Privacy policy

 

We at Rasti, who owns and operates the Website www.rasti.in (hereinafter referred to as “Us”, “We”) are committed to protecting your privacy. We have prepared this Privacy Policy to describe to you our practices regarding the personal data we collect from users of our website.

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 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 or Information) Rules, 2011 under the Information Technology Act, 2000; that require publishing of the Privacy Policy for collection, use, storage and transfer of personal/sensitive data or information.

By using the Services, users consent to the collection and use of their Personal Data by us. You also represent to us that you have any and all authorizations necessary to use these Services including using them to process Personal Data. We collect and use the information you provide to us, including information obtained from your use of the Services. Also, we may use the information that we collect for our internal purposes to develop, tune, enhance, and improve our Services, and for advertising and marketing consistent with this Privacy Policy.

This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their 'Personal Data’ is being used online. “Personal Identifiable Information” means data which relate to a living individual who can be identified – (a) from those data, or (b) from those data and other information which is in the possession of, or is likely to come into the possession of, the data controller, and includes any expression of opinion about the individual and any indication of the intentions of the data controller or any other person in respect of the individual.

Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how our Website collects, uses, protects or otherwise handles users’ Personal Identifiable Information.

This Privacy Policy is intended to inform users about how our Website treats Personal Identifiable Information that it processes about users. If users do not agree to any part of this Privacy Policy, then we cannot provide its Services to users and users should stop accessing our services.

By using the Services, You acknowledge, consent and agree that we may collect, process, and use the information that you provide to us and that such information shall only be used by us or third parties acting under our direction, pursuant to confidentiality agreements, to develop, tune, enhance, and improve the Services.

Although we may attempt to notify you when changes are made to this Privacy Policy, you are responsible for periodically reviewing any changes which may be made to the Policy. We may, in our sole discretion, modify or revise the Policy at any time, and you agree to be bound by such modifications or revisions.

 

 

             When you access or use our Services, we automatically collect information about you, including:
    1. Device Information: We may collect information about the device you use to access our Services, including the hardware model, operating system and version, unique device identifier, phone number, International Mobile Equipment Identity ("IMEI") and mobile network information.
    2. Geo-location Information: Upon using the Website, you will be asked to turn on location services. If you turn these features on, we may collect your device's geo location data and save your device's coordinates to offer certain features to you. We may also use your device's geo-location information to personalize the Website and make it easier for you to interact with other Users close by. You can control your location information settings in your Account settings and switch them off if you want to. Even if you have disabled location services, we may still determine your city, state, and country location based on your IP address (but not your exact location).
    3. Information Collected by Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: We use various technologies to collect information, and this may include sending cookies to you. Accepting a cookie does not provide us access to your device or any Personal Data about you, other than the information you choose to share. Other servers cannot read them, nor can they be used to deliver a virus. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually adjust yours (Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox or Google Chrome) to notify you of cookie placement requests, refuse certain cookies, or decline cookies completely. 
    4. “Web beacons” or clear .gifs are small pieces of code placed on a Web page to monitor behaviour and collect data about the visitors viewing a Web page. For example, Web beacons or similar technology can be used to count the users who visit a Website or to deliver a cookie to the browser of a visitor viewing that page. We may use Web beacons or similar technology on our Services from time to time for this and other purposes.
    5. We gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol addresses as well as browser, internet service provider, referring/exit pages, search terms, operating system, date/time stamp, and click stream data. Occasionally, we may connect Personal Information to information gathered in our log files, as necessary to improve the Service for individual customers. Otherwise, we generally use this information as we would any Usage Data, to analyse trends, administer and maintain the Service, or track usage of various features within the Service.

 

  1. You agree that you will enter into transactions with third parties through our Website and will share your Personal Identifiable Information with them for easy completion of the transaction. You hereby expressly agree that we shall not be involved or held liable for any breach of the privacy or security of that data. The said breach, if any, shall be a matter of dispute between you and the third party and we shall not be held liable or be issued a notice for the same. 
  2. We STRONGLY recommend that you should be careful and vigilant while disclosing your Personal Identifiable Information with your transaction partner. Please do not disclose your bank and account details to anyone through our Website or to any individual whom you have met through our Website. 
  3. The payments shall be made through the payment gateways integrated on the website. For payment you will be directed to sign in through respective payment gateways and the transaction would be completed therein. It is to be noted that we will not be storing any Bank related information on our records and none of our staffs will hold or be exposed to this information.
  4. We do not ask any user to share its personal information with another user. If you opt to do so, you shall solely be responsible for any damages or issues that accrue thereafter. WE SHALL IN NO CASE BE HELD LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE IF YOU SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH ANY OTHER USER ON OUR WEBSITE.

 

  1. We use the personal information we collect to fulfil your requests for services, improve our services and contact you.
  2. By providing us your e-mail address, you consent to us using the e-mail address to send you our Website and services related notices, including any notices required by law, in lieu of communication by postal mail. You also agree that we may send notifications of activity on our Website to the e-mail address you give us, in accordance with any applicable privacy settings. We may use your e-mail address to send you other messages, such as newsletters, changes to our features, or other information. If you do not want to receive optional e-mail messages, you may modify your settings to opt out.
  3. Our settings may also allow you to adjust your communications preferences. If you do not wish to receive promotional email messages from us, you may opt out by following the unsubscribe instructions in those emails. If you opt out, you will still receive non-promotional emails from us about your account and our Services.
  4. Following termination or deactivation of your services, we may (but are under no obligation to) retain your information for archival purposes. We will not publicly disclose any of your personal data other than as described in this Privacy Policy.

