Privacy Policy
AlphaNom Ventures Pvt. Ltd. · Version 2.0 · Effective Date: 22 June 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how AlphaNom Ventures Pvt. Ltd. ("AlphaNom", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects the personal data of all users of the AlphaNom platform at www.alphanom.in ("Platform"), including Employers, Recruiters, and Candidates.
This Policy is published in compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ("DPDPA"), the Information Technology Act, 2000 ("IT Act"), the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 ("SPDI Rules"), and the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 ("Intermediary Guidelines").
1. Who We Are and How to Contact Us
AlphaNom Ventures Pvt. Ltd. is the Data Fiduciary responsible for all personal data collected through the Platform under the DPDPA.
2. What Personal Data We Collect
We collect the following categories of personal data depending on your role on the Platform. The legal basis for each category is stated in accordance with the DPDPA and the IT Act:
2A. Publicly Available Professional Information
2A.1 AlphaNom may process publicly available professional information — including information from professional networking platforms such as LinkedIn, public company directories, and similar professional sources — where such information has been lawfully provided to AlphaNom by a Recruiter, Employer, or the data subject themselves.
2A.2 AlphaNom processes such publicly available information only to the extent necessary for the purposes described in this Policy and only where the data subject has made such information publicly available in a professional context. AlphaNom does not systematically scrape or harvest publicly available information without the involvement of a registered Platform user.
2A.3 Where publicly available information is shared with AlphaNom, the party sharing such information (Recruiter or Employer) remains responsible for ensuring they have the lawful basis to share it and that the original source permits such use.
3. How We Use Your Personal Data
AlphaNom uses personal data for the following purposes:
Platform Operations: Creating and managing user accounts, facilitating recruitment transactions, processing Placement Fees and Recruiter Payouts, and providing platform tools and features.
Communication: Sending transactional notifications, invoices, agreement copies, account updates, and service-related communications.
Matching and Recommendations: Using Candidate profile data and Employer Job Requirement data to power matching algorithms and recommendations.
AI and Machine Learning: Training, developing, and improving AlphaNom's proprietary AI models, including candidate matching algorithms, recruiter performance prediction models, and marketplace intelligence systems. Personal data is anonymised before inclusion in AI training datasets wherever reasonably practicable. Where anonymisation is not immediately practicable, access to identifiable data for AI development purposes is restricted to authorised personnel under strict access controls.
Market Intelligence: Generating anonymised salary benchmarks, hiring trend reports, recruiter performance analytics, and platform intelligence outputs. AlphaNom's derived intelligence, benchmarks, and aggregated data outputs are AlphaNom's intellectual property and do not identify any individual.
Fraud Prevention and Security: Detecting and preventing fraud, circumvention, data harvesting, fake submissions, account abuse, and other policy violations.
Legal Compliance: Meeting obligations under applicable Indian law including the DPDPA, IT Act, GST Act, and tax regulations.
Dispute Resolution: Retaining records necessary to resolve disputes, enforce agreements (including the ESA and RSA), and respond to legal claims.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
AlphaNom processes personal data on the following legal bases under the DPDPA and applicable Indian law:
Consent: Where you have given explicit, informed, and voluntary consent to the processing of your personal data, including at registration, during onboarding, and through the consent obtained by Recruiters from Candidates pursuant to the Recruiter Service Agreement. Consent may be withdrawn at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
Contract: Where processing is necessary for the performance of AlphaNom's contractual obligations to you under the Employer Service Agreement, Recruiter Service Agreement, or these Terms and Conditions, including account management, billing, payout processing, and dispute resolution.
Legal Obligation: Where processing is required to comply with applicable Indian law, including the IT Act, DPDPA, GST law, income tax law, and any order of a court or regulatory authority.
Certain Legitimate Uses Permitted Under Applicable Law (Including DPDPA): Where processing is necessary for specific purposes recognised as legitimate under the DPDPA or other applicable Indian law, including: (a) fraud prevention and platform security; (b) research, archiving, and statistical analysis conducted in the public interest using anonymised or aggregated data; and (c) other purposes expressly recognised under Section 7 of the DPDPA or applicable DPDPA rules as they are notified from time to time. AlphaNom will not rely on this basis to override your rights where such reliance would be disproportionate to the processing purpose.
AlphaNom does not rely on a general "legitimate interests" basis in a manner inconsistent with the DPDPA. All processing that is not covered by Consent, Contract, or Legal Obligation is conducted only to the extent permitted as a Legitimate Use under the DPDPA or applicable Indian law.
Where AlphaNom relies on Consent, you may withdraw it at any time by contacting support@alphanom.in or through your account settings. Withdrawal of consent does not affect any processing already carried out under that consent.
5. How We Share Your Data
AlphaNom does not sell your personal data to third parties. We share data only in the following circumstances:
Between Platform Users: Candidate profiles are shared with the relevant Employer as part of the recruitment process. Employer job requirements and company details are shared with Recruiters responding to those requirements. Such sharing is necessary for the performance of the Platform's recruitment facilitation services.
