Privacy Policy
At RS Cluster, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This policy explains how we handle your information across global jurisdictions.
Welcome to the Privacy Policy for **RS Cluster** (accessible via our site and services). This document describes how **RS Cluster** and its owner, **Rakesh Dodamani** (“we”, “us”, “our”), collect, use, store, and process your personal data when you interact with our portfolio, showcase, consulting forms, or interactive applications.
Under global frameworks such as the **General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)** in the European Union, the **California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA)** in the United States, and the **Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP Act, 2023)** in India, we act as both a **Data Controller** and a **Data Fiduciary** for the personal data you provide to us.
1. Introduction & Scope
This Privacy Policy applies to the RS Cluster website, subdomains, portfolio case studies, and any interactive mini-projects, user tools, sandbox environments, or demo applications we host (collectively, the “Services”).
By using our Services, you understand that your data will be processed in accordance with this policy. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use our Services or submit your personal data.
2. Information We Collect
A. Current Data Collection:
- Contact Form Inquiries: When you submit a request regarding our services, products, or custom solutions, we collect your **Name**, **Email Address**, **Phone Number**, and the contents of your message.
- Technical & Usage Information: We automatically log basic analytics data, including your **IP Address**, browser type and version, language settings, operating system, referral URLs, page exit rates, and date/time stamps.
- Cookies & Local Storage: We use basic tracking technologies to remember interface preferences and monitor site performance.
B. Future & Planned Data Collection (For interactive tools & mini-projects):
- Account Registration: If you sign up for personalized dashboards or save results in our demo tools, we will collect your **Name**, **Email Address**, and securely **hashed password credentials**.
- Interactive Application Inputs: When you interact with our sandbox environments, calculation tools, or code playgrounds, we process the specific inputs, variables, configuration data, or test files you upload or type to render output.
- Application Performance Metrics: We track usage counts, error rates, and resource utilization on individual tools to optimize their speed and functionality.
3. How We Use Information
We use your data only for specified, clear, and legitimate purposes:
- Service Inquiries: To respond to your comments, questions, and requests for quotes on digital solutions, software products, and consulting packages.
- Interactive Functionality: To power live sandboxes, verify accounts, save state across user sessions, and deliver requested calculations/code execution outcomes in our mini-projects.
- UX Improvement & Analytics: To monitor site traffic, analyze user journeys, troubleshoot technical bugs, and customize page layouts to serve recruiters and developers better.
Legal Grounds for Processing (GDPR & DPDP):
We process personal data based on your Consent (when submitting forms or creating accounts), for the Performance of a Contract (to provide interactive tools), and for our Legitimate Interests (improving security, analyzing platform metrics, and optimizing features).
6. Data Security & Retention
Data Security Measures:
We implement industry-standard administrative, physical, and logical safeguards. All communication is encrypted over HTTPS (SSL). Database access is limited strictly to authorized endpoints, passwords are encrypted using strong modern hashing algorithms (e.g., bcrypt/argon2), and database connections use Secure Sockets Layer protocols.
Data Retention Guidelines:
- Inquiry Submissions: Retained for as long as necessary to answer your request or manage business communication (up to 12 months unless a client contract is initiated).
- User Account Details & Tools Data: Retained for as long as your account remains active. If an account is inactive for more than 180 days, we reserve the right to archive or purge the account and associated inputs.
7. Your Rights & Choices
Depending on your geographic location, you possess powerful statutory rights over your personal data under the EU GDPR, US CCPA, and India's DPDP Act:
GDPR & CCPA Rights
- Right to Access: Request a copy of the data we hold on you.
- Right to Rectification: Ask us to correct inaccurate details.
- Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): Ask us to delete your personal data.
- Data Portability: Export your data in structured machine-readable formats.
- Opt-Out: Restrict third-party processing or automated decision-making.
India DPDP Act (2023) Rights
- Right to Summary: Obtain a summary of processed personal data and tracking activities.
- Correction & Erasure: Request correction of inaccurate, misleading, or outdated entries, or erasure of outdated details.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: Easy withdrawal of consent at any stage, stopping future processing.
- Right to Grievance Redressal: Submit complaints to our Grievance Officer and subsequently the Data Protection Board of India.
- Right to Nominate: Designate another individual to exercise your rights in the event of death or incapacity.
To exercise any of these rights, please email us at info.rscluster@gmail.com. We respond to all legitimate requests within 30 days. Under the DPDP Act, you can also manage your consent through registered Consent Managers.
8. Minors & Children's Privacy
Our Services are designed primarily for professionals, recruiters, businesses, and developers. We do not knowingly target or collect personal data from children under the age of 13 (or under the age of 18 in India without verifiable parental/guardian consent, as required under Section 9 of the DPDP Act).
If we discover that a minor has submitted personal data to our forms or tool databases without legal guardian verification, we will immediately delete that information from our active databases.
9. Contact & Updates
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect adjustments in our tools, cloud processors, or legal requirements. Updates will be posted to this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.
For data privacy requests, consent withdrawal, or grievance redressal, please contact our Data Protection Officer / Grievance Officer:
Entity Name: RS Cluster
Principal / Grievance Officer: Rakesh Dodamani
Email Address: info.rscluster@gmail.com
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India