1. Who we are
Boovaraghavan & Co., Cost Accountants (FRN 007425), is a firm of Cost Accountants in practice at No. 13, Thiruvalluvar Street, Thiruparkadal, Kaveripakkam, Ranipet District, Tamil Nadu 632 508, India. Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act), the firm is the Data Fiduciary for personal data collected through this website and through enquiries made to us.
2. What this policy covers
This policy covers personal data you share with us through this website, email, phone and WhatsApp before an engagement begins. Information shared by clients during an engagement is also governed by the engagement letter and by the confidentiality duties of Cost Accountants under the Cost Accountants Act, 1959 and the Code of Ethics of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India.
3. What we collect, why, and for how long
| What | Why | How long we keep it |
|---|---|---|
| Name, business name, email address, phone number, area of requirement and your message, sent through the enquiry form or by email | To reply to your enquiry and discuss your requirement | Up to 12 months if no engagement follows, then deleted |
| Your phone number and messages on WhatsApp or by phone | To reply to you on the channel you chose | Up to 12 months if no engagement follows, then deleted |
| Details of clients and their authorised contacts | To carry out the engagement and meet legal and professional obligations | For the periods required by law and professional standards |
| Only if you choose to sign in to our free learning course with Google: your name, email address and your course progress (lessons finished, seals and where you stopped) | So you can continue the course on any device | Until you choose “Start the course again”, sign out and ask us to delete it, or we close the course |
| Technical data such as IP address and browser type, recorded by our website host | To keep the website secure and working | For as long as the hosting provider keeps its security logs |
We do not ask for financial statements, PAN, Aadhaar, bank details or passwords through this website, and we ask you not to send them. The website's tools calculate on your device. Their enquiry links send the page and service category, without automatically including your entered figures. If you choose to copy or share a result through a separate sharing control, review it before sending.
4. Your consent
We process your enquiry details on the basis of the consent you give when you contact us, for example by ticking the consent box on the enquiry form. You can withdraw consent at any time by emailing office@boovaraghavanandco.in or sending a WhatsApp message to +91 70100 11800 saying “withdraw consent”. Withdrawing is as easy as giving consent. After you withdraw, we stop using your details and delete them, unless the law requires us to keep them.
5. How the enquiry form works
When you submit the enquiry form, your details are sent directly to Formspree to process the enquiry for Boovaraghavan & Co. This includes your name, email or mobile number, optional business name, selected service, requirement, any optional answers, consent and the source-page path. Limited campaign labels (UTM source, medium and campaign) may accompany an enquiry; they are not a record of your browsing history. Calculator inputs are not automatically included. A confirmation is shown only after Formspree accepts the submission; this does not confirm that a member of the firm has read it. The form does not open your email application or WhatsApp.
6. Where your information is kept and who processes it
Enquiries and related messages are held in Formspree, the firm's email, WhatsApp and file storage, and on firm devices. Formspree, the firm's email and storage providers, WhatsApp (operated by Meta), Google Firebase (operated by Google, only for learners who sign in to the course) and our website host process data on our behalf and may do so outside India, subject to applicable law and their terms.
7. Who we share it with
We share your information only with persons working on your matter within the firm, with the service providers listed above, and with government, regulatory or professional bodies where the law requires it. We do not sell, rent or trade personal data, and we do not use it for unrelated marketing.
8. How we protect it
We use reasonable security safeguards, including access controls and passwords on our accounts and devices. If a personal data breach occurs, we will inform the affected persons and the Data Protection Board of India as the DPDP Act and Rules require.
9. Cookies
This website does not use advertising, analytics or tracking cookies. The free learning course keeps your progress in your own browser. If you choose to sign in to it with Google, Google and Firebase store sign-in data in your browser to keep you signed in.
10. Children
This website is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal data of anyone under 18 without verifiable consent from a parent or lawful guardian.
11. Your rights
Under the DPDP Act, you may:
- ask for a summary of the personal data we hold about you and how it is used
- ask us to correct, complete or update it
- ask us to erase it where it is no longer needed
- withdraw your consent at any time
- nominate another person to exercise your rights in the event of your death or incapacity
- raise a grievance with us, and then with the Data Protection Board of India
To use any of these rights, contact the grievance officer below.
12. Grievance officer
CMA Boovaraghavan R., Proprietor
Boovaraghavan & Co., Cost Accountants
No. 13, Thiruvalluvar Street, Thiruparkadal, Kaveripakkam, Ranipet District, Tamil Nadu 632 508
Email: office@boovaraghavanandco.in · Phone: +91 70100 11800
We acknowledge requests within 48 hours and aim to resolve them within 30 days. If your grievance is not resolved to your satisfaction, you may complain to the Data Protection Board of India.
13. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The effective date above shows when it was last changed.
This policy has been prepared with reference to the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 and the Information Technology Act, 2000.