SWS Technologies This notice explains what personal data SWS Technologies ("we") collects when you use sws-international.com and our blog at swstech.sws-international.com, why, how long we keep it and how you can exercise your rights. It is written for the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (India) and, for visitors in the EU / EEA and UK, the GDPR.
Who is responsible
SWS Technologies is the data fiduciary (controller) for this website. For any privacy question, request or grievance, write to [email protected]. We reply within 30 days.
What we collect and why
| Data | Purpose | Legal basis | Kept for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pages viewed, approximate location, device and browser, via Google Analytics cookies | Understanding which content is read, to improve the site | Your consent (banner); nothing is loaded until you accept | Up to 14 months in Google Analytics, then deleted |
| Name, email address and message from the contact form | Answering your enquiry | Your request (consent / steps before a contract) | As long as needed to handle the enquiry and any follow-up, at most 24 months |
| Blog comments: name, email address, optional website, the comment, IP address and browser | Publishing your comment, replying to you and keeping spam out | Your consent (you choose to comment) | As long as the post is published, or until you ask us to delete it |
| Blog author accounts: name and email address from the SWS Tech ID sign-in | Letting our authors write and publish posts | Their work for us | While they write for us; removed when they leave |
| IP address, time, page requested and browser in server and CDN logs | Running the site securely, preventing abuse and fixing errors | Legitimate use for security | About 14 days on our server; per Cloudflare's policy at the CDN |
| Your theme and cookie choices, stored in your browser only | Remembering your preference | Needed for the feature you chose | Until you clear your browser data |
On the blog, your name, website and comment are shown publicly next to your comment; your email address and IP address are never shown. A first comment waits for our approval before it appears.
We do not sell personal data, use it for advertising or build profiles. Advertising consent in Google Analytics is always set to "denied".
Cookies
Only Google Analytics sets cookies (_ga, _ga_*), and only after you click
"Accept analytics". To change your choice, use Cookie settings at the bottom of any page;
rejecting removes these cookies. The site works the same whether you accept or not.
On the blog, WordPress sets cookies only if you tick "Save my name, email, and website in this browser" when commenting (they keep those details for about a year), and sign-in cookies for our authors.
Who processes data for us
- Google (Google Analytics), which may process data outside India, including in the USA.
- Cloudflare, which delivers and protects the site.
- Amazon Web Services, Mumbai region, which hosts our server and the blog's database.
- Gravatar (Automattic), which shows a profile picture next to blog comments using a scrambled (hashed) form of the commenter's email address.
- Our email provider, which delivers contact-form messages to our inbox.
Each processes data only on our instructions and under its own data-protection terms.
Your rights
You can ask us to:
- tell you what personal data we hold about you and how we use it;
- correct, complete or update it;
- erase it, where we no longer need it or you withdraw consent;
- withdraw consent at any time (for analytics, use Cookie settings);
- nominate someone to exercise these rights on your behalf (DPDP Act).
Write to [email protected]. If you are not satisfied with our answer, you may complain to the Data Protection Board of India or, in the EU / EEA or UK, to your local data-protection authority.
Children
This site is meant for professionals and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect children's data.
Changes
When this notice changes, we update the date at the top of this page.