Privacy Policy

Personal Information

• Applicants Name
• Mobile Number
• Email Address
• Passport Information
• Date of Birth
• Photograph
• Address
• Contact Details
• State ID proof/Utility Bill/Rental Agreement/House Agreement
• Permanente Residency Proof
• Financial details
• Income Tax Details
• Birth Certificate
• FBI Checks

Special Category of Personal Information. When necessary, with your consent or as otherwise permitted by applicable law and/or Contractual obligation, we process the following special categories of sensitive information:

Biometrics Data (Fingerprint and Photograph)

HOW DO WE COLLECT YOUR INFORMATION?

We may collect your personal information when you interact with us in the following ways:

When you visit our website to book an appointment: We may ask you for your Applicants Name, and email address, phone number and Passport Information to book your appointment

When you call our call center: We may ask you for your name, email address, phone number and Passport information so that we can help you with your visa application.

When you Visit our VAC (Visa Application Centre): When you visit our VAC we may collect physical documents in copies and originals if required by the Mission

When you visit our website to avail others services: We may ask you for your personal information depending on the service you are requesting. Others Services include Citizen and front end Service, Consular Services, Biometrics and Identity Management, Verification and Attestation Services.

When you connect through social media: We may ask you for your email ID or any other reference to revert your queries

When you visit at our website to cancel Appointment: WWhen you visit our website to cancel your appointment, we may ask your personal information.

Automatically collected information: We automatically collect your IP address when you visit our website to book appointment. This information does not reveal your specific identity. We collect your IP address for safety and security purposes, to help us detect and prevent fraud.

WHAT LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable law require us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personal information. As such, we may rely on the following legal bases to process your personal information:

Consent: We may process your Personal information if you have given us permission (i.e., consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time by clicking on withdrawn or by sending a mail a dpo@blsinternational.net

Contractual Obligations: We may process your information where we believe it is necessary to enter into a contract with you or performing our obligations under it.

Legal Obligations: We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency, exercise or defend our legal rights, or disclose your information as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

Legitimate interests: We may process your personal information where we believe it is necessary to prevent fraud, ensuring network and information security

WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

When we process your visa application, identity management, and other services (such as passport renewal), we may share or disclose your personal data with embassy, government/ diplomatic mission and third-party agencies.

We will only share or disclose your personal data with these entities if it is necessary to provide the services you have requested or to comply with a legal obligation. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your personal data is protected when it is shared or disclosed.

HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements) or as per data retention policies of the respective client Governments.

HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process.

DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to minors. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your jurisdiction or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Services.

IS YOUR INFORMATION TRANSFERRED INTERNATIONALLY?

We may transfer your personal information to countries outside of your home country. These countries may not have the same data protection laws as your home country. When we transfer your personal information to countries outside of your home country, we will take steps to ensure that your personal information is protected in accordance with the applicable law.

WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.

Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority: You have right to complaint with a supervisory authority.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you and some circumstances it may extend to additional two months if necessary (considering complexity and request volume) and in such circumstances we will inform you.

Please email us at DPO@blsinternation.net if you wish to make a request or you can also download of our data subject request form and send it back us once you have filled it out.

Data Subject Request Form

HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may contact our Data Protection Officer (DPO), by email at DPO@blsinternational.net

CHANGES TO THE POLICY:

Our privacy policy may be updated from time to time so you may wish to check them each time you submit personal information to us. The date of the most recent revisions will appear on this page.