M/s
Pest Shields India Private Limited (Company)
is the owner and operator of the website namely www.pestshields.com (Website) in India (both henceforth
referred to as "Company"
"We", "us", "our", "it"
or PestShields).
The Company respects your privacy, and seeks to comply with applicable legal
requirements under the Information Technology laws and Rules in respect of data
collection, processing and transfer.
This privacy policy describes our views and practices with respect to
information we collect from you or about you, as a visitor of the Pest Shields
website, or as a User registered with us. It applies to all our Services that
do not have a separate and dedicated privacy policy applicable to them. The
Company has developed this Privacy Policy to provide important information
regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of user information collected on
the Services. Company provides this Privacy Policy to help you make an informed
decision about whether to use or continue using the
Services. In addition to the terms stated in Terms of Service
provided under this Website, we are committed to protecting Your
privacy. Only authorized representatives of Pest Shields and on a need to know
basis will only use any information received from You
and as consented by You. We constantly review our systems and data to secure Your personal information. In the event of any identified
unauthorized use or disclosure of information or upon Your
complaint, we will investigate any such complaint or such actions with a view
to prosecuting and/or taking civil proceedings to recover damages against those
responsible. Any User who does not agree with any provisions of this Privacy
Policy and the Terms of Service is required to leave the Website immediately.
Should You disagree with this Policy (defined below) and still continue to
access the Website and provide Your personal information, Pest Shields disclaim
all the liabilities arising therefrom and it shall be assumed by Your continued
use of the Website that You have accepted the Policy and any other online terms
and conditions available on the Website.
This Policy is in
absolute compliance of the Information Technology Act 2000 (Act) including
all the relevant Rules made thereunder including but not limited to Information
and Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and sensitive
personal Data or information) Rules 2011 (Rules). This Policy applies to all
our Products, Services and Website users. The Company conforms that it is not
responsible for the products, content or privacy practices on any other website
to which our Website links or that links to our Services. Information about our customers is an
important part of our business, and the Company are not in the business of
selling information to any third parties. The Company share the information
collected by us, only as described below and with the Group
companies/subsidiaries/affiliates of the Company, that
either are subject to this Privacy Policy or follow practices at least as
protective as those described in this Privacy Policy.
This
Privacy Policy is incorporated into and subject to the Terms and
conditions of Use. If you use our
Website platform, you agree, acknowledge and consent to the collection, processing,
use and disclosure of your personal information under this privacy policy and
agree, acknowledge and consent to our terms of Website, and all other operating
and/or supplemental guidelines, rules, and procedures that are posted by us, as
well as with any applicable third party terms of agreement. Using our
Website is conditional upon your consent to the Terms and conditions of Use,
which constitutes a binding lawful contract with you. Each
time that you access or use the Services you signify that you agree to be bound
by the Terms and conditions of Use and this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree
to the terms of this Privacy Policy, you must discontinue using the Services or
delete the Website. If any information You have
provided or uploaded on the Website violates the terms of this Policy, Pest
Shields may be required to delete such information upon informing You of the
same and revoke Your access if required without incurring any liability to You.
I.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy
a) Personal
Information shall mean the information which identifies
the User, name, identification number, email address, home address, contact
number, Banking Information or credit or debit card provided to Pest Shields at
the time of registration or any time thereafter. Personal information may
include sensitive personal information or data as defined under the
Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices and Procedures and
Sensitive Personal Data or Information) Rules, 2011 and in this context,
includes passwords or any financial account information provided by You during
registration.
b) Other information is any information we collect about our users
that is not personal information, including but not limited to their device-specific
information, location information, IP addresses, cookies, etc.
c) Cookie is a small text file that may be used to collect information about
activity on the Pest Shields website.
d) A Visitor is any individual who visits our Pest Shields website,
but does not register with us and does not constitute as a User or a Subscriber.
All other terms utilised within this Privacy
Policy shall carry the same meaning as assigned to them within our Terms,
unless otherwise specified herein.
II.
