Privacy Policy

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This document (“Privacy Policy”) intends to protect the privacy of Users (“You” or “Your”) while accessing the Company (“We” or “Our” or “Us”) website, www.colwort.com(“Site”) and the data provided by You to Us while rendering our services. We are strongly committed to protect Your privacy and take Our responsibilities in relation to Your data seriously. This Privacy Policy is published in compliance with provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (“IT Act”), Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and Sensitive Personal Information or Information) Rules, 2011 (“SPDI Rules”) and the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information shall have the meanings assigned to such terms under the SPDI Rules. This Privacy Policy is copyright protected and any kind of infringement will be subjected to legal action.
1. General
1.1 This Privacy Policy describes Our policies regarding the collection, storage, processing and protection of the information You provide Us.

1.2 By accepting Our Privacy Policy, You are consenting to the terms contained hereunder. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to the terms of use available at Our Site accessible through the following: [•][add link here]. This Privacy Policy may be amended from, time to time.
1.3 This Privacy Policy applies to the Personal Information and the Sensitive Personal information You provide Us, how We may use that information and with whom We may share it. Please read the following statement to learn about Our information gathering and dissemination practices.
1.4 We reserve Our rights to modify the terms of this policy to reflect any change in Our policies. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to make sure You are aware of such changes.
1.5 Our policies prohibit minors from registering as Users. However, we shall not be able to control access of Site. Parents/Guardians are required to monitor the access of our site by their wards who have not attained the Minimum Age. For the purpose of this policy, Minimum Age shall not be less than 18 years.
1.6 Acceptance of this Privacy Policy constitutes a binding legal agreement between You and Us. Failure to bind by the terms of this Privacy Policy may subject You to civil or criminal penalties.

2. Collection of Information
2.1 During the time of registration, We will collect from You the following personal information:
a) Your full name,
b) Your age,
c) Your Gender
d) Your email address,
e) Your telephone number,
f) Any other information that may be reasonably requested by Us
2.2 During the process of finalizing a business deal, after obtaining Your consent, We will be collecting the following Sensitive Personal Information:
a) PAN Number
b) Aadhar Card Number
You acknowledge and accept that the collection of the above-mentioned information is necessary for Us to provide You with a proper experience on Our Site and undertake that the consent provided at the time of collection of the above information shall be deemed to be explicit consent for the collection and use of the same in the manner envisaged above.
2.3 Any information that is freely available or accessible in public domain or furnished under the Right to Information Act, 2005 or any law for the time being in force shall not be regarded as Personal Information within this Privacy Policy.
2.4 We use Your basic location related details like Your current location by accessing GPS on Your device. If You do not wish that We have access to the same, You can disable Our access by removing the necessary permissions on Your device. However, You acknowledge that by doing so, We will not be able to provide Our services in the best manner possible.
2.5 The Personal Information and the Sensitive Personal Information as aforesaid are essential to provide the services offered by Us. You shall ensure that all the information, including but not limited to the Personal Information, provided by You to Us is true, correct, complete and genuine in all respects. You shall at all times have access to the information provided and shall ensure to amend/correct/ update such information at the earliest through the use of the Site or by contacting Us, if found to be inaccurate or deficient or outdated in its content. We shall not be responsible for the authenticity of the Personal Information provided by You to Us. In no event shall We be liable for any losses that You may incur due to the inaccurate or deficient information or Personal Information provided by You to Us. You will however be fully liable to Us and the authorities for any inaccurate/ incomplete data or information provided by You.
2.6 We value Your privacy and do not use any continuous tracking technology to collect data from your device.

3. Storage and Maintenance of Collected Information
3.1 We access and store the Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information You provide Us for analytical purposes. By accepting this Privacy Policy, You explicitly agree to such access and storage of Your Information.
3.2 We also store other information provided by You which shall be retained with Us for the period of time needed for Us to pursue legitimate business interests, conduct audits, comply with (and demonstrate compliance with) legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce Our agreements. You acknowledge and accept that Our access of such information is necessary and further consent to the same.
3.3 We shall also reserve rights to delete any information and records, in whole or in part, solely at Our discretion.

4. Disclosure of Information
4.1 Your privacy is extremely important to Us. However, We may disclose certain information obtained due to the following:
a) In the event where such disclosure is necessary for the performance of the contract between You and Us.
b) To Our employees, in order to diagnose and resolve any problems or to provide support to You.
c) To any other person, who performs services on Our behalf, including survey administration, reconciliation, complaint management, technical or customer support and provision of email and data analytics
d) In the event that We engage in a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, dissolution, reorganization, sale of some or all part of Our assets or stock, financing, public offering of securities, acquisition of all or a portion of Our business, a similar transaction or proceeding, or steps in contemplation of such activities (such as due diligence), some or all other information may be shared or transferred, subject to standard confidentiality arrangements.
e) If We are required to do so by law, regulation or legal process, such as a court order or in response to legal requests by government agencies or any other authority under law or when We believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect national security and public interest or to prevent physical, financial or other harm, injury or loss or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual unlawful activity.
4.2 We will not share any Information provided by You through the website with any third party or other Users.
4.3 Our employees and Associate Partners are bound by Non-Disclosure Agreements for the protection of Your information.

