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Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Strategic Elsewhere LLP collects, uses, shares, retains and protects personal data when you visit our website or interact with us.

1. Who We Are

Strategic Elsewhere LLP ("Strategic Elsewhere", "we", "us" or "our") is a business advisory and senior leadership services firm based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

For personal data processed in connection with this website and our business activities, Strategic Elsewhere LLP acts as the Data Fiduciary where applicable under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ("DPDP Act") and applicable rules and regulations.

Privacy contact: msprabhu@gmail.com

2. Scope

This policy applies to personal data collected through this website, website forms, communications, meeting and scheduling tools, professional-network enquiries, client or prospective-client interactions, and related business activities.

Specific client engagements may also be governed by separate engagement letters, confidentiality agreements, data-processing terms or other contractual arrangements.

3. Personal Data We May Collect

Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:

  • Identity and contact information: name, email address, telephone/mobile number, company name, job title, business address and location information that you choose to provide.
  • Professional information: professional background, qualifications, employment history, areas of expertise, LinkedIn or other professional profile information, and information relevant to a proposed engagement.
  • Business and enquiry information: information about your organisation, business requirements, projects, strategic needs, meeting requests, proposals and communications with us.
  • Professional-network information: CVs, resumes, biographies, qualifications, availability and engagement preferences provided by professionals who wish to work with us.
  • Communication information: emails, messages, meeting details, documents and other information you choose to provide.
  • Technical and usage information: IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, referring URL, pages visited, timestamps, interaction data, security logs and similar technical information.

4. Website Technologies and Third-Party Services

Our website uses or may use third-party technologies and services to operate the website, understand usage, communicate with visitors, schedule meetings, protect forms and improve marketing and business development. These include:

  • Google Analytics: website analytics and measurement.
  • Google Tag Manager: management and deployment of website tags and related technologies.
  • LinkedIn Insight Tag: website measurement, conversion tracking, audience insights and, where enabled, retargeting. LinkedIn states that its Insight Tag can receive information such as URL, referrer, IP address, device/browser characteristics and timestamp. LinkedIn's explanation.
  • Google reCAPTCHA: security and abuse prevention for forms or other interactive features.
  • Google Maps: displaying location and map information.
  • YouTube: displaying embedded video content.
  • Calendly: meeting scheduling and appointment management.
  • CRM and enquiry forms: capturing and managing business enquiries and relationship information.
  • Email tracking technologies: where enabled, tracking message delivery, opens, clicks or other engagement for business communications.
  • Hosting and security logs: server and infrastructure logs used for availability, diagnostics, security, abuse prevention and troubleshooting.

Google explains that websites integrating Google services such as analytics, YouTube and Maps may share information such as the page URL and IP address with Google, and that Google services may use cookies or similar technologies. Google Privacy Policy. LinkedIn states that website operators are responsible for obtaining permissions or consents required before sharing data with LinkedIn.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We may use cookies, pixels, tags, local storage and similar technologies for website functionality, security, analytics, scheduling, embedded content, conversion measurement, marketing and communications.

Some technologies may be essential to the operation or security of the website, while others may be used for analytics or marketing. Where applicable law requires consent for a particular technology, we will provide an appropriate consent mechanism and will respect your choices.

You can also manage certain cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect website functionality.

6. How We Use Personal Data

  • Responding to enquiries and requests.
  • Understanding business requirements and evaluating potential engagements.
  • Connecting clients or prospective clients with relevant professionals.
  • Providing advisory, leadership, governance and transformation services.
  • Managing professional-network relationships and evaluating professionals for potential assignments.
  • Scheduling and managing meetings.
  • Preparing proposals, statements of work and engagement documentation.
  • Managing contracts, billing, accounting, administration and business records.
  • Operating, securing and improving our website and technology systems.
  • Measuring website, campaign and communication performance.
  • Preventing fraud, spam, abuse and security incidents.
  • Complying with legal, regulatory, accounting and professional obligations.
  • Conducting legitimate business development and marketing activities where permitted by applicable law and, where required, with appropriate consent.