Your Privacy:
As a general rule, this Website does not sell any Personal Information
about you when you register on the Website or network. You need to provide such
information only when you like to use the Pest Shields website for the Services
being offered / provided by M/s Pest Shields Private Limited (Company) vide its Website Pest Shields
(hereinafter website) to the subscribers / users/ members of Website or to
the parents or legal guardians under whose surveillance and supervision their
guardian would like to visit/use the site/network/Website. If we request you to
provide personal information, adequate security measures will be taken to
protect your personal information as per the Applicable Data privacy laws of
the land.
III.
Privacy of Others:
If you receive information about other subscribers/users using
our Website, you must keep the information confidential. You may not disclose
or distribute other subscribers/users information to a third party or use the
information for any purpose unless you receive other such subscribers/users
express consent in writing to do so.
IV.
Applicability
This privacy policy
(Policy) applies to all Users who access the Website and are therefore
required to read and understand the Policy before submitting any Personal
Information (defined hereinafter). By submitting Personal Information, You are
consenting to the use and processing of such information in accordance with
this Policy. If You have inadvertently submitted any Personal Information to Pest
Shields prior to reading the Policy statements set out herein, or You do not
agree with the manner in which the Personal Information is collected, stored or
used, then You may access and delete all information stored about You on the Website.
Pest Shields is keeping personal data of the User, and every User is also
entitled to require Pest Shields to delete and destroy all such information
(but not that of other Users). This Policy applies to the Pest Shields Website
and any other Website that are owned and operated by Pest Shields. Third party
Websites may place their own cookies or other files on the Users' computer,
collect data or solicit personal information from the Users, for which Pest
Shields is not responsible or liable. Accordingly, Pest Shields does not make
any representations concerning the privacy practices or policies of such third
parties or terms of use of such Websites, nor does Pest Shields guarantee the
accuracy, integrity, or quality of the information, data, text, software,
sound, photographs, graphics, videos, messages or other materials available on
such Websites. The inclusion or exclusion does not imply any endorsement by
Pest Shields of the Website, the Website's provider, or the information on the
Website. Pest Shields encourages the User to read the privacy policies of each
such Website and the User understands that its solely
such third party who is responsible to the User in this regard. Pest Shields
has taken reasonable precautions as per applicable Indian law and implemented
industry standards to treat Personal Information as confidential and to protect
it from unauthorized access, improper use or disclosure, modification and
unlawful destruction or accidental loss of the Personal Information.
V.
Information We collect
The primary purpose of collection of Personal Information set out hereinbelow and other information set out in herein below,
is to allow You to access and use the Website. We may
obtain information about Your name, email address, date of birth, device,
device id, contact details, Banking Information, credit and debit card details,
location, pin code, area code, payment processing details, telephone number,
occupation, provided by You either on the Website and/or which may be available
to the Company or other Users as a result of You publishing User material on
the Website and/or which may be available to the Company if You access the
Website through any linked social media platforms. Your use of the website
and voluntarily providing abovementioned Personal information at the Outlet/
Store of the Company constitutes your CONSENT to all the terms and conditions
contained in this privacy policy (as amended from time to time) and you shall
be bound by the same. We may also obtain information about You,
from any e-mails, letters, communication, etc. that You send to Us. We may also
obtain information collected by cookies or similar technologies
The data that the user is
providing to using this Website/site/network will be treated under the
following guidelines: Information collected from Registered User directly: User are allowed to
access the Website, register for courses and avail Website available with Pest
Shields as a guest and without creating an account on the Website or providing
any Personal Information, Pest Shields takes no responsibility or validate the
information provided by the guest, except as otherwise required under any law,
regulation or an order of competent authority. In order to have access to all
the features and benefits on our Website, a User is required to first create an
account on our Website. To create an account, a User is required to provide
Personal Information an Banking information as may be
required during the time of registration. Other information requested on the
registration page, including the ability to receive promotional offers from
Pest Shields, is optional. Pest Shields may, in future, include other optional
requests for information from the User to help Pest Shields to customize the
Website to deliver personalized information to the User. Pest Shields may keep
records of telephone calls received and made for making enquiries, registered
courses, feedback or other purposes for the purpose of rendering Website
effectively and efficiently.
