Privacy policy

Who we are

This policy covers stadforge.com, run by StadForge Technologies, Shillong, Meghalaya, India (“StadForge”, “we”). For anything about your personal data, write to hello@stadforge.com.

It covers this website only. When we build software for a client, the client decides how their users’ data is used, and we handle it under our written agreement with that client. Core9X and Cadexa have their own privacy policies in their own apps and websites.

What we collect

• Messages you send us. If you email us, we receive your name, email address and whatever you choose to write. There are no forms on this site, and nothing is collected until you write to us.
• Basic technical data. Our hosting provider, Cloudflare, briefly processes your IP address, browser type and the pages you request, in order to deliver the site and protect it from attacks. We do not use this data to identify or profile you.

We do not collect payment details, sensitive personal data or anything about you from other sources.

Cookies and tracking

This site sets no cookies of its own and uses no analytics, advertising or social-media trackers. Our fonts are stored on our own site, so loading a page does not contact Google or any other font service. If Cloudflare detects suspicious traffic, it may set a strictly necessary security cookie to tell people from bots.

How we use your data

• To reply to your message and discuss the work you asked about
• To prepare a proposal or agreement, if you ask for one
• To keep the website running and secure

We process your data because you chose to contact us, or for the legitimate uses allowed under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. We never sell your data, and we do not send marketing emails unless you ask for them.

Who else handles it

We share data only with the services that run this site and our email:

• Cloudflare, which hosts the website and forwards email sent to our addresses
• Google, which provides the mailbox where we read and answer email

These providers may process data on servers outside India, under their own security and privacy commitments. We will also disclose data if Indian law requires it.

How long we keep it

We keep emails for as long as we are discussing or working on a project with you, and for up to three years after our last contact in case questions come up later. If you become a client, records we must keep by law, such as invoices, are kept for the period the law requires. Cloudflare keeps its technical logs only for a short time.

Your rights

Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, you can ask us to:

• tell you what personal data we hold about you and how we use it
• correct or update it
• delete it, where we are not required to keep it
• handle a complaint about how we used it
• let a person you nominate exercise these rights if you cannot

Write to hello@stadforge.com. We will reply within 30 days. If you are not satisfied with our answer, you can complain to the Data Protection Board of India.

Children

This website is meant for businesses and organisations. It is not aimed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18.

Security

The site is served only over encrypted HTTPS. Only the people who need access to our email and hosting accounts have it. No system is perfectly secure. If a breach ever affected your data, we would tell you and the authorities as the law requires.

Changes to this policy

If we change how we handle data, for example by adding a contact form, we will update this page and the date at the top.