PRIVACY POLICY
Posted as of __ August 2022
Last updated as of___
August 2022
Welcome to Aquaconnect’s Privacy
Policy
The creator of this Privacy Policy ensures a steady commitment to
Your privacy with regard to the protection
of your invaluable information that you may share across this
Platform. This privacy policy contains information about the Platform.
To provide You with Our uninterrupted use of the Platform,
We may collect and, in some circumstances,
disclose information about you with your permission. To ensure better
protection of Your privacy, We provide this
notice explaining Our information collection and disclosure policies,
and the choices You make about the way Your information is collected
and used.
Index:
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Personal Information
·
Information We Collect
·
Our Use Of Your Information
·
How Information Is Collected
·
External Links on The Platform
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Cookies
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Google Analytics
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Google Adsense
·
Your Rights
·
Compliances
·
Confidentiality
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Other Information Collectors
·
Our Disclosure of Your Information
·
Accessing, Reviewing and Changing Your Profile
·
Security
·
Severability
·
Amendment
·
Consent Withdrawal, Data Download & Data Removal Requests
·
Contact Us
This Privacy Policy shall
be in compliance with the General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR) in effect from May 25, 2018, and any
and all provisions that may read to the contrary shall be deemed
to be void and unenforceable as of that date. If you do not agree
with the terms and conditions of our Privacy Policy, including in
relation to the manner of collection or use of your information,
please do not use or access the Site. If you have any questions or
concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, you should contact our
Customer Support Desk at “info@aquaconnect.blue”.
ANY CAPITALIZED WORDS USED HENCEFORTH SHALL HAVE THE MEANING
ACCORDED TO THEM UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. FURTHER, ALL HEADING USED
HEREIN ARE ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ARRANGING THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS
OF THE AGREEMENT IN ANY MANNER. NEITHER THE USER NOR THE CREATORS OF
THIS PRIVACY POLICY MAY USE THE HEADING TO INTERPRET THE PROVISIONS
CONTAINED WITHIN IT IN ANY MANNER.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We are committed to respecting Your online privacy. We further
recognize Your need for appropriate protection and management of any
Personal Information You share with us. We may collect the following
information:
a.
Personal data including but not limited to
Name, Phone Number, Email ID, Address, City, Shop details and Order details.
b.
Information collected through permission derived by the
Platform
for Location access, and storage permissions etc.
c.
Tracking Information such as, but not limited to the IP address of
your device and Device ID when connected to the Internet. This
information may include the URL that you just came from (whether
this URL is on the Platform or not), which URL you next go to
(whether this URL is on the Platform or not), your computer or
device browser information, and other information associated with
your interaction with the Platform;
d.
Details of Platform usage for analytics.
This privacy policy also applies to data we collect from users who
are not registered as members of this Platform, including, but not
limited to, browsing behaviour, pages
viewed etc. We also collect and store personal information provided
by You from time to time on the Platform. We only collect and use
such information from you that we consider necessary for achieving a
seamless, efficient and safe experience, customized to your needs
including:
a.
To enable the provision of services opted for by
you;
b.
To enable the viewing of content in your
interest;
c.
To communicate the necessary account and service-related
information from time to time;
d.
To allow you to receive quality customer care services and data
Collection;
e.
To comply with applicable laws, rules and
regulations;
Where any service requested by You involves a third party, such
information as is reasonably necessary by the Company to carry out
Your service request may be shared with such third party. We also do
use your contact information to send you offers based on your
interests and prior activity and also to
view the content preferred by you. The Company may also use contact
information internally to direct its efforts for service improvement
but shall immediately delete all such information upon withdrawal of
your consent for the same through the ‘unsubscribe’ button or
through an email to be sent to
“info@aquaconnect.blue”.
To the extent possible, we provide You with the option of not
divulging any specific information that you wish for us not to
collect, store or use. You may also choose not to use a particular
service or feature on the Platform and opt-out of any non-essential
communications from the Platform.
Further, transacting over the internet has inherent risks which can
only be avoided by you following security practices yourself, such
as not revealing account/login related information to any other
person and informing our customer care team about any suspicious
activity or where your account has/may have been compromised.
OUR USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
The information provided by you shall be used to provide and
improve the service for you and all users.
a.
To provide you with services on your request.
b.
For maintaining an internal record.
c.
For enhancing the Services provided.
d.
For maintaining record under the legal and statutory
provisions.
For more details about the nature of such communications, please
refer to our Terms of Service. Further, your data and Sensitive
Personal data may be collected and stored by Us for internal record.
We
use Your tracking information such as IP addresses, and or Device ID
to help identify you and to gather broad demographic information and
make further services available to you.
We will not sell, license or trade Your personal information. We
will not share your personal information with others unless they are
acting under our instructions or we are
required to do so by law.
Information collected via Our server logs includes users' IP
addresses and the pages visited; this will be used to manage the web
system and troubleshoot problems. We also use third-party analytics,
tracking, optimization and targeting tools to understand how users
engage with our Platform so that we can improve it and cater
personalized content/ads according to their preferences.
HOW INFORMATION IS COLLECTED
Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we will
identify the purposes for which information is being collected. If
the same is not identified to you, you have the right to request the
Company to elucidate the purpose of collection of said personal
information, pending the
fulfilment
of which you shall not be mandated to disclose any information
whatsoever.
We will collect and use your personal information solely to fulfil
those purposes specified by us, within the scope of the consent of
the individual concerned or as required by law. We will only retain
personal information as long as necessary
for the
fulfilment
of those purposes. We will collect personal information by lawful
and fair means and with the knowledge and consent of the individual
concerned.
Personal data should be relevant to the purposes for which it is to
be used, and, to the extent necessary for those purposes, should be
accurate, complete, and up-to-date.
EXTERNAL LINKS ON THE PLATFORM
The Platform may include advertisements, hyperlinks to other
Platforms or resources. We have no control over any other Platform
or resources or contents available on these other Platforms, which
are provided by companies or persons other than Us. You acknowledge
and agree that we are not responsible for the availability of any
such external sites or resources, and do not endorse any
advertising, services/services or other materials on or available
from such Platform or resources. You acknowledge and agree that We
are not liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred by you
as a result of the availability of those external sites or
resources, or as a result of any reliance placed by you on the
completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, services or
other materials on, or available from, such Platforms. These
external third-party Platforms and resource providers may have their
privacy policies governing the collection, storage, retention and
disclosure of Your Personal Information that You may be subject to.
We recommend that you enter the Platform and review its privacy
policy.
COOKIES
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on
your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. By
continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of
cookies. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your
computer’s hard drive. You can set your browser to refuse all or
some browser cookies, or to alert you when Platforms set or access
cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some
parts of this Platform may become inaccessible or not function
properly. A list of the type of cookies we use is as
follows;
1.
Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our
Platform. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log
into secure areas of our Platform, use a shopping cart or make use
of e-billing services.
2.
Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors
and to see how visitors move around our Platform when they are using
it. This helps us to improve the way our Platform works, for
example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking
for easily.
3.
Functionality cookies. These are used to recognize you when you return to our
Platform. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet
you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice
of language or region).
4.
Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our Platform, the pages
you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this
information to make our Platform and the advertising displayed on it
more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information
with third-parties for this
purpose.
Please note that
third-parties (including, for example,
advertising networks and providers of external services like web
traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have
no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance
cookies or targeting cookies. You can block cookies by activating
the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of
all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to
block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able
to access all or parts of our Platform.
GOOGLE
ANALYTICS
We use Google Analytics to help us to understand how you make use
of our content and work out how we can make things better. These
cookies follow your progress through us, collecting anonymous data
on where you have come from, which pages you visit, and how long you
spend on the site. This data is then stored by Google to create
reports. These cookies do not store your personal data.
The information generated by the cookie about your use of the
Platform, including your IP address, may be transmitted to and
stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google may use
this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the
Platform, compiling reports on Platform activity for us and
providing other services relating to Platform activity and internet
usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties
where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process
the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your
IP address with any other data held by Google. By using this
Platform, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google
in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
The Google Platform contains further information about Analytics
and a copy of Google's privacy policy pages.
GOOGLE ADSENSE
Google AdSense is a tool that allows Platform publishers to deliver
advertisements to site visitors in exchange for revenue calculated
on a per-click or per-impression basis. To do this, Google uses cookies and tracking technology to deliver ads personalized to a Platform user/visitor. In
this regard the following terms are specified to the Users:
a.
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads
based on your prior visits to our Platform or other Platforms.
b.
Google's use of advertising cookies enables us and our partners to
serve advertisements to you based on their visit to our Platform
and/or other Platforms on the Internet.
c.
You may opt-out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads
Settings.
d.
All advertisements of third parties on our Platform are for
informative purposes only and neither the Platform nor the Company
guarantees or bears liability for the authenticity of the
advertisements.
e.
At no point will the Company permit its competitors to advertise on
the Platform.
f.
You may visit the links in the advertisements at your own risk or
choose to not accept the cookies permitting third parties to display
their advertisements.
Unless subject to an exemption, you have the following rights
concerning your data:
a.
The right to request a copy of your data which we hold about
you;
b.
The right to request for any correction to any personal data if
it is found to be inaccurate or out of
date;
c.
The right to withdraw Your consent to the processing at any
time;
d.
The right to object to the processing of personal
data;
e.
The right to complain about a supervisory authority.
f.
The right to obtain information as to whether personal data are
transferred to a third country or an international
organization.
Where you hold an account with any of our services, you are
entitled to a copy of all personal data which we hold concerning
you. You are also entitled to request that we restrict how we use
your data in your account when you log in.
COMPLIANCES
a.
Indian Compliances
i.
This legal agreement is an electronic record in terms of the
Indian Information Technology Act, 2000
and rules there under as applicable and the amended provisions
about electronic records in various statutes as amended by the
Indian Information Technology Act, 2000. This electronic record is generated by a computer system and
does not require any physical or digital signatures.
ii.
This legal document is published in accordance with the
provisions of
Rule 3 (1)
of the
Indian Information Technology (Intermediaries guidelines)
Rules, 2011
and
Rule 4
of the
Information Technology (Reasonable security practices and
procedures and sensitive personal data or information) Rules,
2011
of
Information Technology Act, 2000
amended through
Information Technology Amendment Act, 2008
that require publishing the Terms of Use and practices for access
and usage of any functional Platform.
b.
GDPR Privacy Rights
The General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR gives certain
rights to individuals in relation to their personal data.
Accordingly, we are happy to offer transparency and access
controls to help Users take advantage of those rights. As
available, except as limited under applicable law, the rights
afforded to individuals are:
i.
Right of access- the right to be informed of, and request access
to, the data we process about you,
ii.
Right to rectification – the right to request that we amend or
update your data where it is inaccurate or incomplete,
iii.
Right to erasure- the right to request that we delete your
data,
iv.
Right to restrict – the right to request that we temporarily or
permanently stop processing all or some of your personal
data,
v.
Right to object – the right to object to us processing your
personal data on grounds relating to your
particular situation. Along with the
right to object to your personal data being processed for direct
marketing purposes,
vi.
Right to data portability – the right to request a copy of your
personal data in electronic format and the right to transmit that
personal data for use in another part’s service,
vii.
Right not to be subject to automated decision-making, the right
to not be subject to a decision based solely on automated decision
making, including profiling, where the decision would have a legal
effect on you or produce a similarly significant effect.
CONFIDENTIALITY
You further acknowledge that the Platform may contain information
that is designated confidential by us and that you shall not
disclose such information without our prior written consent. Your
information is regarded as confidential and therefore will not be
divulged to any third party, unless if legally required to do so to
the appropriate authorities. We will not sell, share, or rent your
personal information to any third party or use your e-mail address
for unsolicited mail. Any emails sent by us will only be in
connection with the provision of agreed services, and you retain
sole discretion to seek for discontinuation of such communications
at any point in time.
