Shop INDIA  has provided this Privacy Policy to familiarise You with:

• The type of data or information that You share with or provide to Shop INDIA and that Shop INDIA  collects from You;
• The purpose for collection of such data or information from You;
• Shop INDIA information security practices and policies; and
• Shop INDIA  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 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 Shop INDIA  or collected from You by Shop INDIA  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 Shop INDIA  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 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 Shop INDIA 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 Shop INDIA 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 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 Shop INDIA entity through social media services or when you connect any Website to social media services, you are authorizing Shop INDIA to collect, store, and use and retain such information and content in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
• Non-Personal Information:
  Shop INDIA  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 Shop INDIA  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 through the use of cookies. Shop INDIA  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: Shop INDIA  may use third-party service providers to serve ads on Shop INDIA 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 Shop INDIA that:

    • the Information you provide to Shop INDIA  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 Shop INDIA
    • Your providing the Information to Shop INDIA and Shop INDIA  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.
    • Shop INDIA and each of Shop INDIA entities officers, directors, contractors or agents shall not be responsible for the authenticity of the Information that You or any other user provide to Shop INDIA. You shall indemnify and hold harmless Shop INDIA and each of Shop INDIA 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.
    • 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 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 commercial reasonable basis require from such third parties to adopt reasonable security standards to safeguard your information / data.
    • Purpose for collecting, using, storing and processing Your Information Shop INDIA 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 Opencarts entities and shall include the following:
      
      • to facilitate Your use of the Website or other services of Shop INDIA entities;
      • to respond to Your inquiries or fulfil Your requests for information about the various products and services offered on the Website;
      • to provide You with information about products and services available on the Website and to send You information, materials, and offers from Shop INDIA
      • to send You important information regarding the Website, changes in terms and conditions, user agreements, and policies and/or other administrative information;
      • to send You surveys and marketing communications that Opencarts believes may be of interest to You;
      • to personalize Your experience on the Website by presenting advertisements, products and offers tailored to Your preferences;
      • to help You address Your problems incurred on the Website including addressing any technical problems;
      • if You purchase any product or avail of any service from the Website, to complete and fulfil Your purchase, for example, to have Your payments processed, communicate with You regarding Your purchase and provide You with related customer service;
      • for proper administering of the Website;
      • to conduct internal reviews and data analysis for the Website (e.g., to determine the number of visitors to specific pages within the Website);
      • to improve the services, content and advertising on the Website;
      • to provide value added services such as Single Sign On. Single Sign On shall mean a session/user 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;
      • to facilitate seamless purchase experience while making a transaction by pre-populating the OTP received through SMS by you
      • to facilitate various programmes and initiatives launched by Shop INDIA or third party service providers and business associates
      • to analyze how our services are used, to measure the effectiveness of advertisements, to facilitating payments
      • to conducting academic research and surveys
      • to protect the integrity of the Website;
      • to respond to legal, judicial, quasi judicial process and provide information to law enforcement agencies or in connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety, as permitted by law;
      • to conduct analytical studies on various aspects including user behaviour, user preferences etc.;
      • 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;
      • to implement information security practices;
      • to determine any security breaches, computer contaminant or computer virus;
      • to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities and suspected fraud,
      • to undertake forensics of the concerned computer resource as a part of investigation or internal audit;
      • 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 Shop INDIA 
      • to enable a potential buyer or investor to evaluate the business of Shop INDIA  (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 lawful purpose connected with a function or activity of each of the Shop INDIA entities or any person on their respective behalf, and the collection of Information is necessary for the Purposes.
    Security & Retention
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    The security of your Personal Information is important to us. Shop INDIA  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, Shop INDIA  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 Shop INDIA  stores Your Personal Information. Each of the Shop INDIA entity 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 Shop INDIA  entities from any claim of damages under contract or under tort.If you choose a payment gateway to complete any transaction on Website then Your credit card data may be stored in compliance with industry standards/ recommended data security standard for security of financial information such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS).

  • Shop INDIA may share your Information with third parties under a confidentiality agreement which inter alia provides for that such third parties not disclosing the Information further unless such disclosure is for the Purpose. However, Shop INDIA   is not responsible for any breach of security or for any actions of any third parties that receive Your Personal Information. Snapdeal is not liable for any loss or injury caused to You as a result of You providing Your Personal Information to 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, Shop INDIA  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).

    A Force Majeure Event shall mean any event that is beyond the reasonable control of Shop INDIA  and shall include, without limitation, sabotage, fire, flood, explosion, acts of God, civil commotion, strikes or industrial action of any kind, riots, insurrection, war, acts of government, computer hacking, unauthorised access to computer, computer system or computer network,, computer crashes, breach of security and encryption (provided beyond reasonable control of Opencarts ), 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 which 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 such time required for the Purpose or required under applicable law, whichever is later. Non-Personal Information will be retained indefinitely.