Prime Kharidi Online Store (as the case may be)
( We”, “Our”, “Kharidi” or “Us”, where such
expression shall unless repugnant to the context thereof, be deemed to include
its respective legal heirs, representatives, administrators, permitted
successors and assigns) own and/ or operate the website and mobile application
Kharidisite.com (“Website”, “Our Website”, “Site”).
For the purpose of providing the Services (as defined in
clause 1 below), Kharidi is required to collect and use certain information of
the users of the Website (“Users”) using the Services and involves
capturing, storage and transmission of such information. This privacy policy (“Privacy
Policy“/ “Policy”) explains how We collect, use, share and protect
personal information of the Users of the Services (jointly and severally
referred to as “You”, “Your”, “Yourself” or “User”
or “Users” in this Privacy Policy). We have created this Privacy Policy
to ensure our steady commitment to the privacy of the information of the Users
who interact with our Services. Your use of and access to the Services is
subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions. Any capitalized
term used, but not defined, in this Privacy Policy shall have the meaning
attributed to it in our Terms and Conditions.
The headings used herein are only for the purpose of
arranging the various provisions of the Privacy Policy. The headings are for
the purpose of reference only and shall not be interpreted to limit or expand
the provisions of the clauses contained therein.
- Definitions
In this Privacy Policy, unless the context otherwise
requires, the terms defined shall bear the meanings assigned to them below, and
their cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly.
- “Personal
Information” shall have the same meaning as given in Rule 2(1)(i) of
the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures
and Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 to mean any
information that relates to a natural person, which, either directly or
indirectly, in combination with other information available or likely to
be available to a body corporate, is capable of identifying such person.
- The
SPI Rules further define “Sensitive Personal Data or Information”
of a person to mean Personal Information about that person relating to:
- passwords;
- financial
information such as bank accounts, credit and debit card details or other
payment instrument details;
- physical,
physiological and mental health condition;
- sexual
orientation;
- medical
records and history;
- biometric
information;
- information
received by body corporate under lawful contract or otherwise;
- visitor
details as provided at the time of registration or thereafter; and
- call
data records.
- “You”,
“Your”, “Yourself” and “User” shall mean and refer to
natural & legal individuals and legal entities/companies who visit
and/or use the Services and will also include the
individuals/entities/companies who avail the services by submission of
details by some other person.
- “Third
Parties” refer to any website/application/web portal, company or
individual apart from the User and Us.
- “Services”
shall mean the Website (https://Kharidisite.com/) and Mobile Application
(Kharidi) and contextual information transmitted to/ received from Users
via various communication channels including but not limited to e-mail,
SMS, WhatsApp, phone calls, website chat, IVR. We are primarily engaged in
the business of allowing Users to share customized links for various
products in the network of such Users, the customized links drive sales to
e-commerce websites and in turn the Users earn cashbacks. We currently
operate under the brand name Kharidi.
- “User
Information” shall mean Personal Information and Sensitive Personal
Data or Information.
- “Website”
shall mean and refer to https://Kharidisite.com/, the “Application”
and/ or “App” shall refer to the Kharidi mobile application
available on Android Play Store or iOS App Store. These shall be
collectively referred to as the “Platform”
- WHY
THIS PRIVACY POLICY?
This Privacy Policy is published in compliance with, inter
alia,
- Section
43A of the Information Technology Act, 2000;
- Regulation
4 of the SPI Rules; and
- Regulation
3(1) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011
(“Intermediaries Guidelines”).
This Privacy Policy states, inter alia, the
following:
- The
type of information collected from the Users, including Sensitive Personal
Data or Information;
- The
purpose, means and modes of usage of such information; and
- How
and to whom we will disclose such information
- GENERAL
- The
User unequivocally agrees that this Policy and the aforementioned Terms
and Conditions constitute a legally binding agreement between the User and
Kharidi, and that the User shall be subject to the rules, guidelines,
policies, terms, and conditions applicable to any service that is provided
by Kharidi including the Services, and that the same shall be deemed to be
incorporated into the Terms and Conditions, and shall be treated as part
of the same.
