Privacy Notice

1. Introduction

Next Quarter is committed to protecting your privacy and handling personal data in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy laws. This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, store, share and protect personal data when you visit our website, use our applications or services, interact with us for business purposes, or otherwise engage with Next Quarter.

By using our Services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Notice. Where consent is required by applicable law, we will request it separately and provide appropriate choices.

2. Scope

This Privacy Notice applies to personal data collected through our websites, applications, products, services and business interactions. It does not apply to third-party websites, applications or services that operate under their own privacy notices, even where they are linked from our Services.

Employee and workforce data may be subject to separate internal privacy information or notices where appropriate. Recruitment data may also be addressed through separate candidate privacy information where required.

3. Information We Collect

3.1 Information You Provide to Us

• Business and contact information: Name, job title, company, business email address, phone number, state, city and preferred communication time.
• Website forms: Information submitted through “Book a demo”, “Contact sales”, support or other enquiry forms.
• Account information: Information used to establish, authenticate and administer access to our applications and services.
• Employment or candidate information: Where relevant, identification, contact, payroll, benefits, education, professional, background-verification and other workforce-related information. More sensitive information is collected only where necessary and permitted by applicable law.

3.2 Information Collected Automatically

• Device and technical information: Device identifiers, browser type, operating system, settings and IP address.
• Usage and log information: Pages visited, time spent, frequency of use, links clicked, search terms and related service statistics.
• Cookies and similar technologies: Necessary, analytics and, where used and lawfully enabled, marketing technologies.

3.3 Information from Other Sources

We may receive personal data from publicly available business sources, professional networking platforms, referral partners, service providers or other authorised third-party sources, where permitted by applicable law.

4. Lawful Basis for Processing

Depending on the processing activity and applicable law, we may rely on consent, contractual necessity, legal obligation, legitimate interests that are not overridden by your rights and interests, or other lawful grounds available under applicable privacy or data protection law.

5. How We Use Your Information

• Provide, operate, maintain and improve the Services you request.
• Set up, authenticate and administer user accounts, preferences and security settings.
• Fulfil contractual commitments and deliver products or services to you or your organisation.
• Process employment applications and, where applicable, administer workforce records, payroll and benefits.
• Respond to enquiries, customer service requests and support needs.
• Monitor service usage, diagnose problems, identify performance issues and improve functionality.
• Analyse trends, usage and feedback to support business decisions and product improvement.
• Protect our systems, users and business against fraud, abuse, security threats and other harmful activity.
• Comply with applicable legal, regulatory, contractual and security requirements.
• Send service-related or business communications and, where permitted, marketing communications.

6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We may use necessary cookies to operate the website, analytics cookies to understand and improve performance, and marketing cookies where applicable and lawfully enabled. Where required by applicable law, non-essential cookies will be used only after obtaining the appropriate consent or choice. You may also manage certain cookies through available cookie controls and browser settings, although disabling some technologies may affect functionality.

7. Data Sharing and Disclosure

• Service providers and processors: Authorised providers performing functions on our behalf under appropriate confidentiality, privacy and security obligations.
• Professional and business parties: Professional advisers, auditors, insurers and parties involved in financing, restructuring, merger, acquisition or sale, subject to appropriate safeguards.
• Authorities: Courts, regulators, law-enforcement bodies or other competent authorities where disclosure is required or permitted by law.
• Other parties: Where you have authorised disclosure or another lawful basis applies.

We do not sell or rent personal data as a general business practice. We may use or share aggregated or de-identified information that does not reasonably identify an individual, subject to applicable law.

8. Data Security and Use of AI

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, loss or destruction. Measures may include encryption, access controls, secure storage, logging, monitoring and other risk-based safeguards. No system or transmission method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) or automated technologies within our applications and internal tools to improve operational efficiency, support analysis, generate responses, recommendations or insights, and enhance our Services. Where personal data is processed through AI-enabled systems, we apply appropriate safeguards and human oversight where required by the nature of the processing and applicable law.

9. International Data Transfers

Personal data may be transferred to or accessed from countries outside your jurisdiction. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards and legally recognised transfer mechanisms, which may include adequacy decisions, Standard Contractual Clauses, contractual safeguards or other mechanisms permitted by applicable law.

10. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, to meet contractual or business requirements, or to comply with applicable legal, regulatory and record-retention obligations. When personal data is no longer required, we securely delete or anonymise it in accordance with our retention procedures.

11. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction and applicable law, you may have rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection, withdrawal of consent, rights relating to certain automated decision-making, and the right to raise a complaint with a competent authority. These rights may be subject to conditions, limitations or exemptions under applicable law. To exercise your rights, contact us using the details in Section 14.

12. Children’s Privacy

Our Services are intended primarily for business and professional users and are not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children where such collection would be prohibited by applicable law. Where a law establishes a specific age threshold or parental-consent requirement, we will process children’s personal data only in accordance with those requirements. If we learn that we have collected a child’s personal data unlawfully, we will take appropriate steps to delete or otherwise address it.

13. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our Services may contain links to third-party websites, applications or services. We do not control and are not responsible for the privacy practices, content or security of those third parties. Your use of third-party services is subject to their own terms and privacy notices.

14. Contact Information

Data Protection Officer (DPO)

Email: nextqdpo@nextq.ai

Postal Address: Forecastera Technologies Pvt Ltd, 91SpringBoard, 3rd Floor, Cabin No. 3.18, City Mall, Mytri Square, 2-41/11, 6/2, Gachibowli - Miyapur Road, opposite Sharath Capital, Prashanth Nagar Colony, Hyderabad, Telangana 500084, India.

15. Changes to This Privacy Notice

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time to reflect changes in law, technology, our Services or business practices. Material changes will be communicated where required by applicable law. The current version will be made available through the appropriate company or website channel.

16. Contact and Acceptance

If you have questions about this Privacy Notice or our privacy practices, please contact the DPO using the details above. Continued use of the Services is subject to applicable terms of service and privacy requirements; where consent is legally required, continued use alone will not be treated as a substitute for obtaining valid consent.

Himanshu Bajpai
CISO
Date: 14th Oct. 2026