OTHER INFORMATION COLLECTORS
Except as otherwise expressly included in this Privacy Policy, this
document only addresses the use and disclosure of information we
collect from you. To the extent that you disclose your information
to other parties, whether they are on our Platform or other sites
throughout the Internet, different rules may apply to their use or
disclosure of the information you disclose to them. To the extent
that we use third party advertisers, they adhere to their privacy
policies. Since we do not control the privacy policies of the third
parties, you are subject to ask questions before you disclose your
personal information to others.
OUR DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We may host surveys for survey creators for our Platform who are
the owners and users of your survey responses. We do not own or sell
your responses. Anything you expressly disclose in your responses
will be disclosed to survey creators. Please contact the survey
creator directly to better understand how they might share your
survey responses.
Information collected will not be considered as sensitive if it is
freely available and accessible in the public domain or is furnished
under the Right to Information Act, 2005, any rules made thereunder
or any other law for the time being in force.
Due to the existing regulatory environment, we cannot ensure that
all of your private communications and
other personally identifiable information will never be disclosed in
ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. By way of
example (without limiting and foregoing), we may be forced to
disclose information to the government, law enforcement agencies or
third parties. Therefore, although we use industry-standard
practices to protect your privacy, we do not promise, and you should
not expect, that your personally identifiable information or private
communications would always remain private. We do however assure you
that any disclosure of your personally identifiable information
shall be personally intimated to you through an email sent to your
provided email address.
As a matter of policy, we do not sell or rent any personally
identifiable information about you to any third party. However, the
following describes some of the ways that your personally
identifiable information may be disclosed:
a.
External Service Providers: There may be several services offered
by external service providers that help you use our
Platform. If you choose to use these optional services, and
in the course of doing so, disclose
information to the external service providers, and/or permit them to
collect information about you, then their use of your information is
governed by their privacy policy.
b.
Law and Order: We cooperate with law enforcement inquiries, as well
as other third parties to enforce laws, such as intellectual
property rights, fraud and other rights. We can (and you authorize
us to) disclose any information about you to law enforcement and
other government officials as we, in our sole discretion, believe
necessary or appropriate, in connection with an investigation of
fraud, intellectual property infringements, or other activity that
is illegal or may expose us or you to legal liability.
ACCESSING, REVIEWING AND CHANGING YOUR PROFILE
You can review and change the information you submitted except
Email ID. An option for facilitating such change shall be present
on the Platform and such change shall be facilitated by the User.
If you change any information, we may or may not keep track of
your old information. We will not retain in our files information
you have requested to remove for certain circumstances, such as to
resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems and enforce our terms and
conditions. Such prior information shall be completely removed
from our databases, including stored ‘back up’ systems. If you
believe that any information, we are holding on to you is
incorrect or incomplete, or to remove your profile so that others
cannot view it, the User needs to remediate, and promptly correct
any such incorrect information.
SECURITY
We treat data as an asset that must be protected against loss and
unauthorized access. We employ many different security techniques to
protect such data from unauthorized access by members inside and
outside the Company. We follow generally accepted industry standards
to protect the Personal Information submitted to us and information
that we have accessed.
However, as effective as encryption technology is, no security
system is impenetrable. Our Company cannot guarantee the security of
our database, nor can we guarantee that information you provide
won’t be intercepted while being transmitted to the Company over the
Internet.
SEVERABILITY
Each paragraph of this Privacy Policy shall be and remain separate
from and independent of and severable from all and any other
paragraphs herein except where otherwise expressly indicated or
indicated by the context of the agreement. The decision or
declaration that one or more of the paragraphs are null and void
shall not affect the remaining paragraphs of this privacy
policy.
AMENDMENT
Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time. The most current
version of the policy will govern our use of your information and
will always be on the Platform. Any amendments to this Policy shall
be deemed as accepted by the User on their continued use of the
Platform.
CONSENT WITHDRAWAL, DATA DOWNLOAD & DATA REMOVAL
REQUESTS
To withdraw your consent, or to request the download or delete your
data with us for any or all our services at any time, please email
to “info@aquaconnect.blue”.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this privacy
policy, you should contact us by sending an e-mail to “info@aquaconnect.blue” or by writing to us at:
M/s. Coastal Aquaculture Research Institute Private
Limited,
Type II/17, Dr. VSI estate, Tiruvanmiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600 041