PRIVACY & SECURITY POLICY
This Privacy Policy Is An Electronic Record In The
Form Of An Electronic Contract Formed Under The Information Technology Act,
2000 And The Rules Made Thereunder And The Amended Provisions Pertaining To
Electronic Documents / Records In Various Statutes As Amended By The
Information Technology Act, 2000. This Privacy Policy Does Not Require
Any Physical, Electronic, Or Digital Signature.
This Privacy Policy Is A Legally Binding Document
Between You And Geeboombaa (Both Terms Defined Below). The Terms Of This
Privacy Policy Will Be Effective Upon Your Acceptance Of The Same (Directly Or
Indirectly In Electronic Form, By Clicking On The I Accept Tab Or By Use Of The
Website Or By Other Means) And Will Govern The Relationship Between You And Geeboombaa
For You Use Of The Website (Defined Below).
This Document Is Published And Shall Be Construed
In Accordance With The Provisions Of The Information Technology (Reasonable
Security Practices And Procedures And Sensitive Personal Data Of Information)
Rules, 2011 Under the Information Technology Act, 2000; That Require Publishing
Of The Privacy Policy For Collection, Use, Storage, And Transfer Of Sensitive
Personal Data Or Information.
Please Read This Privacy Policy Carefully. By Using
The Website, You Indicate That You Understand, Agree, And Consent To This
Privacy Policy. If You Do Not Agree With The Terms Of This Privacy Policy,
Please Do Not Use This Website. You Hereby Provide Your Unconditional Consent
Or Agreements To Geeboombaa As Provided Under Section 43a And Section 72a Of
the Information Technology Act, 2000.
By
providing us with your Information or by making use of the facilities provided
by the Website, You hereby consent to the collection, storage, processing, and
transfer of any or all of Your Personal Information and Non-Personal
Information by Geeboombaa as specified under this Privacy Policy. You further
agree that such collection, use, storage, and transfer of Your Information
shall not cause any loss or wrongful gain to you or any other person.
Geeboombaa Digi Solution and its subsidiaries and affiliates and Associate
Companies (individually and/ or collectively, "Geeboombaa") is/are
concerned about the privacy of the data and information of users (including
sellers and buyers/customers whether registered or non-registered) accessing,
offering, selling or purchasing products or services on Geeboombaa's websites,
mobile sites or mobile applications ("Website") on the Website and
otherwise doing business with Geeboombaa. "Associate Companies" here
shall have the same meaning as ascribed in the Companies Act, 2013.
The
terms "We" / "Us" / "Our" individually and
collectively refer to each entity being part of the definition of Geeboombaa
and the terms "You" /"Your" / "Yourself" refer to
the users. This Privacy Policy is a contract between You and the respective Geeboombaa
entity whose Website You use or access or otherwise deal with. This Privacy
Policy shall be read together with the respective Terms Of Use or other terms
and condition of the respective Geeboombaa entity and its respective Website or
the nature of business of the Website.
Geeboombaa
has provided this Privacy Policy to familiarise You with:
· The
type of data or information that You share with or provide to Geeboombaa and
that Geeboombaa collects from You;
· The
purpose for collection of such data or information from You;
· Geeboombaa's
information security practices and policies; and
· Geeboombaa's
policy on sharing or transferring Your data or information with third parties.
This Privacy Policy may be amended/updated from time to time. Upon
amending/updating the Privacy Policy, we will accordingly amend the date above.
We suggest that you regularly check this Privacy Policy to apprise yourself of
any updates. Your continued use of the Website or provision of data or
information thereafter will imply Your unconditional acceptance of such updates
to this Privacy Policy.
· Information
collected and storage of such Information:
The "Information" (which shall also include data) provided by You to Geeboombaa
or collected from You by Geeboombaa may consist of "Personal
Information" and "Non-Personal Information".
