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 Geeboomba (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 Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba 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.
Geeboomba Digi Solution and its subsidiaries and affiliates and Associate
Companies (individually and/ or collectively, "Geeboomba") 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 Geeboomba's websites,
mobile sites or mobile applications ("Website") on the Website and
otherwise doing business with Geeboomba. "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 Geeboomba and the terms "You" /"Your" /
"Yourself" refer to the users. This Privacy Policy is a contract
between You and the respective Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba
entity and its respective Website or the nature of business of the Website.
Geeboomba has provided this Privacy Policy to familiarise
You with:
· The type of
data or information that You share with or provide to Geeboomba and that Geeboomba
collects from You;
· The purpose
for collection of such data or information from You;
· Geeboomba's
information security practices and policies; and
· Geeboomba'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 Geeboomba
or collected from You by Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba'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 Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba entity through social media
services or when you connect any Website to social media services, you are
authorizing Geeboomba to collect, store, and use and retain such information
and content in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
· Non-Personal
Information:
Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba
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. Geeboomba 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: Geeboomba
may use third-party service providers to serve ads on Geeboomba'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 Geeboomba that:
1. the Information you provide
to Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba.
2. You're providing the Information
to Geeboomba and Geeboomba'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. Geeboomba and each of Geeboomba
entities officers, directors, contractors, or agents shall not be responsible
for the authenticity of the Information that You or any other user provide to Geeboomba.
You shall indemnify and hold harmless Geeboomba and each of Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba entities and
shall include the following:
6. to facilitate Your use of
the Website or other services of Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba;
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 Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba;
31. to enable a potential buyer or investor to
evaluate the business of Geeboomba (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 Geeboomba
may transfer, share, disclose, or part with all or any of Your Information,
within and outside of the Republic of India to various Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba under
applicable law.
You acknowledge and agree that, to the extent permissible
under applicable laws, it is adequate that when Geeboomba transfers Your
Information to any other entity within or outside Your country of residence, Geeboomba
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 Geeboomba to access and
read your SMS to autofill or prepopulate ‘OTP’ while making a transaction and
to validate your mobile number.
Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba, 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 Geeboomba. 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.
Geeboomba may also share Personal Information if Geeboomba
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, Geeboomba unless expressly specified on the
Website.
Geeboomba is not responsible for any form of transmission,
whatsoever, received by You from any third-party website. Accordingly, Geeboomba
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 Geeboomba
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 Geeboomba 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. Geeboomba 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, Geeboomba
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 Geeboomba
stores Your Personal Information. Each of the Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba 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).
Geeboomba 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, Geeboomba is not responsible for any breach of security or
for any actions of any third parties that receive Your Personal Information. Geeboomba
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, Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba),
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 Geeboomba
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 Geeboomba
entity as may be notified to You. In such case, You should neither visit any
Website nor use any services provided by Geeboomba entities nor shall contact
any of Geeboomba entities. Further, Geeboomba may not deliver products to You,
upon Your order, or Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba's
Terms of Use, and other terms and conditions or policies of any Geeboomba
entity, please contact the following:
For Geeboomba Digi Solution:
Mr. CHELLADURAI.S, the designated grievance officer under
Information Technology Act, 2000
E-mail: geeboomba.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
Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba 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 Geeboomba 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
e. provides for
reasonable security practices and procedures