Privacy Policy

Datagate Technologies ("Datagate", "we", "us") operates the employment verification platform at datagate.co.in. We act as the data fiduciary responsible for your personal data under applicable Indian law, including the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

From employees:

• Name, email address, mobile number
• Identity documents: Aadhaar number (masked — last 4 digits only visible to any party), PAN number
• Employment history: employers, designations, dates, UAN and PF details
• Education: qualifications, institutions, certificates
• Uploaded documents: certificates, payslips, relieving letters

From employers:

• Company name and work email address
• Records of consent requests made through the platform

• To create and maintain your verified employment profile
• To process consent requests between you and employers
• To send you notifications about requests, approvals, and account activity
• To meet our legal obligations

Every data share on Datagate requires your active consent. When an employer requests access:

• You receive a notification identifying the employer and their stated purpose
• You must click Approve — we never pre-approve on your behalf
• You can withdraw consent at any time from your dashboard
• Withdrawal is immediate — the employer loses access instantly
• Every approval and withdrawal is logged with a timestamp

• Employers you approve: Only after your explicit consent, for the stated purpose only
• Legal requirements: When required by law or a lawful order from a competent authority
• Service providers: We use carefully selected partners to operate the platform. These partners act only on our instructions and are bound by confidentiality obligations. We do not list them by name here as these relationships may change

• Active account data is kept while your account remains active
• On deletion, your personal data is removed from our systems within 30 days
• Access logs are retained for the period required by applicable law

You may delete your account at any time from your profile settings.

• Your profile, documents, and personal data are permanently deleted from our systems within 30 days
• Every employer who accessed your data is notified and required under their agreement with us to delete all copies within 30 days
• We retain a timestamped record of this notification as evidence that the obligation was communicated

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or loss. These measures are reviewed periodically. We do not publish details of our security infrastructure.

If you suspect a security issue involving your account, contact us immediately at support@datagate.co.in.

Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, you have the right to:

• Access — request a summary of the personal data we hold about you
• Correction — request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
• Erasure — delete your account and all associated data at any time
• Withdraw consent — revoke any employer's access at any time
• Grievance redressal — raise a complaint with us or with the Data Protection Board of India

To exercise these rights, use your account settings or contact support@datagate.co.in. We respond within 30 days.

Aadhaar and PAN numbers are collected with your explicit consent for employment verification purposes. Aadhaar numbers are masked — only the last 4 digits are visible to any party, including employers. We do not authenticate Aadhaar numbers against government databases. PAN is stored securely and shared only with employers you approve.

We may update this policy. For material changes, we will notify you by email and display a notice on the platform before changes take effect. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated.