Privacy Policy
Madhyastham is the conflict resolution and law reform platform of Justice K. Kannan. This policy explains what personal data Madhyastham collects through this website, what it does with that data, how it protects the data, and how visitors can exercise their rights.
Who is responsible for your data
The Madhyastham team decides why and how Madhyastham uses personal data collected through this website. Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, Madhyastham is the Data Fiduciary.
Madhyastham publishes this policy to meet Indian data protection law. Three laws apply:
- The Information Technology Act, 2000
- The Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011
- The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, and its Rules, 2025
What Madhyastham collects and what it does with it
A visitor sends a message through the contact form
What Madhyastham collects: Name, email address, phone number, organisation and the message
What Madhyastham does with it: Reads the message, replies, and discusses whether to work together
A visitor asks to hear about an upcoming Academy course or session
What Madhyastham collects: Name, email address and the course of interest
What Madhyastham does with it: Sends an announcement when a course or session opens
A visitor subscribes to new articles
What Madhyastham collects: Email address
What Madhyastham does with it: Sends Justice K. Kannan’s new articles by email
A visitor uses the Knowledge Hub search
What Madhyastham collects: Search terms
What Madhyastham does with it: Shows results and shapes future Knowledge Hub content
A visitor browses the website
What Madhyastham collects: IP address, browser type, device type, pages viewed, time spent and referring page
What Madhyastham does with it: Keeps the website secure and shows which pages visitors find useful
A visitor writes or calls Madhyastham directly
What Madhyastham collects: The details the visitor shares
What Madhyastham does with it: Replies and keeps a record of the exchange
Each form asks only for the details marked on it. Justice K. Kannan and the team members who handle enquiries read the messages sent through the contact form.
Where to share confidential case details
The contact form is suitable for a first enquiry. A message sent through it does not create a lawyer and client relationship, a mediation engagement or any other professional engagement. Visitors with a dispute, a court-referred matter or a case in progress can describe it in general terms and keep privileged documents, medical records and financial account details for after an engagement is agreed. Information shared once an engagement begins is subject to the terms of that engagement and the confidentiality rules governing the work.
Your choices about consent
Madhyastham uses personal data for the purpose for which the visitor gave it. Each form carries a consent statement and a link to this policy. A visitor can withdraw consent at any time, as easily as it was given, through the unsubscribe link in any email or by writing to the Privacy Contact below. Withdrawal applies from that point onward.
Cookies and analytics
The website uses essential cookies to function and analytics cookies to see which pages visitors use. Analytics cookies load only after a visitor accepts them in the cookie banner. Visitors can also block or delete cookies in their browser settings, although some features may then work differently.
Who sees your information
Madhyastham uses personal data only for the purposes in this policy. It shares personal data in these situations only:
- With service providers that host the website, handle forms, deliver emails or provide analytics. They act on Madhyastham’s instructions and carry confidentiality and security obligations.
- When a court order, law or competent authority requires disclosure.
- When disclosure helps Madhyastham establish, exercise or defend legal rights.
Where your data is stored
Madhyastham stores personal data on the servers of its hosting and email providers, which may sit outside India. Where data leaves India, Madhyastham complies with the transfer conditions set by Indian law.
How long Madhyastham keeps your data
- Contact form messages and correspondence: respond as long as needed and for 24 months after the last communication. Madhyastham then erases them unless the law requires longer retention.
- Academy update requests: until Madhyastham announces the course or session, or the visitor withdraws, whichever comes first.
- Newsletter email addresses: until the subscriber unsubscribes, then erased within 30 days.
- Analytics data: 14 months.
How Madhyastham protects your data
Madhyastham protects personal data with encrypted connections (HTTPS), access limited to authorised team members and regular backups. No method of internet transmission is completely secure, so Madhyastham reviews these safeguards regularly. If a personal data breach affects a visitor, Madhyastham informs that visitor and the Data Protection Board of India as the law requires.
Your rights and how to use them
A visitor may:
- Ask for a summary of the personal data Madhyastham holds and how it is used
- Ask Madhyastham to correct, complete or update that data
- Ask Madhyastham to erase that data
- Withdraw consent
- Raise a grievance
- Nominate another person to exercise these rights in the event of the visitor’s death or incapacity
To make a request, write to the Privacy Contact below with the subject line “Privacy Request” and the name and email address the visitor used on the website, so Madhyastham can verify identity. Madhyastham acknowledges requests within 7 days and responds within 30 days. A visitor whose grievance remains unresolved after it has gone to Madhyastham may complain to the Data Protection Board of India.
Children
This website serves adult visitors. Madhyastham does not knowingly collect personal data of anyone under 18. A parent or guardian who believes a child has submitted personal data can write to the Privacy Contact, and Madhyastham will promptly erase it.
Other websites you may visit from here
Madhyastham does not take payments or sell books on this website. The Books pages link to Amazon India and to publisher and bookseller stores, where those retailers handle orders and payment details. The Academy pages link to LiveLaw Academy, which handles course registration and certificates. The Knowledge Hub and Law Reform Centre link to publications and videos on sites such as LiveLaw, The Hindu, Frontline and YouTube. Each of those sites follows its own privacy policy once a visitor leaves Madhyastham.
Updates to this policy
Madhyastham posts any update on this page with a revised date, and tells newsletter subscribers by email about material changes.
Privacy Contact:
Phone: +91 44 3167 2409
Address: 23/6 Steela Apartments, Gilchrist Avenue, Chetpet, Chennai 600031