Our system collects
information that is sent over the internet without Your
control. Some examples of the information we collect and analyse include the
Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect Your computer to the internet;
login; email; password; computer and connection information such as browser
type and version, operating system, and Website; course enrolled history, which
we sometimes aggregate with similar information from other users to create
features, reports such as popular courses, most used features etc; the full Uniform Resource Locator (URL) click stream
to, and from our Website, including date and time; cookie number; courses or
videos You viewed or searched for; the email id You used to call our customer
service. During some visits we may use software tools such as JavaScript to
measure and collect session information, including page response times,
download errors, length of visits to certain page, course and videos, page
interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks and mouse overs), and
methods used to browse away from the page.
VI.
Use of Information:
While availing our Website
You will provide access to Pest Shields with Your Personal Information. If that
information is wrong, You can request us to modify or
delete the same. Pest Shields will take all reasonable measures to ensure that
the Personal Information is modified and used for rendering Website to You and as otherwise in compliance with laws. When editing
or deleting Personal Information, we may ask You to
verify Your identity before we can act on Your request. Pest Shields may at its
discretion reject any request that is contrary to law, requires un-reasonable
technical efforts. We do not assure that we will delete all residual copies and
archives made by any third party without our knowledge and consent. We never
retain Your Personal Information longer than it is required for the purposes of
providing Website through the Website or as required by applicable Indian law.
At times, we may also require to transfer Your Personal Information to
third-party service providers, for instance to authorize transactions we may
share Your financial data with such third-party
providers. You hereby consent to Your transfer of
Personal Information in all such instances. Pest Shields carries out all such
transfers strictly in accordance with law. Pest Shields shall use Your Personal
Information to ensure Service provided to you in the most effective manner, to
secure the Services and make improvements, to carry out our obligations to You,
and to communicate with You.
Your Personal
Information may be shared with third parties who have a need or authority to
receive such information, if we have a good-faith belief that access, use,
preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to comply
with (i) in response to any authority having to
receive such information under law (ii) any order of court (iii) detect,
prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues (iv) protect
against harm to the rights, property or safety of Pest Shields, our users or
the public as required or permitted by law.
VII.
Cookies:
When you visit the Website, it may download small pieces of software on
your mobile phone computer/browsing device/hard drive known as cookies. We
may utilize a short-lived form of cookie when you visit our Website, a cookie
is used to identify one unique visitor from another visitor during a particular
session and serve technical purposes, like providing seamless navigation
through the site. A session is the period of active site-use while that unique
visitor is linked to our server. This enables the visitor to effectively save
time while he inputs his information on the site during the enrolment or
registration process or otherwise. No personally identifiable information is
stored on the cookie and they are deleted as soon as you leave our site. The
cookies are only available during an active browser session. Once you close
your browser, the cookie disappears. Through such
technologies, we may automatically receive and record certain details about
your use of our Services, including but not limited to, traffic data, logs and
communication data, details about what jobs a User has applied for and how many
Users have applied for a certain job and other information about your activity
on our Website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you use
the site and allows us to improve it. By accessing and using our Website, you
consent to the storage of cookies, other local storage technologies, beacons
and other information on your devices. You also consent to the access of such
cookies, local storage technologies, beacons and information by us and with
other entities and/or third parties covered in this privacy policy. If you are
concerned about having cookies on your device, you can set your browser to
refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being set, allowing you to
decide whether to accept it. You can also delete cookies from your device.
However, if you choose to block or delete cookies, certain features of the Pest
Shields website may not operate correctly.
VIII.
Interest based Advertisements
On unaffiliated
sites, Pest Shields may display interest-based advertising using information You made available to us, when You interact with our
Website, content, or services. Interest-based ads, also sometimes referred to
as personalised or targeted ads, are displayed to You
based on information from activities such as subscription on our Website,
visiting sites that contain Pest Shields content or ads. In providing interest-based
ads, we follow applicable Indian laws, as well as the Code for Self-Regulation
in Advertising by the Advertising Standards Council of India and the
Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioural Advertising developed by the
Digital Advertising Alliance (a coalition of marketing, online advertising, and
consumer advocacy organizations). Like other online ad networks, we use
cookies, web beacons (also known as action tags or single-pixel gifs), and
other technologies (collectively, cookies). Cookies enable us to learn about
what ads You see, what ads You click, and other
actions You take on our sites and other sites. This allows us to provide You with more useful and relevant ads. For example, if we
know what ads You are shown we can be careful not to
show You the same ones repeatedly. We do not associate Your
interaction with unaffiliated sites with Your identity in providing You with
interest-based ads.
