Privacy Policy

What we collect

• Account details: name, work email, mobile number and password (stored only as a hash).
• Verification details: your Director Identification Number (DIN) and the companies and directorships linked to it, taken from public Ministry of Corporate Affairs records, plus any documents you submit for manual review.
• Profile content: photo, banner, headline, bio, city, sectors, company pages, products, clients and testimonials.
• Content you create: posts, comments, interests, referrals, connection requests and messages.
• Device and usage data: a push notification token, device type and app version, IP address, and security logs such as sign-in times. We do not use advertising identifiers and do not track you across other apps or websites.
• Photos: only images you choose to upload. The app asks for photo library or camera access when you add one, and never reads your library otherwise.

How we use it

• To verify that you are a company director and keep the network limited to verified members.
• To run your account: sign-in, one-time codes, profile, feed, connections and messaging.
• To send notifications you ask for (in the app, by push and by email), including an optional daily email digest. You can turn each type off in Settings.
• To keep the network safe: review reports, remove abusive content and accounts, and detect fraud and misuse.
• To meet legal obligations and respond to lawful requests.

We do not sell your personal data and we do not show third-party advertising.

Who can see your information

• Other verified members can see your profile, your companies and the posts you share with them, according to each post’s visibility. Anonymous deal posts do not show your name.
• Your email address and mobile number are never shown to other members or visitors.
• If you turn on the limited public page, visitors and search engines can see your name, photo, banner, headline, company, city and sectors (and optionally your public posts). You can turn this off in Settings → Privacy.
• Messages are visible only to you and the person you write to, and to our team if a message is reported or required for legal reasons.

Service providers we use

We share data with the following only as needed to run the service, under contract:

• Cloud hosting, database, caching and file storage providers (including Amazon Web Services in India for images and email delivery).
• Twilio, to send one-time codes by SMS.
• Amazon SES, to send email.
• Expo (push notification service), together with Apple and Google, to deliver push notifications.
• Company-records data providers, to look up directorships by DIN from public registry data.

Some providers may process data outside India. We choose providers that protect data to a comparable standard.

Security

Traffic is encrypted in transit. Passwords are hashed. Sign-in sessions use short-lived tokens, and on the mobile app the long-lived token is kept in the device’s secure storage (iOS Keychain / Android Keystore). Access to member data is checked on our servers on every request. No system is perfectly secure; tell us at the address below if you find a problem.

How long we keep data

We keep your data while your account is active. When you delete your account, your profile, posts, comments, connections, photos, devices and sessions are erased straight away. Messages you sent stay visible to the people you wrote to, shown as from “Deleted member”, so their conversations stay readable. We may keep limited security and audit records, and anything we are legally required to retain.

Your choices and rights

• Edit your profile and privacy settings, and turn notification types on or off, in Settings.
• Delete your account in the app (Settings → Account → Delete account), or follow these steps. Deletion is immediate and cannot be undone.
• Block or report any member or post from the app.
• Ask us to access, correct or erase your data, withdraw consent, or raise a grievance by writing to admin@directorconnect.in. We reply within 7 days and resolve grievances within 30 days.

Children

Director Connect is for company directors and is not for anyone under 18. We do not knowingly collect data from children.

Changes

If we change this policy in a way that matters, we will tell you in the app or by email before it takes effect. The date above shows the latest version.

Contact

Questions, requests or grievances: admin@directorconnect.in