1. About This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how Munafa Engine collects, uses, stores, verifies and shares personal information submitted through the Munafa Engine Artist Growth Track.
It applies when you:
Visit the Artist Growth Track webpage;
Open or submit the Artist Growth registration form;
Share information through WhatsApp, phone call, email or any other communication channel;
Participate in profile screening or verification;
Submit your portfolio, work photographs, videos or professional documents;
Allow your profile to be considered for a salon job opportunity, course or workshop sponsorship, career-benefit support or Future Salon Owner Track review.
By submitting your details, you confirm that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
2. Who We Are
Munafa Engine operates the Artist Growth Track for salon professionals.
The Artist Growth Track is designed to understand the skill, experience, current career position and future goals of salon professionals and to consider suitable profiles for relevant growth tracks or opportunities.
In this Privacy Policy, “Munafa Engine”, “we”, “our” and “us” refer to Munafa Engine.
“Artist”, “candidate”, “you” and “your” refer to the person submitting or sharing personal information with Munafa Engine.
3. Scope of This Policy
This Privacy Policy applies only to information processed by Munafa Engine in relation to:
Artist Growth Track registration;
Candidate profile review;
Career-growth assessment;
Salon job opportunities;
Course or workshop sponsorship consideration;
Career Benefits Track consideration;
Future Salon Owner Track consideration;
Related communication, screening and verification.
This Privacy Policy does not directly control the privacy practices of independent salons, training institutes, external form providers, communication platforms or other third parties.
4. Personal Information We May Collect
The information collected may depend on the registration form, your profile, the opportunity being considered and the stage of the review process.
4.1 Basic Personal Details
We may collect:
Full name;
Age or date of birth;
Gender, where relevant and lawfully required;
Mobile number;
WhatsApp number;
Alternate contact number;
Email address;
Current city;
Current area or locality;
Permanent city or native place;
Preferred communication language.
4.2 Professional Information
We may collect:
Primary salon role;
Additional salon skills;
Salon-floor experience;
Current employment status;
Current or previous salon details;
Current job role;
Previous roles and responsibilities;
Current or previous salary information;
Expected salary;
Notice period;
Joining availability;
Reason for job change;
Preferred salon type;
Preferred work location;
Relocation readiness;
Career goals;
Interest in future salon ownership.
4.3 Skill and Portfolio Information
We may collect:
Work photographs;
Work videos;
Portfolio links;
Instagram or other professional profile links;
Course or workshop certificates;
Skill certificates;
Experience letters;
Service-category details;
Information shared during telephonic, video or practical skill discussions.
4.4 Verification Information
Where applicable, necessary and available, we may request or review:
Identity documents;
Address documents;
Employment records;
Experience letters;
Previous employer or professional references;
Course certificates;
Salary-related evidence;
Professional portfolio evidence;
Other information reasonably required to verify your submitted profile.
Submitting a document does not automatically mean that the information has been fully verified. Verification status may remain completed, partially completed, pending, unavailable or not applicable.
4.5 Communication Information
We may keep records of:
WhatsApp conversations;
Emails;
Call outcomes;
Interview discussions;
Profile-review notes;
Opportunity preferences;
Consent given by you;
Communication relating to profile sharing, interviews, selection or future reviews.
Calls may be recorded only where legally permitted and after providing appropriate notice.
4.6 Website and Technical Information
When you visit the webpage, we or our service providers may automatically receive limited technical information such as:
IP address;
Browser type;
Device type;
Operating system;
Pages visited;
Time and date of visit;
Referring webpage;
Form-opening or button-click information;
Cookie or analytics information, where enabled.
This information may be used to maintain website security, understand page performance and improve user experience.
5. How We Collect Your Information
We may collect information:
Directly from the registration form;
During WhatsApp or telephone communication;
Through email;
Through video calls or interviews;
Through documents uploaded or shared by you;
From portfolios or professional links voluntarily shared by you;
From references provided or authorised by you;
From previous employers or professional contacts, where verification is permitted;
Through salons considering your profile, after you have shown interest or provided consent;
Through authorised service providers assisting with forms, communication, storage or verification.
We will not knowingly obtain private information by using unlawful or deceptive methods.
6. Why We Use Your Information
Your information may be used for the following purposes:
6.1 To Process Your Registration
We use your details to:
Record your Artist Growth registration;
Create or update your candidate profile;
Understand your current career position;
Identify your skills and experience;
Understand your career and location preferences.