· Personal
Information:
Personal Information is Information collected that can be used to uniquely
identify or contact You. Personal Information for the purposes of this Privacy
Policy shall include, but not be limited to:
· Your
user name along with Your password,
· Your
name,
· Your
address,
· Your
telephone number,
· Your
e-mail address or other contact information,
· Your
date of birth,
· Your
gender,
· Information
regarding your transactions on the Website, (including sales or purchase
history),
· Your
financial information such as bank account information or credit card or debit
card or other payment instrument details including OTP,
· Internet
Protocol address,
· Any
other items of ‘sensitive personal data or information as such term is defined
under the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices And Procedures
And Sensitive Personal Data Of Information) Rules, 2011 enacted under the
Information Technology Act, 2000;
· Identification
code of your communication device which You use to access the Website or
otherwise deal with any Geeboombaa entity,
· Any
other information that You provide during Your registration process, if any, on
the Website. Such Personal Information may be collected in various ways
including during the course of You:
·
Registering as a user on the Website,
·
Registering as a seller on the Website,
· availing
of certain services offered on the Website. Such instances include but are not
limited to making an offer for sale, online purchase, participating in any
online survey or contest, communicating with Geeboombaa's customer service by
phone, email, or otherwise or posting user reviews on the items available on
the Website, or
· otherwise
doing business on the Website or otherwise dealing with any Geeboombaa entity.
We may receive Personal Information about you from third parties, such as
social media services, commercially available sources, and business partners.
If you access the Website through a social media service or connect a service
on Website to a social media service, the information we collect may include
your user name associated with that social media service, any information or
content the social media service has the right to share with us, such as your
profile picture, email address or friends list, and any information you have
made public in connection with that social media service. When you access the
Website or otherwise deal with any Geeboombaa entity through social media
services or when you connect any Website to social media services, you are
authorizing Geeboombaa to collect, store, and use and retain such information
and content in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
· Non-Personal
Information:
Geeboombaa may also collect information other than Personal Information from
You through the Website when You visit and/or use the Website. Such information
may be stored in server logs. This Non-Personal Information would not assist Geeboombaa
to identify You personally. This Non-Personal Information may include:
· Your
geographic location,
· Details of
Your telecom service provider or internet service provider,
· the
type of browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, etc.),
· the
operating system of Your system, device, and the Website You last visited
before visiting the Website,
· The
duration of Your stay on the Website is also stored in the session along with
the date and time of Your access, Non-Personal Information is collected through
various ways such as the use of cookies. Geeboombaa may store temporary or permanent
‘cookies' on Your computer. You can erase or choose to block these cookies from
Your computer. You can configure Your computer's browser to alert You when we
attempt to send You a cookie with an option to accept or refuse the cookie. If
You have turned cookies off, You may be prevented from using certain features
of the Website.
· Ads:
Geeboombaa may use third-party service providers to serve ads on Geeboombaa's
behalf across the internet and sometimes on the Website. They may collect
Non-Personal Information about Your visits to the Website and Your interaction
with our products and services on the Website. Please do note that Personal
Information and Non-Personal Information may be treated differently as per this
Privacy Policy.
You
hereby represent to Geeboombaa that:
1. the Information you
provide to Geeboombaa from time to time is and shall be authentic, correct,
current, and updated and You have all the rights, permissions, and consents as
may be required to provide such Information to Geeboombaa.
2. You're providing the
Information to Geeboombaa and Geeboombaa's consequent storage, collection,
usage, transfer, access, or processing of the same shall not be in violation of
any third-party agreement, laws, charter documents, judgments, orders, and
decrees.
3. Geeboombaa and each
of Geeboombaa entities officers, directors, contractors, or agents shall not be
responsible for the authenticity of the Information that You or any other user
provide to Geeboombaa. You shall indemnify and hold harmless Geeboombaa and
each of Geeboombaa entities officers, directors, contracts or agents, and any
third party relying on the Information provided by You in the event You are in
breach of this Privacy Policy including this provision and the immediately preceding
provision above.
