AristocratiqueYour Information
This notice explains how Aristocratique handles personal information. It applies to the Aristocratique app and to this website. Inside the app, members also see a fuller notice before they join. The two say the same thing; the one in the app adds detail about the app itself.
We follow the Information Technology Act 2000 with the rules made under it. As their duties come into force, we also follow the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 and the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025.
01Who Is Responsible for Your Information
Aristocratique answers for how your information is handled.
Your information is handled by Aristocratique (“we” or “us”), the business that runs the app. Under Indian law we are the data fiduciary for the information you give us.
If you have a question about this notice or about your information, write to grievance@aristocratique.in. The person who answers is named on the Contact page.
If Aristocratique is later carried on by a company or a not-for-profit foundation, we will tell members before that happens. Your information will stay under the same protections and this notice will be issued again in that body’s name.
02What We Collect and Why
We collect only what the service needs in order to work for you.
What you give us. Your name, date of birth, mobile number and email address; the city you live in; the photographs and profile details you choose to add; the family relationships and connections to other members you choose to state; and what you post, send or reply to inside the app.
What the app records. The devices you sign in from, the security keys your device creates for sign-in, when you sign in and a record of the agreements and choices you make in the app. Your face or fingerprint never leaves your phone; we never receive it.
What we do not collect. We do not collect your precise location, your contacts, your financial or payment details or health information. We do not use advertising identifiers.
Why. To confirm who you are and keep your account secure; to let you take part in the community you joined; to show what you share to the people you choose; to send you messages about your account by email, in the app or as notifications; to answer your requests; to keep the community safe and act on reports; and to meet our duties under law.
On what basis. We rely on your consent, which you give when you join and can withdraw at any time. A few things we do because the law requires them, such as keeping certain records and answering lawful requests from authorities.
This website. It sets no cookies, runs no analytics and loads nothing from other companies. Our hosting provider keeps routine server records for security, as every website host does.
03Who Can See It
Other members see only what each member chooses to share.
Nothing inside the app is public. Members choose who may see each part of their profile and each thing they post: all members, the people they share a family with, their connections or no one.
Your mobile number, email address and date of birth are never shown to other members. Other members see your age, not your date of birth.
Some information may be shared beyond the membership only if you separately agree to it. That choice is optional, it is never a condition of joining and you can withdraw it at any time in the app.
A small team acting for Aristocratique can see information when it is needed to answer a request, keep the community safe or meet a legal duty. Every such access is logged.
We disclose information to government authorities only when the law requires it, such as a lawful order of a court or an authorised agency.
We never sell your information, never use it for advertising and never share it for anyone else’s marketing. The service carries no advertising and is not run for profit from your information.
04How Long We Keep It and How We Protect It
We keep your information while your account is open and remove it when the account closes.
You may close your account at any time from the app. Your profile is hidden from other members at once. Your content is erased within three months, unless it is needed for an open complaint or a legal proceeding, in which case it is kept only until that matter ends.
The law asks us to keep the details you gave when joining for 180 days after an account closes and records of how the service was used for at least one year, so that they can be produced to an authority if lawfully required. They are kept locked away and are not used for anything else. Copies held for recovery expire within 35 days.
Before we erase information because its purpose is over, we tell you at least 48 hours ahead, so you can keep a copy if you wish.
We protect information with reasonable security practices and procedures, as Indian law requires: encryption while it travels and while it is stored, access only for those who need it and records of that access.
If a breach affecting your information ever occurs, we will tell you without delay, with what happened, what it may mean for you and what we are doing about it. We will also report it to the Data Protection Board of India and to CERT-In as the law requires.
05Who Handles Information for Us
A small number of providers host the service, deliver messages and send email on our behalf.
We use providers for cloud hosting and storage, for sending sign-in codes, for push notifications, for email and for keeping secure backups. Each works only on our instructions, under a written contract that requires the same protection we give your information and may not use it for any purpose of its own.
Some of these providers store or process information outside India. We use only countries that the Government of India has not restricted and the same contractual protections apply wherever the information is held.
06Your Rights
You may see, correct or erase your information and withdraw your consent.
You may ask for a summary of the information we hold about you and how it is used; ask us to correct, complete or update it; ask us to erase it; and withdraw your consent at any time. Most of this you can do directly in the app. Withdrawing consent does not undo what was done before it and some parts of the service may then stop working for you.
You may name another person to exercise these rights for you if you die or become unable to act yourself.
To use any of these rights, write to grievance@aristocratique.in or use the request option in the app. We may ask you to confirm who you are. We answer within the time limits on the Contact page.
07Children
The service is for adults only.
Members must be eighteen or older. We do not knowingly accept anyone younger as a member.
A member who is a parent or lawful guardian may add a few details about their own child under eighteen, such as a first name and age. That information is given and controlled by the parent, is shown only to the audience the parent chooses and is never used to track, profile or advertise to the child. The parent may remove it at any time.
08How to Complain
Write to the Grievance Officer named on the Contact page.
If you have a complaint about how your information is handled, write to the Grievance Officer named on the Contact page. We acknowledge every complaint within 24 hours and resolve it within 15 days.
If you are not satisfied with our answer, you may complain to the Data Protection Board of India.
09Changes to This Notice
Each version carries a number and a date.
When we change this notice we publish the new version here with its number and date and tell members in the app. If a change affects how your information is used, we will ask for your agreement again before it applies to you.