6.2 To Review Your Suitable Growth Track
We may use your information to consider whether your profile may be suitable for:
Skill Upgrade Track;
Career Benefits Track;
Future Salon Owner Track;
A relevant salon job opportunity;
Another applicable growth review.
Experience is an important factor, but it may not be the only factor considered.
6.3 To Contact You
We may contact you through:
WhatsApp;
Phone call;
Email;
SMS or other reasonable communication channels.
Contact may relate to:
Missing profile information;
Profile screening;
Verification;
Available salon opportunities;
Interview coordination;
Course or workshop opportunities;
Career-benefit review;
Future Salon Owner Track review;
Future opportunities or newly available locations.
6.4 To Match You With Relevant Opportunities
We may compare your profile with:
Required role;
Skill requirement;
Experience level;
Salary range;
City or location;
Joining timeline;
Salon type;
Work environment;
Career expectations.
This does not guarantee that an opportunity will be available or that your profile will be selected.
6.5 To Conduct Screening and Verification
We may use the information to:
Confirm your submitted details;
Understand your professional experience;
Review your skill evidence;
Check your career expectations;
Assess your seriousness for an opportunity;
Conduct reasonable verification, where applicable;
Identify incorrect, misleading or incomplete information.
6.6 To Maintain the Artist Database
With your consent, we may retain your profile in the Munafa Engine Artist Database for:
Future suitable opportunities;
Newly added locations;
Later profile reviews;
Career-growth communication;
Relevant programmes or benefits.
Being retained in the database does not guarantee selection or future communication.
6.7 To Prevent Misuse and Protect Our Operations
We may process information to:
Detect fake or duplicate profiles;
Prevent fraudulent applications;
Protect candidates, salons and Munafa Engine;
Investigate misuse of the Munafa Engine name;
Maintain internal records;
Comply with legal obligations.
7. Consent
Where consent is required, we will seek consent before processing your personal information for the stated purpose.
By submitting the registration form and selecting the consent checkbox, you permit Munafa Engine to:
Review your submitted information;
Contact you regarding the Artist Growth Track;
Conduct applicable profile screening;
Retain your profile for current and future consideration;
Discuss suitable opportunities with you;
Process your information as explained in this Privacy Policy.
Separate consent may be requested before:
Sharing your identifiable profile with a salon;
Conducting certain verification checks;
Sharing information with a training, benefit or verification partner;
Using your photograph, work or testimonial for public promotional purposes.
You may withdraw your consent by contacting us. Withdrawal will not affect processing that was lawfully completed before the withdrawal request.
Withdrawal may make it impossible for us to continue reviewing your profile or providing related opportunities.
8. Sharing Your Profile With Salons
Munafa Engine will not normally share your identifiable profile with a salon only because you have completed registration.
Before sharing your profile with a relevant salon, we will generally:
Inform you about the available opportunity;
Explain important available details such as role, city, salary range or salon type;
Understand whether you are interested;
Obtain your consent to share your profile.
After your consent, information reasonably required for the opportunity may be shared with the concerned salon.
This may include:
Name;
Contact details, where required;
Role and skill details;
Experience;
Current city;
Expected salary;
Joining availability;
Portfolio;
Relevant verification status;
Other professional details connected with the requirement.
Once your information is shared with an independent salon, that salon may separately process the information for its interview and hiring decision. The salon may have its own privacy responsibilities and policies.
9. Other Parties With Whom Information May Be Shared
We may share limited information with:
9.1 Service Providers
Service providers assisting with:
Website hosting;
External forms;
Cloud storage;
Email;
WhatsApp or communication;
Data management;
Technical support;
Profile verification;
Document management;
Security or fraud prevention.
Such sharing will be limited to the information reasonably required for the service.
9.2 Training or Workshop Partners
Where you are being considered for a course or workshop, relevant details may be shared with the selected training institute, educator or workshop partner after appropriate communication or consent.
9.3 Benefit or Programme Partners
If a career-benefit or support arrangement involves an external partner, relevant information may be shared only where necessary and after applicable consent or notice.
9.4 Professional Advisers and Authorities
Information may be disclosed to:
Lawyers;
Accountants;
Auditors;
Government authorities;
Courts;
Law-enforcement agencies;
Regulatory bodies,
where reasonably required by law, legal process or protection of lawful interests.
9.5 Business Restructuring
If Munafa Engine undergoes restructuring, transfer, merger or change in business ownership, relevant records may be transferred subject to applicable law and appropriate safeguards.
10. We Do Not Sell Your Personal Information
Munafa Engine does not sell candidate personal information to advertisers or unrelated data brokers.
