July 2026]
We care about your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy statement will inform you how we handle your personal data, your privacy rights, and how the law protects you. Please read this privacy statement carefully before using our Services.
VSK Business Consultant is a company in India. It has its registered office in Anna Nagar, Chennai.
2.1.1 Data Provided Through Direct Interactions
Registration and Other Account Information
When you register to use our Services, we may collect the following information about you:
If you register using your first name, last name, email address, Mobile Number 1, Mobile Number 2, address, and OTP verification via WhatsApp message.
We validate the accounts of VSK Business Consultant users by using WhatsApp message verification to ensure that each account is associated with a real and unique user. This validation process is initiated once you proceed with posting your first ad listing on our Services. In order to validate your VSK Business Consultant account before posting your ad listing, we will send you a WhatsApp message on a valid mobile number provided by you. This process is entirely free of charge.
2.1.2 Data We Collect Automatically When You Use Our Services
When you interact with our Services, we automatically collect the following information about you:
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you, or where you have expressly requested us to contact you.
Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests to improve our Services and to provide you a safe and secure Platform.
We have set out below a description of the reasons for which we use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are, where appropriate.
3.1 For Providing Access and Delivering Services Through Our Platform
* If you log in using your mobile number or email ID, we use your first name and last name, mobile number, and/or e-mail address to identify you as a user and provide access to our Platform.
* We use third-party payment service providers to process any payment you make to our Services. Depending on the method of payment, you may be requested to provide us with your payment and credit card details, which we will then provide to the payment service provider in order to process your payment. We do not store your credit card information, unless you choose the option to save such information in order to make recurring payments easier without having to re-enter your details each time. In such cases, we only store your cardholder name, the card expiry date, your card type, and the last four digits of the card number. We do not store any credit card code verification values and merely forward such values and your credit card number in an encrypted manner for the purpose of processing your payment by our payment service provider.
We process the above information for the adequate performance of our contract with you.
3.2 For Improving Your Experience on the Platform and Developing New Functionalities of the Platform
Offer you tailored content, such as giving you more relevant search results when using our Services.
Determine how much time you spend on our Platform and in what manner you navigate through our Platform in order to understand your interests and to improve our Services based on this data. For example, we may provide you with suggestions on content that you can visit based on the contents you have clicked.
Monitor and report the effectiveness of the campaign delivery to our business partners and internal business analysis.
2. If you choose to provide us with your location data, we use your location data for the following purposes:
To compile anonymous and aggregated information about the characteristics and behavior of VSK Business Consultant users, including for the purposes of business analysis, segmentation, and development of anonymous profiles.
To enhance the performance of our Services and to personalize the content we direct towards you. For example, with the help of location data, we display ad listings that are in your vicinity to improve your buying experience. For this purpose, Google Maps is integrated into our Platform. This means that both Google and we are responsible for the processing of your location data in the context of Google Maps. In any case, we will not process your location data for any other purposes but those explained in this Privacy Statement. However, Google might process such location data for their own purposes as explained in the Google Privacy Policy. Your use of Google Maps through our Platform is subject to Google Maps’ Terms of Service.
* With the help of your account information, which includes your email ID and phone number, we map the different devices (such as desktop, mobile, tablets) used by you to access our Platform. This allows us to associate your activity on our Platform across devices and helps us in providing you with a seamless experience no matter which device you use.
* We use the images you upload, the descriptions and prices you provide in your ad listings to train machine learning models to personalize search results in relation to ad ranking and user interest, to improve the identification and presentation of ad listings, to improve the search function, and to increase the likelihood of a successful sale. This helps us to improve our Services and to provide you with a better user experience.
* To show and recommend ad listings on our Services that may be of interest to you, we make use of algorithms that use information related to your browsing behavior, items you bought, clickstream data, your user ID, and your location data if you have given us permission to use this. We use this form of automated decision-making on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving our Services and providing a better user experience by offering you more relevant ad listings.
We process the above information for the adequate performance of our contract with you and on the basis of our legitimate interest to improve your experience of our Services.
3.3 To Prevent and Detect Fraud
To prevent and detect fraud on our Services, we make use of algorithms that recognize suspicious or fraudulent user behavior based on certain information such as user activity and posted content, which may lead to us banning certain user accounts. Automated banning happens when there is a very high degree of certainty that an account or action is fraudulent. Otherwise, human review takes place by selecting customer safety and security specialists on the basis of highly restrictive access rights. We use this form of automated decision-making on the basis of our legitimate interest to detect and prevent fraud and to keep our Services safe and secure for our users. If you think that your account was wrongfully banned, you can contact our Customer Support team, in which case our team will review the decision to ban your account.
3.4 To Take Your Feedback, Promote, and Offer You Services That May Be of Your Interest
We process the above information based on our legitimate interest in undertaking marketing activities to offer you Services that may be of your interest. Specifically, you may receive certain marketing communications from us:
By any preferred means of communication if you have requested such information from us.
By email or phone, regarding similar products and services, if you already use our Services or acquired some of our products.
By phone or email, if you provided us with your details when you entered a competition.
By phone or email, if you registered for a promotion.
By phone or email, if you have provided your feedback for our Services through our Platform, social media, or any other means.
Being a registered user on our Platform, please note that if you have registered yourself on DND/DNC/NCPR services, you will still receive the above communications.
You can ask us to stop sending you such marketing communication at any time by clicking on the opt-out link in the email sent to you, by changing your notification settings in your account, or by stating to our calling agent that you do not wish to be contacted for the above marketing communications.
We may amend and update this privacy statement from time to time. We will notify you of material changes to this privacy statement as appropriate under the circumstances and as required by applicable laws, e.g., by placing a prominent notice within our Services, by sending you a message via our Services, or by sending you an email. If you do not agree with the way we are processing your personal data and the choices we are providing to you, you may close your account at any time by going into your account settings and selecting delete account.
We will communicate with you by email, SMS, or in-app notifications in connection with our Services/Platform to confirm your registration, to inform you in case your ad listing has become live or expired, and for other transactional messages in relation to our Services. As it is imperative for us to provide you with such transactional messages, you may not be able to opt out of such messages.
The data we collect about you will be stored and processed in secure servers in order to provide the best possible user experience, for example, for fast website or mobile application buildup.
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, 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, whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
To exercise your privacy rights and choices, if you do not want us to process your data, then you can use the Data Deletion Requests feature to issue a request for its removal. The option to request data deletion is visible under Account > Settings > "Deactivate account and delete my data". There may be situations where we cannot grant your request—for example, if you ask us to delete your transaction data and VSK Business Consultant is legally obligated to keep a record of that transaction to comply with law.
All the information we receive about you is stored on secure servers, and we have implemented technical and organizational measures that are suitable and necessary to protect your personal data. VSK Business Consultant continually evaluates the security of its network and the adequacy of its internal information security program, which is designed to:
(a) Help secure your data against accidental or unlawful loss, access, or disclosure.
(b) Identify reasonably foreseeable risks to the security of the VSK Business Consultant network.
(c) Minimize security risks, including through risk assessment and regular testing.
Please note, despite the measures we have implemented to protect your data, the transfer of data through the Internet or other open networks is never completely secure, and there is a risk that your personal data may be accessed by unauthorized third parties.
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