7. Lawful Grounds and Consent

We process personal data only for lawful purposes permitted under applicable law. Depending on the circumstances, processing may be based on consent, steps taken at your request before entering into a contract, performance of a contract, compliance with legal obligations, or another lawful basis or permitted use under applicable law.

Where consent is required, we aim to provide a clear and understandable notice describing the personal data collected and the purposes for which it will be processed. The Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 require notices to be clear, standalone and understandable, including an itemised description of personal data and the specified purpose or purposes of processing.

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw consent through the method provided to you or by contacting us, subject to applicable law. Withdrawal does not affect processing that was lawful before withdrawal.

8. Marketing and Communications

We may send business communications, service information, invitations, insights or other relevant material where permitted by applicable law. Where consent is required, we will obtain it. You may opt out of marketing communications at any time by using the unsubscribe mechanism provided or by contacting us.

Business communications may use email-tracking technologies where enabled. These technologies may record delivery, opening, clicks or similar engagement information to help us understand and improve communications.

9. Sharing of Personal Data

We do not sell personal data.

We may share personal data where reasonably necessary with Strategic Elsewhere professionals, advisors and authorised representatives; technology, hosting, CRM, analytics, scheduling, communications, security and support providers; accounting, legal, audit and other professional advisors; payment, banking and financial service providers where relevant; contractors and service providers supporting our business operations; and government, regulatory, law-enforcement or judicial authorities where required or permitted by law.

Where third-party service providers process personal data on our behalf, we take reasonable steps to require appropriate confidentiality, security and purpose controls.

10. International Processing

Some technology and professional service providers we use may process personal data outside India. Where personal data is transferred or processed outside India, we will do so subject to applicable law and any restrictions or requirements prescribed by the Government of India from time to time.

11. Confidential Business Information

Our professional engagements may involve confidential commercial, financial, operational, technological or strategic information. Confidential information received under a formal engagement is handled in accordance with applicable contractual confidentiality obligations and internal controls.

This Privacy Policy concerns personal data and does not replace confidentiality provisions in engagement letters, non-disclosure agreements or other contracts.

12. Data Security

We maintain reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration, disclosure, destruction and other unauthorised processing. Depending on the system and data involved, measures may include access controls, authentication, secure hosting, contractual controls, backups, monitoring, logging and incident-response procedures.

No electronic transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

13. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including providing services, maintaining business relationships, meeting contractual and legal obligations, resolving disputes, and establishing, exercising or defending legal claims.

When personal data is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to delete, anonymise or otherwise dispose of it in accordance with applicable law and our retention practices.

14. Your Rights and Choices

Subject to applicable law and prescribed procedures, you may have rights in relation to your personal data, including rights to request information about processing, correction or updating of inaccurate or incomplete personal data, erasure where permitted, withdrawal of consent where consent is the basis for processing, grievance redressal, and nomination as provided by applicable law.

You may also have choices regarding cookies, marketing communications and certain third-party technologies, depending on the feature and applicable law.

15. Exercising Your Rights or Raising a Grievance

To submit a privacy request, exercise an applicable right or raise a grievance, contact:

Strategic Elsewhere LLP
Privacy Contact
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Email: msprabhu@gmail.com

Please provide sufficient information for us to understand and process your request. We may need to verify your identity before acting on certain requests. We will respond in accordance with applicable law and prescribed timelines.

16. Children's Data

Our website and professional services are directed primarily to businesses and professional users. We do not knowingly seek to collect personal data from children through our professional services. Where applicable law imposes specific requirements regarding children's personal data, we will comply with those requirements.

17. Third-Party Websites

Our website may link to or embed third-party websites and services. We are not responsible for their privacy practices, security or content. We encourage you to review the applicable third-party privacy policies before providing information to them.

18. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our services, data-processing practices, technology, applicable law or regulatory guidance. The updated policy will be published on this website with a revised effective date.

19. Contact Us

For privacy questions, requests or grievances, contact msprabhu@gmail.com.

Last updated: 17 September 2026

This policy is drafted for Strategic Elsewhere LLP's stated website and business model and should be reviewed by Indian legal/privacy counsel against the final data flows, contracts, cookie-consent implementation and technology configuration before launch.