Last updated: 13 October 2026
indiagrows.com (“India Grows”) is managed by Medicto Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales, United Kingdom (company number 10447946). Medicto Ltd (“we”, “us”) is the data controller for the personal data described in this policy. It explains what we collect when you use India Grows, why, who can see it and the choices you have.
1. What we collect
- Account details: your name, username, email address and password. Passwords are stored only in hashed form; we cannot read them.
- Business profile: your company, industry, country and city, and optionally your phone number, website, LinkedIn profile and a short bio. You also confirm that you are of Indian origin when you register.
- What you post and do: deals, reports you make, and private messages you send and receive.
- Security and technical data: when you log in we record your IP address and browser details against your session. We also use your IP address, in coded (hashed) form, to limit repeated sign-ups and failed logins. Our web server keeps standard access logs (IP address, browser, pages requested and time).
2. Why we use it, and our legal basis
- To provide the service you sign up for (performing our contract with you): creating and running your account, showing your profile and deals, delivering messages, and letting you edit or delete your content.
- To keep the community safe (our legitimate interests): reviewing deals before they go live, investigating reports, preventing spam, fraud and abuse, and securing the site.
- To meet legal obligations: for example responding to lawful requests from authorities.
- To contact you about your account: such as verification, password resets, and decisions about your deals. We do not send marketing without your consent.
We do not sell your personal data, and we do not use advertising or analytics trackers on India Grows.
3. Who can see your information
- The public: deals you post, your name, company, industry, city and country, bio, website and LinkedIn link, and when you joined. Your email address and phone number are never shown publicly.
- Other members: the members you exchange private messages with see those messages. Messages are not public.
- Our team: administrators at Medicto Ltd can see account and profile details to run and moderate the site, and may read messages only when needed to investigate a report, prevent abuse or meet a legal obligation.
- Service providers: Cloudflare (security and content delivery) and Amazon Web Services (hosting) process data on our behalf under contracts that require them to protect it.
- Authorities: where the law requires it, or where needed to protect people from fraud or harm.
4. International transfers
India Grows serves members around the world and our service providers operate internationally, so your data may be processed outside the UK. Where that happens we rely on appropriate safeguards, such as the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or adequacy regulations.
5. How long we keep it
- Your account and profile are kept while your account is open.
- Deals expire automatically 90 days after they go live. Expired deals stay on the site, marked as expired, unless you or we delete them.
- If your account is deleted, your profile is deleted and your deals are removed. Messages you sent stay visible to the people who received them, shown as from a “Former member”.
- Login sessions end after 2 days, or after 30 days if you choose “Keep me logged in”. Coded IP records used to prevent abuse are kept for up to one hour.
- Server logs and backups are kept for a limited period for security and recovery, and then deleted or overwritten.
6. Cookies
We use one essential cookie, ig_session, to keep you logged in and to protect forms against misuse. It is only set when you log in. Administrators who sign in to manage the site also receive WordPress’s standard login cookies. We do not use analytics, advertising or tracking cookies, so we do not ask for cookie consent.
7. Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete your personal data, to object to or restrict how we use it, and to receive a copy of it in a portable format. You can update most of your details yourself in My Account. To exercise any other right, contact us using the details below. We will respond within one month.
If you are in the UK you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk). If you are in the EU or India, you can contact your local data protection authority. We would appreciate the chance to resolve your concern first.
8. Age
India Grows is for business use by adults. You must be 18 or over to register, and we do not knowingly collect data from children.
9. Keeping your data secure
We use encrypted connections (HTTPS), hashed passwords, secure session cookies and restricted administrator access. No online service is completely secure, so please use a strong, unique password and never share bank details or money with someone you have not verified.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The latest version will always be on this page with its “Last updated” date. If we make significant changes, we will tell members on the site.
11. Contact
Medicto Ltd, company number 10447946, registered in England and Wales, United Kingdom. You can contact us by registering and messaging the India Grows team through the site, or by writing to Medicto Ltd at its registered office address, which is listed on the UK Companies House register under company number 10447946.