Our Methodology

Our Methodology

Our Methodology

The TAP syndrome –
Transparency, Accessibility, Promptness

All of us are quite morbidly infected with what we diagnose as the TAP syndrome. Our processes remain transparent throughout, giving you complete accessibility to the conclusions and results at each step in the chain of our modular methodology. Our team is always available to listen, brainstorm and adhere to any concerns or needs you have.

Data delivers Dreams

Our insights are not mere shots in the dark. For, without data all insights are mere opinions like dabbling to make shapes in chalk dust. We firmly believe the future cannot be predicted but, it can be seen if you muster reliable data and then theorize on it.

Evolving Essentially

The future belongs to those who can keep be on the ground of present, aware of all that is and was. The future of analytics is highly dependent on technology and computational advancements. Thus, there is a need of continuous evolution to be able to see the future in the most coherent manner.

Feedback is our fuel

While, we functional normally as humans with our natural diets, at work we are only fuelled by feedback. Unless we know you are satisfied or have an absolutely lucid understanding of the insights we rework till we satisfy you. So your feedback is essential for us.

Fresh Perspective

We regard all our clients as unique, all our solutions are tailor made according to the client needs. You feed us with what you want, brainstorm and then we take up everything with an untraditional approach which provides much more than a marginal advantage.

INDEPENDENT

ACCURATE

BREADTH
Privacy Policy

INTRODUCTION

Pebbles and Sand Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd. (PNS) is committed to keeping your personal data private. We shall process any personal data we collect from you in accordance with Data Protection Legislation and the provisions of this Privacy Notice. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM YOU

PNS will collect and process information /opinion which may consist of your personal data you provide us through application forms, our website, face-to-face and electronic communication (including telephone conversations) in order to provide our services to you.

THE KIND OF INFORMATION WE HOLD ABOUT YOU

We may collect, store, and use the following categories of personal data about you

  • Personal contact details such as name, title, addresses, telephone numbers, and personal email addresses.
  • Date of birth
  • Gender
  • Employment status and salary
  • Marital status and dependants
  • Financial information
  • Location of employment or workplace
  • Copies of driving license or other IDs like passports
  • Information we obtain from third parties, such as information that we obtain when verifying details supplied by you and information collected from publicly available sources such as statuary bodies.
  • Other information about an individual that you or they disclose to us when communicating with us
  • Photographs
  • IP addresses
  • Cookies

LAWFUL GROUNDS FOR USING YOUR INFORMATION

We are permitted to process information we collect from you which may consist of your personal data in compliance with Data Protection Legislation by relying on one or more of the following lawful grounds:

  • You have explicitly agreed to us processing such information for a specific reason.
  • The processing is necessary to perform the agreement we have with you/controllers or to take steps to enter into an agreement with you/controllers
  • The processing is necessary for the purposes of a legitimate interest pursued by us.

PURPOSES OF PROCESSING

Any Personal Information submitted to us, together with any other information, material or content you have provided (collectively hereinafter referred to as, "Data") shall be used primarily for administrative purposes and for the purposes to which they were submitted or required.

1. Information we process because we have a contractual obligation with you/controller

In order to carry out our obligations under that contract with controller or yourself, we must process the information given to us under the guidelines issued by you/controller. Some of this information may be personal information. Additionally, we may aggregate this information in a general way and use it to provide class information, for example to collection of opinion/polls/suggestion. If we use it for this purpose, you as an individual will not be personally identifiable. We shall continue to process this information until the contract between us/controller ends or is terminated by either party under the terms of the contract.

2. Information we process with your consent

Through certain actions when otherwise there is no contractual relationship between us, such as when you browse our website or access our survey sites, you provide your consent to us to process information that may be personal information. Wherever possible, we aim to obtain your explicit consent to process this information.

Except where you have consented to our use of your information for a specific purpose, we do not use your information in any way that would identify you personally. We may aggregate it in a general way and use it to provide class information.

We continue to process your information on this basis until you withdraw your consent or it can be reasonably assumed that your consent no longer exists.

You may withdraw your consent at any time by instructing us harshita.gupta@pnsreco.com

3. Information we process because of legitimate interest

When we process your personal information for our legitimate interests, we will consider and balance any potential impact on you and your rights under data protection and any other relevant law. Our legitimate business interests do not automatically override your interests – we will not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law).