Your information is processed for Artist Growth Track operations, profile review, suitable opportunities, communication, verification and related legitimate business purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
11. External Forms and Communication Platforms
The registration form may open on an external platform such as Zoho Forms, Google Forms or another service selected by Munafa Engine.
Communication may also take place through platforms such as WhatsApp, email or telephone-service providers.
These external platforms may process limited information under their own privacy policies and technical systems.
Munafa Engine is responsible for how it uses information received from those platforms. However, we do not control every technical activity or independent policy of an external provider.
You should avoid submitting passwords, OTPs, banking PINs or unrelated sensitive information through the registration form or WhatsApp.
12. Cookies and Analytics
The website may use cookies or similar technologies to:
Keep the website functioning;
Understand page usage;
Measure traffic;
Improve performance;
Maintain security;
Understand CTA or form interaction.
You may manage cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect parts of the website.
Where legally required, an appropriate cookie notice or consent option may be provided.
13. Data Retention
We may retain your information for as long as it is reasonably required for:
Artist Growth Track review;
Current or future opportunities;
Candidate database management;
Verification records;
Fraud prevention;
Dispute handling;
Legal or accounting requirements;
Establishing or defending legal claims.
If your profile is not immediately suitable, it may be retained for future opportunities with your consent.
You may ask us to remove your profile. We may delete, anonymise or restrict the information, subject to legal, security, dispute or record-retention requirements.
Information that is no longer required will be deleted, anonymised or securely archived according to our internal practices and applicable law.
14. Data Security
Munafa Engine takes reasonable administrative, technical and organisational steps to protect personal information against:
Unauthorised access;
Loss;
Misuse;
Unlawful disclosure;
Alteration;
Accidental deletion;
Security breaches.
Access to candidate information should be limited to authorised persons and service providers who require it for a valid purpose.
However, no website, internet transmission, cloud platform or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
You are responsible for protecting your own phone, email, WhatsApp and device access.
15. Accuracy of Information
You should provide correct, complete and updated information.
You must inform Munafa Engine if there is a material change in your:
Contact number;
City;
Employment status;
Skill;
Experience;
Salary expectation;
Joining availability;
Career preference.
Munafa Engine may hold, reject or remove a profile where important information appears false, misleading, incomplete or inconsistent.
16. Your Privacy Rights
Subject to applicable law, you may request:
Information about personal data processed by us;
Correction of inaccurate information;
Completion of incomplete information;
Update of outdated information;
Erasure of information that is no longer required;
Withdrawal of consent;
Removal from future communication;
Removal from the Artist Database;
Grievance redressal.
We may need to confirm your identity before processing a request.
Some information may be retained where required for legal compliance, fraud prevention, disputes or legitimate record-keeping.
Requests may be sent to the contact details mentioned at the end of this Privacy Policy.
17. Persons Below 18 Years
The Artist Growth registration process is intended for persons who are at least 18 years old.
Munafa Engine does not knowingly invite children below 18 years to submit personal information through this registration flow.
If we learn that information of a person below 18 years has been submitted without appropriate legal authority or consent, we may remove or restrict the profile.
18. Transfer and Storage of Information
Your information may be stored or processed using technology and service providers located in India or another permitted location.
Where information is processed outside India, we will take reasonable steps and follow applicable legal requirements relating to such processing.
19. Data Breach
If a personal-data breach occurs, Munafa Engine will assess the incident and take reasonable corrective steps.
Where legally required, affected individuals and the relevant authority may be informed according to applicable law.
20. Third-Party Links
The webpage may contain links to:
External registration forms;
WhatsApp;
Salons;
Training institutes;
Social-media platforms;
Other websites or services.
Munafa Engine is not responsible for the independent privacy practices, security or content of third-party services.
You should review their relevant policies before submitting information directly to them.
21. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect:
Changes in the Artist Growth Track;
New legal requirements;
Changes in forms or technology;
Changes in opportunities, partners or processes;
Improvements in privacy practices.
The updated version will be published with a revised “Last Updated” date.
Your continued use after an update will be subject to the revised Privacy Policy, where legally permitted.
22. Contact and Grievance Redressal
For privacy questions, correction, deletion, consent withdrawal or grievances, contact:
Munafa Engine
Grievance Officer: Aditi / HR
Email: connect@munafaengine.com
Website: www.munafaengine.com
Please mention “Artist Growth Track Privacy Request” in the subject or message.
We will review and respond within a reasonable period and within any timeline required by applicable law.