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Privacy notice
How Master Legal Work collects, uses and handles personal data. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and Rules, 2025 have phased commencement; this notice distinguishes our current practices from statutory rights as they become operative.
Who we are
The data fiduciary is Master Legal Work, the chamber of Advocate Gagandeep Goel, Chamber No. 422, 4th Floor, Distt. & Sessions Court, Sector 43, Chandigarh 160043. Contact: masterlegalwork@gmail.com, +91 9872206969.
What we collect, why, and for how long
We collect only what you give us through this website, WhatsApp, email or in person. We do not buy data, run advertising trackers or use analytics cookies.
| Purpose | Data | Use | Basis | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consultation booking | Name, city and state, mobile, WhatsApp, email, the opposite party (for the conflict check) and a one-line description of the matter; optional matter details you choose to add; and questions you choose to give | To arrange and prepare the consultation, check conflicts, confirm the slot and fee, and keep a record of the booking | Your consent, given in the booking form | For the duration of the consultation and any later engagement, then up to 3 years after the last contact; payment records for the period required by tax law |
| Corporate retainer enquiry | Company, contact person, designation, email, phone, industry, a general description of legal needs and approximate monthly volume | To respond to the enquiry and, if agreed, prepare an engagement letter | Your consent, given in the enquiry form | Up to 12 months after the last reply, unless an engagement follows |
| Product, service or video-series request | Name, email, the item requested, and optionally mobile number and a short note | To confirm the request, send payment details with the confirmation, and deliver the item after payment | Your consent, given in the request form | Up to 12 months after the last reply; if you buy, payment records are kept as the tax and accounting laws require |
| Enquiry | Name, mobile, email, subject and message | To reply to your enquiry | Your consent, given in the enquiry form | Up to 12 months after the last reply, unless it leads to a consultation |
| Weekly legal-updates email | Email and, if you choose, your name and an area of interest | To review your request for legal-update emails and send updates if the service is confirmed | Your separate consent | Until you unsubscribe; removed from the list within 7 days |
| Documents you share (Google Drive folder) | The documents you choose to share with masterlegalwork@gmail.com | To study your matter before and after the consultation | Your consent, by sharing the folder | While the matter is active; on request, or within 12 months after it ends, the chambers remove their copies, except where the law or a pending case requires them to be kept |
| Chat and WhatsApp | The answers you type in the website chat, sent by you to WhatsApp; messages you send us on WhatsApp | To understand and respond to your request | Your consent, by sending the message | As for a booking or an enquiry |
| Payments, bills and invoices | Amount, date, payer name, UPI/bank reference, the receipt you send and, for business clients, the GSTIN | To match the payment to the confirmed consultation and issue a receipt | Performance of the consultation you booked; legal obligations | For the period required by tax and accounting law |
Professional confidentiality applies to everything you share about your matter, in addition to this notice.
Consent, and how to withdraw it
Each form asks for consent separately for each purpose, and no box is ticked in advance. Requests for legal-update emails are optional and never a condition of booking; the chambers review the request and confirm availability. The website does not itself activate an automated weekly mailing service.
You can withdraw consent at any time, as easily as you gave it: write to masterlegalwork@gmail.com. Withdrawal does not affect anything done before it; we then stop the processing, unless the law requires a record to be kept.
Who processes the data for us
- Google LLC: Gmail, Google Sheets (“MLW Website Leads”), Google Drive, Google Calendar, Google Meet and Apps Script: email, record-keeping, document folders, hearing reminders and video calls.
- FormSubmit (formsubmit.co): The native fallback action on applicable forms may send a submission through FormSubmit. With JavaScript enabled and no Apps Script endpoint configured, the current forms offer an email or WhatsApp handoff which you must send yourself; opening the handoff does not confirm delivery.
- WhatsApp (Meta Platforms): Messages and calls you choose to have with the chambers on WhatsApp.
- GitHub Pages (GitHub, Inc.): Hosts this website; its servers record technical access logs such as IP addresses.
- Your bank or UPI app, and the chambers’ bank: Process any payment you make.
Some of these services store data on servers outside India, as permitted by law. We do not sell or share personal data for marketing.
Data requests and phased statutory rights
You may contact us now to request access, correction or deletion, subject to lawful retention and professional duties. Statutory DPDP rights apply when the relevant provisions commence. The 14 November 2025 commencement notification schedules core processing and rights provisions eighteen months after publication; they are not all in force as at 11 October 2026.
- to a summary of the personal data we hold about you and how it is used;
- to correct, complete or update it;
- to have it erased when it is no longer needed for the purpose, unless the law requires it to be kept;
- to nominate another person to exercise these rights in the event of your death or incapacity;
- to grievance redressal, as below.
Grievances, and complaints to the Data Protection Board
Grievance contact: Advocate Gagandeep Goel, masterlegalwork@gmail.com, +91 9872206969. We will acknowledge your request and respond within 30 days.
If your concern remains unresolved, the remedies available depend on the provisions and procedures in force at the time. The DPDP Board complaint provisions are subject to phased commencement; this notice does not represent that an online complaint mechanism is currently available. We will provide the applicable official route when operative.
Other points
- Children: we do not knowingly collect a child’s data without the verifiable consent of a parent or lawful guardian.
- Browser storage: localStorage remembers acceptance of the entry declaration, recently viewed pages and whether an installation prompt has been shown. sessionStorage may temporarily retain a consultation reference, name, summary and status for the confirmation screen. A service worker may cache pages and assets for offline use. You can remove these through your browser’s site-data controls; doing so may remove local preferences or temporary details. These storage items are not themselves transmitted to the chambers, but information you choose to send through a form, email or WhatsApp is transmitted through that service.
- Security: please do not upload case documents to this website; share them only through a Google Drive folder as described on the booking page.
- Data breaches: if a breach affects your data, we will inform you and the Data Protection Board as the law requires.
Last updated 11 October 2026.
Document submissions
The document submission form uses FormSubmit to process files and deliver them to masterlegalwork@gmail.com. The form asks for separate consent and limits attachments to 10 MB in total. Review the files and your authority to share them before submission. For sensitive documents or large files, use a restricted Google Drive folder shared only with the chambers. The chambers acknowledge receipt separately; a website submission is not acceptance of instructions.