Net Distribution Services Private Limited (hereafter “NDSL”) is committed to protecting the privacy of its visitors (hereafter the "Visitors," "you" or “your”) to our Internet World Wide Web site (hereafter referred to as the “Website”) that links directly to this privacy policy about the protection of personal information online. We aim for the Website to be a safe and enjoyable environment for you.
This privacy policy (hereafter the "Policy") primarily describes: The information that NDSL collects through the Website, which is hosted and operated from from servers that are provided to it by suppliers who may host this anywhere in the world The use and role of cookies and similar technologies on the Website; and The security measures NDSL has in place to protect the information that NDSL gathers through the Website. This Policy does not govern NDSL’s collection of information through any website, or by any other means, other than through this Website, or the collection of information by any parent, or subsidiaries of NDSL ("Other Entities").
Visitors are encouraged to read this Policy before using the Website. By using the Website, you agree to the terms and conditions of this Policy and the Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of this Policy and the Terms and Conditions, please do not use the Website.
Information Gathered by the NDSL through the Website.
NDSL gathers two basic types of information through the Website: (i) "Personal Information," information from which an individual can be identified, and (ii) "Aggregate Information," from which an individual cannot be identified.
You are not ordinarily required to register or provide Personal Information in order to access the Website, though certain functionalities such as a membership program, through which purchasers of products may receive discounts on online purchases, participating in any contests, etc., may require registration. NDSL collects Personal Information from you only when you voluntarily provide it to NDSL - for example, in contacting NDSL through the Website, filling in the form for applying for a vacancy or while requesting for a visit to the manufacturing plant of NDSL, or exploring business opportunities with NDSL, answering surveys and polls, entering contests, sweepstakes, raffles and similar promotions, signing up for email updates and announcements concerning the NDSL’s products and special promotions, and purchasing the NDSL’s merchandise. Personal Information may include your contact information (such as your name, postal address, telephone numbers and/or email address), as well as your payment information, such as credit card number and expiration date ("Payment Information"), which will be collected if you wish to purchase any product or merchandise made available through the Website ("Transaction").
When you visit the Website, the NDSL and the third parties with whom the NDSL has contracted to provide services, may collect anonymous information from three sources: Server Log Files, Cookies, and Pixel Tags.
Server Log Files. Your Internet Protocol (IP) address is an identifying number that is automatically assigned to your computer by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). This number is identified and logged automatically in the NDSL’s server log files whenever you visit the Website, along with the time(s) of your visit(s) and the page(s) that you visited. IP addresses of all Visitors are used by the NDSL to calculate the Website usage levels, to help diagnose problems with the Website's servers, and to administer the Website. NDSL may also use IP addresses to communicate or to block access by Visitors who fail to comply with the Policy and/or the Terms and Conditions of Use of the Website. Collecting IP addresses is a standard practice followed on the Internet and is carried out automatically by many websites. Cookies. Cookies are data that a web server transfers to an individual's computer for record keeping purposes. Cookies are an industry standard used by most websites, and help facilitate users' ongoing access to and use of a particular website. Cookies do not cause damage to the computer system or files, and only the website that transfers a particular cookie to the computer system can read, modify or delete such cookie. If you do not want your information to be collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure to be followed, in most of the browsers, by the user that allows the user to delete existing cookies, automatically decline cookies, or to be given the choice of declining or accepting the transfer of particular cookies to the user’s computer system. You should note, however, that declining cookies may make it difficult or impossible for you to access certain portions of the Website.
Pixel Tags. The Website may use so-called "pixel tags," "web beacons," "clear GIFs" or similar means (collectively, "Pixel Tags") to compile aggregate statistics about Website usage and response rates. Pixel Tags enables NDSL to maintain a count of the users who have visited certain pages of the Website. When used in HTML-formatted email messages, Pixel Tags can tell the sender whether and as to when the email was opened and read by the receiver of the e-mail.
NDSL may use Visitor’s Personal Information in any of the following ways:
Communications. NDSL encourages the Visitors to contact NDSL with questions and comments. Personal Information may be used by NDSL in order to respond to the respective Visitor’s questions and comments.
Business Purposes. NDSL may also use the Personal Information of its Visitors for internal business purposes, such as analyzing and managing its businesses. The Personal Information collected from the Website may be combined with other information collected by NDSL via other online or offline sources, with demographic information and other information that is available in the public domain.