We do not provide
any personal information to advertisers or to third party sites that display our
interest-based ads. However, advertisers and other third-parties (including the
ad networks, ad-serving companies, and other service providers they may use)
may assume that users who interact with or click on a personalised ad or
content are part of the group that the ad or content is directed to Pest
Shields. Also, some third-parties may provide us information about You from offline and online sources that we may use to
provide You more relevant and useful advertising.
Advertisers or ad
companies working on their behalf sometimes use technology to serve the ads
that appear on our sites directly to Your browser.
They automatically receive Your IP address when this happens. They may also use
cookies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalise ad
content. We do not have access to or control over cookies or other features
that advertisers and third party sites may use, and the information practices
of these advertisers and third party Websites are not covered by our Policy.
Please contact them directly for more information about their privacy
practices.
IX.
Data Security:
To prevent unauthorized access and pilferage, we maintain strict
confidentiality, and ensure the correct use of information. We have appropriate
physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the
information we collect online or through network. We implement and deploy commercially
available and stringent physical, electronic and procedural practices, procedures
and safeguards, to protect your personal information against loss or
unauthorized access, use, modification, disclosure or destruction of data. Such
practices, procedures and safeguards may be implemented and deployed by us or
by our Third-Party Service Providers including payment gateways providing us
with processing, storage, transmission or other Website necessary to provide,
support and administer our Services. We also restrict access to your
information to employees, Third Party Service Providers and other entities, who
need to know that information in order to operate, develop or improve our
Services, or reasonably need to come into contact with that information to
provide Website to you or in order to do their jobs. However, no technological
or other security measure can be considered as absolute or complete 100%
secure. We do not guarantee that there will be no unintended disclosures of
your Personal Information. As a result, we cannot guarantee the security of any
information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.
X.
Third party links:
Our Website may contain links to and from the sites of our affiliates
and associates, Third Party Service Providers, as well as other third parties.
If you follow a link to any of these sites, or if you provide any information
to such third parties, please note that these Websites and any Website that may
be accessible through them have their own privacy policies. We are not
responsible for the privacy practices or terms of Website of such Third Party
Service Providers or State Agencies. The Terms and conditions of use applies
solely to information collected by us in connection with your use of our
Services. The Website
may contains links to third party Website/Websites/networks that are not
controlled by us (directly or otherwise). These third party links are made
available to the subscriber/user for convenience and the user agrees to use
these links at his/her own risk. Company is not responsible for the any content
or part of the content of the third party sites/networks linked to the Website
or its parent company site. We use reasonable measures to help protect
information from loss, theft, misuse and unauthorised access, disclosure,
alteration and destruction. You should understand that no data storage system
or transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be
guaranteed to be 100 percent secure. Please note that information collected by
third parties may not have the same security protections as information you
submit to us, and we are not responsible for protecting the security of such
information.
XI.
Use for Improving affectivity and
efficiency:
Our Website is dynamic and we often introduce new features, which may
require the collection of new information. If we collect materially different
personal information or materially change how we use your personal information,
we will notify you and may also modify this Privacy Policy. You agree
that we as well as our associated service providers or agencies may use
personal information about you to improve our marketing and promotional
efforts, to analyze site usage, improve our content
and product offerings, and customize the sites content, layout, and Website.
These uses improve the site and tailor-made to meet your needs, so as to
provide you with a smooth, efficient, effective, safe, and secured and user-
friendly experience while using the site/network.
XII.
IT Laws Compliance Terms and conditions
Our Company seek to ensure compliance with the requirements of the
Information Technology Act, 2000 as amended and Rules made thereunder to ensure
the protection and preservation of your privacy. In addition to the above,
please note the following: Your
registered Pest Shields Account on our Website is password-protected. In order
to maintain this protection, do not give your password to anyone. We will never
proactively reach out to you and ask for any personal account information,
including your password. If you share a computer or mobile handset, you should
sign out of your account and close the browser window before someone else logs
on. This will help protect your information from disclosure to unauthorised
entities or malicious actors or to third parties without your consent. Your
personal and other information may be stored by us, as well as by our
affiliated third parties, for so long as is necessary for the purpose for which
it was collected, or as necessary to comply with applicable laws, or as
necessary to continue to provide, support, administer and operate our Services.
We store data for as long as it is necessary to provide products and Services
to you and others, including those described above. Information associated with
your account will be kept until your account is deleted, unless we no longer
need the data to provide products and Website, or to comply with our legal
obligations, meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, maintain security,
prevent fraud and abuse, enforce our Agreement, or fulfil your request to
unsubscribe from further messages from us.
We also may retain information from accounts disabled for violations of
our terms for at least a year to prevent repeat abuse or other violations of
our terms. Keep in mind that information that others have shared about you is
not part of your account and will not be deleted when you delete your account.
By using our Website and/or providing us with your personal and other
information, you consent to the collection, transfer, storage and processing of
your information outside of your country of residence consistent with this
privacy policy. We provide mechanisms
for reviewing, updating and correcting your personal information provided or
submitted to us for the use of for our Services. Our databases automatically
update any personal information you edit in your profile, or that you request
we edit. You have a right to correct any errors in your personal information
available with us. You may request us in writing that we cease to use your
personal information. In addition, if we become aware that your personal information has been
disclosed in a manner not in accordance with this Privacy Policy, we will use
reasonable efforts to notify you of the nature and extent of such disclosure
(to the extent of our knowledge) as soon as reasonably possible and as
permitted by law. We provide all Users with the opportunity to opt-out of
receiving non-essential (promotional, marketing-related) communications from us
on behalf of our partners, and from us in general, after setting up an account.
This may be done by you by visiting the unsubscribe option contacted in such
Pest Shields website.
XIII.
Changes to
our Privacy Policy:
The Company reserve the right, at its
discretion, to change, modify, add or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at
any time. You are responsible for checking the Privacy Policy periodically for
any changes, as they are binding on you. Any changes to the Terms and
conditions of Use are effective immediately. Your continued usage of our
Services after any modification of this Privacy Policy constitutes your binding
acceptance of such modification. For any material changes to the Privacy
Policy, we shall make a reasonable effort to provide notice to you of such
amended Policy by posting a notice on our Website or Website (should you be a
visitor), and/or sending you an e-mail at the last email address provided to us
by you pursuant to this Terms and conditions of Use.
XIV.
Consent
for use of personal information
All the information
provided to Pest Shields by You, You as a User confirms that the same including
sensitive Personal Information, is true, accurate and voluntary. User has the
right to withdraw information at any time, in accordance with the terms of this
Policy and the Terms of Service. By clicking on Signup ,
Continue, Register button on the Website, You explicitly consent and agree
that we and/ or our associated Service providers or agencies may use your
personal information to contact you and deliver information to you that, in
some cases, are targeted to your interests, service offerings, and other
communications relevant to your use of the site/network and/ or relevant or
associated Website (including Notices, if any).
Pest
Shields does not make any unsolicited calls or otherwise market any products or
Website, except for in relation to the purpose for which such information has
been provided or taking any feedback, addressing any complaints, informing You about new features or free/paid courses.
Pest Shields may
have to use Personal Information without reference to any persona or identity
for research, statistical analysis improving the Website of functionalities
offered thereon and business intelligence purpose and may transfer such
research, statistical or intelligence data in an aggregated or non-personally
identifiable form to third parties and affiliates. All Pest Shields employees
and data processors, who have access to, and are associated with the processing
of sensitive personal data or information, are obliged to respect the
confidentiality of every User's sensitive personal data and information.
XV.
Contact details of the Grievance officer:
Name: Arpan Sachdeva
Designation: Sales
Email id: [email protected]
Contact: 8376090909
