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Last updated: June 2026  ·  A & H Ventures, Ballard Estate, Mumbai

Privacy Policy

In effect from June 2026  ·  Governed by the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (India)

A & H Ventures ("AHV", "we", "us") is the Data Fiduciary for personal data collected through this website. We collect only what we need, use it only for the purpose stated, and do not sell or share it with third parties for commercial purposes.

What we collect and why

  • Document downloads: Your name, email address, and an optional intent field. Used to deliver the requested document and, with your explicit consent, to send occasional updates from AHV. Retained for three years from the date of collection.
  • ERA Assessment: Name and email address submitted for your assessment results. Used solely to return your scored report. Retained for three years.
  • ReFound Assessment (M-5 Ecosystem Pathway Designer): Name, email address, and your responses to 24 structured questions about a past business experience. This data is sensitive personal data — it includes psychological narrative, emotional history, and identity information. It is processed by an AI system (Claude, developed by Anthropic) to generate your ReFound Card and an internal Practitioner Brief reviewed by AHV advisors. It is stored in AHV's CRM (HubSpot) and email systems. Processed only with your explicit consent, collected immediately before you begin the assessment. Retained for three years. See the ReFound — Additional Data Processing Notice below for full details.
  • General enquiries (email to contact@a-h-ventures.com): Any personal data you choose to include. Retained for the duration of our correspondence and for three years thereafter.
  • Website analytics: We use Cloudflare Web Analytics, which is cookieless and collects no personal data. No identifiable visitor information is stored.

How we use your data

We process personal data for two purposes only: (a) to fulfil the specific service you requested, and (b) where you have given explicit consent, to send you updates about AHV's work. We do not profile visitors, run remarketing campaigns, or share data with advertising networks.

Who has access

Your data is processed by AHV and by its authorised Data Processors. For standard document downloads and general enquiries, the only processor is Resend, Inc. (email delivery). For the ReFound Assessment, three processors are involved: Anthropic, Inc. (AI processing of your responses via the Claude API), Resend, Inc. (email delivery of your ReFound Card), and HubSpot, Inc. (secure CRM storage of your assessment record). None of these processors use your data for their own commercial purposes. Access within AHV is restricted to Harshwardhansingh Thakur.

Your rights as a Data Principal

Under the DPDP Act, 2023, you have the right to:

  • Know what personal data we hold about you
  • Correct any inaccurate or incomplete data
  • Request erasure of your data where we no longer have a lawful basis to retain it
  • Withdraw consent at any time (without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing)
  • Raise a grievance with our Grievance Officer

To exercise any of these rights, write to us at the address below. We respond within 30 days.

Grievance Officer

Harshwardhansingh Thakur, Founder & Managing Partner

A & H Ventures, 119/120 Rex Chambers, W.H. Marg, Ballard Estate, Mumbai 400 001

contact@a-h-ventures.com

Grievances acknowledged within 48 hours and resolved within 30 days.

Cookies

This website does not use cookies. Cloudflare Web Analytics, which we use for aggregate traffic measurement, operates without cookies and without collecting personal data.

International visitors

This website is operated from India. If you access it from outside India, your data will be processed in India subject to Indian law. By submitting a form on this site, you acknowledge this.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will reflect any changes.

Intellectual Property

© 2026 A & H Ventures · All rights reserved

All content on this website — including text, graphics, page layouts, service descriptions, methodologies, frameworks, and downloadable documents — is the intellectual property of A & H Ventures and is protected under the Copyright Act, 1957 (India) and applicable international conventions.

The following are proprietary names of A & H Ventures. Unauthorised use, reproduction, or commercial exploitation is prohibited:

  • Ahvante™ — advisory methodology framework
  • Ahvante PRIME™ — premium advisory tier
  • DutyIQ™ — customs duty identification service
  • Parampara Readiness Score™ — succession readiness assessment instrument
  • ERA Score™ — Entrepreneur Readiness Assessment scoring system
  • ReFound™ — M-5 Ecosystem Pathway Designer for entrepreneurial recovery

Documents available through the AHV Resource Library may be downloaded for personal or internal business use. You may not reproduce, republish, redistribute, or adapt any part of these documents without written permission from AHV.

Nothing on this website transfers any intellectual property rights to you.

ReFound Assessment — Additional Data Processing Notice

In effect from June 2026  ·  Governed by the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (India)

ReFound (the M-5 Ecosystem Pathway Designer) is a structured reflection tool that asks you to share detailed information about a past business experience, including the circumstances of a business that ended, your emotional relationship with that experience, your current identity, and your forward orientation. The responses you provide are sensitive personal data under Indian law and under internationally recognised psychological assessment standards. This notice sets out how that data is collected, processed, stored, and protected.