Transactions. When you take part in a Transaction through the Website such as purchasing products or merchandise, NDSL may collect Payment Information from you related to such Transaction as well as other Personal Information such as shipping address for shipping of the ordered products or merchandise purchased through the Website. NDSL may use your Personal Information or Payment Information in order to complete the Transaction and, if applicable, to fulfill your purchase. The Payment Information may also be shared with the third parties, as may be necessary, to complete your Transaction (for example, to process the payment made through the credit card).
Contests, Competitions and Other Promotions. From time to time, contests, competitions and similar promotions may be organized through its Website that may require online registration by the Visitor for participating in such contest, competition or promotion (which may include name, email, user ID and password). NDSL may ask you for certain Personal Information during the process of registration for participating in such contest, competition or promotional schemes. NDSL may share this Personal Information with third-party sponsors of such contests, competitions and promotions (irrespective of whether it is hosted by NDSL), in accordance with the rules applicable to such contest, competition or promotion. You should carefully review the rules of each contest, competition and promotion in which you participate through the Website, as they may contain certain additional important information about NDSL or a sponsor's use of your Personal Information. To the extent that the terms and conditions of such rules concerning the treatment of your Personal Information enlarge the scope of use of such information in terms of this Policy, the terms and conditions of such rules shall also apply.
Special Promotions and Product Information. In addition, NDSL reserves the right to use your Personal Information for sending you the e-mails of updates and announcements concerning NDSL’s products and special promotions. You may opt-out of receiving these messages from NDSL at any time (see Section 5 “Choice” below). Critical Communications. NDSL may from time to time and as may be necessary use your Personal Information to send emails consisting of important information regarding the Website, your Transactions, or for notifying any amendments or modifications to the terms, conditions, and policies of NDSL with respect to use of this Website ("Critical Emails"). Since Critical Emails would consist of important information you shall not have the option of not receiving Critical Emails.
Third-Party Service Providers. NDSL works with third parties who provide services, including website hosting, credit card processing, data analysis, newsletter services, promotional activities, and other administrative services. NDSL may share your Personal Information, including your Payment Information, with such third parties, as may be necessary, for the purpose of enabling such third parties discharge the provision of such services. Your Personal Information may also be shared with the manufacturer of the products ordered/ purchased by you on the Website or with entities responsible for delivering the products ordered / purchased by you on the Website.
Miscellaneous. NDSL may disclose your Personal Information if NDSL believes that it is required to do so: (i) by law; (ii) to comply with legal process or governmental requests; (iii) to enforce the Terms and Conditions of Use; (iv) to protect our operations; (v) to protect the rights, privacy, safety or property of NDSL, you or others; and (vi) to enable itself to pursue the available remedies or limit the damages that it may sustain.
NDSL may use other companies, including but not limited to our corporate affiliates, to provide joint services or certain services to us or on our behalf and help us to operate our business. For example, to the extent permitted by applicable law we may use our corporate affiliates and/or other companies to host or maintain this website, to process credit card payments, to provide fraud screening and/or detection services, to perform data integrity checks, to offer you a line of credit, to provide website optimisation services, to fulfil your order, for payment collection, to deliver advertisements on this website and third party websites, to send mail or email, and/or to provide customer service. We may share your information with our service providers in connection with their provision of services to us. These companies are required by contract to use any information we share with them only to perform services to us or on our behalf and to protect the confidentiality of your personal information. We will not share your personal information with our affiliates or unrelated third parties to use for their own marketing purposes without your consent.
NDSL may analyze Aggregate Information in order to enhance the Website security, track the popularity of certain pages of the Website, track success of our email notifications, assess traffic levels on the Website and other usage data, all of which would help NDSL to provide content tailored to the interests of the consumers, improve the Website and related services and to otherwise enhance Visitor’s experience on the Website. NDSL may also share the Aggregate Information with its Other Entities and other third-parties for provision of such services or for completion of your Transactions on the Website.
Other Important Notes Regarding NDSL’s Privacy Practices
Special Note for Parents and Children. Website and the contents therein are intended for a general audience and not intended for utilization directly or independently by children under 18 years of age. If you are a child under the age of 18 years and desire to use this Website or purchase any products or merchandise (if sold through this Website), please request your parents to complete the necessary registration formalities and complete the transaction. Any use of this Website or any of its features by a child under the age of 18 years must be under parental supervision. NDSL does not directly contact children under the age of 18 years for promotion of its special offers or for marketing purposes. NDSL also does not knowingly collect Personal Information from any child under the age of 18 years.