- This
document is an electronic record in terms of Information Technology Act,
2000 and rules there under as applicable and the amended provisions
pertaining to electronic records in various statutes as amended by the
Information Technology Act, 2000. This electronic record is generated by a
computer system and does not require any physical or digital signatures.
Further, this document is published in accordance with the provisions of
the SPI Rules and Intermediaries Guidelines.
- The
terms ‘Party’ and ‘Parties’ shall respectively be used to refer to the
User and Kharidi individually and collectively, as the context so
requires.
- The
headings of each section in this Policy are only for the purpose of
organizing the various provisions under this Policy in an orderly manner
and shall not be used by either Party to interpret the provisions
contained herein in any manner. Further, it is specifically agreed to by
the Parties that the headings shall have no legal or contractual value.
- The
Parties expressly agree that subject to clause 13 of this Policy, Kharidi
retains the sole and exclusive right to amend or modify the Policy and the
aforementioned Terms and Conditions without any prior permission or
intimation to the User keeping in mind best practices and laws set by
State/Central Government of India, and the User expressly agrees that any
such amendments or modifications shall come into effect immediately. The
User has a duty to periodically check the Policy and Terms and Conditions and
stay updated on their provisions and requirements. If the User continues
to use the Services following such a change, the User will be deemed to
have consented to any and all amendments/ modifications made to the Policy
and Terms and Conditions. In so far as the User complies with the Policy
and Terms and Conditions, he/she is granted a personal, non-exclusive,
non-transferable, revocable, limited privilege to enter, access and use
the Services.
- COLLECTION
AND HANDLING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Privacy of the Parties is of prime importance to Us and all
Services are strictly designed within the jurisdiction of laws defined by the
Government of India.
Generally, the Services require us to know who you are so
that we can best meet your needs. When you access the Services, we may ask you
to voluntarily provide us with certain information that personally identifies
you or could be used to personally identify you. Without prejudice to the
generality of the above, information collected by us from you may include (but
is not limited to) the following:
- Contact
data (such as your email address and phone number);
- User
name and passwords;
- Demographic
data (such as your name, gender, age, your date of birth and your pin
code);
- Data
regarding your usage of the services and other transactions made by or
with you through the use of Services;
- Information
about your clicks on and from Kharidi mobile device, web browser, web and
mobile browsing patterns, retailer preferences
- Your
bank account information including name of the bank account, account
number, IFSC code, bank branch or any other payment related information
- Any
other information that you voluntarily choose to provide to us (such as
information shared by you with us through emails, calls or letters, your
work details, home / work address, your family details, details about
transactions done on ecommerce sites, screenshots of transactions, order
IDs for transactions, alternate numbers and emails and various other
information provided from time to time).
The information collected from You by Us shall constitute
‘Personal Information’ or ‘Sensitive Personal Data Information’ under the SPI
Rules.
- PRIVACY
STATEMENTS
5.1. The User expressly agrees and acknowledges:
- Information
that is freely available in the public domain or accessible under the
Right to Information Act, 2005 or any other law will not be considered as
‘Personal Information’ or ‘Sensitive Personal Data or Information’ for the
purposes of this Policy that Kharidi may automatically track information
about the User based on the User’s IP address and the User’s behaviour on
the Platform, and the User expressly consents to the same. The User is
aware that this information may be used to conduct internal research on
user demographics, interests, and behaviour, to enable Kharidi to better
understand, and cater to the interests of the Users. Further, the User is
expressly made aware that such information may include the User’s computer
& web browser information, the User’s IP address, mobile device
details etc. The linkage between User’s IP address and User’s personally
identifiable information may be shared with or disclosed to third parties
in order to facilitate the provisions of the Services to You. The User
hereby consents to the sharing of such information to such third parties
as may be determined by Kharidi from time to time. Further, we may also
share and/or disclose some of the aggregate findings (not the specific
data) in anonymized form (i.e., non-personally identifiable) with third
parties for market research and new feature development.