 

At our sole discretion, for any reason or no reason at all, we reserve the right to remove any content or messages, if we believe that such action is necessary

  1. to conform to the law, comply with legal process served on us, or investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities;
  2. to enforce this policy, to take precautions against liability, to investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement agencies, or to protect the security or integrity of our Application; or
  3. to exercise or protect the rights, property, or personal safety of the Application, our users, or others.
    1. To send other messages that help us provide our services on the Site.
    2. We never show any users where the other user lives.
    3. We do not share your email address with other users.
    4. Third Party Service Providers: We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Examples may include providing marketing assistance, providing search results and links (including paid listings and links), processing credit card payments and providing customer service. In connection with their performance of functions on our behalf, we may share personally identifiable information with such companies and individuals as needed for them to perform their functions, but we do not permit such entities and individuals to use personally identifiable information for other purposes. In addition, we may provide non-personally-identifiable information to advertisers and other third parties for their use in marketing efforts for us, themselves, or others. If you are not interested in receiving targeted advertisements or other marketing information or materials as a result of such efforts, you may adjust the settings on your devices to prevent the use of your non-personally-identifiable information in this manner.
    5. In-House Promotions: We may on occasion combine information we receive through our Services with outside records to enhance our ability to market our products that may be of interest to you. If you have signed up to receive our e-mails and prefer not to receive marketing information in connection with our Services, please follow the “unsubscribe” instructions provided on any marketing e-mail you receive in connection with our Services or by following the instructions in our Email Opt Out Form.
    6. Business Transfers: As our businesses continue to evolve, we might sell one or more of our companies, subsidiaries or business units. In such transactions, personally identifiable information generally is one of the transferred business assets. In such event, this Privacy Policy may be amended as set forth below or the collection and uses of your personally identifiable information may be governed by a different privacy policy.
    7. Protection of Our Services and Others: We reserve the right to release personally identifiable information to unaffiliated third parties when we believe its release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce or apply our Terms and Conditions and other agreements, or protect the rights, property or safety of us, our users or others. This includes exchanging information with other unaffiliated third parties in connection with fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
    8. With Your Consent: Other than as set out above, you will receive notice and have the opportunity to withhold consent when personally identifiable information about you might be shared with unaffiliated third parties.
    9. User Submissions: If you participate in any online forum/communities, chat sessions and/or blogs, or otherwise post in any user comment field visible to other users of our Services, any information that you submit or post will be visible to and may be read, collected or used by others who use our Services. We are not responsible for any information, including personally identifiable information, you choose to submit in any such user comment field.

 

 

    1. We take reasonable precautions to ensure that the Personal Data we Collect, Use and Disclose is complete, relevant and up-to-date. However, the accuracy of that information depends to a large extent on the information you provide. That is why we recommend that you:
      1. Let us know if there are any errors in your Personal Data; and
      2. Keep us up-to-date with changes to your Personal Data such as your name or address.

 

 

 

    1. Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. Thus, we do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from anyone under the age of 18 or knowingly allow such persons to register. Children under the age of 13 years cannot access the services and cannot either register or use the services. Users below the age of 18 years and atleast 13 years can use the services only under the supervision of their parents and the parents shall be liable for any of the information shared with us of their children. The parents can email us at _____________________________ in case any of the information shared of their children with us was done so without their authorization or consent. We shall remove such information from our databases. 

 

 

    1. In case of a merger or acquisition, we reserve the right to transfer all the information, including personal data, stored with us to the new entity or company thus formed. Any change in the Website policies and standing will be notified to you through email.

 

    1. Our Website contains links to other Websites. The fact that we link to Websites is not an endorsement, authorization or representation of our affiliation with that third party. We do not exercise control over third party Websites/Applications. These other Websites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personally identifiable information from you. Other sites follow different rules regarding the use or disclosure of the personally identifiable information you submit to them. We encourage you to read the privacy policies or statements of the other Websites you visit.

 

    1. It is our policy to provide notifications, whether such notifications are required by law or are for marketing or other business-related purposes, to you via e-mail notice, written or hard copy notice, or through conspicuous posting of such notice on the Website, as determined by us in our sole discretion. We reserve the right to determine the form and means of providing notifications to you, provided that you may opt out of certain means of notification as described in this Privacy Policy.

 

 

 

    1. If you receive an unsolicited email that appears to be from us or one of our members that requests personal data (such as your credit card, login, or password), or that asks you to verify or confirm your account or other personal information by clicking on a link, or to provide your personal information to any other user that email was likely to have been sent by someone trying to unlawfully obtain your information, sometimes referred to as a "phisher" or "spoofer." We do not ask for this type of information in an email. Do not provide the information or click on the link.  Please contact us on the contact details provided on the website if you get an email like this.

 

    1. We may update this Privacy Policy and information security procedures from time to time. If these privacy and/or information security procedures materially change at any time in the future, we will post the new changes conspicuously on the Website to notify you and provide you with the ability to opt out in accordance with the provisions set forth above.
    2. Continued use of our Website and Service, following notice of such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes and agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of such changes.

 

    1. We reserve the right to terminate or suspend any account or delete certain contents from any profile or public domain within the ambit of this Website if the said account or content is found to be in violation of our privacy policy. We sincerely request you to respect privacy and secrecy concerns of others. The jurisdiction of any breach or dispute shall be determined in accordance with the terms of use of the Website.

 

    1. We do not accept any reservation or any type of limited acceptance of our privacy policy. You expressly agree to each term and condition as stipulated in this policy without any exception whatsoever.

 

    1. The policy constitutes a part of the user terms. We have taken utmost care to avoid any inconsistency or conflict of this policy with any other terms, agreements or guidelines available on our Website. In case there exist a conflict, we request you to kindly contact us for the final provision and interpretation. 

 

    1. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our practices relating to the Website, or your dealings with us, please contact us a rasti.india@gmail.com.