DETAILS OF DATA TRANSFERS OUTSIDE THE EU

We operate globally and may transfer your personal information to our affiliate companies or third parties in locations around the world for the purposes described in this privacy policy. Wherever your personal information is transferred, stored, or processed by us, we will take reasonable steps to safeguard the privacy of your personal information. Additionally, when using or disclosing personal information transferred from the European Union, we use standard contract clauses approved by the European Commission, adopt other means under European Union law for ensuring adequate safeguards, or obtain your consent.

If we transfer your information outside the European Economic Area in other circumstances, we will use best endeavour’s to put in place appropriate safeguards to ensure that your personal information remains adequately protected.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL OF DATA AND OUTPUT

We will only keep the information we collect about you on our systems or with third parties for as long as required for the purposes set out above or as required to comply with any legal obligations or contract conditions to which we are subject. This will involve us regularly reviewing our files to check that information is accurate and up-to-date and still required.

We will normally destroy or erase data after statutory timelines lapse. However, we may retain your information, after you cease to be a customer for longer than this, provided it is necessary for a legal, regulatory, fraud prevention or other legitimate business purpose.

STORAGE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AND DATA SECURITY

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know basis. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected data security breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected breach where we are legally required to do so.

RIGHTS OVER YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Under certain circumstances, by law you have the right to:

  • Be informed about the processing of your personal data (i.e. for what purposes, what types, to what recipients it is disclosed, storage periods, any third party sources from which it was obtained, confirmation of whether we undertake automated decision-making, including profiling, and the logic, significance and envisaged consequences).
  • Object to your personal data being processed for a particular purpose or to request that we stop using your information.
  • Request not to be subject to a decision based on automated processing and to have safeguards put in place if you are being profiled based on your personal data.
  • Ask us to transfer a copy of your personal data to you or to another service provider or third party where technically feasible and otherwise required by applicable regulations.
  • Withdraw, at any time, any consent that you have previously given to us for our use of your personal data.
  • Ask us to stop or start sending you marketing messages at any time.
  • Request access to your personal data (commonly known as a "data subject access request"). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
  • Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you corrected. It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your working relationship with us.
  • Request the erasure of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where you think that we do not have the right to process it.

Any request for access to or a copy of your personal data must be in writing and we will endeavour to respond within a reasonable period and in any event within one month in compliance with Data Protection Legislation. We will provide this information free of charge unless the request is manifestly unfounded or excessive. We will comply with our legal obligations as regards any individual’s rights as a data subject.

If you would like to contact us in relation to any of the rights set out above, please contact us using the following contact details. To protect your privacy and security, we may take reasonable steps to verify your identity before providing you with the details.

Harshita Gupta, Pebbles and Sand Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd. 107-B Pocket M Sarita Vihar, New Delhi-110076, India, INDIA Email: info@pnsreco.com

RIGHT TO COMPLAIN TO THE ICO

You can contact the ICO if you have any concerns about how Pebbles and Sand Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd. has handled your personal data and you also have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues. You can contact the ICO via their helpline on 0303 123 1113. You can find out more information about your rights as a data subjects, their regulatory powers and actions they can take on their website https://ico.org.uk/

Notification of Changes

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so our users are always aware of the information we collect and how we use it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.

Where links are provided to other websites it should be noted that they are not and cannot be governed by our Privacy Statement. We cannot guarantee your privacy when you access other websites through any link provided on this website.

Cookies Policy

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer’s hard drive by your web browser when you visit any website. They allow information gathered on one web page to be stored until it is needed for use on another, allowing a website to provide you with a personalised experience and the website owner with statistics about how you use the website so that it can be improved.

Some cookies may last for a defined period of time, such as one day or until you close your browser. Others last indefinitely. Your web browser should allow you to delete any you choose. It also should allow you to prevent or limit their use. Our website uses cookies. They are placed by software that operates on our servers, and by software operated by third parties whose services we use.

When you first visit our website, we ask you whether you wish us to use cookies. If you choose not to accept them, we shall not use them for your visit except to record that you have not consented to their use for any other purpose. If choose not to use cookies or you prevent their use through your browser settings, you will not be able to use all the functionality of our website.

We use cookies in the following ways:

  • to track how you use our website
  • to record whether you have seen specific messages we display on our website
  • to keep you signed in our site
  • to record your answers to surveys and questionnaires on our site while you complete them
  • to record the conversation thread during a live chat with our support team