This Privacy Policy explains how personal data is collected, used, stored and shared when you visit www.drsathyamenon.com (the “Website”), submit an enquiry or interact with Website content.
1. Who Is Responsible for Your Personal Data?
The Website is Dr Sathya Menon’s personal leadership and thought-leadership platform. The data controller responsible for the processing described in this policy is Blue Ocean Corporation Privaate Limited, with an address atB2505 Latifa Towers, Sheikh Zayed Road, Opp. Museum of The Future, Dubai, UAE.
2. Scope
This policy applies to personal data processed through the Website and related communications. It does not govern third-party websites, event platforms or social-media services reached through links. The Website does not currently provide user accounts, accept direct payments or operate a registration portal.
3. Personal Data We Collect
Depending on how you use the Website, we may collect:
- Enquiry information: name, email address, telephone number, organisation, job title, country, enquiry subject and message content.
- Professional engagement information: event details, audience profile, proposed dates, media deadlines, collaboration objectives and related correspondence.
- Technical and usage information: IP address, browser and device type, operating system, referring page, pages viewed, approximate location, visit date and time, and performance or security logs.
- Cookie information: data used to operate the Website, remember preferences, measure traffic and support embedded content, subject to applicable consent requirements.
- Information from third parties: information provided through a social-media platform, event organiser, professional contact or other service.
Please do not send sensitive personal data, payment-card details, confidential business information or documents containing unnecessary personal data through a general enquiry form or email.
4. How and Why We Use Personal Data
Purpose: Enquiries
Use: Review and respond to speaking, collaboration, media and professional requests
Legal basis, where required: Steps taken at your request; legitimate interests; contract where applicable
Purpose: Website operation
Use: Host, maintain, troubleshoot and improve the Website
Legal basis, where required: Legitimate interests
Purpose: Security and compliance
Use: Prevent misuse, investigate incidents, maintain records and comply with legal obligations
Legal basis, where required: Legal obligation; legitimate interests
Purpose: Analytics
Use: Understand audience use, content performance and technical reliability
Legal basis, where required: Consent where required; otherwise legitimate interests
5. Cookies, Analytics and Embedded Content
The Website may use essential cookies required for security, network management and core functionality. With consent where required, it may also use analytics, preference, embedded-media or marketing cookies.
Before publication, the active cookies, analytics services, video hosts, social-media integrations and consent-management tools must be identified and listed here.
Embedded content may allow the relevant provider to receive your IP address, device information and interaction data. Where required, non-essential content will remain blocked until you provide consent. You may manage your choices through [Link](link) and through your browser.
6. When We Share Personal Data
We do not sell personal data. We may share it only when reasonably necessary with:
- authorised members of Dr Sathya Menon’s website and professional support team;
- service providers supporting hosting, maintenance, security, analytics, communications, storage or professional advice;
- an event organiser, media organisation, adviser or relevant organisation when necessary to address your request;
- authorities, regulators, courts or other parties where disclosure is legally required; and
- a purchaser, successor or adviser involved in a genuine reorganisation or transfer of the Website or relevant operations.
7. International Data Transfers
The website team and service providers may process personal data in countries other than the country where you live. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards recognised by applicable law.
8. Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including responding to requests, maintaining appropriate records, meeting legal obligations and protecting legal rights.
The following periods must be confirmed before publication:
Record: General enquiries
Retention period: [For example: 24 months after the last substantive contact]
Record: Speaking, media or collaboration records
Retention period: [Engagement period plus the applicable legal or business-record period]
Record: Analytics data
Retention period: [Insert active provider’s retention setting]
Record: Security logs
Retention period: [For example: 90 days unless required for an investigation]
When information is no longer required, we delete, anonymise or securely isolate it, as appropriate.
9. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access. These measures include [insert verified security measures]. No internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
10. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on applicable law, you may have the right to:
- request access to your personal data;
- correct inaccurate or incomplete data;
- request deletion;
- restrict or object to certain processing;
- request a portable copy of certain data;
- withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
- opt out of direct marketing; and
- complain to the competent data-protection authority.
To make a request, email [insert privacy email address]. We may request proportionate information to verify your identity and will respond within the period required by law.
11. Children’s Privacy
The Website is intended for a general professional audience and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect children’s personal data in breach of applicable law. Please contact us if you believe a child has submitted personal data.
12. Third-Party Websites and Services
The Website may link to third-party websites and services. We do not control their data practices. You should review the privacy notice of each third-party service you use.
13. Automated Decision-Making
We do not currently use personal data collected through the Website to make decisions based solely on automated processing that produce legal or similarly significant effects.
14. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this policy when the Website, our practices or applicable law changes. The revised version will be published with an updated date.
15. Contact Us
Data controller: Blue Ocean Corporation Private Limited
Privacy contact: Dr Sathya Menon Website Team
Email: info@drsathyamenon.com
Postal address: B2505 Latifa Towers, Sheikh Zayed Road, Opp. Museum of The Future, Dubai, UAE.