Privacy Policy

1. About Vikas Developer & Scope of This Policy

Vikas Developer ("we", "us", "our", or "the Firm") operates as a premier real estate development organization with foundational operations in Kalyan West, Maharashtra. This Privacy Policy applies to all personal data collected through our corporate website (vikasdeveloper.com), project microsites, mobile landing interfaces, digital advertising touchpoints, on-site sales offices, and direct customer communication channels.

This policy governs information provided by individual homebuyers, prospective commercial occupiers, institutional investors, channel partners, vendors, job applicants, and general visitors interacting with our digital infrastructure.

2. Categories of Personal Data We Collect

We collect personal data only to the extent necessary to fulfill specific interactions initiated by you. The categories of information collected directly include:

• Identity & Contact Information: Full name, mobile phone number, email address, residential locality, and postal communication details.
• Property Presales Preferences: Project of interest (e.g., Ritz Life, Ritz Europa, Ritz – The Highstreet), preferred configuration typology (1 BHK, 2 BHK, 3 BHK, High-Street Retail, Commercial Suite), budget spectrum, and site visit scheduling dates.
• Financial Calculator Context: Self-selected loan amounts, interest tenure preferences, or approximate stamp duty calculations entered into our informational planning tools. Note: Our financial calculators do not store banking credentials or credit scores.
• Professional & Institutional Partner Data: Broker/agency name, MahaRERA Real Estate Agent Registration Number, official business address, and corporate designation for channel partner registration.
• Career & Recruitment Data: Full curriculum vitae (CV/resume), professional experience, educational background, portfolio links, and contact records submitted via our careers portal.

3. Automatically Collected Information, Cookies & Local Storage

When you navigate our website, our server infrastructure may automatically record technical telemetry strictly necessary for site delivery, performance optimization, and fraud prevention:

• Technical Identifiers: IP address, device type, browser model, operating system, screen dimensions, and language settings.
• Session & Security Cookies: Essential first-party session cookies and CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) tokens required to secure form submissions and maintain navigation state.
• Client-Side Storage: Lightweight browser sessionStorage identifiers used to manage UI behaviors (such as suppressing the automated presales lead prompt after initial display during a single browsing session).

You can configure your browser to block or alert you about cookies; however, certain functional modules (such as secure interactive forms) may require basic session cookies to operate.

4. Campaign Attribution & UTM Parameter Capture

To measure the effectiveness of our public educational announcements and verified advertising campaigns, our website captures standard campaign attribution parameters present in the URL when you arrive at our portal:

• utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign, utm_term, utm_content
• Platform advertising click identifiers (such as gclid, fbclid, msclkid where applicable)
• First-touch landing page URL, referring source, and specific CTA interaction source

This attribution data is stored alongside voluntary enquiry records to evaluate marketing channel utility and is never sold to data aggregators.

5. Specific Purposes & Lawful Grounds of Processing

Under the DPDP framework, Vikas Developer processes personal data on legitimate, specific grounds:

6. Residential & Commercial Enquiry Processing

When you submit an enquiry through any lead form or CTA button on our website, your information is routed directly to authorized Vikas Developer presales executives. We do not engage automated robo-call dialers. Our team will contact you via telephone, email, or WhatsApp (where opted in) strictly concerning the specific project or commercial opportunity requested.

7. Career Applications, Resume Data & Recruitment Privacy

Personal data and resumes submitted through /careers are accessible exclusively by our human resources management and relevant department heads. Resume documents are stored in secure, access-controlled environments and are retained only for the duration of the recruitment cycle plus a reasonable talent pool period, after which they are securely archived or expunged.

8. Channel Partner & Real Estate Agent Information

Channel partner registration information submitted via /channel-partner is utilized to verify active MahaRERA agent licenses and coordinate institutional inventory distribution. Agent registration details are maintained in our commercial ledger in compliance with state real estate regulations.

9. Newsletter Subscriptions & Email Communications

Subscription to our research insights and Kalyan property analysis digests requires explicit email opt-in. Every digital newsletter includes an accessible, one-click unsubscribe mechanism. Opting out of newsletters does not affect communications regarding ongoing transaction agreements or active property purchases.

10. Data Sharing, Service Providers & Third-Party Processors

Vikas Developer does not sell, rent, or trade your personal data. We disclose personal data only to trusted categories of service providers bound by strict contractual confidentiality and data security obligations:

• Secure Cloud & Web Hosting Infrastructure: Enterprise data centers and server hosting providers facilitating website availability.
• Communication Gateway Providers: Authorized transactional SMS, email, and WhatsApp business API infrastructure providers used for dispatching requested project details.
• Financial & Legal Advisors: Partner banks and legal counsel assisting homebuyers with home loan documentation, title deed scrutiny, and statutory conveyance.
• Statutory Authorities: Regulatory bodies, law enforcement agencies, or judicial courts where required by applicable laws of Maharashtra and India.

11. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Architecture

Our platform is architected to interface with enterprise Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems via secure, authenticated APIs. When leads are processed through these systems, all communications remain encrypted in transit and at rest, subject to rigorous access audits.

12. Data Retention Policy & Storage Limitations

Personal data is retained only for the duration necessary to satisfy the purposes for which it was gathered, including:

• Presales Inquiries: Retained for active customer evaluation and subsequent project announcement cycles, unless consent is explicitly withdrawn.
• Executed Property Purchases: Retained for statutory periods mandated under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, and applicable taxation statutes (typically for the lifecycle of the registered co-operative society conveyance).
• Recruitment Data: Retained for up to 12 months following application closure for potential talent reassessment.

13. Technical & Operational Security Safeguards

We enforce multi-layered engineering safeguards to protect personal data from unauthorized access, loss, or alteration:

• Encrypted Web Transmission: Mandatory HTTPS enforcement across all endpoints using robust SSL/TLS protocols.
• Input Sanitization & Parameterized Storage: All user inputs are normalized, sanitized, and stored via parameterized SQL statements to eliminate injection vulnerabilities.
• CSRF & Rate-Limiting Controls: Unique session tokens and IP sliding-window throttling to deter automated bot abuse.
• Access Governance: Role-based access control (RBAC) restricting customer database visibility strictly to authorized relationship managers.

14. Your Rights Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act

Subject to verification and applicable legal requirements, you possess the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to Access: Request a summary of personal data held about you and the processing activities undertaken.
• Right to Correction & Erasure: Request the rectification of inaccurate personal records or the deletion of data no longer required for statutory purposes.
• Right to Grievance Redressal: Register concerns regarding data processing with our designated Grievance Officer.
• Right to Nominate: Designate an authorized representative to exercise data rights on your behalf in the event of death or incapacity.

15. Consent & Withdrawal of Consent

By submitting forms on our website, you provide informed consent for Vikas Developer to process your data for the requested purpose. You may withdraw marketing consent at any point by emailing our privacy desk at privacy@vikasdeveloper.com with the subject line "Withdrawal of Data Consent". Upon receipt and identity verification, your records will be removed from promotional contact streams.

16. Children’s Privacy Protection

Our digital portals and real estate offerings are directed exclusively at individuals of legal contracting age (18 years and above in India). We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors. If we discover that personal data of a minor has been submitted without verifiable parental consent, we will promptly delete such records.

17. Privacy Contact & Grievance Redressal Mechanism

For any questions, verification requests, or grievances concerning this Privacy Policy or our data handling practices, please communicate with our corporate office: