PRIVACY POLICY 

 

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the privacy policy for the mobile based application “Lohia Tape Line & Loom Calculator”) owned by Lohia Corp Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of India (“Company” or “We” or “Us” or “Our”).

For the purpose of these Terms, “You” or “Your” refers to any natural or legal person who downloads or otherwise accesses the App.

We are concerned about Your privacy while You are accessing/ using this App and have thus provided this Privacy Policy to familiarize you with the manner in which We collect, use and disclose Your Personal Information (as defined below) collected through the App.

This Privacy Policy forms part of the terms and conditions which govern the use of this App (“Terms”) and shall be deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. In order to use this App, You must agree, without any qualifications, to the Terms including this Privacy Policy. 

The protection and security of Your Personal Information is one of Our top priorities. This Privacy Policy discloses Our practice with respect to the Personal Information collected from You on this App. By using this App, You accept the Terms including this Privacy Policy. By accessing or using this App, You expressly and unconditionally consent to Our use and disclosure of Your Personal Information in the manner described in this Privacy Policy. 

BY USING THE APP, YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT PROCEED FURTHER TO USE OR ACCESS THE APP.  

INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT FROM YOU AND HOW WE USE IT

'Personal Information' refers to any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact or locate the person, to whom such information pertains including, but not limited to, name, photograph, salutation, gender, address, phone number and email address, etc. (“Personal Information”). 

We receive and store any information that You enter on the App or provide to Us in any other way, for example: 

 

The types of Personal Information collected may include Your name, email address, date of birth, address (including Your home country), personal photograph(s), age, username, password, skills to the extent applicable. 

 

You explicitly consent to the App and the Company using Your Personal Information by (i) downloading/using this App, (ii) registering with this App, (iii) providing Personal Information or (iv) opting in when presented with the choice, You explicitly consent to the Company using Your Personal Information, subject to applicable laws. We will only collect Personal Information as is permitted by applicable laws and regulations in India. You are under no obligation to provide Personal Information notwithstanding any other law applicable to You, however, not providing this information may prevent You from accessing the information available on the App. The information You provide is used for such purposes as follows:

 

  1. Enabling You to set up a profile that can be used to access various features of the App. 

  2. Enabling You to avail the features of this App.

  3. Communicating with You about news and other information (including marketing emails) and to respond to any correspondence You send us. 

  4. Manage Our relationship with You; 

  5. Develop a more direct relationship with You for the purposes described in this section;

  6. Respond to any queries You may have; 

In addition to some of the specific uses stated hereinabove, We may use information that We receive/collect to:

  1. help You efficiently access Your information after You sign in;

  2. remember information so You will not have to re-enter it during Your visit or the next time You visit the App;

  3. provide personalized content and information to You and others, which could include online ads or other forms of marketing;

  4. provide, improve, test, and monitor the effectiveness of Our App; 

  5. develop and test new products and features;

  6. monitor metrics such as total number of visitors, traffic, and demographic patterns;

  7. diagnose or fix technology problems;

  8. update the App; and

  9. enable You to participate in certain of Our surveys, and other promotions, if and when offered.

COLLECTION OF NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may automatically collect certain information from Your visit to the App such as the type of mobile device You use, the device's unique device identifier, operating system, browser type, information relating to frequency of visits, average time spent, pages viewed during the visit, Your IP address, name of Your internet service provider, device specific information and language, etc. (“Non-Personal Information”). This Non-Personal Information is anonymous information that cannot be easily used to personally identify You. We may use such Non-Personal Information for the purposes of administering the App, analysing user trends, gathering demographic information, ascertaining how Our visitors use Our App, evaluating Your use of the information on the App and to improve content on Our App and performance. 

We may share this Non-Personal Information with third party service providers and advertisers to measure the overall effectiveness of Our online advertising, if any, and for other bonafide purposes as We may desire, at Our sole discretion. By using Our App You expressly provide Us with Your consent to access such information for one or more purposes deemed fit by the Company.

MARKETING PURPOSES

By accessing the App, You provide Us with Your consent to use Your Personal Information for marketing purposes. It is clarified that Your participation in marketing activities is voluntary and if You ever want to change Your preferences regarding the use of Your Personal Information and would like Us to remove Your information from Our marketing e-mails or newsletters, unsubscribe You from Our database, or if You would like to change or correct any of Your information, please contact Us at [[email protected]].  Please include Your name, email address, and clear instructions regarding any changes You are requesting.

SHARING OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We shall not use, distribute, sell or rent the Personal Information to third parties, including for direct marketing purposes, except as described in the Privacy Policy. We may provide access to or share Personal Information with authorized third-party consultants, vendors, and service providers (“Service Providers”) who perform functions on Our behalf in order to carry out their work. These Service Providers function under strict contractual arrangements that preserve the confidentiality and security of Your Personal Information in accordance with the Privacy Policy. 

If We sell or otherwise transfer part or the whole of Our assets to another organization (e.g., in the course of a transaction like a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation), Your Personal Information such as name and email address, user content and any other information collected through the App may be among the items transferred. 

