1.1 Personal Information that we process

For the purposes of this privacy statement, ‘Personal Information’ is any data that relates to an individual who may be identified from that data, or from a combination of a set of data, and other information which is in possession of Cogneau.

We collect the following categories of Personal Information:

• Information that you provide via our website, including information you provide when you register on our website for any query e.g. your name, email, company name, company address, contact number etc. 
• Information that you provide via our website while seeking a career with us, your name, your email address, name of your university, your field of academic study/concentration, qualifications and profession, expected year and month of your graduation, and telephone number;
• Information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this Site, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, demographics, your computers’ operating system, device and connectivity details and browser type and information collected via cookies; and 
• Cookie-related details are provided in the Cookie Policy

We may also obtain Personal Information from third parties including:

• Social networks, when you grant permission to us to access your Personal Information on one or more networks through our website.
• Service providers, who help us to determine a location based on your IP address in order to customize offerings and content to your location.
• Partners with whom we offer co-branded services or engage in joint marketing activities.

Subscriptions to our promotional communications.

If you sign up to receive marketing communications from Cogneau Systems we may send these by email, post, telephone or any other means of communication. For information about managing your Personal Information, you may reach out to the contact details provided in the event privacy notice or in the emails you receive, or you may use the contact us form on the website. 

To administer events and initiatives. 

Cogneau Systems may organize events and initiatives, either free to join or by invitation only; in these cases, this privacy notice applies to both participants and speakers, together with any other supplementary information that is provided in relation to each event. To allow participants to join the events (including communications pre and post-event), we are required to collect and process a limited amount of information, such as:

• full name,
• the company, job title and business email address,
• telephone number,
• location, and/or
• pictures and video of you.

We may also obtain data from third parties including third party event organizers where the event is sponsored by Cogneau Systems. Organizers might provide the attendee list. In such cases, the privacy statement of those third parties to whom you provide your Personal Information will apply to you.

We use your Personal Information for the following purposes:

• to provide better usability, improve the content, ensure safety and security, troubleshooting and site maintenance;
• to administer, manage and develop our business and services; 
• to understand which parts of the website are visited and how frequently;
• to identify you once you register on our website;
• to contact you and respond to your questions or requests; 
• to provide access to desirable content based on your preferences; and 
• to process job application requests, more details about which are available on corresponding portals of this website.

Marketing Communications: When reaching out to you, we may do so through different channels, such as email, phone calls, posts or any other means of communication such as through social media sites such as LinkedIn. We will only send electronic marketing communications to business contacts in a business-to-business context, where we have your prior consent or where it is otherwise lawful to do so. You can opt-out from receiving such communications at any time using the contact us form on www.verdis.ai, writing to our Data Protection Officers (see the section below) or by any other given method provided from time to time (for example: unsubscribe link included at the bottom of emails). 

We will only use your Personal Information for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason that is compatible with the original purpose and applicable law. 

Please note that we may process your Personal Information without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law.

We process your Personal Information when it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are the party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract. This applies in any case where we provide services to you pursuant to a contract, such as when you use our website or process your registration on the website. If you do not provide the Personal Information that we need in order to provide our services, we will not be able to provide our services to you. We process your Personal Information for the performance of a contract to provide better usability, troubleshooting and site maintenance and other purposes as specified in para I.2 above.

We process your Personal Information when it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are the party or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract. This applies in any case where we provide services to you pursuant to a contract, such as when you use our website or process your registration on the website. If you do not provide the Personal Information that we need in order to provide our services, we will not be able to provide our services to you. We process your Personal Information for the performance of a contract to provide better usability, troubleshooting and site maintenance and other purposes as specified in para I.2 above.

If you choose not to provide the Personal Information that is mandatory to process your request, we may not be able to provide the corresponding service.

Cogneau Systems does not share your Personal Information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes.

We share your Personal Information within

• Cogneau Systems or with any of its offices, branches;
• Business partners;
• Service vendors;
• Authorized third-party agents; or
• Contractors; or 
• Regulators or to otherwise comply with the law.

Cogneau Systems does not sell your Personal Information to third parties.

All our third-party service providers are required to take appropriate security measures to protect your Personal Information in line with our policies. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your Personal Information for their own purposes. We only permit them to process your Personal Information for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions and applicable law. We may also need to share your Personal Information with regulators or otherwise comply with the law.

In general, Cogneau Systems is the data controller processing your Personal Information.