What you share and why it is sensitive

Your responses to the 24 ReFound questions may include: a narrative of a business failure; your emotional state at the time and now; your social and family support; your sense of identity; and your current thinking about the future. This level of disclosure is necessary for the tool to produce a meaningful result. Because it touches on personal history, emotional experience, and psychological state, AHV treats it as sensitive data and applies a higher standard of care than to standard personal data.

How your data is processed

  • AI processing (Anthropic, Inc.): Your responses are sent to Claude, an AI system developed by Anthropic, via a secure API. Claude analyses your responses and produces your ReFound Card and an internal Practitioner Brief. Anthropic does not use API data to train its models by default and processes data only as necessary to return the result. Anthropic maintains SOC 2 Type II certification.
  • Email delivery (Resend, Inc.): Your ReFound Card is emailed to you via Resend. An internal Practitioner Brief — a detailed review of your responses prepared for AHV advisors — is emailed to AHV. Resend is used solely for transmission and does not retain your data for any other purpose.
  • CRM storage (HubSpot, Inc.): A contact record is created in AHV's CRM (HubSpot) with your name, email, and your assessment scores. This record is accessible only to Harshwardhansingh Thakur and is not shared with third parties for commercial purposes.

The Practitioner Brief

Every ReFound assessment generates a Practitioner Brief — an internal AHV document that provides a detailed psychological synthesis of your responses, including scored dimensions, key themes from your answers, suggested opening points for an advisory conversation, and psychological watch points. This Brief is used by AHV advisors to prepare for any follow-up conversation with you. Its existence and purpose is disclosed in the consent notice you accept before beginning the assessment. The Practitioner Brief is sent to contact@a-h-ventures.com and is not shared outside AHV without your written permission.

What ReFound is and is not

ReFound is: a structured reflection tool, a pattern-identification instrument, and a pathway prescription service. It is a starting point for an advisory conversation.

ReFound is not: therapy, counselling, a clinical psychological assessment, a mental health diagnostic tool, or a substitute for professional mental health support. It is not administered by licensed clinicians. If you are in distress and need immediate support, please contact iCall (9152987821) or the Vandrevala Foundation helpline (1860-2662-345, available 24/7).

Consent and your rights

Your responses are processed only with your explicit prior consent, given via the consent mechanism on the ReFound assessment page. You may withdraw consent at any time. Upon withdrawal, AHV will delete your HubSpot record, request deletion of your Resend delivery records, and archive your Practitioner Brief in a restricted folder. Anthropic's API processing cannot be retroactively erased, but all records within AHV's control will be deleted. You have the right to access, correct, or erase your data, and to raise a grievance, using the contact details in the Privacy Policy above. Responses are retained for three years from the date of your assessment. Consent records are retained for six years.

Research use

If you ticked the optional research consent checkbox when completing the assessment, anonymised and de-identified insights from your responses may be used in academic research into entrepreneurial recovery pathways. No personally identifiable information will appear in any publication. If you did not tick that box, your data will not be used for research under any circumstances.

Under-18 exclusion

ReFound is designed for adults who have operated a business. AHV does not knowingly collect data from persons under the age of 18. If you are under 18, please do not complete this assessment. If AHV becomes aware that data has been collected from a person under 18, that data will be erased immediately.

Disclaimer

No advice · No relationship · No warranty

Not professional advice. Nothing on this website — including downloadable documents, methodologies, case descriptions, or any other content — constitutes legal, financial, tax, investment, accounting, or regulatory advice. Content is provided for general informational purposes only.

No client relationship. Visiting this website, downloading a document, completing the ERA Assessment, completing the ReFound Assessment, or sending an email to AHV does not create a client relationship, an advisory engagement, or any contractual obligation. A formal client relationship does not exist until a written engagement letter has been signed by both parties.

Accuracy. We make reasonable efforts to ensure information is accurate and current, but make no warranties as to completeness or fitness for a particular purpose. Regulatory and legal information is subject to change; verify current requirements with a qualified professional before acting.

External links. Where this website links to third-party websites, AHV has no control over their content and accepts no responsibility for them.

AI use disclosure. AHV uses Claude (Anthropic) in document production, research, and analysis workflows. AI tool use is disclosed proactively. All content published under the AHV name has been reviewed by AHV principals before publication.

Governing Law

Jurisdiction · Mumbai, India

This website is operated by A & H Ventures, a Registered Partnership Firm incorporated in India (MSME Registration UDYAM-MH-19-0042697, D-U-N-S 91-322-2609), with its principal office at 119/120 Rex Chambers, W.H. Marg, Ballard Estate, Mumbai 400 001.

These policies and all matters arising from your use of this website are governed by the laws of India. Any disputes shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Mumbai, Maharashtra.

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