Privacy Policy

Effective Date: October 16, 2025

Strategic Bureaux (“SBx”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy and personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, share, and protect your information when you visit https://strategicbureaux.com, submit an inquiry, interact with our advertisements, or use our services.

1. Information We Collect

We collect personal information through website forms, Meta lead advertisements, cookies, and service inquiries. The information we collect may include:

• Contact information: Name, email address, and phone number.
• Business information: Company name, business details, industry, and other information provided through business contact forms.
• Financial information: Information necessary for tax, accounting, and related advisory consultations, where applicable.
• Usage data: Information about website visits, page interactions, traffic sources, and browsing behaviour collected through analytics tools.

We collect only the information reasonably necessary to respond to inquiries, deliver our services, maintain website functionality, and fulfil applicable legal obligations.

Usage data is generally analysed to improve our website and user experience. However, analytics information may be associated with an identifiable individual where it is linked to other personal information.

Our services may support businesses across sectors such as technology, healthcare, and manufacturing.

2. How We Use Your Data

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

• Service delivery: To provide tax compliance, business strategy advisory, international expansion guidance, and other services described on our website.
• Communication: To respond to inquiries, follow up on service requests, arrange consultations, and provide relevant updates.
• Marketing and advertising: To manage Meta advertising campaigns, follow up with leads, measure campaign performance, and conduct remarketing activities where permitted.
• Legal compliance: To meet applicable legal, regulatory, tax, and accounting obligations, including those under relevant UAE and Indian data protection laws.
• Website improvement: To analyse website usage, improve navigation, optimise content, and enhance user experience.
• Security and fraud prevention: To protect our website, systems, services, and users against unauthorised access, misuse, and fraudulent activity.

Where required, we obtain consent before sending marketing communications or processing personal data for advertising purposes.

We process personal information on an appropriate legal basis, such as consent, contractual necessity, compliance with legal obligations, or legitimate interests where permitted by applicable law.

We do not undertake solely automated decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects without an appropriate legal basis and any consent required by applicable law.

3. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

We may share personal information with trusted third parties when necessary to operate our business, provide services, or fulfil legal obligations. These may include:

• Technology and hosting providers: Service providers within the Zoho ecosystem and other providers supporting our website, communications, and business operations.
• Payment processors: Providers that securely process payments and related transactions.
• Professional and legal partners: Tax, accounting, legal, and compliance professionals in the UAE, India, and other relevant jurisdictions.
• Advertising platforms: Platforms such as Meta that process lead information and advertising-related data in accordance with their applicable terms and privacy policies.
• Regulatory authorities: Government agencies, courts, regulators, or law enforcement authorities where disclosure is required by law.

We require relevant service providers to protect personal information through appropriate contractual, confidentiality, and security obligations.

Where a business transfer, merger, restructuring, or similar transaction occurs, personal information may be disclosed or transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable legal requirements.

When you submit information through a Meta lead form, the information is processed by the relevant platform in accordance with its own policies and the choices you make when submitting the form.

4. Data Security Measures

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or destruction.

Our security measures may include:

• Encryption and secure data transmission where appropriate.
• Access controls and restricted access to personal information.
• Regular security reviews and audits.
• Appropriate safeguards for systems handling financial and tax advisory information.
• Measures to detect, prevent, and respond to security incidents.

Although we take reasonable steps to safeguard your information, no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

In the event of a personal data breach, we will assess the incident and notify affected individuals and relevant authorities where required by applicable law, within the applicable timeframes. Notification requirements vary by jurisdiction and may include specific deadlines under the GDPR or other applicable data protection laws.

Where personal information is transferred internationally, we implement appropriate safeguards where required by law.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to maintain website functionality, understand website usage, and support advertising and marketing activities.

These technologies may include:

• Essential cookies: Necessary for core website functionality, security, and session management.
• Analytics cookies: Used to understand website traffic and visitor interactions.
• Marketing cookies: Used to measure advertising performance, support lead tracking, and deliver remarketing campaigns, including through tools such as Meta Pixel.

Where required, non-essential cookies and tracking technologies are activated only after you provide consent through our cookie banner.

You may manage or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time through the available cookie settings. You may also block cookies through your browser settings, although doing so may affect certain website features.

For more information, please refer to our Cookie Policy.

6. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, provide our services, resolve disputes, maintain business records, and comply with applicable legal obligations.

Our general retention practices include:

• Contact and lead information: Typically retained for up to three years after the last relevant interaction, unless a longer period is necessary or required by law.
• Financial and tax records: Retained for the period required by applicable tax, accounting, and regulatory requirements, which may extend to seven years or longer in certain circumstances.
• Marketing information: Retained as necessary for the relevant marketing purpose, subject to applicable consent requirements and opt-out preferences.
• Website usage data: Retained according to the applicable analytics tool settings and our operational requirements.

When personal information is no longer required, we will take appropriate steps to delete it, anonymise it, or securely dispose of it, subject to legal retention requirements.

7. Your Privacy Rights

Subject to applicable law and any relevant limitations, you may have the right to:

• Access: Request information about the personal data we hold about you.
• Correction: Request the correction or updating of inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Deletion: Request the deletion of your personal information where legally permissible.
• Objection: Object to certain types of processing where the applicable law provides this right.
• Withdraw consent: Withdraw consent for processing activities that rely on your consent.
• Marketing opt-out: Request that we stop sending direct marketing communications or discontinue eligible marketing-related processing.

To exercise your rights or submit a privacy-related request, contact us at privacy@strategicbureaux.com.

We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests. We will respond in accordance with the applicable legal requirements.

For information collected through Meta lead forms, you may also manage relevant advertising preferences or withdraw consent where applicable. Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal, and certain information may still need to be retained to comply with legal obligations.

8. Children’s Privacy

Our services are intended primarily for businesses and individuals aged 18 and above.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 18 without appropriate parental or guardian consent where required by law.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us inappropriately, please contact us at privacy@strategicbureaux.com. We will review the request and take appropriate action in accordance with applicable law.

9. International Data Transfers

Strategic Bureaux operates in the UAE and India and may use service providers located in other jurisdictions. As a result, personal information may be transferred to, processed, or stored outside the country in which it was collected.

Such transfers may involve the UAE, India, the European Economic Area (EEA), or other jurisdictions, depending on the services and providers used.

Where required by applicable law, we implement appropriate safeguards for international data transfers. These may include adequacy mechanisms, contractual safeguards, or other legally recognised transfer mechanisms.

We take reasonable steps to ensure that personal information remains protected in accordance with applicable data protection requirements.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our services, business practices, technology, or legal and regulatory requirements.

Any updates will be published on this page, together with the revised effective date or last updated date where appropriate.

Where required by law, we may provide additional notice or obtain renewed consent for material changes.

Your continued use of our website does not override any consent requirements or other rights provided to you under applicable data protection laws.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our data processing practices, or your privacy rights, please contact us using the details below.

Company: Strategic Bureaux (SBx)

Email: privacy@strategicbureaux.com

Website: https://strategicbureaux.com