4. Your Information
will primarily be stored in electronic form however certain data can also be
stored in physical form. We may store, collect, process and use your data in
countries other than the Republic of India but under compliance with applicable
laws. We may enter into agreements with third parties (in or outside of India)
to store or process your information or data. These third parties may have
their own security standards to safeguard your information or data and we will on
a commercially reasonable basis require such third parties to adopt reasonable
security standards to safeguard your information/data.
5. Purpose for
collecting, using, storing, and processing Your Information Geeboombaa
collects, uses, stores, and processes Your Information for any purpose as may
be permissible under applicable laws (including where the applicable law
provides for such collection, usage, storage, or processes in accordance with
the consent of the user) connected with a function or activity of each of Geeboombaa
entities and shall include the following:
6. to facilitate Your
use of the Website or other services of Geeboombaa entities;
7. to respond to Your
inquiries or fulfill Your requests for information about the various products
and services offered on the Website;
8. to provide You with
information about products and services available on the Website and to send
Your information, materials, and offers from Geeboombaa;
9. to send You
important information regarding the Website, changes in business terms, and
policies, and/or other administrative information;
10. to send You surveys and marketing
communications that Geeboombaa believes may be of interest to You;
11. to personalize Your experience on
the Website by presenting advertisements, products, and offers tailored to Your
preferences;
12. to help You address Your problems
incurred on the Website including addressing any technical problems;
13. if You purchase any product or avail
of any service from the Website, to complete and fulfill Your purchase, for
example, to have Your payments processed, communicate with You regarding Your
purchase, and provide You with related customer service;
14. for proper administering of the
Website;
15. to conduct internal reviews and data
analysis for the Website (e.g., to determine the number of visitors to specific
pages within the Website);
16. to improve the services, content,
and advertising on the Website;
17. to provide value-added services such
as Single Sign-On. Single Sign On shall mean a session/user the authentication
process that permits a user to enter his/her name or mobile number or e-mail
address or any combination thereof and password in order to access multiple
websites and applications;
18. to facilitate a seamless purchase
experience while making a transaction by pre-populating the OTP received
through SMS by you
19. to facilitate various programs and
initiatives launched by Geeboombaa or third-party service providers and
business associates
20. to analyze how our services are
used, to measure the effectiveness of advertisements, to facilitate payments
21. to conduct academic research and surveys.
22. to protect the integrity of the
Website;
23. to respond to legal, judicial, and
quasi-judicial processes and provide information to law enforcement agencies or
in connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety, as
permitted by law;
24. to conduct analytical studies on
various aspects including user behavior, user preferences, etc.;
25. to permit third parties who may need
to contact users who have bought products from the Website to facilitate
installation, service, and any other product-related support;
26. to implement information security
practices;
27. to determine any security breaches,
computer contaminants,s or computer viruses;
28. to investigate, prevent, or take
action regarding illegal activities and suspected fraud,
29. to undertake forensics of the
concerned computer resource as a part of an investigation or internal audit;
30. to trace computer resources or any
person who may have contravened, or is suspected of having or being likely to
contravene, any provision of law including the Information Technology Act, 2000
that is likely to have an adverse impact on the services provided on any
Website or by Geeboombaa;
31. to enable a potential buyer or
investor to evaluate the business of Geeboombaa (as further described in
paragraph 8 of the Privacy Policy). [Individually and collectively referred to
as ("Purposes")] You hereby agree and acknowledge that the
Information so collected is for a lawful purpose connected with a function or
the activity of each of the Geboomba entities or any person on their respective
behalf and the collection of information are necessary for the Purposes.
Sharing
and Disclosure of Your Information
You
hereby unconditionally agree and permit that Geeboombaa may transfer, share,
disclose, or part with all or any of Your Information, within and outside of
the Republic of India to various Geeboombaa entities and to third-party service
providers/partners/banks and financial institutions for one or more of the
Purposes or as may be required by applicable law. In such case, we will
contractually oblige the receiving parties of the Information to ensure the
same level of data protection that is adhered to by Geeboombaa under applicable
law.
