Who we are
Our website address is: http://localhost/marchingsheepnew.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
- Your contact information
- Additional information
- How we protect your data
- What data breach procedures we have in place
- What third parties we receive data from
- What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
- Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
Terms and Conditions for Marching Sheep POSH Assistant
1. Nature of the Tool (Not Legal Advice) The “POSH Research Agent” provided by Marching Sheep is an Al-powered research and reference assistant. It is designed solely to assist Internal Committees (ICs) and HR professionals in navigating the text of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 and related jurisprudence.
The Tool is NOT a substitute for an attorney. Use of this Tool does not create an attorney-client relationship.
2. Accuracy of Information (Al Limitations) The Tool utilizes Artificial Intelligence, which can occasionally produce errors or “hallucinations.” You must independently verify all citations and case laws.
3. Limitation of Liability Marching Sheep shall not be liable for any legal penalties or adverse judgments resulting from reliance on the Tool’s outputs.
4. Data Privacy Do Not Enter Personal Data: All case scenarios must be hypothetical or fully anonymised.
1. Specific Data Collection
- Personal Info: Email address and Phone number (OTP) for account authentication.
- Financial Info: Purchase history (subscriptions) via Google Play Billing.
- Device IDs: Firebase Installation IDs for app functionality and security.
- Sensitive Data: Structured POSH reports/queries stored in Firestore.
2. AI Processing (Gemini API)
- ”We use Google Gemini AI to process your legal research queries. While your queries are sent to Google for processing, they are not used to train global models [if using API/Enterprise]. No personally identifiable information (PII) from your reports is shared with the AI unless included in your search query.”
3. Third-Party Service Providers
- Infrastructure: Google Cloud / Firebase (Auth and Firestore).
- Payments: Google Play Billing (we do not store credit card details).
- AI: Google Gemini.
4. Data Deletion
Users can request complete data deletion via our official form:
https://forms.gle/gfBD1D5nhhqFz3259
Upon request, we remove Firebase Auth records and all Firestore-hosted POSH reports within 30 days.
5. Data Retention
- ”We retain your POSH reports and account data as long as your account is active. Upon account deletion, all data is purged within 30 days, except for anonymized analytics used for system optimization.”
6. Legal Compliance (POSH Act)
- ”This app is designed to assist in POSH Act compliance. However, it does not constitute legal advice. Data is handled with strict confidentiality as per Indian IT Rules (2011).”