Security. NDSL has adequate security measures and tools in place to help protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under NDSL’s control. Whenever any Visitor furnishes his/her credit card number, that credit card number is transmitted by the Visitor’s browser in an encrypted format using industry-standard, SSL (secure socket layer) encryption method. Even though, NDSL endeavors to protect its Visitor’s Personal Information, NDSL cannot guarantee the security of any information transmitted to NDSL, through or in connection with the website. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with NDSL is no longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security of any account you might have with NDSL has been compromised), you must immediately notify NDSL of the problem by contacting us in accordance with "Contact Us," below (note that physical mail notification will delay the time it takes for NDSL to address and respond to the problem).
Other Third-Party Sites. The Website may contain links to third-party websites. These linked sites (including the websites of NDSL’s Other Entities) are not under the control and supervision of NDSL and NDSL shall in no way be responsible for the privacy practices or the contents of any such third-party linked websites, or any information contained in any linked websites. NDSL provides such links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link on the Website does not imply endorsement of the linked website by NDSL. If you furnish your Payment Information or other Personal Information through any such third-party website, your transaction will occur on such third-party's website (and not the Website) and the Personal Information you provide will be collected by, and controlled by the privacy policy of, that third-party. It is important that you familiarize yourself with the privacy policies and practices of any such third parties, before furnishing any Personal Information or Payment Information on their websites.
Assignment. NDSL reserves the right to transfer any and all information that it collects from the Visitors to a third-party in the event of any merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of NDSL’s assets or stock (including without limitation in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).
NDSL has adequate procedures in place to keep your Personal Information accurate, complete and up to date for the purposes for which it is collected and used. You may review the information maintained by NDSL and wherever appropriate, you may request NDSL that such information be corrected. NDSL also provides an option for reviewing, correcting, updating or otherwise modifying information, you have previously provided, for which, you may send a mail at the following postal mail address:
Please clearly indicate the information that you wish to review or have changed. NDSL will endeavor to comply with your request as soon as reasonably possible. Note that despite any removal of or change to Personal Information requested there may also be residual information that will remain within NDSL’s databases and other records, which will not be removed or changed.
From time to time, NDSL may ask you to indicate whether you are interested in receiving emails and other information from NDSL or not. If you elect to receive these communications, NDSL will occasionally send you emails or other information that match your requests and offer you promotions and coupons.
If at any time you wish to stop receiving these email communications from NDSL, you may put up a request for discontinuation of sending of such e-mails by emailing, calling or writing to NDSL using the contact information provided on the Website or by using the unsubscribe feature in the email received by you. Please indicate that you wish to stop receiving email communications from NDSL. However, you shall not have the option of discontinuing the receipt of Critical Emails from NDSL.
In addition, NDSL does not disclose your Personal Information to third parties, including N NDSL’s subsidiaries and the holding companies, for third-party's direct marketing purposes if NDSL has received and processed a request from you that your Personal Information should not be shared with third parties for such purposes. If you would like to submit such a request, you may do so by emailing, calling or writing to NDSL using the contact information provided above. Please indicate that you request that NDSL should not disclose your Personal Information to its subsidiaries and/or other third parties for direct marketing purposes.
NDSL reserves the right to change this Policy, and any of its policies or procedures concerning the treatment of information collected through the Website, without prior notice. You can determine when this Policy was last revised by referring to the "Last Updated" legend at the top of this page. Any changes to the Policy will become effective upon posting of the revised Policy on the Website. Use of the Website following such changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Policy, then in effect. NDSL encourages you to bookmark this page and to periodically review it to ensure familiarity with the most current version of the Policy.
This Policy represents the sole, authorized statement of NDSL’s practices with respect to the collection of Personal Information through the Website and the manner of use of such information by NDSL. Any summaries of this Policy generated by third-party software or otherwise (for example, in connection with the Platform for Privacy Preferences or "P3P") shall have no legal effect, shall not be binding on NDSL, shall not be relied upon in substitute for this Policy, and neither supersede nor modify this Policy.
Consent Amendments; Law.
By using this Website, you consent to the terms of this Policy and to the use and management of Personal Information and Payment Information by NDSL for the purposes and in the manner herein provided. Should this Policy change, NDSL intends to take every reasonable step to ensure that these changes are brought to your attention by posting the updated Policy on the Website.
Your visit and any dispute over privacy are subject to this Policy. The said Policy shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of India. Further, it is irrevocably and unconditionally agreed that the courts of Delhi, India shall have exclusive jurisdiction to entertain any proceedings in relation to any disputes arising out of the same.
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