We may access, preserve and share Your Personal information with law enforcement or other appropriate authorities, without Your consent/permission, if We have a good faith belief that the law requires Us to do so. This may include responding to legal requests from jurisdictions outside of India. Further, You acknowledge, consent and agree that We may access, preserve and disclose Your Personal information if required by law or in good faith, if We believe that such access, preservation, or disclosure is reasonably necessary: (i) to enforce the Terms; (ii) to respond to claims that any content violates the rights of third parties; (iii) to respond to Your requests for customer service; or (iv) to protect Our rights, property, or personal safety of the users of the App and the public.

We may also access, preserve and share Personal Information when We have a good faith that it is necessary to detect, prevent and address fraud and other illegal activity, to protect ourselves, You and others, including as part of investigations and to prevent death or imminent bodily harm. 

We may also aggregate and anonymize data We receive about You through use of the App. We may use this data for Our own marketing, product development and business purposes. We may use this data at any time including after You stop using the App or remove it from Your device.

We may share the Personal Information You provide to Our Service Providers or third parties for the purposes described in the Privacy Policy. Some of these Service Providers or third parties may be based in third party service providers in territories that are outside India and are not governed by the Indian data protection laws. By submitting Your Personal Information, You agree to this transfer, storing or processing. However, where this is the case, We will take appropriate measures to ensure that Your Personal Information is protected in accordance with this Privacy Policy. 

 

OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA [DSK Comment: Please confirm if this is applicable]

You may also be able to engage with third party content, as well as content offered to You by the App, through third-party social networking sites, such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc. Your access and usage of the App through any other social networking sites will be subject to the Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy. Providing Us with information from Your social media account enables Us to give You exclusive content, personalize Your web experience, and allow Us to directly send You promotional and marketing material. It is clarified that Your information as seen on social media accounts is governed by Your privacy settings and policy and hence We cannot prevent further use of this information and it is Your responsibility to control what data You share through privacy settings available on the social media websites.

USE OF COOKIES 

When You use the App, certain information may be stored locally on Your device using “cookies” or similar technologies. A cookie is a piece of data that is sent to Your device, which stores the cookie if web browser of Your device is enabled to accept cookies. We use cookies to customize Your experience on the App. Most devices will allow You to erase cookies from Your device’s storage, block acceptance of cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. If You block cookies, some portions of the App may not function properly.

We do not control cookies in third party content, and We encourage You to check the privacy policies of these third parties to learn about their use of cookies, web beacons, and other technology. We may also use a third party advertising company to display advertisements on the App. These companies may use information about Your usage to this App, in order to provide advertisements on the App about goods and services that may be of interest to You. 

STORAGE AND RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Your Personal Information will not be stored for longer than is necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, or to otherwise meet legal requirements.

SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION

We endeavour to keep Your Personal Information secure in the best possible manner as it may be necessary for the purpose for which it was collected. We value the importance You attach to Your Personal Information given to Us and therefore We have (i) taken all reasonable measures and precautions to keep such information safe and secure and to prevent any unauthorized access to or misuse of the same; and (ii) enable You to review and edit the same. You however do understand and acknowledge that security risks associated with protecting such information cannot be fully eliminated. Although We are committed to protecting Your privacy, as a user of the App, You understand and agree that You assume all responsibility and risk for Your use of the App, the internet generally, and the documents You post or access and for Your conduct on and off the App. We cannot guarantee that information You transmit via Our App will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of any of Our safeguards.  We therefore advise You to acknowledge this risk while using Our App and You hereby agree to do so at Your own risk.

We shall not be liable to any user for any loss, damage (whether direct, indirect, consequential or incidental) or harm caused to the user due to the unauthorized access or misuse of the Personal Information or sensitive information by any third party. 

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Privacy Policy or elsewhere, We 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 Our reasonable control 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 data and storage device, computer crashes, breach of security and encryption, etc.

OPT OUT MECHANSIM

At any point in time, You can choose to not to have Your Personal Information used to support Our relationship (especially direct marketing or market research) or to amend/update the Personal Information or to unsubscribe from Our newsletters, e-mails or any other information which You may receive from Us, by contacting Us and sending Us an email at [[email protected]].

WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT

If You have consented to the collection, use and/or disclosure of Your Personal Information as identified in the Privacy Policy, You may withdraw the same by communicating to Us in writing at the email address mentioned above.

BY USING THE APP, YOU SIGNIFY YOUR CONSENT TO THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY. THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, TO CHANGE, MODIFY, ADD OR DELETE PORTIONS OF THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY AT ANY TIME, WITHOUT PROVIDING ANY PRIOR NOTICE TO YOU. THE REVISED POLICY WILL BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON POSTING UNLESS OTHERWISE MENTIONED. THIS VERSION OF THE POLICY IS EFFECTIVE FROM 10th Oct 2019. YOU SHALL BE BOUND BY THE REVISED PRIVACY POLICY AND IT IS YOUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK THE SAME FROM TIME TO TIME. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE REVISED PRIVACY POLICY SHALL NOT BE A DEFENCE IN ANY PROCEEDINGS WITH REGARD TO THE PRIVACY POLICY.