Please refer to the Cookie Policy

Do Not Track (DNT) is a privacy preference that users can set in some web browsers, allowing users to opt-out of tracking by websites and online services. At the present time, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has not yet established universal standards for recognizable DNT signals and therefore, Cogneau Systems and the Site do not recognize DNT.

Subject to the laws of India, You have the right to access, correct, delete or transfer your Personal Information that we hold, including your profile and preferences. You also have the right to object to certain processing and, where we have asked for your consent to process your Personal Information, to withdraw this consent. Where we process your Personal Information because we have a legitimate interest in doing so (as explained above), you also have a right to object to this. These rights may be limited in some situations – for example, where we can demonstrate that we have a legal requirement to process your Personal Information.

You can assert your rights in the corresponding sections where such information was provided or by contacting us at privacy@verdis.ai

Cogneau Systems adopts reasonable and appropriate security practices and procedures including administrative, physical security, and technical controls in order to safeguard your Personal Information. 

In addition, we limit access to your Personal Information to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your Personal Information on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality. 

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected data security breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected breach where we are legally required to do so.

Personal Information will not be retained for a period more than necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this privacy statement unless a longer retention period is required by law or for directly related legitimate business purposes.

In some circumstances, we may anonymize your Personal Information so that it can no longer be associated with you, in which case we may use such information without further notice to you.

Cogneau Systems provides links to third-party websites and services. However, Cogneau Systems is not responsible for the privacy statements, practices, or contents of such third-party websites.

The Site does not knowingly solicit or collect personally identifiable information online from children under the age of 18 without prior verifiable parental consent. If Cogneau Systems learns that a child under the age of 18 has submitted personally identifiable information online without parental consent, it will take all reasonable measures to delete such information from its databases and to not use such information for any purpose (except where necessary to protect the safety of the child or others as required or allowed by law). If you become aware of any personally identifiable information we have collected from children under 18, please call us at +91 0124 4145222 or email us at privacy@verdis.ai.

Minors under 18 years of age may have the Personal Information that they provide to us deleted by sending an email to privacy@verdis.ai requesting deletion. Please note that, while we make reasonable efforts to comply with such requests, deletion of your Personal Information does not ensure complete and comprehensive removal of that data from all systems.

If you have any questions regarding our privacy practices or this privacy statement, or to request this privacy statement in another format, please contact us at:

Cogneau Systems may change the data privacy practices and update this privacy statement as and when the need arises, and the same will be made available on the website. But our commitment to protect the privacy of website users will continue to remain.

Cookies are small text files that, like most other Web servers, we place in your device that you use to access our website. This is done to recognize your device during a session or in your future visits to our website, primarily in order to provide a better user experience.

Types of cookies used:

Session cookie: Session cookies remain only as long as a browsing session is active and are intended to avoid user inconvenience during browsing. These cookies allow websites to link the actions of a user during a browser session and expire at the end of the browsing session. Session cookies also assist the user in navigating the website and allow the user to access secure parts of the webpage when logged in.

Persistent cookie: Persistent cookies are stored on a user’s device even after the termination of a browsing session. It helps in recalling the preferences or actions of the user. Persistent cookies are used for a variety of purposes such as retaining the visitor’s language and regional preference(s) at the end of each browsing session. We use the services of the third-party analytics service providers to analyze cookies to carry out a behavioural analysis in order to enhance user experience and convenience, and also to provide targeted and relevant content to visitors. Depending on the type and settings of your browser, cookies may be accepted by default. You may change the settings of your browser to delete existing cookies or prevent future cookies from being automatically accepted. If you disable cookies, certain parts and functions of our website may not be available. You can learn more about cookies at www.aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your browser by clearing its browsing history.

Third-Party Cookies

We use cookies from third-party companies to provide us with insights about our sites, help us run targeting advertising campaigns, measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns and to make the advertisements more relevant to you. These companies use cookies to collect information about your browsing activities on our sites, such as the pages you visit, the links you click, assets you download and how long you are on our sites. Based on your browsing of our website you may see our advertisements while browsing through our advertisement partner websites and/or their network websites. In order to opt-out from receiving such advertisements, you have to set your preferences on our partner websites. Alternatively, you may also visit Network Advertising Initiative or Digital Advertising Alliance websites to opt-out.

Some of the cookies we commonly use are listed below. This list is not exhaustive, but it is intended to illustrate the main reasons we typically set cookies. If you visit one of our websites, the site may set some or all of the following cookies: