Privacy Policy

SS Astra Legal & Associates collects personal information when you use our website. The types of information we collect include:

• Information you provide directly — your full name, email address, phone number, and a description of your legal matter when you submit a legal enquiry or contact form.

• Technical data — your IP address and browser type are collected automatically for basic security and rate-limiting purposes.

We do not collect payment card data. We do not use any third-party database services to store your submissions.

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To receive and respond to your legal enquiry.

• To send you an automated acknowledgement of your submission via email.

• To notify our legal team about new enquiries.

• To prevent abuse of our services through rate limiting.

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.

We use select third-party service providers to operate our website:

• A transactional email service — used solely for delivering enquiry acknowledgements and internal notifications. Your name, email, phone number, and matter description are transmitted to this service only for this purpose.

• A web hosting provider — used to serve and deliver this website.

These providers process data only as necessary to deliver their respective services and in accordance with their own privacy policies.

If your legal matter relates to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and you explicitly select this option when submitting your enquiry, your contact details and matter description may be shared with our associate firm — SALC – Sajid Aboobacker Legal Consultancy (Abu Dhabi, UAE) — for the purpose of providing you with relevant legal assistance under UAE law.

This data sharing will only occur with your explicit consent, obtained through a clearly labelled checkbox before you submit your enquiry. We operate in accordance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act).

Your enquiry data is processed via secure, encrypted email delivery and is not stored in any database on our servers.

• HTTPS encryption for all data in transit.

• Server-side validation of all inputs.

We retain email records for a reasonable period as required by our professional obligations.

As a law firm, we adhere to the strictest standards of professional confidentiality as prescribed by the Bar Council of India.

Information shared with us in the context of a legal enquiry is treated as confidential and will not be disclosed without your explicit consent, except as required by law.

You have the right to:

• Request access to the personal data we hold about you.

• Request correction of any inaccurate data.

• Request deletion of your data (subject to legal retention obligations).

• Withdraw consent for data sharing with our UAE associate at any time before submission.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at advnishapoddar@ssastralegal.com.

Our website uses a single, strictly necessary session cookie to record your acknowledgement of the legal disclaimer. This cookie:

• Contains no personal information — it only stores the value 'agreed'.

• Is a session cookie — it is automatically deleted when you close your browser.

• Is essential for the functionality of the website and does not require separate consent under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

We do not use tracking cookies, advertising cookies, analytics cookies, or any other non-essential cookies.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by the 'Last Updated' date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

• Email: advnishapoddar@ssastralegal.com

• Phone: 8472811751

• Address: Poddar Bhawan, Maligaon Bara Bazar, Pandu, Guwahati – 781012, Assam