You
acknowledge and agree that, to the extent permissible under applicable laws, it
is adequate that when Geeboombaa transfers Your Information to any other entity
within or outside Your country of residence, Geeboombaa will place contractual
obligations on the transferee which will oblige the transferee to adhere to the
provisions of this Privacy Policy.
You
unconditionally agree and permit Geeboombaa to access and read your SMS to
autofill or prepopulate ‘OTP’ while making a transaction and to validate your
mobile number.
Geeboombaa
may share statistical data and other details (other than Your Personal Information)
without your express or implied consent to facilitate various programs or
initiatives launched by Geeboombaa, its affiliates, agents, third-party service
providers, partners, or banks & financial institutions, from time to time.
We may transfer/disclose/share Information (other than Your Personal
Information) to those parties who support our business, such as providing
technical infrastructure services, analyzing how our services are used,
measuring the effectiveness of advertisements, providing customer/buyer
services, facilitating payments or conducting academic research and surveys.
These affiliates and third-party service providers shall adhere to
confidentiality obligations consistent with this Privacy Policy.
Notwithstanding the above, We use other third parties such as a credit/debit
card processing company, payment gateway, pre-paid cards, etc. to enable You to
make payments for buying products or availing services on Geeboombaa. When You
sign up for these services, You may have the ability to save Your card details
for future reference and faster future payments. In such cases, We may share
Your relevant Personal Information if necessary for third parties to provide
such services, including your name, residence, and email address. The processing
of payments or authorization is solely in accordance with these third parties
policies, terms, and conditions and we are not in any manner responsible or
liable to You or any third party for any delay or failure at their end in
processing the payments.
Geeboombaa
may also share Personal Information if Geeboombaa believes it is necessary in
order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities,
suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety
of any person, violations of various terms and conditions, or our policies.
We
reserve the right to disclose your information when required to do so by law or
regulation, or under any legal obligation or order under law or in response to
a request from law enforcement or governmental agency or judicial,
quasi-judicial, or any other statutory or constitutional authority or to
establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims.
You
further agree that such disclosure, sharing, and transfer of Your Personal
Information and Non-Personal Information shall not cause any wrongful loss to
You or to any third party, or any wrongful gain to us or to any third party.
Links
to third-party websites
Links
to third-party advertisements, third-party websites, or any third-party
electronic communication service may be provided on the Website which is
operated by third parties and is not controlled by, or affiliated to, or
associated with, Geeboombaa unless expressly specified on the Website.
Geeboombaa
is not responsible for any form of transmission, whatsoever, received by You
from any third-party website. Accordingly, Geeboombaa does not make any
representations concerning the privacy practices or policies of such third
parties or terms of use of such third-party websites, nor does Geeboombaa
control or guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality of the information,
data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, videos, messages, or
other materials available on such third party websites. The inclusion or
exclusion does not imply any endorsement by Geeboombaa of the third-party
websites, the website's provider, or the information on the website. The
information provided by You to such third-party websites shall be governed in
accordance with the privacy policies of such third-party websites and it is
recommended that You review the privacy policy of such third-party websites
prior to using such websites.
Security
& Retention
The
security of your Personal Information is important to us. Geeboombaa strives to
ensure the security of Your Personal Information and to protect Your Personal
Information against unauthorized access or unauthorized alteration, disclosure,
or destruction. For this purpose, Geeboombaa adopts internal reviews of the
data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures,
including appropriate encryption and physical security measures to guard
against unauthorized access to systems where Geeboombaa stores Your Personal
Information. Each of the Geeboombaa entities shall adopt reasonable security
practices and procedures as mandated under applicable laws for the protection
of Your Information. Provided that Your right to claim damages shall be limited
to the right to claim only statutory damages under Information Technology Act,
2000, and You hereby waive and release all Geeboombaa entities from any claim
of damages under contract or under tort.