- That
any and all information pertaining to the User collected by Kharidi,
whether or not directly provided by the User to Kharidi, including but not
limited to personal correspondence such as emails or letters or SMS or
WhatsApp or calls, feedback from other users or third parties regarding
the User’s activities or postings on the Platform, etc., may be collected
and compiled by Kharidi into a file/folder specifically created
for/allotted to the User, and the User hereby expressly consents to the
same. Also, in order to keep You informed of Your activities on the
Website we occasionally send You emails, SMS, App notifications and other
marketing communication. These include Your transaction messages to show
how much You have earned, referral messages that show You how much You
have earned from referrals, payment confirmations for payments to You and,
important administrative messages and messages to confirm Your activities
on the Website. These emails are not shared with anyone else apart from
You. We also send newsletters, SMSs, App notifications, browser
notification and other marketing that features some of our best ideas to
help You save more. You may choose not to receive this marketing
communication from Kharidi by informing Us at any time.We do not support
spamming by our members and we explicitly prohibit it in our Terms and
Conditions. If You would like to report an incident of spamming, please
contact us so we can investigate and take suitable action.
- That
the contact information provided to Kharidi may be used to send the User
offers and promotions, whether or not based on the User’s previous
interests, and the User hereby expressly consents to receiving the same.
The User may choose to unsubscribe from promotional communications by
clicking on the ‘unsubscribe’ link provided at the end of such promotional
communication or by emailing us on care@Kharidisite.com
- That
Kharidi may occasionally request the User to complete optional online
surveys. These surveys may require the User to provide contact information
and demographic information (like zip code, age, income bracket, sex,
etc.). The User is aware that this information is used to
improve/customise the Services for the benefit of the User and providing
all users of the Platform with services that Kharidi believes they might
be interested in availing of.
- That
Kharidi may keep records of electronic communications and telephone calls
received and made for support or other purposes for the purpose of
administration of Services, customer support, research and development and
for better assistance to Users. The Kharidi may occasionally request the
User to write reviews for services availed of by the User from the
Platform. The User is aware that such reviews will help potential users of
the Platform in availing the Services, and the User hereby expressly authorizes
Kharidi to publish any and all reviews written by the User on the
Platform, along with the User’s name and certain contact details, for the
benefit and use of other users.
- Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to compel Kharidi to store, upload,
publish, or display in any manner content/reviews/surveys/feedback
submitted by the User, and the User hereby expressly authorizes Kharidi to
remove from the Platform any such content, review, survey, or feedback
submitted by the User, without cause or being required to notify the User
of the same.
- Generation
and collection of ‘Sensitive Personal Data or Information’ in accordance
with Information Technology Act, 2000 as amended from time to time and
allied rules requires the User’s express consent. By affirming assent to
this Policy as well as clicking on the “I agree with Terms and Policy”
button at the time of registration, the User provides consent to such
generation and collection as required under applicable laws.
- The
User is responsible for ensuring that the accuracy of the information
submitted to Kharidi. The User may correct, delete inaccuracies, or amend
information by contacting Kharidi through email on care@Kharidisite.com.
Kharidi will make good faith efforts to make requested changes in the
databases as soon as reasonably practicable. If the User provides any
information that is untrue, inaccurate, out of date or incomplete (or
becomes untrue, inaccurate, out of date or incomplete), or Kharidi has
reasonable grounds to suspect that the information provided by the User is
untrue, inaccurate, out of date or incomplete, Kharidi may, at its sole
discretion, discontinue the provision of the Services to you as per the
provisions laid down in the Terms and Conditions. There may be
circumstances where Pouring Pounds will not correct, delete or update your
Personal Data, including (a) where the Personal Data is opinion data that
is kept solely for evaluative purpose; and (b) the Personal Data is in
documents related to a prosecution if all proceedings relating to the
prosecution have not been completed.
- All
the information provided to Us by a User, including Sensitive Personal
Data or Information, is voluntary. User has the right to withdraw his/
her/ its consent at any time, in accordance with the terms of this Privacy
Policy, and the Terms and Conditions applicable to such User, it being
however clarified that withdrawal of consent will not be retroactive. If
the User wishes to delete his/her account or request that Kharidi no
longer uses the User’s information to provide Services, the User may contact
Kharidi on care@Kharidisite.com. We shall not retain such information for
longer than is required for the purposes for which the information may
lawfully be used or is otherwise required under any other law for the time
being in force. After a period of time, your data may be anonymized and
aggregated, and then may be held by us as long as necessary for us to
provide our Services effectively, but our use of the anonymized data will
be solely for analytic purposes. Please note that your withdrawal of consent,
or cancellation of account may result in Pouring Pounds being unable to
provide you with its Services or to terminate any existing relationship
Pouring Pounds may have with you.
- If
you wish to opt-out of receiving non-essential communications such as
promotional and marketing-related information regarding the Services,
please send us an email at care@Kharidisite.com.
- OUR
USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
All the information provided to Kharidi by a User, including
Personal Information or any Sensitive Personal Data or Information, is
voluntary. Such information in its original form may be shared with any Third
Parties in furtherance of the consent from the User as provided hereunder. You
understand that Kharidi may use certain information of yours, which has been
designated as Personal Information or ‘Sensitive Personal Data or Information’
under the SPI Rules for the following purposes:
- providing
you the Services;
- taking
product & Services feedback;
- for
offering new products or services and marketing of the Services;
- for
analysing software usage patterns for improving product design and
utility;
- for
providing the services of generating alerts/reminders/SMS for offers and
also for internal record.
- for
commercial purposes and in an aggregated or non-personally identifiable
form for research, statistical analysis and business intelligence
purposes,
- for
sale or transfer of such research, statistical or intelligence data in a
non-personally identifiable form to third parties and affiliates;
- debugging
customer support related issues; and
We may use your tracking information such as IP addresses,
and or Device ID to help identify You and to gather broad demographic
information.
In case we are acquired by or merged with another company,
We shall transfer information disclosed by You and information about You to the
company we are acquired by or merged with, and such company will have the right
to continue to use the User’s Personal Information and/ or other information
that a User provides to Us. In the event of a merger or acquisition, We shall
notify You by email/by putting a notice on the Website and/ or Application
before Your Personal Information is transferred and becomes subject to a
different privacy policy.
The Users expressly agree and acknowledge that Kharidi
collects and stores the User’s Personal Information and/or Sensitive Personal
Information in a secure cloud based platform which is provided by the User from
time to time on the Platform or while using other Services.
The User is aware that this information will be used by
Kharidi to deliver its services and help customize/improve the Platform
experience safer and easier but no personally identifiable information will be
shared with any Third Party under any circumstances without User’s explicit
consent unless directed by the law.
Kharidi may need to disclose/ transfer User’s Personal
Information to the following third parties for the purposes mentioned in this
Privacy Policy, and the Terms and Conditions as applicable to such User:
- To
government institutions/ authorities to the extent required:
- under
the laws, rules, and regulations and/ or under orders of any relevant
judicial or quasi-judicial authority;
- to
protect and defend the rights or property of Kharidi;
- to
fight fraud and credit risk;
- to
enforce Kharidi’s Terms and Conditions applicable to the Users; or
- when
Kharidi, in its sole discretion, deems it necessary in order to protect
its rights or the rights of others.
- If
otherwise required by an order under any law for the time being in force
including in response to enquiries by government agencies for the purpose
of verification of identity, or for prevention, detection, investigation
including cyber incidents, prosecution, and punishment of offences.
