Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Abroades LLP is a registered Limited Liability Partnership under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India. We are an education consultancy based in Ernakulam, Kerala, India, helping Indian students gain admission to public universities in Germany, Russia, Finland, and Singapore.

Registered Address: 4/461, 2nd Floor, Valamkottil Towers, Thrikkakara, Ernakulam, Kerala, India — 682021

Email: support@abroades.com | Phone: +91 70254 84484

2. What Data We Collect

When you use our website or contact us, we may collect the following information:

• Your name, phone number, and email address (when you fill in our contact or consultation forms)
• Your study preferences, academic background, and destination country of interest
• Limited, anonymised technical data such as general page-visit statistics, collected through our own privacy-first, self-hosted analytics — without any tracking cookies
• Communications you send us via email, WhatsApp, or our website forms

3. How We Use Your Data

We use the data we collect to:

• Respond to your enquiries and provide study abroad counselling
• Schedule and conduct free consultation sessions
• Send you relevant information about universities, scholarships, and visa processes (only if you have requested this)
• Improve our website and understand how visitors use it (via anonymised, self-hosted analytics only)
• Comply with legal obligations

We do not use your data for automated decision-making or profiling.

4. How We Share Your Data

We do not sell your personal data to any third party. We may share your data with:

• Universities abroad, solely for the purpose of processing your application and only with your explicit consent
• Our email service provider (Zoho) for sending and receiving emails
• Legal or regulatory authorities if required by law

5. Data Retention

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to provide our services and comply with legal requirements. If you request deletion of your data, we will comply within 30 days unless we are legally required to retain it.

6. Your Rights

Under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023, you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Correct inaccurate or incomplete data
• Request deletion of your data
• Withdraw consent at any time
• Nominate a person to exercise your rights on your behalf

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at support@abroades.com.

7. Cookies

We take a privacy-first approach and do not use tracking or advertising cookies. For full details, please read our Cookie Policy.

8. Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, or misuse. Our website uses HTTPS encryption and our API routes are protected with rate limiting and spam filtering.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any significant changes will be noted at the top of this page with a new effective date.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us at:

Email: support@abroades.com

WhatsApp: +91 70254 84484