If
you choose a payment gateway to complete any transaction on the Website then
Your credit card data may be stored in compliance with industry standards/
recommended data security standards for the security of financial information
such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS).
Geeboombaa
may share your Information with third parties under a confidentiality agreement
which inter alia provides that such third parties not disclose the Information
further unless such disclosure is for the purpose. However, Geeboombaa is not
responsible for any breach of security or for any actions of any third parties
that receive Your Personal Information. Geeboombaa is not liable for any loss
or injury caused to You as a result of You providing Your Personal Information
to a third party (including any third-party websites, even if links to such
third-party websites are provided on the Website).
Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Policy or elsewhere, Geeboombaa shall not be held
responsible for any loss, damage, or misuse of Your Personal Information, if
such loss, damage, or misuse is attributable to a Force Majeure Event (as
defined below).
Natural
calamities shall mean any event that is beyond the reasonable control of Geeboombaa
and shall include, without limitation, sabotage, fire, flood, explosion, acts
of God, and man-made disasters like civil commotion, strikes, or industrial
action of any kind, riots, insurrection, war, acts of government, computer
hacking, unauthorized access to a computer, computer system or computer
network, computer crashes, breach of security and encryption (provided beyond
the reasonable control of Geeboombaa), power or electricity failure or
unavailability of adequate power or electricity.
While
We will endeavor to take all reasonable and appropriate steps to keep secure
any Personal Information that We hold about You and prevent unauthorized
access, You acknowledge that the internet or computer networks are not fully
secure and that We cannot provide any absolute assurance regarding the security
of Your Personal Information.
You
agree that all Personal Information shall be retained till the such time is
required for the Purpose or required under applicable law, whichever is later.
Non-Personal Information will be retained indefinitely.
User
discretion and opt-out
You
agree and acknowledge that You are providing your Information out of your free
will. You have an option not to provide or permit Geeboombaa to collect Your
Personal Information or later on withdraw Your consent with respect to such
Personal Information so provided herein by sending an email to the grievance
officer or such other electronic address of the respective Geeboombaa entity as
may be notified to You. In such case, You should neither visit any Website nor
use any services provided by Geeboombaa entities nor shall contact any of Geeboombaa
entities. Further, Geeboombaa may not deliver products to You, upon Your order,
or Geeboombaa may deny you access from using certain services offered on the
Website.
You
can add or update Your Personal Information on a regular basis. Kindly note
that Geeboombaa would retain Your previous Personal Information in its records.
Grievance
Officer
If
you find any discrepancies or have any grievances in relation to the
collection, storage, use, disclosure, and transfer of Your Personal Information
under this Privacy Policy or any terms of Geeboombaa's Terms of Use, and other
terms and conditions or policies of any Geeboombaa entity, please contact the
following:
For Geeboombaa Digi Solution:
Mr.
SINGARVELU.K, the designated grievance officer under Information Technology
Act, 2000
E-mail: geeboombaa.in@gmail.com
The
details of the business support officer may be changed by us from time to time
by updating this Privacy Policy.
Business
/ Assets Sale or Transfers
Geeboombaa
may sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of its assets, including Your
Information in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale
of assets or business or in the event of bankruptcy. Should such a sale or
transfer occur, such Geeboombaa entity will reasonably ensure that the
information you have provided and which we have collected is stored and used by
the transferee in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. Any
third party to which any of the Geeboombaa entity transfers or sells as
aforesaid will have the right to continue to use the Information that you
provide to us or collected by us immediately prior to such transfer or sale.
Acknowledgments
You
hereby acknowledge and agree that this Privacy Policy:
a. is clear and easily accessible and provides
statements of Geeboombaa policies and practices with respect to the
Information;
- provides for the various types of personal or sensitive personal
data of information to be collected;
- provides for the purposes of collection and usage of the
Information;
d. provides for disclosure of
Information; and