Service Providers (Data Processors): We engage trusted third-party service providers acting as data processors for hosting, payment processing, email delivery, background verification, analytics, and customer support. These providers process personal data only on AlphaNom's documented instructions and under contractual data protection obligations consistent with the DPDPA.
Third-Party Platforms: Where a Recruiter or Employer shares data sourced from LinkedIn or other third-party platforms, AlphaNom processes such data in accordance with this Policy. The party sharing the data is responsible for ensuring they have the lawful basis to do so.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose personal data to courts, regulators, law enforcement, or government authorities where required by applicable Indian law, court order, or regulatory direction.
Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, or sale of AlphaNom's business or assets, personal data may be transferred to the acquiring or successor entity, which will be bound by equivalent data protection obligations.
Anonymised and Aggregated Data: AlphaNom may share anonymised, aggregated data outputs (from which no individual or organisation is identifiable) with third parties for research, benchmarking, and market intelligence purposes. Such data constitutes AlphaNom's intellectual property.
6. Cross-Border Data Transfers
6.1 AlphaNom's Platform is operated from India. All personal data is primarily processed and stored in India.
6.2 Where international Employers (such as multinational companies hiring in India) access the Platform from outside India, their data is processed and stored within India.
6.3 If AlphaNom engages cloud hosting providers, analytics services, or other service providers whose infrastructure is located outside India, any resulting transfer of personal data outside India will be carried out only in accordance with the cross-border transfer provisions of the DPDPA and applicable central government notifications, including through appropriate contractual safeguards, data processing agreements, or other mechanisms recognised under applicable law.
7. Data Retention and Account Deletion
7.1 AlphaNom retains personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this Policy, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.
7.2 Upon a valid data deletion request (subject to Section 7.4), AlphaNom will securely delete or irreversibly anonymise the relevant personal data.
7.3 Anonymised or aggregated data derived from user activity may be retained and used by AlphaNom indefinitely for AI development, benchmarking, platform intelligence, and market analytics purposes, provided such data cannot be used to identify any individual or organisation.
7.4 Account Deletion: Users may request deletion of their AlphaNom account and associated personal data by: (a) using the account deletion feature in Platform Settings (where available); or (b) emailing support@alphanom.in with the subject line "Account Deletion Request". AlphaNom will process the request within 15 business days. Account deletion is subject to AlphaNom's legal retention obligations — certain data (such as financial records, agreement records, and audit logs) may be retained for the periods required by applicable law even after account deletion.
8. Your Data Rights
Under the DPDPA and applicable Indian law, all users have the following rights with respect to their personal data:
Right to Access: Request a summary of the personal data AlphaNom holds about you and the purposes for which it is processed.
Right to Correction: Request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete personal data held by AlphaNom.
Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data where it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, subject to AlphaNom's legal retention obligations (see Section 7.4).
Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent to processing at any time where consent is the legal basis, without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.
Right to Grievance Redressal: Lodge a complaint with AlphaNom's Grievance Officer at support@alphanom.in if you believe your data rights have been violated. You may also escalate to the Data Protection Board of India once constituted under the DPDPA.
To exercise any of the above rights, please contact support@alphanom.in. AlphaNom will acknowledge your request within 3 business days and respond substantively within 15 business days of receiving a valid, verified request. AlphaNom may require identity verification before processing a data rights request.
[CANDIDATE NOTE] Candidates whose profiles were submitted by a Recruiter should first contact the relevant Recruiter for data rights requests related to the original consent and submission, as the Recruiter is responsible for the consent chain under the Recruiter Service Agreement. Where AlphaNom has independently processed your personal data, you may contact AlphaNom directly at support@alphanom.in.
9. Data Security and Security Contact
9.1 AlphaNom implements appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction, in accordance with the IT (SPDI) Rules, 2011 and the DPDPA. These measures include encryption of data in transit and at rest, role-based access controls, and regular security assessments.
9.2 In the event of a personal data breach that is likely to adversely affect the rights of data principals, AlphaNom will notify affected users and report to the Data Protection Board of India (when constituted) in accordance with the DPDPA and applicable regulations, within the timeframes prescribed by law.
9.3 While AlphaNom takes reasonable and appropriate steps to protect personal data, no internet transmission or electronic storage system is entirely secure. Users are responsible for maintaining the security of their own account credentials and must notify AlphaNom immediately of any suspected unauthorised access.
9.4 Security Contact: If you discover or suspect a security vulnerability, data breach, or unauthorised access to the Platform or AlphaNom systems, please report it immediately to our dedicated security team at support@alphanom.in. AlphaNom will acknowledge all security reports within 2 business days and investigate promptly. Responsible disclosure of security issues is appreciated and will be handled confidentially.
10. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
10.1 AlphaNom currently uses only essential session cookies and similar technologies required for the basic functioning and security of the Platform, such as maintaining authenticated login sessions and preventing cross-site request forgery. These essential technologies are strictly necessary for the Platform to operate and do not require your separate consent.