5. Security of Information
5.1 We use third party servers to host the website and store the data. You may access the data security policy of the third party on the following link: [•][add third party website link here]
5.2 You are responsible for the confidentiality of Your account and password. We shall not be liable for any damage that you incur attributable to any lack of confidentiality in respect of your account or password details.
5.3 Except where disclosure is required or permitted by law, We will keep all Your information confidential.

6. User Rights
6.1 Subject to any exemptions provided by law, You may have the right to request access to information, as well as to seek to update, delete or correct this information. You can contact Us for any help regarding the same.
6.2 As a User, You shall have the following rights:
a) The right to request for accessing and reviewing Personal Information provided to Us;
b) The right to request proper rectification or removal of Your Personal Information or restriction of the processing of Your Personal Information;
c) The right to have access to Your collected Personal Information in a portable form.
d) Where the processing of Your Personal Information is based on Your consent, the right to withdraw Your consent at any time without impact to data processing activities that have taken place before such withdrawal;
e) Where processing of Your Personal Information is either based on Your consent or necessary for the performance of a contract with You and processing is carried out by automated means, the right to receive the Personal Information concerning You in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to have Your Personal Information transmitted directly to another company, where technically feasible (data portability);
f) The right to object to processing if We are processing Your Personal Information on the basis of Our legitimate interest unless We can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds which may override Your right. If You object to such processing, We may ask You to state the grounds of Your objection in order for Us to examine the processing of Your Personal Information and to balance Our legitimate interest in processing and Your objection to this processing;
g) The right to lodge complaints before the competent data protection regulator.
6.3 You can exercise any of the above listed rights by communicating the same to us at [•] [add email id here].

7. Changes to Privacy Policy
7.1 We reserve the right to update, modify and amend any of the terms of Our Privacy Policy, at any time without prior intimation to You. We encourage You to periodically review this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Site, following changes to the Privacy Policy, will constitute your acceptance of those changes.
7.2 In the event of a change in the law applicable to data protection in India, You hereby expressly consent to Our continued use, storage, collection and disclosure of Your Information including Personal Information to the fullest extent permitted under such applicable law. We may reach out to You for obtaining additional consents and approvals as required under the amended law and You will be required to comply with such requests. Should You choose to not provide Us with such additional consents and approvals, We may have to discontinue your access to the Site.

8. Retention of Data
Any information provided to Us will be either destroyed and/or anonymized as soon as and in any case, when it would be reasonable to assume that (i) the Purpose for which that Personal Information was collected is no longer being served by the retention of such Personal Information; (ii) retention is no longer necessary for any other reason including applicable law; and (iii) upon your request.

9. Disclaimer
9.1 We cannot ensure that all of Your Information including Personal Information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. Therefore, although We are committed to protecting Your privacy, We do not promise, and You should not expect, that Your Information will always remain private. As a User, You assume all responsibility and risk for Your use of the Site.
9.2 Furthermore, despite the very low probability, it is possible for internet transmissions that contain Your Personal Information could be intercepted by others. Although we maintain all reasonable security standards in all tasks involving access to Personal Information, it is impossible for Us to ensure the privacy and security of all transmissions made to and from the Site while in transit.
10. Force Majeure

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Privacy Policy or elsewhere, We shall not be held responsible for any loss, damage or misuse of Your information, if such loss, damage or misuse is attributable to a Force Majeure Event. "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, epidemic or pandemic, civil commotion, strikes or industrial action of any kind, riots, insurrection, war, acts of government, network errors, computer hacking, technical snags, unauthorized access to computer data and storage device, breach of security and encryption and any other like event beyond Our control.

11. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify Us from any actions, claims, demands, suits, damages, losses, penalties, interest and other charges and expenses made by any third party due to or arising out of any violation of the terms of this Policy or any acts or deeds, including for any non-compliance or violation, of any applicable law, rules, regulations on Your part or for a fraud committed by You.

12. Grievance Redressal and Contact Information
As per the provisions of Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Rules framed thereunder, in case You need to (i) report any grievances with regard to the information provided; or (ii) request access to any Information provided, You may address them to:
Name: Sarah
Address: Thaiba Complex, 21/1348,
Chevayoor, Kozhikode, Kerala 673017
Email Id: Sarah@colwort.com