Privacy policy
We collect little: your email if you subscribe, what you send us, and analytics only with your consent. No ad tracking, and we never sell data.
Needs legal review
Who we are
SaaS Helms (saashelms.com) is published by [Company Pvt Ltd], [Registered address], [City, State], India ("we", "us"). For the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) we are the Data Fiduciary for the personal data described here. Contact: [Grievance officer name], [Grievance officer email].
In short
- You can read SaaS Helms without an account and without giving us any personal data.
- We collect personal data only when you subscribe to our newsletter, send us an enquiry, or agree to analytics cookies.
- We don't sell personal data, and we don't share it with the vendors we rank unless you ask us to.
- We don't use advertising cookies or ad tracking.
What we collect and why
| Data | Purpose | Basis | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your email address, the date you subscribed and confirmed, and which emails you open or click (if your email app allows it). | To send price-change alerts and our monthly email. | Your consent, given when you subscribe and confirm by email. | Until you unsubscribe, then deleted within 30 days. We keep a record of the unsubscribe so we don't email you again. |
| Name, work email, company, phone number (optional), website and your message, from the sales enquiry, get-listed and claim forms, or emails you send us. | To reply to you, process a listing or claim, and, for vendors, to agree and invoice a sponsored placement. | Data you give us voluntarily for that purpose, and for paying vendors, the performance of our contract. | Up to 24 months after our last contact. Invoices and contract records are kept for as long as Indian tax and company law requires (currently up to 8 years). |
| Pages viewed, approximate location (city level), device and browser type, and how you arrived, collected through Google Analytics 4 only if you select "Accept all" or turn analytics on in cookie settings. | To see which lists and pages help readers so we can improve them. | Your consent. Without it, analytics cookies are not set. | Analytics data is kept for [14] months in Google Analytics. Cookie lifetimes are listed in our cookie policy. |
| IP address, browser user agent, page requested and time, recorded by our hosting provider. | To keep the site secure and working, and to investigate abuse. | Legitimate use for security, as allowed under the DPDP Act. | [Retention period], and at least one year where the DPDP Rules, 2025 require it. |
| The tools you add to compare, stored only in your browser's session storage. | To keep your compare selection while you browse. | Needed for the feature you chose to use. It never leaves your browser. | Cleared when you close the tab. |
What we don't do
- We don't sell or rent personal data.
- We don't pass your details to vendors as leads. If you want a vendor to contact you, use the vendor's own website.
- We don't use advertising cookies, retargeting pixels or ad networks.
- We don't knowingly collect data from anyone under 18. If you are under 18, please don't subscribe or send us personal data.
Who processes data for us
We use service providers (Data Processors) who process data only on our instructions:
- Hosting: [Hosting provider]
- Newsletter email: [Email service provider]
- Analytics (with consent only): Google Analytics 4, Google LLC
- Email: [Email provider]
Some of these providers store data outside India. We use them only where the DPDP Act permits transfer and under contracts that require them to protect the data.
Your rights
Under the DPDP Act you can:
- get a summary of the personal data we hold about you and how we use it;
- ask us to correct, complete, update or erase it;
- withdraw consent at any time (for example, unsubscribe from the newsletter, or change cookie settings). Withdrawing consent doesn't affect processing that already happened;
- nominate another person to exercise your rights if you die or become incapable;
- raise a grievance with us, and then with the Data Protection Board of India if you are not satisfied.
To use these rights, email [Grievance officer email]. We may ask you to confirm your identity. We respond to grievances within 90 days at most.
Visitors outside India
If you are in the European Economic Area or the UK, you also have rights under the GDPR, including access, correction, erasure, restriction, portability and objection, and the right to complain to your local data protection authority. Our legal bases are consent (newsletter, analytics), legitimate interests (security logs, replying to enquiries) and contract (paying vendors).
How we protect data
We use HTTPS across the site, limit access to personal data to the people who need it, use providers with recognised security practices, and keep logs to detect misuse. If a breach affects your personal data, we will tell you and the Data Protection Board of India as the DPDP Act requires.
Changes to this policy
We will post any change here with a new "Updated" date and, for significant changes, tell newsletter subscribers by email. Version 1.0, 19 Oct 2026.