10.2 AlphaNom may in the future introduce additional categories of cookies or similar tracking technologies, including analytics technologies to understand Platform usage patterns, or functionality-enhancing technologies. Before implementing any non-essential cookies or tracking technologies, AlphaNom will: (a) update this Privacy Policy to describe the new technologies and their purposes; (b) implement an appropriate consent mechanism on the Platform allowing users to accept or decline non-essential cookies; and (c) provide a Cookie Policy or Cookie Notice accessible from the Platform. AlphaNom will not deploy analytics, advertising, or retargeting technologies without prior user notice and, where required by applicable law, consent.
10.3 Users may control or disable cookies through their browser settings. Disabling essential cookies may affect the functionality of the Platform.
11. Children's Privacy
The Platform is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 18. AlphaNom does not knowingly collect personal data from children. If we become aware that a child has provided personal data to the Platform without verifiable parental or guardian consent, we will delete such data promptly. If you believe a child has registered on or submitted data through the Platform, please contact support@alphanom.in immediately.
12. AI, Derived Data, and Platform Intelligence
12.1 AI Training and Development
AlphaNom uses personal data and platform-generated data to train, develop, and improve its proprietary AI and machine learning models, including candidate matching algorithms, recruiter success prediction models, offer acceptance prediction models, and marketplace intelligence systems. Personal data is anonymised before inclusion in AI training datasets wherever reasonably practicable. Where anonymisation is not immediately practicable at the point of training, access to identifiable data is strictly limited to authorised AlphaNom personnel under documented access controls, and such data is anonymised or deleted after the training purpose is fulfilled.
12.2 Derived Data and Platform Intelligence
AlphaNom generates analytics, benchmarks, salary intelligence, hiring trend reports, recruiter performance metrics, and other market intelligence from aggregated and anonymised Platform data ("Derived Data"). Derived Data is AlphaNom's exclusive intellectual property. Derived Data does not contain information that identifies any individual user, Employer, Recruiter, or Candidate. AlphaNom may use, publish, license, or commercialise Derived Data without restriction, as it does not constitute personal data under applicable law.
12.3 Aggregated and Anonymised Data
Anonymised or aggregated data from which no individual or organisation can be identified may be retained and used by AlphaNom indefinitely for platform improvement, AI development, benchmarking, market intelligence, and commercial purposes. Once data has been irreversibly anonymised, it falls outside the scope of personal data protection obligations under the DPDPA.
12.4 User Rights Regarding AI
Users may request that their identifiable personal data not be used in AI model training by contacting support@alphanom.in. AlphaNom will honour such requests on a prospective basis. Data that has already been anonymised prior to such a request cannot be recalled from training datasets as it no longer constitutes personal data. AlphaNom's right to use anonymised, aggregated, and Derived Data is not affected by any individual opt-out request.
13. Third-Party Data Shared by Users
13.1 Where Recruiters share Candidate data obtained from LinkedIn, background check providers, reference check platforms, or other third-party sources, the Recruiter is solely responsible for: (a) ensuring they have the lawful basis to share such data with AlphaNom and the relevant Employer; (b) ensuring the Candidate has provided valid consent to the sharing of their data from such third-party sources; and (c) complying with the terms of service and data protection obligations of the original third-party platform.
13.2 AlphaNom processes such third-party data in accordance with this Privacy Policy and only for the purposes described herein. AlphaNom is not responsible for the data collection, processing, or privacy practices of any third-party platform from which such data originates.
13.3 Where an Employer provides AlphaNom with contact details of their hiring managers, HR personnel, or other representatives, the Employer warrants that it has the authority to share such personal data with AlphaNom and that such sharing is consistent with the Employer's own privacy obligations to those individuals.
14. Changes to This Privacy Policy
14.1 AlphaNom may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our data practices, the Platform's features or technologies, applicable law (including notifications under the DPDPA), or regulatory guidance. Updated versions will be published on the Platform with a new effective date and version number.
14.2 Where changes are material — meaning they significantly affect how AlphaNom processes your personal data or your rights as a data principal — AlphaNom will notify registered users by email and/or through a prominent Platform notification at least 15 days before the updated Policy takes effect.
14.3 Your continued use of the Platform after the effective date of any updated Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of the updated Policy. If you do not agree to a material change, you may delete your account in accordance with Section 7.4 before the change takes effect.
15. Grievance Redressal
15.1 In accordance with the IT Act, the Intermediary Guidelines, and the DPDPA, AlphaNom has designated a Grievance Officer to receive and address complaints and concerns regarding the processing of personal data.
15.2 If you have any concern about how AlphaNom processes your personal data, you believe your data rights have been violated, or you wish to exercise any rights under Section 8, please contact:
15.3 If your complaint is not resolved to your satisfaction by AlphaNom's Grievance Officer, you may escalate the matter to the Data Protection Board of India, once it is constituted and operational under the DPDPA.
Questions about your data?
Contact our team at hello@alphanom.in or support@alphanom.in