Privacy policy

1. Data we collect

• Account details: your email address (we sign you in with a one-time code sent to it, so this site stores no password), your name and your mobile number.
• Job-seeker profile: gender, date of birth, town and district, education, skills, experience, current and expected salary, availability, and the resumes you upload.
• Your activity: jobs you apply for, jobs you save and your job-alert choices.
• Employer details: company name, contact person, phone numbers, address, town, industry, website, logo, GSTIN and legal name, the jobs you post, your plan purchases and invoices.
• Employer verification (KYC) documents, such as Aadhaar, PAN or business registration proof that you upload so that we can verify your company.
• Payments: processed by Razorpay. We receive the payment status and reference numbers. We never see or store your full card number, UPI PIN or net-banking password.
• Messages you send us through the contact form: name, email, phone (optional), subject, message and the IP address it was sent from.
• Technical data: IP address, browser type, date and time, and the pages requested, recorded in server logs.

2. Why we use your data

• To create your account, sign you in and keep it secure.
• To send your profile and the resume you choose to the employers whose jobs you apply for.
• To let employers post jobs, review applicants and buy plans, and to issue GST invoices.
• To send emails you asked for: login codes, application updates and job alerts. You can switch job alerts off in your account at any time.
• To verify employers, review jobs before they go live, and prevent fraud, fake jobs, spam and misuse.
• To reply to your messages and complaints.
• To meet legal duties, such as tax and accounting records and lawful requests from authorities.

We process your data with your consent, given when you create an account, apply, post a job or submit a form, and for the other lawful uses the DPDP Act allows, such as complying with the law. We do not use your data for advertising and we do not sell it.

3. Who we share it with

• Employers you apply to: when you apply for a job, that employer sees your profile, contact details and the resume you selected. Your resume is never published openly on the site.
• The public: an employer’s company name, logo, town, company description and the contact numbers given for a job are shown on job and company pages.
• Service providers who work for us, only to run the service: our hosting provider, our email delivery service and Razorpay for payments.
• Government authorities, when the law requires it, or to protect users from fraud or harm.

4. How long we keep it

• Account and profile data: while your account is open.
• Login codes: they expire after 10 minutes and are stored only in a scrambled (hashed) form.
• Applications: kept so that the employer’s hiring records stay complete. After you delete your account they no longer show your name, contact details or resume.
• Invoices and payment records: for the period that tax and accounting laws require (currently up to 8 years).
• Contact form messages: up to 2 years.
• Server logs: up to 180 days, as required by the CERT-In directions under the IT Act.

5. Deleting your account

Job seekers can delete their account at any time from My account → Profile. Deletion takes effect at once: your name, email and phone are removed from the account, your resumes, saved jobs and job alerts are deleted and you are signed out on every device.

Employers can ask us to close their account through the contact page. Invoices are kept for the period the law requires.

An employer who already downloaded your resume before you deleted your account is responsible for their copy under this policy and the law.

6. Cookies

We use only the cookies needed to sign you in and keep you signed in, and to remember small settings such as whether you are signed in as a job seeker or an employer. We do not use advertising cookies, and we do not use third-party trackers that follow you across other websites.

Jobs you save before signing in are kept in your own browser (local storage) and are added to your account when you sign in.

7. Security

All pages use HTTPS. Resumes and KYC documents are kept in private storage that only you, the employers you applied to and authorised staff can open. Staff accounts need a second factor (an authenticator app) and staff actions are logged.

No system is perfectly secure. If a personal data breach affects you, we will inform you and the Data Protection Board of India as the law requires.

8. Your rights under the DPDP Act, 2023

• Access: ask for a summary of the personal data we hold about you and how we use it.
• Correction and update: correct or complete your data. Most of it you can edit yourself in your account.
• Erasure and withdrawal of consent: delete your account or withdraw consent. This does not affect processing done before you withdrew it.
• Grievance redressal: complain to us, and we will reply within the time the law sets.
• Nomination: name another person to exercise these rights for you in case of death or incapacity.
• If you are not satisfied with our reply, you may complain to the Data Protection Board of India.

To use any of these rights, contact us as shown in the last section. We may ask you to confirm your identity first.

9. Age

Puthiya Velai is meant for people aged 18 and above. We do not knowingly create accounts for children. If you believe a child has registered, please tell us and we will remove the account.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when our service or the law changes. The date at the top of this page shows the latest version. For important changes we will also tell you on the site or by email.

11. Grievance officer and contact

For questions, requests or complaints about your personal data, write to our Grievance Officer: contact page.