Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy outlines HARE KRISHNA FAB ’s approach to Data Protection and Privacy to fulfil its obligations under the applicable laws and regulations . This Privacy Policy applies to your Personal Data which is processed by us, whether in physical or electronic mode.
While you may be able to browse the platform (Website and App collectively referred to as “Platform”) from countries outside of India, however please note we do not offer any product/service under this Platform outside India. By visiting the platform or providing your information, you expressly agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy and agree to be governed by the laws of India including but not limited to the laws applicable to data protection and privacy. If you do not agree please do not use or access our Platform.
In this Privacy Policy, the expressions ‘Personal Information’, ‘Data Subject’, ‘Controller’, ‘Processor’ and ‘Processing’ shall have the meanings given to them in the applicable privacy laws .
We are committed to treating data privacy seriously. It is important that you know exactly what we do with your Personal Information.
Throughout this document, “we”, “us”, “our”, “ours”, “COTTON VASTRA” refer to HARE KRISHNA FAB . Wherever we have said ‘you’ or ‘your’ or ‘Customer’, this means YOU.
WHO WE ARE
HARE KRISHNA FAB is a company incorporated and registered under the provisions of the Indian Proprietorship Act 1908 and having its registered office at 72 Gopi Nagar , Railway Station Road , Sanganer, Jaipur-302029. HARE KRISHNA FAB is engaged in the business of facilitating selling, marketing and retailing cotton cloth products (“Business”) through the e-commerce Platform developed and owned by Indian Proprietorship Act 1908. and/or its parent company, and/or its affiliates or offline stores / events to conduct its Business.
ROLES WE PLAY
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We play the role of a Data Controller when we collect and process Personal Information about you.
We play the role of a Data Processor when we collect and process Personal Information on behalf of another Data Controller
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OUR COMMITMENT
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We commit to protecting your privacy and hence our Personal Information handling practices are continually reviewed to ensure compliance with the applicable Privacy laws and regulations
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PERSONAL INFORMATION GATHERED BY COTTON VASTRA
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The information we learn and gather from you, personal or otherwise, is used to register you, verify your identity to permit you to use the app, undertake transactions (including to facilitate and process payments), communicate with you, convey any promotional offers, services or updates associated with cotton vastra , and generally maintain your accounts with us. We also use this information to customize your experience and improve cotton vastra.
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INFORMATION YOU GIVE US:
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We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. For example, like many websites, we use "cookies," and we obtain certain types of information when your web browser accesses our Services. We may also receive/store information about your location and your mobile device, including a unique identifier for your device. We may use this information for internal analysis and to provide you with location-based services, such as advertising, search results, and other personalized content.
We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. Depending upon the jurisdiction from where you might be accessing our Platform and as per applicable laws:
You may be served different types of cookies such as strictly necessary cookies, performance cookies etc. For example, If you are an international user accessing our Platform, we only collect strictly necessary data for the functioning of our Platform.
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INFORMATION FROM OTHER SOURCES:
We might receive information about you from other sources, such as updated delivery and address information from our carriers, which we use to correct our records and deliver your next purchase more easily.
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CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
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Categories of Personal Information collected and processed by us are as follows:
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Demographic & Identity data
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Contact details such as Name, email address, contact number, shipping address, country, date of birth, profile picture
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Open data and public records such as information about YOU that is openly available on the internet
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Details such as Transaction amount, Bank Name, Card Type, Card number.
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Online Identifiers and other Technical Data
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Location details such as data we get about your location, IP address, logs, or from where you connect a computer to the internet
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Technical details such as device information, location and network carrier when you use our mobile applications
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Communications details such as the Metadata and other Personal Information we get from communications done through e-mails, SMS, instant messages and calls
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Usage data details such as data about how you use our Platform or web-based properties, pages viewed, etc.
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CONSENT
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By using the Platform and/ or by providing your information, you agree and consent to us collecting, storing, processing, transferring, using and sharing of your personal information (including sensitive personal information as per applicable law) that you disclose on the Platform with third parties or service providers for the purposes set out and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
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PURPOSES OF GATHERING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
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We use your personal information to operate, provide, develop, and improve the products and services. These purposes include:
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PURCHASE AND DELIVERY OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
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We use your personal information to take and handle orders, deliver products and services, process payments, and communicate with you about orders, products and services, and promotional offers.
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Provide, Troubleshoot And Improve cotton vastra.
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We use your personal information to provide functionality, analyze performance, fix errors, and improve the usability and effectiveness of the cotton vastra.
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Recommendations and Personalization
We use your personal information to recommend features, products, and services that might be of interest to you, identify your preferences, and personalize your experience with cotton vastra.
Communicate With You
We use your personal information to communicate with you in relation to cotton vastra via different channels (e.g. SMS, Whatsapp, by phone, e-mail, chat).
Advertising
We use your personal information to display interest-based ads for features, products, and services that might be of interest to you.
COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKERS USED BY OUR DIGITAL PROPERTIES
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. Similarly, there are other types of trackers used. Likewise, Mobile Apps use requisite permissions and SDKs. These are used to make websites & apps work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website/app.
Depending upon the jurisdiction from where you might be accessing our Platform and as per applicable laws you may be served different types of cookies such as strictly necessary cookies, performance cookies etc. We use cookies, permissions and other trackers on our Platform to collect and process data so as to provide you a better online experience as well as improve our services.
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DO NOT TRACK
Some web browsers have a “Do Not Track” feature. This feature lets you tell websites you visit that you do not want to have your online activity tracked. These features are not yet uniform across browsers. Our sites are not currently set up to respond to those signals.
Purpose of Personal Information Disclosure
cotton vastra app contains third party SDKs that collect personally identifiable information (PII). They use this information to better target users or provide elements of our products & services on behalf of us.These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies.
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We may share your personal data with select third parties, group companies for the below purposes including but not limited to:
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Order processing - For instance using a third party order management system to track and document the orders you place with us.
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Delivering packages - For instance using third party delivery service providers to ensure delivery of orders placed by You.
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Sending emails communication and marketing assistance - To optimize our methods and channels of communication with You.
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Processing payments - To enable secure and convenient modes of payment processing.
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Providing customer support - To collate Your queries received via different modes and ensure timely resolution.
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Analyzing data to continuously better our services and for prevention, detection, mitigation, and investigation of fraudulent or illegal activities related to our products and services
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We have put in place appropriate contracts and personal data protection obligations on the third-parties engaged by us, and they are subject to strict contractual obligations when processing your personal data.
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Reasons for disclosing your Personal Information to other parties:
We may disclose your Personal Information to others where it is lawful to do so including where we or they:
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have a legal obligation to do so, e.g. to assist with detecting and preventing fraud,
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have requirement in connection with regulatory reporting, litigation or asserting or defending legal rights and interests
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have a legitimate business reason for doing so
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want to send you information and promotional material regarding our products and services,
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have asked you for your consent to share it, and you’ve agreed
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Improve your online experience for using our product.
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to protect the safety of any person, or to protect our rights or the rights of those who use our products & services.
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To whom your Personal Information may be disclosed:
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We may disclose your Personal Information for the above purposes to other parties including:
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Other group companies and any subcontractors, agents or service providers who work for us or provide services to us or group companies (including their employees, sub-contractors, service providers, directors and officers)
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Law Enforcement Authorities, Government Authorities, courts, dispute resolution bodies, our regulators, auditors and any party appointed or requested by our regulators to carry out investigations or audits of our activities
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Statutory and regulatory bodies and authorities (including the government) investigating agencies and entities or persons, to whom or before whom it is mandatory to disclose the Personal Information as per the applicable law, courts, judicial and quasi-judicial authorities and tribunals, arbitrators and arbitration tribunals
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Overseas regulators
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Anybody else that we’ve been instructed to share your Personal Information with by you
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Cross-Border Data Transfer
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Personal Information we hold about you may be transferred to other countries outside your residential country for any of the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
You understand and accept that these countries may have differing (and potentially less stringent) laws relating to the degree of confidentiality afforded to the information it holds and that such information can become subject to the laws and disclosure requirements of such countries, including disclosure to governmental bodies, regulatory agencies and private persons, as a result of applicable governmental or regulatory inquiry, court order or other similar process. In addition, a number of countries have agreements with other countries providing for exchange of information for law enforcement, tax and other purposes.
If we transfer your Personal Information to third parties for purposes stated in this Privacy Policy, we will use best endeavors to put in place appropriate controls and safeguards to ensure that your Personal Information is kept accurate, adequately protected, and processed only for specified and reasonable purposes in a manner that is fair, transparent and has a lawful basis, and is stored for no longer than is absolutely necessary.
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Data Security
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We are committed to protecting your Personal Information in our custody. We take reasonable steps to ensure appropriate physical, technical and managerial safeguards are in place to protect your Personal Information from unauthorized access, alteration, transmission and deletion. We work to protect the security of your personal information during transmission by using encryption protocols. We use multi-layered controls to help protect our infrastructure, constantly monitoring and improving our applications, systems, and processes to meet the growing demands and challenges of security.We ensure that the third parties who provide services to us under appropriate contracts, take appropriate security measures to protect your Personal Information in line with our policies.
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Retention and Disposal of Data
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We keep the Personal Information we collect about you on our systems or with third parties for as long as it is required for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy and for legal or regulatory reasons. We will only use your Personal Information for those purposes and will make sure that your Privacy is protected. We shall take reasonable steps to delete or permanently de-identify Personal Information that is no longer needed.
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LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
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Our Platform may contain links to websites of other organisations. This privacy policy does not cover how that organisation processes Personal Information. We encourage you to read the privacy policies on the other websites you visit.
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Children’s Privacy
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Our platform is directed to be used by adults only. If you are not an adult, while you may look at our site, you should not make a purchase, register, or submit Personal Information to us. We or our associates /affiliates do not knowingly collect information from minors.
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Your Rights As A Customer
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We understand that when you interact with cotton vastra, you have rights over your Personal Information. These rights involve providing reasonable steps to allow you to access your Personal Information, correct any errors among others. In the event that you are not satisfied with our response or have unresolved concerns, you can get in touch with us to resolve the issue by means of privacy.
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CUSTOMER GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL POLICY
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1.Background
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Customer satisfaction is one of the key focus area and integral part of cotton vastra founding principles and business policies. We strongly believe that customer satisfaction is the most important factor in the growth and development of our business and hence, at cotton vastra we have adopted customer centricity as a priority in developing our business processes. This Customer Grievance Redressal Policy summarises and outlines the framework for addressing customer grievances.
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2.Objective
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The objective of this Grievance Policy is to provide a framework:
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to ensure provision of timely and effective resolution of issues raised by customers.
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to keep customers informed about the manner in which they can reach out to us to resolve their queries and grievances.
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3.Principles governing the Grievance policy
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Policy on grievance redressal is governed by the following principles:
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Customer shall be treated fairly at all times.
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Issues raised by customers are always attended with courtesy and in time.
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Customers are provided with effective and satisfactory resolution within reasonable time period.
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Customers are fully informed of avenues to escalate their issues/ grievances if they are not fully satisfied with the response to their complaints.
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