Privacy Policy

At VLSI Insights ("we", "us", or "our"), accessible via vlsiinsights.com, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act), the Information Technology Act, 2000, and applicable global privacy principles.

This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, store, process, protect, and dispose of your personal data when you browse our website, submit lead inquiries, purchase semiconductor training courses, or access our cloud EDA software lab environments.

1. Data Fiduciary Identity & Contact

2. Categories of Personal Data We Collect

We only collect personal data that is strictly necessary to fulfill our educational services and engineering consultation:

• Identity & Contact Data: Full name, email address, phone/WhatsApp number.
• Academic & Professional Data: Degree/specialization, university, graduation year, current technical designation.
• Billing & Transaction Records: Razorpay Order ID, Payment ID, transaction timestamps, purchased program identifier. (Note: We do not store credit card numbers, CVVs, or UPI PINs; all payments are processed securely by Razorpay under PCI-DSS Level 1 certification.)
• Technical & Telemetry Data: IP address, browser type, device information, and session logs for security and fraud prevention.

3. Purpose of Processing & Legal Basis

Under the DPDP Act 2023, we process your personal data under the lawful grounds of consent and legitimate operational use:

• To enroll you into designated training tracks and generate course credentials.
• To provision authorized access to EDA Playground environments and simulator toolchains.
• To deliver official batch announcements, mentor schedules, and syllabus updates via WhatsApp/Email.
• To generate GST-compliant invoices and statutory financial audit records.
• To prevent fraudulent chargebacks, spam bot submissions, and unauthorized software sharing.

4. Data Storage & Sub-Processors

We utilize trusted, SOC 2 / ISO 27001 certified infrastructure partners to deliver our services:

• Supabase Inc.: Cloud database with Row-Level Security (RLS) and encrypted data-at-rest for student account profiles and orders.
• Razorpay Software Pvt. Ltd.: Secure payment gateway compliant with RBI regulations and PCI-DSS Level 1.
• Netlify Inc.: Edge CDN hosting with encrypted TLS 1.3 transport.

5. Your Rights as a Data Principal

Under the DPDP Act 2023, you have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• Right to Access: Request a summary of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to Correction & Erasure: Request correction of inaccurate information or deletion of data no longer required for statutory compliance.
• Right to Grievance Redressal: Submit a complaint regarding data processing to our Grievance Officer, with response guaranteed within 7 business days.
• Right to Withdraw Consent: You may unsubscribe from marketing alerts at any time via the link in our emails or by contacting privacy@vlsiinsights.com.

6. Data Retention Schedule

Student profile and lab access records are retained for the duration of active enrollment plus 2 years for alumni career acceleration and certificate verification. Transaction and GST invoice records are retained for 7 years as mandated by Indian taxation and corporate statutory laws.

7. Contact & Grievance Redressal

For any questions, requests to exercise your data principal rights, or grievance submissions, please write to our Data Protection Cell at privacy@vlsiinsights.com. We respond to all verified inquiries within 7 business days.