However, We contract with third parties to serve ads on our
behalf across the Internet and sometimes on this site. They may collect
information about Your visits to our website, and Your interaction with our
products and services. They may also use information about Your visits to this
and other websites to target advertisements for goods and services. This
information is collected through the use of a pixel tag, which is industry
standard technology used by most major websites. Such third parties are not permitted
to sell or share Your personally identifiable information as part of this
process.
The following third-party vendors, including Google,
Facebook, advertising platforms, remarketing platforms like One Signal,
customer query management platforms use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s
prior visits to Your website.
Google’s use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its
partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or
other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick cookie for
interest-based advertising by visiting Ads Settings.
Third Party links and services
The Services on our website or mobile application may
contain links to third-party websites. Your use of these features may result in
the collection, processing or sharing of information about you, depending on
the feature. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or
privacy practices of other websites or services which may be linked on the Our
Services. We do not endorse or make any representations about third-party
websites or services. Our Privacy Policy does not cover the information you
choose to provide to or that is collected by these third parties. We strongly
encourage you to read such third parties’ privacy policies.
- CONFIDENTIALITY
AND SECURITY
7.1. Your information is regarded as confidential and
therefore shall not be divulged to any Third Parties, unless as provided
hereunder and unless legally required to do so to the appropriate authorities,
or if necessary, for providing the Services through the Platform.
7.2. Your Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Data is
maintained by Us in an electronic form on our equipments, and on the equipments
of our employees. Such information may also be converted to physical form from
time to time.
7.3. People who can access your Personal Information
User Information will be processed by our employees,
authorised staff, marketing agencies or agents, on a need to know basis,
depending on the specific purposes for which the User Information have been
collected by Us. Kharidi may, therefore, retain and submit all such records to
the relevant stakeholders.
7.4. Security Practices. We treat data as
an asset that must be protected against loss and unauthorised access. We employ
many different security techniques to protect such data from unauthorized
access by members inside and outside Kharidi. We follow generally accepted industry
standards to protect the User Information submitted to Us and information that
We have accessed, including managerial, technical, operational and physical
security control measures. However, for any data loss or theft due to unauthorized
access to the User’s electronic devices through which the User avails the
Services, We shall not be held liable for any loss whatsoever incurred by the
User.
7.5. Measures We expect you to take: It is
important that you also play a role in keeping your User Information safe and
secure. When signing up for an online account, please be sure to choose an
account password that would be difficult for others to guess and never reveal
your password to anyone else. You are responsible for keeping this password
confidential and for any use of your account. If you use a shared or public
computer, never choose to have your login ID/email address or password
remembered and make sure to log out of your account every time you leave the
computer. You should also make use of any privacy settings or controls We
provide you in Our Platform. Your Public Posts: You also may provide
information (such as ratings, reviews, tips, photos, comments, likes,
bookmarks, friends, lists, etc.) to be published or displayed (hereinafter, “posted”)
on publicly accessible areas of our Services or transmitted to other users of
our Services or third parties (hereinafter collectively referred to as “User
Contributions”). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to
others at your own risk.
7.6. Unauthorised use of User’s account. We
do not undertake any liability for any unauthorized use of your account and
password. If you suspect any unauthorized use of your account, you must
immediately notify Us by sending an email to care@Kharidisite.com.
7.7. Notwithstanding the above, Kharidi is not responsible
for the confidentiality, security or distribution of your Personal Information
by third parties outside the scope of our agreement with such third parties.
Further, Kharidi shall not be responsible for any breach of security or for any
actions of any third parties or events that are beyond the reasonable control
of Kharidi including but not limited to the, acts of government, computer
hacking, unauthorised access to computer data and storage device, computer
crashes, breach of security and encryption.
- RETENTION
OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
In accordance with applicable laws, We will use the User
Information for as long as necessary to satisfy the purposes for which such
User Information was collected (as described in Section 4 above) or to comply
with applicable legal requirements.
- YOUR
RIGHTS
9.1. Access to Personal Data. You have the
right to access, review and request a physical or electronic copy of
information held about you. You also have the right to request information on
the source of your Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information.
9.2. Additional rights (e.g. modification, deletion
of Personal Data). Where provided by law, you can (i) request
deletion, the portability, correction or revision of your User Information;
(ii) limit the use and disclosure of your Personal Data; and (iii) revoke
consent to any of our data processing activities. Provided that, we may be
required to retain some of your User Information after you have requested
deletion, to satisfy our legal or contractual obligations. We may also be
permitted by applicable laws to retain some of your User Information to satisfy
our business needs.
- CHILDREN’S
AND MINOR’S PRIVACY
We strongly encourage parents and guardians to supervise the
online activities of their minor children and consider using parental control
tools available from online services and software manufacturers to help provide
a child-friendly online environment. These tools can also prevent minors from
disclosing their name, address, and other personally identifiable information
online without parental permission. Although the Services are not intended for
use by minors, We respect the privacy of minors who may inadvertently use the
internet or the mobile application.
- CONSENT
TO THIS POLICY
You acknowledge that this Privacy Policy is a part of the
Terms and Conditions of the Website and the other Services, and you acknowledge
that you have unconditionally agreed as User of the Platform and the Services
signifies your assent to this Privacy Policy. Your visit to the Website, use of
the App and use of the Services is subject to this Privacy Policy and the Terms
and Conditions.
- COOKIES
When You avail our Services on the Platform, a persistent
cookie is placed on Your computer.
This enables us to track any purchases You make with our
participating retailers and award cashback / rewards / points to You. If You do
not have such persistent cookies enabled on Your computer You will not be able
to earn cashback / points on Your online shopping via Our Platform.
Disabling/enabling cookies: You have the ability
to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings in Your browser.
However, You may not be able to use all the interactive features of Our
Platform if cookies are disabled.
Please note: if You disable the cookies in Your browser
which are used to track Your purchases via Our Platform, You will not be able
to earn cashback / point when You shop from our website.
There are a number of ways to manage cookies. If You use
different computers in different locations You will need to ensure that each
browser is adjusted to suit Your cookie preferences.
You can easily delete any cookies that have been installed
in the cookie folder of your browser. For example, if you are using Microsoft
Windows Explorer:
- Open
‘Windows Explorer’
- Click
on the ‘Search’ button on the tool bar
- Type
“cookie” into the search box for ‘Folders and Files’
- Select
‘My Computer’ in the ‘Look In’ box
- Click
‘Search Now’
- Double
click on the folders that are found
- ‘Select’
any cookie file
- Hit
the ‘Delete’ button on your keyboard
If you are not using Microsoft Windows Explorer, then you
should select “cookies” in the “Help” function for information on where to find
your cookie folder
- AMENDMENTS
OR CHANGE TO PRIVACY POLICY
Kharidi may update this Privacy Policy at any time, with or
without advance notice. In the event there are significant changes in the way
Kharidi treats User Information, or in the Privacy Policy itself, Kharidi will
display a notice on the Website or send Users an email, as provided for above,
so that the User may review the changed terms prior to continuing to use the
Services. As always, if the User objects to any of the changes to our terms,
and the User no longer wish to use the Services, the User may communicate the
same to care@Kharidisite.com to deactivate Your account. Unless stated
otherwise, the current Privacy Policy applies to all information that Kharidi
has about You and Your account.
If a User uses the Services after a notice of changes has
been sent to such User or published on the Platform, such User hereby provides
his/her/its consent to the changed terms. This policy is effective from 01-10-2025.
Contact Us
If you have any question or suggestions about our Privacy
Policy , do not hesitate to contact us at care@kharidisite.com.